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Memorandum on the Drawdown of Defense Department Commodities, Services, 
and Training for the Economic Community of West African States' 
Peacekeeping Force

September 30, 1996

Presidential Determination No. 96-56

Memorandum for the Secretary of State, Secretary of Defense

Subject: Determination to Authorize the Drawdown of Commodities, 
Services, and Training from the Department of Defense for the Economic 
Community of West African States' Peacekeeping Force (ECOMOG) Under 
Section 552(c)(2) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as Amended

    Pursuant to the authority vested in me by section 552(c)(2) of the 
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended, 22 U.S.C. 2348(c)(2) (``the 
Act''), I hereby determine that:
      (1) as a result of an unforeseen emergency, the provision of 
      assistance under Chapter 6 of Part II of the Act in amounts in 
      excess of funds otherwise available for such assistance is 
      important to the national interests of the United States; and
      (2) such unforeseen emergency requires the immediate provision of 
      assistance under Chapter 6 of Part II of the Act.
    I therefore direct the drawdown from the inventory and resources of 
the Department of Defense of an aggregate value not to exceed $10 
million in commodities and services to provide assistance to states 
currently participating (Nigeria, Ghana, Sierra Leone, Guinea, and 
Mali), and for those states that may in the future participate, in 
ECOMOG to enhance ECOMOG's peacekeeping capabilities to bring about a 
peaceful solution to the crisis in Liberia.
    The Secretary of State is authorized and directed to report this 
determination to the Congress and to arrange for its publication in the 
Federal Register.
                                            William J. Clinton