    [Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 37, Number 51 (Monday, December 24, 2001)]
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    [Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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    Letter to Congressional Leaders Transmitting a Report on Cyprus

    December 17, 2001

    Dear Mr. Speaker:  (Dear Mr. Chairman:)

        In accordance with Public Law 95-384 (22 U.S.C. 2373(c)), I submit
    to you this report on progress toward a negotiated solution of the
    Cyprus question covering the period October 1 through November 30, 2001.
    The previous submission covered August 1 through September 30, 2001. The
    United Nations continued in its efforts to sustain the proximity talks
    that started in December 1999. The United States remains committed to
    the United Nations effort to find a just and lasting settlement to the
    Cyprus problem.
         Sincerely,
                                                    George W. Bush

    Note: Identical letters were sent to J. Dennis Hastert, Speaker of the
    House of Representatives, and Joseph R. Biden, Jr., chairman, Senate
    Committee on Foreign Relations. This letter was released by the Office
    of the Press Secretary on December 18.