Memorandum on Drawdown from Department of Defense Stocks for Disaster Assistance for the Philippines

Presidential Determination No. 90-41

Memorandum for the Secretary of State

Pursuant to the authority vested in me by Section 506(a)(2) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended, 22 U.S.C. 2318(a)(2), I hereby determine that it is the national interest of the United States to draw down defense articles from the stocks of the Department of Defense, defense services of the Department of Defense, and military education and training for the purpose of the provision of international disaster assistance for the Philippines.

Therefore, I hereby authorize the furnishing of up to $10 million of defense articles from the stocks of the Department of Defense, defense services of the Department of Defense, and military education and training for the purposes and under the authorities of Chapter 9 of Part I of the Act. You are authorize and directed to report this determination to the Congress immediately and to arrange for its publication in the Federal Register.

GEORGE BUSH

THE WHITE HOUSE,

Washington, September 30, 1990.