THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
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For Immediate Release January 16, 2001
TEXT OF A LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENT
TO THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
AND THE PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
January 13, 2001
Dear Mr. Speaker: (Dear Mr. President:)
I hereby transmit a report including my reasons for determining, pursuant
to the authority vested in me by section 902 of the Foreign Relations
Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1990 and 1991 (Public Law 101-246), that it
is in the national interest of the United States to terminate the
suspension on the obligation of funds for any new activities of the Trade
and Development Agency with respect to the People's Republic of China.
Sincerely,
WILLIAM J. CLINTON
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