[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.