[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 40, Number 43 (Monday, October 25, 2004)]
[Pages 2444-2445]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Memorandum on Provision of U.S. Drug Interdiction Assistance to the 
Government of Brazil

October 16, 2004

 Presidential Determination No. 2005-03

Memorandum for the Secretary of State, the Secretary of Defense

Subject: Provision of U.S. Drug Interdiction Assistance to the 
Government of Brazil

    Pursuant to the authority vested in me by section 1012 of the 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1995, as

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amended (22 U.S.C. 2291-4), I hereby certify, with respect to Brazil, 
that: (1) interdiction of aircraft reasonably suspected to be primarily 
engaged in illicit drug trafficking in that country's airspace is 
necessary because of the extraordinary threat posed by illicit drug 
trafficking to the national security of that country; and (2) that 
country has appropriate procedures in place to protect against innocent 
loss of life in the air and on the ground in connection with such 
interdiction, which shall at a minimum include effective means to 
identify and warn an aircraft before the use of force is directed 
against the aircraft.
    The Secretary of State is authorized and directed to publish this 
determination in the Federal Register and to notify the Congress of this 
determination.
                                                George W. Bush

[Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, 8:45 a.m., October 26, 
2004]

Note: This memorandum was released by the Office of the Press Secretary 
on October 18, and it will be published in the Federal Register on 
October 27.