Memorandum on Determination Under Section 2(b)(2)(D) of the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945, as Amended: People's Republic of China

Presidential Determination No. 97-2

Memorandum for the Secretary of State

Subject: Determination Under Section 2(b)(2)(D) of the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945, as Amended: People's Republic of China

Pursuant to section 2(b)(2)(D) of the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945, as amended, I determine that it is in the national interest for the Export-Import Bank of the United States to extend a loan in the amount of approximately $383 million in connection with the purchase of the nonnuclear balance of plant equipment and services for the Qinshan III nuclear power plant in Zhejiang Province, the People's Republic of China.

You are authorized and directed to report this determination to the Congress and publish it in the Federal Register.

WILLIAM J. CLINTON

THE WHITE HOUSE,

Washington, November 11, 1996.