[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 39, Number 14 (Monday, April 7, 2003)]
[Pages 398-399]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Letter to Congressional Leaders Transmitting a Report on Chemical 
Weapons Convention Inspections

March 28, 2003

Dear _____ :

    Enclosed is a report prepared by my Administration covering Chemical 
Weapons Convention inspections performed within the United States, from 
October 1, 2001, to

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September 30, 2002. The report, which includes a classified addendum 
covering any delays or disruptions to inspections carried on outside the 
United States, is submitted pursuant to section 309 of the Chemical 
Weapons Convention Implementation Act of 1998.
    Sincerely,
                                                George W. Bush

Note: Identical letters were sent to Richard G. Lugar, chairman, and 
Joseph R. Biden, Jr., ranking member, Senate Committee on Foreign 
Relations; Orrin G. Hatch, chairman, and Patrick J. Leahy, ranking 
member, Senate Committee on the Judiciary; Pat Roberts, chairman, and 
John D. Rockefeller IV, ranking member, Senate Select Committee on 
Intelligence; Henry J. Hyde, chairman, and Tom Lantos, ranking member, 
House Committee on International Relations; F. James Sensenbrenner, Jr., 
chairman, and John Conyers, Jr., ranking member, House Committee on the 
Judiciary; and Porter J. Goss, chairman, and Jane Harman, ranking 
member, House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence. This item was 
not received in time for publication in the appropriate issue.