    [Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: William J. Clinton (1998, Book I)]
    [June 18, 1998]
    [Pages 986-987]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]

    Letter to Congressional Leaders Transmitting a Report on Compliance With
    the Chemical Weapons Convention
    June 18, 1998

    Dear __________:
        In accordance with Condition 10(C) of the resolution of advice and
    consent to the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development,
    Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on Their
    Destruction, adopted by the Senate of the United States on April 24,
    1997, enclosed is the report to Congress on CWC Compliance.
        The report is provided in both a classified and unclassified form.
            Sincerely,

                                                          William J. Clinton

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    Note: Identical letters were sent to Jesse Helms, chairman, and Joseph
    R. Biden, Jr., ranking member, Senate Committee on Foreign Relations;
    Benjamin A. Gilman, chairman, and Lee H. Hamilton, ranking member, House
    Committee on International Relations. This letter was released by the
    Office of the Press Secretary on June 19.