CLINTON WRITES LETTER TO CONGRESS O

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ON THE 9TH OF NOVEMBER ,PRESIDENT CLINTON WRITES A LETTER TO CONGRESS
ON DRUG-PRODUCING COUNTRIES INCLUDING BURMA.DESPITE ARDUOUS EFFORTS MADE
BY THE UNITED STATES ,COUNTRIES LIKE BURMA STILL PRODUCE DRUGS WHICH GET
TRANSPORTED TO THE UNITED STATES. 


"In accordance with the provisions of section 490(h) of the Foreign

Assistance Act of 1961, (FAA), as amended, I have determined that the

following countries are major illicit drug-producing or drug-transit

countries: Afghanistan, Aruba, The Bahamas, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil,

Burma, Cambodia, China, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Ecuador,

Guatemala, Haiti, Hong Kong, India, Iran, Jamaica, Laos, Malaysia,

Mexico, Nigeria, Pakistan, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Taiwan, Thailand,

Venezuela, and Vietnam. These countries have been selected on the

basis of information from the March 1, 1997, International Narcotics

Control Strategy Report and from other U.S. Government sources."

SOURCE :US STATE DEPT