Memorandum on Determination Pursuant to Section 2(b)(2) of the Migration and Refugee Assistance Act of 1962, as Amended

Presidential Determination No. 89-1

Memorandum for the Secretary of State

Pursuant to Section 2(b)(2) of the Migration and Refugee Assistance Act of 1962 (22 U.S.C. 2601(b)(2)), as amended, I hereby designate Afghans returning to and resettling in Afghanistan and Afghans internally displaced within Afghanistan as persons qualifying for assistance under Section 2(b)(2) of the Act, having determined that such assistance will contribute to the foreign policy interests of the United States.

You are authorized and directed to advise the appropriate congressional committees of this Determination and to publish it in the Federal Register.

RONALD REAGAN

THE WHITE HOUSE, Washington, October 3, 1988.