THE WHITE HOUSE
  
              Office of the Press Secretary
  
  _____________________________________________________
  For Immediate Release               December 28, 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
  
  
  
  
                         December 28, 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 September 30, 1994.  The current report 
  covers October 1, 1994 through November 30, 1994.
  
  During this period, senior U.S. officials met 
  frequently with President Clerides and other 
  officials of the Republic of Cyprus.  In late 
  October, Greek-Cypriot leader Clerides and Turkish-
  Cypriot leader Denktash had five face-to-face 
  meetings in Nicosia under the auspices of the United 
  Nations.  No concrete agreements were reached, but 
  all the main issues involved in a settlement were 
  addressed.  Mr. Clerides has stated his willingness 
  to continue discussions if a substantive basis 
  for negotiations is established within the framework 
  of U.N. resolutions and the high-level agreements of 
  1977 and 1979.
  
  In addition, Mr. Denktash wrote to U.N. Secretary 
  General Boutros-Ghali on November 21 reaffirming his 
  commitment to a bizonal, bicommunal federation.  He 
  has also stated his willingness to enter immediate 
  negotiations with Mr. Clerides.  We hope that these 
  statements will facilitate efforts to develop a basis 
  for immediate talks between the two leaders on an 
  early implementation of the U.N.-proposed package of 
  confidence-building measures and on an overall 
  solution.
  
                                Sincerely,
  
                                WILLIAM J. CLINTON