Memorandum on Draw Down from Defense Department Stocks for Disaster Assistance in the Persian Gulf Region

Presidential Determination No. 91-26

Memorandum for the Secretary of State

Pursuant to the authority vested in me by section 506(a)(2) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended, 22 U.S.C. 2318(a)(2) (the Act), I hereby determine that it is in the national interest of the United States to draw down defense articles from the stocks of the Department of Defense and defense services of the Department of Defense in order to provide international disaster assistance in the Persian Gulf region, including assistance through the International Committee of the Red Cross, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, and Turkey and other friendly governments and organizations that may be approved by the Secretary of State.

Therefore, I hereby authorize furnishing up to $25 million of defense articles from the stocks of the Department of Defense and defense services of the Department of Defense for the purposes and under the authorities of Chapter 9 of Part I of the Act.

You are authorized and directed immediately to report this determination to the Congress and to arrange for its publication in the Federal Register.

GEORGE BUSH

THE WHITE HOUSE,

Washington, April 6, 1991.