    [Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 38, Number 32 (Monday, August 12, 2002)]
    [Page 1331]
    [Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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    Memorandum on Waiver of Restrictions on Assistance to Russia Under the
    Cooperative Threat Reduction Act of 1993 and Title V of the FREEDOM
    Support Act

    August 7, 2002

     Presidential Determination No. 2002-27

    Memorandum for the Secretary of State

    Subject: Presidential Determination on Waiver of Restrictions on
    Assistance to Russia under the Cooperative Threat Reduction Act of 1993
    and Title V of the FREEDOM Support Act

        Pursuant to the authority vested in me by section 302 of the 2002
    Supplemental Appropriations Act for Further Recovery from and Response
    to Terrorist Attacks on the United States (Public Law 107-206), I hereby
    certify that waiving the restrictions contained in subsection (d) of 22
    U.S.C. 5952 and in section 502 of the FREEDOM Support Act (Public Law
    102-511) with respect to the Russian Federation is important to the
    national security interests of the United States.
        You are authorized and directed to transmit this certification to
    the Congress and to arrange for its publication in the Federal Register.
                                                    George W. Bush
     The White House,
     August 7, 2002.

    Note: This memorandum was released by the Office of the Press Secretary
    on August 8.