    [Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: WILLIAM J. CLINTON (1999, Book II)]
    [July 28, 1999]
    [Page 1344]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]

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    Letter to Congressional Leaders Transmitting a Report on Burdensharing
    in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization
    July 28, 1999

    Dear Mr. Chairman:
        Pursuant to section 3 of the resolution of advice and consent to
    ratification of the Protocols to the North Atlantic Treaty of 1949, on
    the Accession of Poland, Hungary, and the Czech Republic (the
    ``resolution''), I hereby transmit a report concerning Burdensharing in
    the Alliance.
        This report is comprised of two sections, which provide the
    information required by section 3(2)(B) of the resolution to the extent
    that such information is available. The unclassified section covers
    common NATO budgets, national defense budgets and their adequacy, costs
    incurred to date in connection with the membership of Poland, Hungary,
    and the Czech Republic, and the status of discussions concerning NATO
    membership for Partnership for Peace countries. A classified addendum
    covers NATO members' capabilities to deploy and sustain combat forces.
            Sincerely,

                                                          William J. Clinton

    Note: Identical letters were sent to John W. Warner, chairman, Senate
    Committee on Armed Services; Floyd Spence, chairman, House Committee on
    Armed Services; Ted Stevens, chairman, Senate Committee on
    Appropriations; C.W. Bill Young, chairman, House Committee on
    Appropriations; Jesse Helms, chairman, Senate Committee on Foreign
    Relations; and Benjamin A. Gilman, chairman, House Committee on
    International Relations. An original was not available for verification
    of the content of this letter.