107 STAT. 2608 PROCLAMATION 6519—DEC. 30, 1992 pendent Counsel investigation has gone on for more than 6 years, and it has cost more than $31 million. Moreover, the Independent Coimsel stated last September that he had completed the active phase of his investigation. He will have the opportmiity to place his full assessment of the facts in the public record when he submits his final report. While no impartial person has seriously suggested that my own role in this matter is legally questionable, I have further requested that the Independent Coimsel provide me with a copy of my sworn testimony to his office, which I am prepared to release immediately. And I understand Secretary Weinberger has requested the release of all of his notes pertaining to the Iran-Contra matter. For more than 30 years in public service, I have tried to follow three precepts: honor, decency, and fairness. I know, from all those years of service, that the American people believe in fairness and fair play. In granting these pardons today, I am doing what I believe honor, decency, and fairness require. NOW, THEREFORE, I, GEORGE BUSH, President of the United States of America, pm^uant to my powers under Article H, Section 2, of the Constitution, do hereby grant a full, complete, and unconditional pardon to Elliott Abrams, Duane R. Clarridge, Alan Fiers, Clair George, Robert C. McFarlane, and Caspar W. Weinberger for all offenses charged or prosecuted by Independent Counsel Lawrence E. Walsh or other member of his office, or committed by these individuals and within the jurisdiction of that office. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereimto set my hand this twenty- fourth day of December, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and ninety-two, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and seventeenth. GEORGE BUSH Proclamation 6519 of December 30, 1992 To Implement Tariff Modifications on Certain Plywood Originating in the Territory of Canada and for Other Purposes By the President of the United States of America A Proclamation 1. Pursuant to section 201(c) of the United States-Canada Free-Trade Agreement Implementation Act of 1988 (Public Law 100-449) (the "CFTA Act")i the President is authorized to implement the tariff concessions described in article 2008 of the United States-Canada Free- Trade Agreement (the "CFTA") when he determines that conmion performance standards for the use of softwood plywood and other structural panels in construction applications have been incorporated into building codes in the United States and Canada. Article 2008 of the CFTA allowed the United States and Canada to delay implementation of tariff concessions on softwood plywood and on waferboard, oriented strand board, and particle-board of all species because a panel of ex-
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