[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 34, Number 20 (Monday, May 18, 1998)]
[Pages 855-856]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Memorandum on Sanctions Against India for Detonation of a Nuclear Device

May 13, 1998

Presidential Determination No. 98-22

Memorandum for the Secretary of State

Subject: Sanctions Against India for Detonation of a Nuclear Explosive 
Device

    In accordance with section 102(b)(1) of the Arms Export Control Act, 
I hereby determine that India, a non-nuclear-weapon state, detonated a 
nuclear explosive device on May 11, 1998. The relevant agencies and 
instrumentalities of the United States Government are hereby directed to 
take the necessary actions to impose the sanctions described in section 
102(b)(2) of that Act.

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    You are hereby authorized and directed to transmit this 
determination to the appropriate committees of the Congress and to 
arrange for its publication in the Federal Register.
                                            William J. Clinton