[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 39, Number 14 (Monday, April 7, 2003)]
[Pages 397-398]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Memorandum on Security Assistance to East Timor

March 28, 2003

Presidential Determination No. 2003-19

Memorandum for the Secretary of State

Subject: Security Assistance to East Timor: Certification and Report 
Pursuant to Section 637(a)(2) of the Foreign Relations Authorization 
Act, Fiscal Year 2003 (Public Law 107-228)

    Pursuant to the authority vested in me by the Constitution and laws 
of the United States, including section 637(b)(2) of the Foreign 
Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 2003, I hereby certify that 
East Timor has established an independent armed forces; and that the 
provision to East Timor of military assistance in the form of excess 
defense articles and international military education and training is in 
the national security interests of the United States, and will promote 
both human rights in East Timor and the professionalization of the armed 
forces of East Timor.
    You are hereby authorized and directed to report this certification, 
accompanying memorandum of justification, and report on East Timor 
security assistance to the Congress, and to arrange for the publication 
of this memorandum in the Federal Register.
                                                George W. Bush

[Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, 8:45 a.m., April 2, 
2003]

Note: This memorandum was published in the Federal Register on April 3. 
This item was not received in time for publication in the appropriate 
issue.

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