    [Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: George H. W. Bush (1991, Book I)]
    [May 17, 1991]
    [Pages 520-521]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]

    Letter to Congressional Leaders on the Strategic Framework in Asia
    May 17, 1991

    Dear _____:
        Pursuant to section 915 of the National Defense Authorization Act
    for Fiscal Years 1990 and 1991 (Public Law 101-189), I am hereby
    transmitting a follow-on report that updates the status of the
    implementation of our Strategic Framework in Asia.
        Sincerely,

                                                                 George Bush

                        Note: Identical letters were sent to Robert C. Byrd
                            and Mark O. Hatfield, chairman and ranking
                            Republican member of the Senate Committee on
                            Appropriations; Sam Nunn and John W. Warner,
                            chairman and ranking Republican member of the
                            Senate Committee on Armed Services; Claiborne
                            Pell and Jesse Helms, chairman and ranking
                            Republican member of the Senate Committee on
                            Foreign Relations; Jamie L. Whitten and Joseph
                            M. McDade, chairman and ranking Republican
                            member of the House Committee on Appropriations;
                            Les Aspin and William L. Dickinson, chairman and
                            ranking

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                            Republican member of the House Committee on
                            Armed Services; Dante B. Fascell and William S.
                            Broomfield, chairman and ranking Republican
                            member of the House Committee on Foreign
                            Relations.