[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 32, Number 30 (Monday, July 29, 1996)]
[Page 1299]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Letter to Congressional Leaders on Cyprus

July 19, 1996

Dear Mr. Speaker: (Dear Mr. Chairman:)

    In accordance with Public Law 95-384 (22 U.S.C. 2373(c)), I submit 
to you this report on progress toward a negotiated settlement of the 
Cyprus question. The previous submission covered progress through March 
31, 1996. The current submission covers the period April 1, 1996, 
through May 31, 1996.
    As noted in my last submission, I have been engaged in a series of 
meetings with leaders from the region to underscore my interest in 
advancing a Cyprus solution. On April 9, I informed Greek Prime Minister 
Simitis that Acting Assistant Secretary Kornblum would be coming to the 
region in late April, in part to examine possibilities for progress on 
Cyprus. Mr. Kornblum's message would be that the United States could 
help to facilitate a solution only if all the parties were sincerely 
interested in taking the pragmatic steps necessary for an intercommunal 
agreement. I am encouraged that Mr. Kornblum found broad appreciation of 
the need to move ahead on Cyprus. We continue to urge all the parties to 
seize the unique opportunity that currently exists to make the long-
elusive Cyprus solution a reality.
    Sincerely,
                                            William J. Clinton

Note: Identical letters were sent to Newt Gingrich, Speaker of the House 
of Representatives, and Jesse Helms, chairman, Senate Committee on 
Foreign Relations. This item was not received in time for publication in 
the appropriate issue.