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(b) This order shall be transmitted to the of goods, technology or services, in- Congress and published in the Federal Reg- cluding trade financing by U.S. banks; ister. —Prohibits the reexportation of certain William J. Clinton U.S. goods and technology to Iran from third countries; The White House, May 6, 1995. —Prohibits transactions such as brokering and other dealing by United States per- [Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, sons in Iranian goods and services; 2:43 p.m., May 8, 1995] —Prohibits new investments by United States persons in Iran or in property NOTE: This Executive order was released by the Office of the Press Secretary on May 8, and it owned or controlled by the Government was published in the Federal Register on May 9. of Iran; —Prohibits U.S. companies from approv- ing or facilitating their subsidiaries’ per- Letter to Congressional Leaders on formance of transactions that they them- Iran selves are prohibited from performing; May 6, 1995 —Continues the 1987 prohibition on the importation into the United States of Dear Mr. Speaker: (Dear Mr. President:) goods and services of Iranian origin; and On March 15, 1995, I reported to the Con- gress that, pursuant to section 204(b) of the —Allows U.S. companies a 30-day period International Emergency Economic Powers in which to perform trade transactions Act (50 U.S.C. 1703(b)), and section 301 of pursuant to contracts predating this the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. order that are now prohibited. 1631), I exercised my statutory authority to With the exception of the trade noted declare a national emergency to respond to above, all prohibitions contained in the Exec- the actions and policies of the Government utive order are effective as of 12:01 a.m., of Iran and to issue an Executive order that eastern daylight time, on May 7, 1995. prohibited United States persons from enter- This new order provides that the Secretary ing into contracts for the financing or the of the Treasury, in consultation with the Sec- overall management or supervision of the de- retary of State, is authorized to take such ac- velopment of petroleum resources located in tions, including the promulgation of rules Iran or over which Iran claims jurisdiction. and regulations, as may be necessary to carry Following the imposition of these restric- out the purposes of the order. The order also tions with regard to the development of Ira- authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to nian petroleum resources, Iran has continued require reports, including reports on foreign to engage in activities that represent a threat affiliates’ oil trading with Iran. There are cer- to the peace and security of all nations. I have tain transactions subject to the prohibitions now taken additional measures to respond to contained in the Executive order that I have Iran’s continuing support for international directed the Secretary of the Treasury to au- terrorism, including support for acts that un- thorize through licensing, including trans- dermine the Middle East peace process, as actions by United States persons related to well as its intensified efforts to acquire weap- the Iran-United States Claims Tribunal in ons of mass destruction. I have issued a new The Hague, established pursuant to the Al- Executive order and hereby report to the giers Accords, and other international obliga- Congress pursuant to the above authorities tions and United States Government func- and section 505(c) of the International Secu- tions. Such transactions also include the ex- rity and Development Cooperation Act of port of agricultural commodities consistent 1985 (22 U.S.C. 2349aa–9(c)). with section 5712(c) of title 7, United States The new order I have issued with respect Code. In addition, United States persons may to Iran: be licensed to participate in market-based —Prohibits exportation from the United swaps of crude oil from the Caspian Sea area States to Iran or to the Government of for Iranian crude oil in support of energy

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projects in , Turkmenistan, and At war’s end, an 8-year-old boy, already Kazakhstan. a veteran of air raids and bomb shelters, was This order revokes sections 1 and 2 of Ex- asked what he wanted to be when he grew ecutive Order No. 12613 of October 29, up. He answered with one word: Alive. 1987, and sections 1 and 2 of Executive The American people, secure on our con- Order No. 12957 of March 15, 1995, to the tinent, sobered by memories of the last war, extent they are inconsistent with this order. were not eager to enter into the struggle. But The declaration of national emergency made they were stirred by the extraordinary cour- by Executive Order No. 12957 remains in age of the British, all alone and carrying lib- effect and is not affected by this order. erty’s flickering torch into Europe’s darken- Sincerely, ing night. Pushed by their passion for free- William J. Clinton dom, prodded by the wise leadership of President Roosevelt, and provoked, finally, NOTE: Identical letters were sent to Newt Ging- by the infamy at Pearl Harbor, Americans rich, Speaker of the House of Representatives, went to war. and Albert Gore, Jr., President of the Senate. This It became an all-consuming effort. Mil- letter was released by the Office of the Press Sec- lions were heroes here on the home front. retary on May 8. They built the planes, the ships, the tanks, the trucks that carried the Allied armies into Remarks on the 50th Anniversary of battle. They bought victory bonds to pay for V-E Day in Arlington, Virginia the war. The collected scrap metal for weap- May 8, 1995 ons, worn-out rubber for tires, left-over fat for explosives. And they planted 20 million Thank you, Colonel McIntosh, for those victory gardens to help feed the Nation. remarkable words and your remarkable serv- With good cheer they sacrificed, rationing ice. General Shalikashvili, Secretary Perry, food and clothing, holding themselves to 3 Secretary Brown, Father Sampson, Members gallons of gas a week. And President Roo- of Congress, members of the Armed Forces, sevelt willed them onward. ‘‘There is one distinguished guests, American veterans all, front and one battle,’’ he said, ‘‘where every- and especially to our most honored guests, one in the United States, every man, woman, the veterans of the Second World War: and child, is in action. That front is right here Fifty years ago on this day the guns of war at home.’’ in Europe fell silent. A long shadow that had Across the ocean, their fathers and broth- been cast on the entire continent was lifted. ers, sisters and mothers, friends and neigh- Freedom’s warriors rejoiced. We come bors gave the best years of their lives to the today, 50 years later, to recall their triumph, terrible business of war. Some of them were to remember their sacrifice, and to rededi- among the greatest leaders our country and cate ourselves to the ideals for which they the world have ever known: Eisenhower, fought and for which so many of them died. Marshall, Bradley, Patton. But no matter By in Europe, from the beach- their rank, every soldier, airman, marine, sail- es of Normandy to the gates of Moscow, or, every merchant marine, every nurse, some 40 million people lost their lives in every doctor was a hero who carried the ban- World War II. These enormous but faceless ner of justice into the battle for freedom. numbers hid millions upon millions of per- Some of them are here with us today: The sonal tragedies: soldiers shot and shattered gentleman who introduced me, Frederick by weapons of war, prisoners cut down by McIntosh, was then an Air Force lieutenant. disease and starvation, children buried in the He flew, as has been said, 104 missions. His rubble of bombed out buildings, and entire daring dive-bomb raids on D-Day helped families exterminated solely because of the clear the way for the Allied landing; another blood that ran in their veins. And for every veteran behind me, Robert Katayama, a pri- death, so many more fell wounded, physically vate with the Japanese-American 442d Regi- and emotionally. They would survive, but mental Combat Team, that finally broke their lives would be changed forever. through the formidable Gothic line in Italy

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