[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 36, Number 39 (Monday, October 2, 2000)]
[Pages 2215-2216]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Letter to Congressional Leaders Transmitting a Report on Compliance With 
the Chemical Weapons Convention

September 25, 2000

Dear __________ :

    In accordance with Condition 10(C) of the resolution of advice and 
consent to ratification of the Convention on the Prohibition of

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the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and 
on Their Destruction, adopted by the United States Senate on April 24, 
1997, enclosed is the report on CWC compliance.
    The report is provided in both a classified and unclassified form.
    Sincerely,
                                            William J. Clinton

Note: Identical letters were sent to Jesse Helms, chairman, and Joseph 
R. Biden, Jr., ranking member, Senate Committee on Foreign Relations; 
and Benjamin A. Gilman, chairman, and Sam Gejdensen, ranking member, 
House Committee on International Relations. This letter was released by 
the Office of the Press Secretary on September 26.