[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 34, Number 27 (Monday, July 6, 1998)]
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Weekly Compilation of

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Monday, July 6, 1998

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Volume 34--Number 27
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Contents

Addresses and Remarks

    See also Meetings With Foreign Leaders
    China
        Beijing University Library--1265
        Beijing University, question-and-answer session--1255
        Building construction and finance community in Shanghai--1294
        Business leaders in Shanghai--1285
        Chongwenmen Church in Beijing--1254
        People of Guilin--1302
        Radio call-in show in Shanghai--1275
        Reception in Shanghai--1281
        Roundtable discussion on shaping China for the 21st century in 
            Shanghai--1267
        Roundtable discussion with environmental specialists in Guilin--
            1297
    Radio address--1244

Communications to Congress

    Conventional Armed Forces in Europe Treaty, letter transmitting 
        report--1296
    Estonia-U.S. tax convention with documentation, message 
        transmitting--1243
    Latvia-U.S. tax convention with documentation, message 
        transmitting--1243
    Lithuania-U.S. tax convention with documentation, message 
        transmitting--1243
    Mongolia, letter transmitting report on most-favored-nation status--
        1297

Executive Orders

    Administration of Arms Export Controls and Foreign Assistance--1266
    President's Commission on the Celebration of Women in American 
        History--1296

Interviews With the News Media

    Exchange with reporters at the Great Wall in Mutianyu, China--1255
    Interview with Central China Television in Shanghai--1289
    News conference with President Jiang of China in Beijing, June 27 
        (No. 161)--1245

Joint Statements

    China-U.S. joint statements
        Anti-Personnel Landmines--1252
        Biological Weapons Convention--1253

Letters and Messages

    Independence Day, message--1295

Meetings With Foreign Leaders

    China
        Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Chief Executive Tung--
            1304
        President Jiang--1245, 1252, 1253

Proclamations

    To Modify Duty-Free Treatment Under the Generalized System of 
        Preferences--1282

Statements by the President

    Medicare, new benefits--1295
    Vietnam war unknown soldier, identification--1281

Supplementary Materials

    Acts approved by the President--1309
    Checklist of White House press releases--1308
    Digest of other White House announcements--1307
    Nominations submitted to the Senate--1308

Editor's Note: The President was in Hong Kong on the closing date of 
this issue. In order to meet publication and distribution deadlines 
during the Fourth of July holiday weekend, the cutoff time for this 
issue was advanced to 5 p.m. on Thursday, July 2, 1998. Documents 
released after that time will appear in the next issue.




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