For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
August 17, 2004
Memorandum for the Secretary of State and the Secretary of Defense
SUBJECT: Continuation of U.S. Drug Interdiction Assistance to the Government of Colombia
Presidential Determination: No. 2004-42
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 Colombia, 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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