    [Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: George H. W. Bush (1991, Book I)]
    [May 26, 1991]
    [Page 574]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]

    Presidential Determination No. 91-35--Memorandum on Disaster Assistance
    for Bangladesh
    May 26, 1991

    Memorandum for the Secretary of State
    The Secretary of Defense

    Subject: Drawdown of Department of Defense Articles and Services for
    International Disaster Assistance in Bangladesh

        Pursuant to the authority vested in me by section 506(a)(2) of the
    Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended (22 U.S.C. 2318(a)(2)) (the
    ``Act''), I hereby determine that it is in the national interest of the
    United States to draw down defense articles from the stocks of the
    Department of Defense and defense services of the Department of Defense,
    for the purpose of providing international disaster assistance in
    Bangladesh.
        Therefore, I hereby authorize the furnishing of up to $20 million of
    defense articles from the stocks of the Department of Defense and
    defense services of the Department of Defense, for the purposes and
    under the authorities of Chapter 9 of Part I of the Act.
        The Secretary of State is authorized and directed to inform the
    appropriate committees of the Congress of this determination and the
    obligation of funds under this authority, and to publish this memorandum
    in the Federal Register.

                                                                 George Bush

                        [Filed with the Office of the Federal Register,
                            11:42 a.m., June 7, 1991]

                        Note: This determination was released by the Office
                            of the Press Secretary on May 29.