[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 38, Number 16 (Monday, April 22, 2002)]
[Pages 661-662]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Memorandum on Emergency Military Assistance to the Government of Nigeria

April 18, 2002

 Presidential Determination No. 2002-16

Memorandum for the Secretary of State, the Secretary of Defense

Subject: Determination to Authorize the Furnishing of Emergency Military 
Assistance to the Government of Nigeria

    Pursuant to the authority vested in me by section 506(a)(1) of the 
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended, 22 U.S.C.

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2318(a)(1) (the ``Act''), I hereby determine that:
 (1)         an unforeseen emergency exists that requires immediate 
            military assistance to the Government of Nigeria; and
 (2)         the emergency requirement cannot be met under the authority 
            of the Arms Export Control Act or any other law except 
            section 506(a) of the Act.
    I therefore direct the drawdown of defense articles and defense 
services from the Department of Defense, and military education and 
training, of an aggregate value not to exceed $4 million, to provide 
assistance to the Government of Nigeria.
    The Secretary of State is authorized and directed to report this 
determination to the Congress and to arrange for its publication in the 
Federal Register.
                                                George W. Bush

Note: This memorandum was released by the Office of the Press Secretary 
on April 19.