Administration of George Bush, 1992 / Sept. 17

White House Statement on Additional Disaster Relief for Guam September 17, 1992

The President today announced that he This additional relief provided by the has amended his August 28, 1992, declara- President was in response to a request made tion of a major disaster in the Territory by Gov. Joseph Ada. It was taken in re- of Guam to waive Territory and local cost sponse to the unprecedented damage and sharing requirements, where permitted to destruction caused by Typhoon Omar. By do so by law, to allow reimbursement of waiving customary Territory and local cost 95 percent of eligible public assistance costs sharing requirements, the President can exceeding $10 per capita, and to waive the provide maximum Federal assistance to the cost sharing requirement for the individual people of Guam whose lives have been so and family grant program as allowed under severely disrupted by this disaster. the provisions of the Insular Act.

Nomination of Ambassadors to Bosnia-Hercegovina, Croatia, and September 17, 1992

The President today announced his inten- in in the former , tion to nominate Victor Jackovich, Mara M. 1988–90; Information Officer in Nairobi, Letica, and E. Allan Wendt as Ambassadors Kenya, 1983–86; Cultural Affairs Officer in to Bosnia-Hercegovina, Croatia, and Slove- , Romania, 1980–83; and Branch nia, respectively. The naming of Ambas- Public Affairs Officer in Kiev in the former sadors will complete the establishment of Soviet Union, 1979–80. Mr. Jackovich also full diplomatic relations with these nations. served as the Chief of the Yugoslav Service Their mandate is to foster a viable political, at the Voice of America, 1976–78. economic, and trading partnership between Mr. Jackovich graduated from Indiana the United States and these countries, in- University (B.A., 1970; M.A., 1971). He was cluding the development of democratic and born on April 24, 1948, in Des Moines, market-oriented reforms. The dispatch of IA. Mr. Jackovich is married, has one child, our Ambassadors will allow the U.S. to work and resides in Arlington, VA. more closely with Bosnia, Croatia, and Slo- Mara M. Letica, of Michigan, to be Am- venia to bring about a settlement of the bassador of the United States of America conflicts in the region. In addition, their to Croatia. Currently Ms. Letica is an attor- mission is to encourage the ongoing peace ney and general counsel of the Letica Corp. negotiations, including facilitating the deliv- in Rochester, MI. She is a founder of the ery of humanitarian assistance to those suf- Croatian American Association, where she fering in the region. has served as secretary-treasurer from 1990 Victor Jackovich, of Iowa, a career mem- to 1992. The association was founded to ber of the Senior Foreign Service, class of provide information about the independ- Counselor, to be Ambassador of the United ence movement in Croatia and to support States of America to the Republic of Bosnia U.S. recognition of Croatia. and Hercegovina. Currently Mr. Jackovich Ms. Letica has also served as an attorney is the executive assistant to the Counselor with Bullivant, House, Bailey, Pendergrass at the United States Information Agency. and Hoffman, P.C., in Portland, OR, 1982– Prior to this, he was in the Bulgarian Lan- 85; and in the office of prosecuting attorney guage Training School at the Department criminal division in Seattle, WA, 1980. of State, 1990–91; Cultural Affairs Officer Through the Letica Corp., Ms. Letica has

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