[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 33, Number 19 (Monday, May 12, 1997)]
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Weekly Compilation of

Presidential

Documents



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Monday, May 12, 1997

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Volume 33--Number 19
Pages 637-694

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Contents

Addresses and Remarks

    Costa Rica
        Braulio Carrillo National Park--690
        Welcoming ceremony at the Central American summit in San Jose--
            673
    Maryland, budget agreement announcement in Baltimore--640
    Mexico
        Binational Commission report in Mexico City--653
        Community in Tlaxcala--671
        Departure for Mexico--648
        People of Mexico in Mexico City--666
        State dinner in Mexico City--665
        Welcoming ceremony in Mexico City--652
    Radio address--644

Communications to Congress

    Export Administration Act of 1979, letter reporting on lapse--665
    Hong Kong-U.S. agreements
        Mutual legal assistance in criminal matters, message to the 
            Senate transmitting agreement--650
        Transfer of sentenced persons, message to the Senate 
            transmitting agreement--651
    Iraq, letter reporting--687

Communications to Congress--Continued

    Proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, message transmitting 
        report--644

Interviews With the News Media

    Exchanges with reporters
        Baltimore, MD--640
        Mexico City, Mexico--652, 665
        Oval Office--644
        South Lawn--644, 648
    Interview with San Antonio Express News, the Los Angeles Times, and 
        the Dallas Morning News--637
    New conferences
        May 6 (No. 143) with President Zedillo in Mexico City, Mexico--
            654
        May 8 (No. 144) with Central American leaders in San Jose, Costa 
            Rica--674

Joint Statements

    Declaration of Mexican and United States Alliance Against Drugs--663
    Declaration of San Jose--682
    Joint Statement on Migration Adopted by the President of the United 
        States and the President of Mexico--662

Letters and Messages

    Cinco de Mayo, message--651
  
  
(Continued on the inside of the back cover.)
  
  
  

Editor's Note: The President was in Bridgetown, Barbados, on May 9, the 
closing date of this issue. Releases and announcements issued by the 
Office of the Press Secretary but not received in time for inclusion in 
this issue will be printed next week.

  
  
  


              WEEKLY COMPILATION OF
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              PRESIDENTIAL DOCUMENTS

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Contents--Continued

Meetings With Foreign Leaders

    Belize, Prime Minister Esquivel--673, 674, 682
    Costa Rica, President Figueres--673, 674, 682, 690
    Dominican Republic, President Fernandez--673, 682
    El Salvador, President Calderon--673, 674, 682
    Guatemala, President Arzu--673, 674, 682
    Honduras, President Reina--673, 682
    Mexico
        Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador of Mexico's Democratic Revolutionary 
            Party--665
        President Zedillo--652, 653, 654, 662, 663, 665, 666, 671
    Nicaragua, President Aleman--673, 682

Proclamations

    Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month--649
    Jewish Heritage Week--686
    Mother's Day--671

Proclamations--Continued

    Peace Officers Memorial Day and Police Week--672

Resignations and Retirements

    Labor Department, Cynthia Metzler, statement--649

Statements by the President

    See also Resignations and Retirements
    Justice Department appeal of tobacco regulation--644
    Juvenile crime legislation--686
    Sandra Feldman, election as president of the American Federation of 
        Teachers--665

Supplementary Materials

    Acts approved by the President--694
    Checklist of White House press releases--694
    Digest of other White House announcements--692
    Nominations submitted to the Senate--693

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