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I also have exercised my statutory authority to issue an Executive Order that prohibits the importation into the United States of all rough diamonds from Sierra Leone except for those importations of rough diamonds that are accompanied by a Certificate of Origin or other satisfactory documentation.

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Letter to Congressional Leaders on the Prohibition of Importation of Rough Diamonds From Sierra Leone

01/18/2001

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