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 PUBLIC LAW 100-459—OCT. 1, 1988

102 STAT. 2209

with respect to the continued recognition of the Soviet puppet regime in Afghanistan and continued United States diplomatic presence in Kabul to determine whether such recognition and presence is in the interest of the United States and the people of Afghanistan. (2) The majority and minority leaders of the United States Senate in a letter dated June 15, 1988, called for the appointment of an Ambassador at Large on Afghanistan to coordinate United States policies and programs with the Afghan Resistance. (3) The Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs, appearing before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on June 23, 1988, acknowledged that the dangers to the security of American personnel in Kabul, Afghanistan, would be expected to grow in the months ahead. (4) After more than eight years of warfare, the Resistance continues to control eighty percent of the territory of Afghanistan and has been instrumental in delivering social services and humanitarian resources inside Afghanistan. (5) The Administration has never responded in a comprehensive manner to the requests enumerated in paragraphs (1) and (2). (b) IT IS THE SENSE OF THE CONGRESS THAT.—

(1) The Administration should intensify its political dialogue with the Afghan Resistance and interact positively with their political and economic institutions. (2) The United States should actively seek first-hand information on military and political developments in Afghanistan from the Afghan Resistance and should not rely solely on other countries for such information. (3) The President should confer diplomatic recognition at an appropriate time on an Afghan Government constituted by the Afghan Resistance that is broad based and genuinely representative of the Afghan people or a government that is directly elected by the Afghan people in a free and fair election. (c)(1) There is established in the Department of State the position President of U.S. of special envoy to the Afghan Resistance who shall be appointed by the President. (2) The special envoy shall hold the personal rank of Ambassador, and shall coordinate United States policies and programs with the Afghan Resistance. (3) It is the sense of the Congress that not later than 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the President should exercise the authority under section 302(a)(2)(B) of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 to confer the rank of Ambassador on an individual who shall serve as the special envoy to the Afghan Resistance. This title may be cited as the ' Department of State Appropriations Act, 1989". TITLE IV—THE JUDICIARY The Judiciary SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For expenses necessary for the operation of the Supreme Court, as required by law, excluding care of the building and grounds, including purchase or hire, driving, maintenance and operation of an

Appropriations Act, 1989.

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