[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 66 (Thursday, May 21, 1998)]
[Senate]
[Page S5318]
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   REPORT CONCERNING THE RATIFICATION OF THE PROTOCOLS TO THE NORTH 
 ATLANTIC TREATY OF 1949 ON THE ACCESSION OF POLAND, HUNGARY, AND THE 
           CZECH REPUBLIC--MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT--PM 131

  The PRESIDING OFFICER laid before the Senate the following message 
from the President of the United States, together with an accompanying 
report; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

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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