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14 January 2003

Bush Waives Restrictions on Assistance to Russia

(January 14 memorandum for the Secretary of State) (260)
The White House on January 14 released the following memorandum from
President Bush to Secretary of State Colin Powell on the Waiver of
Restrictions on Assistance to Russia under the Cooperative Threat
Reduction Act of 1993 and Title V of the FREEDOM Support Act:
(begin text)
THE WHITE HOUSE 
Office of the Press Secretary 
January 14, 2003
January 10, 2003
Presidential Determination No. 2003-11
MEMORANDUM FOR THE SECRETARY OF STATE
SUBJECT: Presidential Determination on Waiver of Restrictions on
Assistance to Russia under the Cooperative Threat Reduction Act of
1993 and Title V of the FREEDOM Support Act
Pursuant to the authority vested in me by section 1306 of the National
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2003 (Public Law 107-314), I
hereby certify that waiving the restrictions contained in subsection
(d) of section 1203 of the Cooperative Threat Reduction Act of 1993
(22 U.S.C. 5952), as amended, and the requirements contained in
section 502 of the FREEDOM Support Act (22 U.S.C. 5852) during Fiscal
Year 2003 with respect to the Russian Federation is important to the
national security interests of the United States.
I have enclosed the unclassified report described in section
1306(b)(1) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year
2003, together with a classified annex.
You are authorized and directed to transmit this certification and
report with its classified annex to the Congress and to arrange for
the publication of this certification in the Federal Register.
GEORGE W. BUSH
(end text)
(Distributed by the Office of International Information Programs, U.S.
Department of State. Web site: http://usinfo.state.gov)