    [Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: George H. W. Bush (1991, Book I)]
    [May 14, 1991]
    [Pages 512-513]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]

    Memorandum on United States Armed Forces in Japan
    May 14, 1991

    Memorandum for the Secretary of Defense

    Subject: Waiver of Limitation with Respect to End Strength Level of U.S.
    Armed Forces in Japan for Fiscal Year 1991

        Consistent with section 8105(d)(2) of the Department of Defense
    Appropriation Act, 1991 (Public Law 101-511; 104 Stat. 1856), I hereby
    waive the limitation in section 8105(b) which states that the end
    strength level for each fiscal year of all personnel of the Armed Forces
    of the United States stationed in Japan may not exceed the number that
    is 5,000 less than such end strength level for the preceding fiscal
    year, and declare that it is in the national interest to do so.0
        You are authorized and directed to inform the Congress of this
    waiver and of the reasons for the waiver contained in the attached
    justification, and to publish this memorandum in the Federal Register.

                                                                 George Bush

    [[Page 513]]

                        [Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, 3:59
                            p.m., May 23, 1991]

                        Note: This memorandum was released by the
                            Office of the Press Secretary on May 15.