[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 42, Number 31 (Monday, August 7, 2006)]
[Pages 1420-1421]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Letter to Congressional Leaders Certifying Exports to the People's 
Republic of China

July 28, 2006

Dear Mr. Speaker:  (Dear Mr. President:)

    In accordance with the provisions of section 1512 of the Strom 
Thurmond National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1999 (Public 
Law 105-261), I hereby certify that the export to the People's Republic 
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China of the following items is not detrimental to the United States 
space launch industry, and that the material and equipment, including 
any indirect technical benefit that could be derived from such exports, 
will not measurably improve the missile or space launch capabilities of 
the People's Republic of China.
    1. Two million pounds of bulk graphite for use by Smarteem Precision 
Manufacturing Company, Qingdao Dezong Trading Company, Qingdao Haier 
Moulds Company, Hi-P Shanghai Precision Mold and Die, Shanghai Sharp 
Mold and Manufacturing, Shanghai Koito Automotive Lamp Company, Ningbo 
Yongyao Graphite Product, Heibei Ningjin Matsimiya Semiconductor, Heibei 
Ningjin Yangguang Electrodes, Jiaxiang Zhengda Xingxin Electrodes, 
Shanghai Shenhe Thermo-Magnetics and Genic (Shanghai) Company to 
manufacture electrodes, dies and molds for the production and handling 
of plastic, rubber, copper, tin, aluminum, and iron components.
    2. One 36-inch micronizer to be used by Jiangsu Sopo Chemical of 
Zhenjiang, China, for processing azodicarbonomide for use in 
manufacturing plastics.
    3. One 42-inch micronizer to be used by Cabot Performance Products 
Company, LTD. of Tianjin, China, for manufacturing carbon black to be 
used in rubber and plastics manufacturing.
     Sincerely,
                                                George W. Bush

Note: Identical letters were sent to J. Dennis Hastert, Speaker of the 
House of Representatives, and Richard B. Cheney, President of the 
Senate. The letter was released by the Office of the Press Secretary on 
July 31.