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Memorandum on Assistance to the Korean Peninsula Energy Development 
Organization

June 19, 1998

Presidential Determination No. 98-31

Memorandum for the Secretary of State

Subject: Presidential Determination on U.S. Assistance to the Korean 
Peninsula Energy Development Organization (KEDO)

    Pursuant to the authority vested in me by section 614(a)(1) of the 
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended, 22 U.S.C. 2364(a)(1) (the 
``Act''), I hereby determine that it is important to the security 
interests of the United States to furnish up to $5 million in funds made 
available under Chapter IV, Part II of the Act for a U.S. contribution 
to KEDO without regard to any provision of law within the scope of 
section 614(a)(1). I hereby authorize this contribution.
    You are hereby authorized and directed to transmit this 
determination to the Congress and to arrange for its publication in the 
Federal Register.
                                            William J. Clinton