[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 34, Number 21 (Monday, May 25, 1998)]
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Weekly Compilation of

Presidential

Documents



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Monday, May 25, 1998

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Volume 34--Number 21
Pages 883-956

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Contents

Addresses and Remarks

    Cuban Independence Day, radio remarks--933
    Group of Eight Summit--898
    Maryland, U.S. Naval Academy commencement address in Annapolis--944
    Northern Ireland Peace Accord referendum, radio remarks--936
    Proposed ``Building Efficient Surface Transportation and Equity 
        Act''--948
    Radio address--886
    Senate ratification of North Atlantic Treaty Organization 
        enlargement protocols--936
    Sons of Italy Foundation, reception--943
    Switzerland, World Trade Organization in Geneva--926
    Tobacco legislation, urging congressional action--931
    U.S. Air Force Academy Falcons, presentation of the Commander-in-
        Chief Trophy--942

Bill Vetoes

    ``District of Columbia Student Opportunity Scholarship Act of 
        1998,'' message--935

Communications to Congress

    See also Bill Vetoes
    Burma, message transmitting notice--925
    Cyprus, message transmitting report on U.S. citizens missing in--951
    Czech-U.S. treaty on mutual legal assistance in criminal matters and 
        documentation, message transmitting--952

Communications to Congress--Continued

    Inter-American Convention for the Protection and Conservation of Sea 
        Turtles, message transmitting with annexes and documentation--
        952
    International Labor Conference, message transmitting convention and 
        documentation--926
    Mexico-U.S. extradition treaty, message transmitting protocol and 
        documentation--941
    National Endowment for the Humanities, message transmitting report--
        941
    North Atlantic Treaty Organization,
        enlargement
        Cooperation of Poland, Hungary, and the Czech Republic to 
            conditions of membership, messages certifying--940
        Senate ratification of protocols, message--938
    Tobacco legislation, letter--932

Interviews With the News Media

    Exchanges with reporters
        Birmingham, United Kingdom--898
        Rose Garden--948
    Interviews with Prime Minister Blair of the
        United Kingdom
        David Frost of the British Broadcasting Corporation in Weston-
            under-Lizard, United Kingdom--887
        John King of the Cable News Network in Weston-under-Lizard--894
    News conference with European Union leaders in London, United 
        Kingdom, May 18 (No. 159)--909
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              WEEKLY COMPILATION OF
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Contents--Continued

Joint Statements

    European Union/United States Summit
        Caspian Energy--922
        Declaration on Common Orientation of Non-Proliferation Policy--
            921
        Shared Objectives and Close Cooperation on Counter-Terrorism--
            919
        Transatlantic Partnership on Political Cooperation--923
    Group of Eight Summit
        Birmingham Group of Eight Summit statements--897, 901
        Summit Communique--903
    United States-Japan Joint Statement on Electronic Commerce--884

Meetings With Foreign Leaders

    European Union
        European Commission President Santer--909, 919, 921-923
        European Council President Blair--909, 919, 921-923
    Japan, Prime Minister Hashimoto--884
    United Kingdom, Prime Minister Blair--887, 894, 909

Notices

    Continuation of Emergency With Respect to Burma--925

Proclamations

    National Maritime Day--939
    Prayer for Peace, Memorial Day--950
    World Trade Week--883

Statements by the President

    Indonesia, resignation of President Soeharto--934
    Mexican bankers involved in laundering drug money, indictment--925
    Washington Conference on Humanitarian Demining--934
    World Trade Organization meeting, conclusion--934

Supplementary Materials

    Acts approved by the President--956
    Checklist of White House press releases--955
    Digest of other White House announcements--953
    Nominations submitted to the Senate--954

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