[House Document 108-164]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]



                                     

108th Congress, 2d Session - - - - - - - - - - - - House Document 108-164


 
                  CERTIFICATION REGARDING CAPTURED OR

                         MISSING U.S. PERSONNEL

                               __________

                                MESSAGE

                                  from

                   THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

                              TRANSMITTING

   CERTIFICATION THAT EACH OF THE GOVERNMENTS OF BULGARIA, ESTONIA, 
     LATVIA, LITHUANIA, ROMANIA, SLOVAKIA, AND SLOVENIA 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 BULGARIA, ESTONIA, LATVIA, 
 LITHUANIA, ROMANIA, SLOVAKIA, AND SLOVENIA, ADOPTED BY THE SENATE OF 
                    THE UNITED STATES ON MAY 8, 2003




  February 26, 2004.--Message and accompanying papers referred to the 
     Committee on International Relations and ordered to be printed
To the Congress of the United States:
    Consistent with Condition (3) of the resolution of advice 
and consent to the ratification of the Protocols to the North 
Atlantic Treaty of 1949 on the Accession of Bulgaria, Estonia, 
Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia, and Slovenia, adopted by 
the United States Senate on May 8, 2003, and based on the 
recommendation of the Department of State, I hereby certify to 
the Congress that each of these governments is cooperating 
fully with United States efforts to obtain the fullest possible 
accounting of captured or missing United States 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 or missing United States 
        personnel, and encouraging such individuals to speak 
        with United States Government officials.

                                                    George W. Bush.
    The White House, February 25, 2004.

                                
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