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George H.W. Bush: for the Organization of American States Mission to Haiti February 4, 1992 Memorandum for the Secretary of State Subject…

On the recordFebruary 4, 1992
for the Organization of American States Mission to Haiti February 4, 1992 Memorandum for the Secretary of State Subject: Emergency Funding for OAS Mission to Haiti Pursuant to the authority vested in me by section 614(a)(1) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended, I hereby determine that it is important to the security interests of the United States to furnish assistance to the Organization of American States (OAS) for its activities in Haiti notwithstanding section 513 of the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1991 (Public Law 101-513) and any other provision of law within the scope of section 614, and authorize the furnishing of up to $2 million of funds made available to carry out chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 for that purpose. You are authorized and directed to transmit this determination to the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and to arrange for its publication in the Federal Register. George Bush [Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, 2:23 p.m., February 13, 1992]
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