16 January 1998

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    Subject: 1998-01-12 Presidential Determination on China
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                                THE WHITE HOUSE

                         Office of the Press Secretary
                              (New York, New York)
    ________________________________________________________________________
    For Immediate Release                                   January 15, 1998

    January 12, 1998

    Presidential Determination
    No. 98-10

                       MEMORANDUM FOR THE SECRETARY OF STATE

              SUBJECT:  Certification Pursuant to Section (b)(1) of
                        Public Law 99-183 and to Section 902(a)(6)(B)
                        of Public Law 101-246

        Pursuant to section (b)(1) of Public Law 99-183 of December 16,
    1985, relating to the approval and implementation of the Agreement for
    Cooperation Between the United States and the People's Republic of
    China, I hereby certify that:

        (A)  the reciprocal arrangements made pursuant to Article 8 of the
    Agreement have been designed to be effective in ensuring that any
    nuclear material, facilities, or components provided under the
    Agreement shall be utilized solely for intended peaceful purposes as
    set forth in the Agreement;

        (B)  the Government of the People's Republic of China has provided
    additional information concerning its nuclear non-proliferation
    policies and that, based on this and all other information available to
    the United States Government, the People's Republic of China is not in
    violation of paragraph (2) of section 129 of the Atomic Energy Act of
    1954; and

        (C)  the obligation to consider favorably a request to carry out
    activities described in Article 5(2) of the Agreement shall not
    prejudice the decision of the United States to approve or disapprove
    such a request.

        Pursuant to section 902(a)(6)(B)(i) of Public Law 101-246, I hereby
    certify that the People's Republic of China has provided clear and
    unequivocal assurances to the United States that it is not assisting
    and will not assist any nonnuclear-weapon state, either directly or
    indirectly, in acquiring nuclear explosive devices or the material and
    components for such devices.

        You are authorized and directed to publish this determination in
    the Federal Register.

    WILLIAM J. CLINTON

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