[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 36, Number 6 (Monday, February 14, 2000)]
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[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Memorandum on United States Military Activities in East Timor

February 10, 2000

Presidential Determination No. 2000-12

Memorandum for the Secretary of State

Subject: United States Military Activities in East Timor

    Pursuant to the authority vested in me as President, including under 
sections 10(d)(1) and 10(a)(2)(B) of the United Nations Participation 
Act of 1945, as amended (22 U.S.C. 287 et seq.) (the ``Act''), I hereby:
    (a) determine that the deployment of United States military forces 
      to support East Timor's transition to independence without 
      reimbursement from the United Nations is important to the security 
      interests of the United States; and
    (b) delegate to you the authority contained in section 10(d)(1) of 
      the Act with respect to assistance to support East Timor's 
      transition to independence that is covered by section 10 of the 
      Act. You are authorized and directed to report this determination 
      to the Congress and to arrange for its publication in the Federal 
      Register.
                                            William J. Clinton

Note: This Presidential determination was released by the Office of the 
Press Secretary on February 11.