    [Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: George H. W. Bush (1991, Book I)]
    [March 8, 1991]
    [Pages 229-230]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]

    Letter to Congressional Leaders on Telecommunications Trade Talks With
    the European Community and Korea
    March 8, 1991

    Dear _____ :
        Pursuant to section 1376(c)(2)(B) of the Omnibus
    Trade and Competitiveness Act of 1988 (``the Act'') (Public Law 100-418;
    102 Stat. 1221), I am hereby transmitting my report that finds that
    substantial progress has been made in telecommunications trade talks
    conducted under section 1375 of the

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    Act with the European Community (EC) and Korea and contains the reasons
    why an extension of the negotiating period with the EC and Korea is
    necessary.
        Sincerely,

                                                                 George Bush

                        Note: Identical letters were sent to George J.
                            Mitchell, Senate majority leader; Robert Dole,
                            Senate Republican leader; Lloyd Bentsen and Bob
                            Packwood, chairman and ranking Republican member
                            of the Senate Finance Committee; Thomas S.
                            Foley, Speaker of the House of Representatives;
                            Robert H. Michel, House Republican leader; John
                            D. Dingell and Norman F. Lent, chairman and
                            ranking Republican member of the House Energy
                            and Commerce Committee; and Dan Rostenkowski and
                            Bill Archer, chairman and ranking Republican
                            member of the House Ways and Means Committee.