[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 34, Number 3 (Monday, January 19, 1998)]
[Pages 63-64]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Memorandum on the China-            United States Nuclear Cooperation 
Agreement

January 12, 1998

Presidential Determination No. 98-10

Memorandum for the Secretary of State

Subject: Certification Pursuant to Section (b)(1) of Public Law 99-183 
and to Section 902(a)(6)(B) of Public Law 101-246

    Pursuant to section (b)(1) of Public Law 99-183 of December 16, 
1985, relating to the approval and implementation of the

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Agreement for Cooperation Between the United States and the People's 
Republic of China, I hereby certify that:
    (A) the reciprocal arrangements made pursuant to Article 8 of the 
Agreement have been designed to be effective in ensuring that any 
nuclear material, facilities, or components provided under the Agreement 
shall be utilized solely for intended peaceful purposes as set forth in 
the Agreement;
    (B) the Government of the People's Republic of China has provided 
additional information concerning its nuclear nonproliferation policies 
and that, based on this and all other information available to the 
United States Government, the People's Republic of China is not in 
violation of paragraph (2) of section 129 of the Atomic Energy Act of 
1954; and
    (C) the obligation to consider favorably a request to carry out 
activities described in Article 5(2) of the Agreement shall not 
prejudice the decision of the United States to approve or disapprove 
such a request.
    Pursuant to section 902(a)(6)(B)(i) of Public Law 101-246, I hereby 
certify that the People's Republic of China has provided clear and 
unequivocal assurances to the United States that it is not assisting and 
will not assist any nonnuclear-weapon state, either directly or 
indirectly, in acquiring nuclear explosive devices or the material and 
components for such devices.
    You are authorized and directed to publish this determination in the 
Federal Register.
                                            William J. Clinton

Note: This memorandum was released by the Office of the Press Secretary 
on January 15.