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Memorandum on Emergency Military Assistance to the Dominican Republic

July 15, 1994

Presidential Determination No. 94-34

Memorandum for the Secretary of State, the Secretary of Defense

Subject: Determination to Authorize the Furnishing of Emergency Military Assistance to the Dominican Republic Under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961

Pursuant to the authority vested in me by section 506(a)(1) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended, 22 U.S.C. 2318(a)(1) (the "Act"), I hereby determine that:

(1) an unforeseen emergency exists, which requires immediate military assistance to the Dominican Republic; and

(2) the emergency requirement cannot be met under the authority of the Arms Export Control Act or any other law except section 506 of the Act.

Therefore, I hereby authorize the furnishing of up to $15 million in defense articles from the stocks of the Department of Defense, and military education and training to the Dominican Republic.

The Secretary of State is authorized and directed to report this determination to the Congress and to arrange for its publication in the Federal Register.

William J. Clinton

APP Note: This determination was corrected and the corrected version appears here

William J. Clinton, Memorandum on Emergency Military Assistance to the Dominican Republic Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/219424

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