[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 34, Number 5 (Monday, February 2, 1998)]
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Memorandum on Assistance for the New Independent States of the Former 
Soviet Union

January 26, 1998

Presidential Determination No. 98-11

Memorandum for the Secretary of State

Subject: Assistance Program for the New Independent States of the Former 
Soviet Union

    Pursuant to subsection (c) under the heading ``Assistance for the 
New Independent States of the Former Soviet Union'' in Title II of the 
Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs 
Appropriations Act, 1998 (Public Law 105-118), I hereby determine that 
it is in the national security interest of the United States to make 
available funds appropriated under that heading without regard to the 
restriction in that subsection.
    You are authorized and directed to notify the Congress of this 
determination and to arrange for its publication in the Federal 
Register.
                                            William J. Clinton