    [Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 38, Number 9 (Monday, March 4, 2002)]
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    Letter to Congressional Leaders Transmitting a Report on Cyprus

    February 25, 2002

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

        In accordance with Public Law 95-384 (22 U.S.C. 2373(c)), I am
    providing a report prepared by my Administration on progress toward a
    negotiated solution of the Cyprus question covering the period December
    1, 2001, through January 31, 2002. The previous submission covered
    October 1 through November 30, 2001.
        On January 16, Greek Cypriot leader Glafcos Clerides and Turkish
    Cypriot leader Rauf Denktash began direct talks on the island under the
    auspices of the United Nations. As in past reporting periods, Special
    Cyprus Coordinator Thomas G. Weston and U.S. Ambassador to Cyprus Donald
    K. Bandler continued to provide diplomatic support to the process. 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.