[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 33, Number 49 (Monday, December 8, 1997)]
[Page 1984]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Letter to Congressional Leaders Transmitting a Report on the Operation 
of the Andean Trade Preference Act

December 4, 1997

Dear Mr. Speaker:  (Dear Mr. President:)

    I hereby submit the second report on the Operation of the Andean 
Trade Preference Act. This report is prepared pursuant to the 
requirements of section 203 of the Andean Trade Preference Act of 1991. 
The report concludes that the Andean Trade Preference Act continues to 
advance U.S. counternarcotics goals in the Andean region.
    Sincerely,
                                            William J. Clinton

Note: Identical letters were sent to Newt Gingrich, Speaker of the House 
of Representatives, and Albert Gore, Jr., President of the Senate.