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For Immediate Release                            January 18, 2001


                    TEXT OF A LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENT
              TO THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
                      AND THE PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE



                                 January 17, 2001



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

As required by section 401(c) of the National Emergencies Act, 50 U.S.C.
1641(c), and section 204(c) of the International Emergency Economic Powers
Act ("IEEPA"), 50 U.S.C. 1703(c), I transmit herewith a 6-month periodic
report on the national emergency with respect to the Taliban in Afghanistan
that was declared in Executive Order 13129 of July 4, 1999.

                              Sincerely,




                              WILLIAM J. CLINTON




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