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                            THE WHITE HOUSE

                     Office of the Press Secretary
                           (Berlin, Germany)
________________________________________________________________________
For Immediate Release                                       May 13, 1998


                              May 13, 1998

                       Presidential Determination
                                No. 98-22

MEMORANDUM FOR THE SECRETARY OF STATE

SUBJECT:  Sanctions Against India for Detonation of a Nuclear
          Explosive Device


    In accordance with section 102(b)(l) 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.


                                   WILLIAM J. CLINTON
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                            THE WHITE HOUSE

                     Office of the Press Secretary
________________________________________________________________________
For Immediate Release                                       May 13, 1998



                   POTENTIAL SCOPE OF INDIA SANCTIONS


The Glenn Amendment mandates --

1.   Termination of bilateral assistance, except humanitarian items:
          $51.3M    AID development assistance (FY98)
          $91M      PL-480 (FY98)

2.   Termination of military sales and financing:
          $775,000  FMS, IMET (FY98)

3.   Termination of licenses for Munitions List items:
          $476 million   (approved since 1994)
          $41 million    (licenses approved CY97)
          $35 million    (pending license requests)

4.   Termination of credit and guarantees by any USG agency or
     "instrumentality":
          $2M       TDA grants (pending)
          $4B       EX-IM guarantees (pending)
          $10.2B    OPIC (potential insurance and financing)
          $20M      Agric. Export Credit Guar. (potential)

5.   Oppose loans/guarantees in International Financial Institutions:
          $3.8B     (upcoming IBRD, IDA, ADB loan approvals)

6.   Prohibit US bank loans or credit to the Government of India 
     (except to purchase food or agricultural commodities):
          $1.98B    current loan exposure
                    (voluntarily reported; actual amount may be higher)

7.   Prohibit exports of specific goods and technology under the Export
     Administration Act (except for food, agricultural commodities, 
     items related to Congressional oversight of intelligence activity):
          $12 million    pending license requests. (CY 97 licenses 
                         totaled $151 million)

     Note that the final numbers will depend on legal determinations as 
to the precise scope of the sanctions.