    [Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: George W. Bush (2006, Book II)]
    [November 14, 2006]
    [Pages 2083-2084]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]

    Message to the Senate Transmitting the Malaysia-United States Treaty on
    Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters
    November 14, 2006

    To the Senate of the United States:
        With a view to receiving the advice and consent of the Senate to
    ratification, I transmit herewith the Treaty between the United States
    of America and Malaysia on Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters,
    signed on July 28, 2006, at Kuala Lumpur. I transmit also, for the
    information of the Senate, the report of the Department of State with
    respect to the Treaty.
        The Treaty is one of a series of modern mutual legal assistance
    treaties being negotiated by the United States in order to counter
    criminal activities more effectively. The Treaty should enhance our
    ability to investigate and prosecute a wide variety of crimes. The
    Treaty is self-executing.

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        The Treaty provides for a broad range of cooperation in criminal
    matters. Under the Treaty, the Parties agree to assist each other by,
    among other things: providing evidence (such as testimony, documents,
    items, or things) obtained voluntarily or, where necessary, by
    compulsion; arranging for persons, including persons in custody, to
    travel to the other country to provide evidence; serving documents;
    executing searches and seizures; locating and identifying persons,
    items, or places; examining objects and sites; freezing and forfeiting
    assets or property; and identifying or tracing proceeds of crime.
        I recommend that the Senate give early and favorable consideration
    to the Treaty, and give its advice and consent to ratification.

                                                              George W. Bush

     The White House,

     November 14, 2006.