[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 22 (Thursday, February 26, 2004)]
[House]
[Page H670]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




CERTIFICATION OF ACCOUNTING OF CAPTURED OR MISSING U.S. PERSONNEL UNDER 
PROTOCOLS TO NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY OF 1949--MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT 
               OF THE UNITED STATES (H. DOC. NO. 108-164)

  The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Bishop of Utah) laid before the House 
the following message from the President of the United States; which 
was read and, together with the accompanying papers, without objection, 
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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