[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 6 (Thursday, January 9, 1997)] [Presidential Documents] [Page 1381] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 97-712] Presidential Documents Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 6 / Thursday, January 9, 1997 / Presidential Documents [[Page 1381]] Presidential Determination No. 97-15 of December 27, 1996 Assistance Program for the New Independent States of the Former Soviet Union Memorandum for the Secretary of State Pursuant to subsection (d) under the heading ``Assistance for the New Independent States of the Former Soviet Union'' in Title II of the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1997 (as enacted in Public Law 104- 208), I hereby determine that it is in the national security interest of the United States to make available funds appropriated under that heading without regard to the restriction in that subsection. You are authorized and directed to notify the Congress of this determination and to arrange for its publication in the Federal Register. (Presidential Sig.)THE WHITE HOUSE, Washington, December 27, 1996. [FR Doc. 97-712 Filed 1-8-97; 9:57 am] Billing code 4710-10-P