    [Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: William J. Clinton (1994, Book II)]
    [December 20, 1994]
    [Page 2192]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]

    Letter to Congressional Leaders Transmitting the Report on International
    Exchange Programs
    December 20, 1994

    Dear Mr. Speaker:  (Dear Mr. Chairman:)
        As required by section 229(a) of the Foreign Relations Authorization
    Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995 (Public Law 103-236), I am submitting
    the enclosed final part of my report on the extent to which federally
    funded international exchange programs share similar objectives.
        As I observed in my letter of July 28, 1994, United States
    Government educational, cultural, scientific, and professional exchange
    programs enhance communication and understanding between the United
    States and other societies. These programs are among our more effective
    tools for achieving long and intermediate range objectives of U.S.
    foreign policy.
        The initial findings of the United States Information Agency (USIA)
    review of government-wide exchange programs concerned activities with
    foreign language and area studies dimensions. This analysis focuses on
    exchanges related to the encouragement of democratic processes abroad.
        Strengthening democratic development and the intellectual
    foundations of democracy through the exchange of people and practical
    information is a vital complement to economic assistance to countries
    seeking to build democratic institutions and entrepreneurial cultures.
        Programs that share similar objectives related to support of
    democratic development abroad are sponsored primarily by the Department
    of State, the Department of Commerce, the Department of Defense, the
    Department of Justice, the Department of Labor, the Inter-American
    Foundation, the National Endowment for Democracy, the Peace Corps, the
    U.S. Agency for International Development, the U.S. Institute of Peace,
    the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, and USIA. These
    programs are described in the enclosure to this letter.
        As always, my Administration will continue to work closely with the
    Congress to realize our shared goals of improving efficiency and
    reducing costs.
        Sincerely,

                                                          William J. Clinton

    Note: Identical letters were sent to Thomas S. Foley, Speaker of the
    House of Representatives, and Claiborne Pell, chairman of the Senate
    Committee on Foreign Relations.