    [Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 33, Number 10 (Monday, March 10, 1997)]
    [Page 299]
    [Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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    Statement by the President on the Death of President Cheddi Jagan of
    Guyana

    March 6, 1997

        It was with deep regret that I learned of the death early today of
    President Cheddi Jagan of the Co-operative Republic of Guyana. President
    Jagan was a respected statesman in our hemisphere of democracies. He was
    one of the founders of the People's Progressive Party and for over 45
    years played an active role in his country's political life. I remember
    warmly our meeting at the Miami Summit of the Americas in December 1994.
    President Jagan was a champion of the poor who devoted himself to
    alleviating poverty in his country and throughout the Caribbean.
        On behalf of the American people, I extend my deepest sympathies to
    the Jagan family and the people of Guyana.