[House Document 105-256]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]



105th Congress, 2nd Session - - - - - - - - - - - House Document 105-256


 
        CERTIFICATION REGARDING CAPTURED OR MISSING U.S. PERSONNEL

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                                MESSAGE

                                  from

                   THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

                              transmitting

CERTIFICATION THAT EACH OF THE GOVERNMENTS OF POLAND, HUNGARY, AND THE 
  CZECH REPUBLIC ARE FULLY COOPERATING WITH UNITED STATES EFFORTS TO 
  OBTAIN THE FULLEST POSSIBLE ACCOUNTING OF CAPTURED AND MISSING U.S. 
   PERSONNEL FROM PAST MILITARY CONFLICTS OR COLD WAR INCIDENTS, IN 
      ACCORDANCE WITH THE RESOLUTION OF ADVICE AND CONSENT TO THE 
 RATIFICATION OF THE PROTOCOLS TO THE NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY OF 1949 ON 
 THE ACCESSION OF POLAND, HUNGARY, AND THE CZECH REPUBLIC, ADOPTED BY 
           THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES ON APRIL 30, 1998.





    May 21, 1998.--Message and accompanying papers referred to the 
    Committee on International Relations and ordered to be printed


To the Congress of the United States:
    In accordance with the resolution of advice and consent to 
the ratification of the Protocols to the North Atlantic Treaty 
of 1949 on the Accession of Poland, Hungary, and the Czech 
Republic, adopted by the Senate of the United States on April 
30, 1998, I hereby certify to the Congress that, in connection 
with Condition (5), each of the governments of Poland, Hungary, 
and the Czech Republic are fully cooperating with United States 
efforts to obtain the fullest possible accounting of captured 
and missing U.S. personnel from past military conflicts or Cold 
War incidents, to include (A) facilitating full access to 
relevant archival material, and (B) identifying individuals who 
may possess knowledge relative to captured and missing U.S. 
personnel, and encouraging such individuals to speak with 
United States Government officials.

                                                William J. Clinton.
    The White House, May 21, 1998.

                                
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