[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 33, Number 23 (Monday, June 9, 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 Proliferation of 
Weapons of Mass Destruction

June 5, 1997

To the Congress of the United States:

    As required by section 204 of the International Emergency Economic 
Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1703(c)) and section 401(c) of the National 
Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1641(c)), I transmit herewith a 6-month 
report on the national emergency declared by Executive Order 12938 of 
November 14, 1994, in response to the threat posed by the proliferation 
of nuclear, biological, and chemical weapons (``weapons of mass 
destruction'') and of the means of delivering such weapons.
                                            William J. Clinton
The White House,
June 5, 1997.