[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 39, Number 19 (Monday, May 12, 2003)]
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[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Memorandum on the Report to the Congress on Tibet Negotiations

May 7, 2003

Memorandum for the Secretary of State

Subject: Report to the Congress on Tibet Negotiations

    The provisions under the heading ``Tibet Negotiations'' in section 
613(b) of the Tibetan Policy Act of 2002, as contained in the Foreign 
Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 2003 (Public Law 107-228), 
state that a report must be prepared 180 days following enactment, and 
every 12 months thereafter, concerning the steps taken by the President 
and the Secretary to encourage the Government of the People's Republic 
of China to enter into dialogue with the Dalai Lama or his 
representatives leading to a negotiated agreement on Tibet. The report 
is also to address the status of any discussions between the People's 
Republic of China and the Dalai Lama or his representatives.
    You are hereby authorized and directed to publish this memorandum in 
the Federal Register and to transmit the attached report to the 
appropriate committees of the Congress.
                                                George W. Bush