Memorandum on Drawdown of Commodities and Services From the Departments of State, the Treasury, Defense and Justice for Presidential Security Support to the Government of Haiti

Presidential Determination No. 96-52

Memorandum for the Secretary of State, the Secretary of the Treasury, the Secretary of Defense [and] the Attorney General

Subject: Drawdown of Commodities and Services From the Departments of State, the Treasury, Defense and Justice for Presidential Security Support to the Government of Haiti

Pursuant to the authority vested in me by section 552(c)(2) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended, 22 U.S.C. 2348a(c)(2) (the "Act"), I hereby determine that:

(1) as a result of an unforeseen emergency, the provision of assistance under Chapter 6 of Part II of the Act in amounts in excess of funds otherwise available for such assistance is important to the national interests of the United States; and

(2) such unforeseen emergency requires the immediate provision of assistance under Chapter 6 of Part II of the Act.

I therefore direct the drawdown of commodities and services from the inventory and resources of the Departments of State, the Treasury, Defense and Justice of an aggregate value not to exceed $3 million to provide augmentation and training for the Presidential security elements of the Government of Haiti.

The Secretary of State is authorized and directed to report this determination to the Congress and to arrange for its publication in the Federal Register.

WILLIAM J. CLINTON

THE WHITE HOUSE,

Washington, September 12, 1996.