FROM THE OFFICE OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS

Treasury Secretary Paul H. O'Neill will hold the United States-Netherlands Antilles tax information exchange agreement signing ceremony at 3:30 p.m. EST on Wednesday, April 17, 2002 in the Treasury Department's Diplomatic Reception Room (Room 3311), 1500 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW. Treasury Secretary O'Neill and Prime Minister of the Netherlands Antilles Miguel Pourier will be signing the tax information exchange agreement.

The Room will be available for pre-set at 2:30 p.m.

Media without Treasury or White House press credentials planning to attend should contact Treasury's Office of Public Affairs at (202) 622-2960 with the following information: name, social security number and date of birth. This information may also be faxed to (202) 622-1999.