For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
October 18, 2004
Memorandum for the Secretary of State, The Secretary of Defense
Presidential Determination
No. 2005-03
SUBJECT: Provision of U.S. Drug Interdiction Assistance to the Government of Brazil
Pursuant to the authority vested in me by section 1012 of the
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1995, as amended (22
U.S.C. 2291-4), I hereby certify, with respect to Brazil, that: (1)
interdiction of aircraft reasonably suspected to be primarily engaged
in illicit drug trafficking in that country's airspace is necessary
because of the extraordinary threat posed by illicit drug trafficking
to the national security of that country; and (2) that country has
appropriate procedures in place to protect against innocent loss of
life in the air and on the ground in connection with such interdiction,
which shall at a minimum include effective means to identify and warn
an aircraft before the use of force is directed against the aircraft.
The Secretary of State is authorized and directed to publish this
determination in the Federal Register and to notify the Congress of
this determination.
GEORGE W. BUSH
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