THE WHITE HOUSE

                     Office of the Press Secretary

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For Immediate Release                                       July 8, 1994


         TEXT OF A LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENT TO THE SPEAKER OF
      THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AND THE CHAIRMAN OF THE SENATE
                     COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN RELATIONS
                                
                                
                                

                            July 7, 1994




  Dear Mr. Speaker:    (Dear Mr. Chairman:)

  In accordance with Public Law 95-384 (22 U.S.C
  2373(c)), I am submitting to you this report on
  progress toward a negotiated settlement of the Cyprus
  question.  The previous report covered progress
  through March 1, 1994.  The current report covers the
  remainder of March through May 20, 1994.

  This has been a very active period for negotiations
  on the U.N. proposed package of confidence-building
  measures.  I hope that in my next report, I will be
  able to state that progress has been made.

                                Sincerely,




                                WILLIAM J. CLINTON




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