    [Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: William J. Clinton (1997, Book I)]
    [June 3, 1997]
    [Page 699]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]

    Message to the Congress Transmitting Documentation on Most-Favored-
    Nation Trade Status for Certain Former Eastern Bloc States
    June 3, 1997

    To the Congress of the United States:
        I hereby transmit the document referred to in subsection 402(d)(1)
    of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended (the ``Act''), with respect to a
    further 12-month extension of authority to waive subsections (a) and (b)
    of section 402 of the Act. This document constitutes my recommendation
    to continue in effect this waiver authority for a further 12-month
    period, and includes my reasons for determining that continuation of the
    waiver authority and waivers currently in effect for Albania, Belarus,
    Kazakstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan will
    substantially promote the objectives of section 402 of the Act. I have
    submitted a separate report with respect to the People's Republic of
    China.

                                                          William J. Clinton

    The White House,

    June 3, 1997.

    Note: The related determination of June 3 is listed in Appendix D at the
    end of this volume.