[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 33, Number 19 (Monday, May 12, 1997)]
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[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Message to the Congress Transmitting a Report on the Proliferation of 
Weapons of Mass Destruction

May 2, 1997

To the Congress of the United States:

    The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1997 (Public 
Law 104-201), title XIV, section 1443 (Defense Against Weapons of Mass 
Destruction), requires the President to transmit a report to the 
Congress that describes the United States comprehensive readiness 
program for countering proliferation of weapons of mass destruction. In 
accordance with this provision, I enclose the attached report.
                                            William J. Clinton
The White House,
May 2, 1997.

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