Sanctions Against India for Detonation of a Nuclear Explosive Device

[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 97 (Wednesday, May 20, 1998)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Page 27665]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-13601]

Presidential Determination No. 98-22 of May 13, 1998

Sanctions Against India for Detonation of a
Nuclear Explosive Device

Memorandum for the Secretary of State

In accordance with section 102(b)(1) of the Arms Export
Control Act, I hereby determine that India, a non-
nuclear-weapon state, detonated a nuclear explosive
device on May 11, 1998. The relevant agencies and
instrumentalities of the United States Government are
hereby directed to take the necessary actions to impose
the sanctions described in section 102(b)(2) of that
Act.

You are hereby authorized and directed to transmit this
determination to the appropriate committees of the
Congress and to arrange for its publication in the
Federal Register.

THE WHITE HOUSE,

Washington, May 13, 1998.