    [Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: George W. Bush (2005, Book II)]
    [September 20, 2005]
    [Page 1462]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]

    Letter to Congressional Leaders Transmitting a Report on the Accession
    of Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia, and Slovenia
    to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization
    September 20, 2005

    Dear _____ :
        Consistent with section 2(10) of the Senate's resolution of advice
    and consent to ratification of the Protocols to the North Atlantic
    Treaty of 1949 on the Accession of Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania,
    Romania, Slovakia, and Slovenia of May 8, 2003 (Treaty Doc. 108-4), I am
    pleased to submit to the Congress the enclosed report prepared by my
    Administration.
        This report is classified due to the nature of the information it
    contains regarding NATO's internal decision-making processes.
             Sincerely,

                                                              George W. Bush

    Note: Identical letters were sent to Richard G. Lugar, chairman, and
    Joseph R. Biden, Jr., ranking member, Senate Committee on Foreign
    Relations; John W. Warner, chairman, and Carl Levin, ranking member,
    Senate Committee on Armed Services; Thad Cochran, chairman, and Robert
    C. Byrd, ranking member, Senate Committee on Appropriations; Henry L.
    Hyde, chairman, and Tom Lantos, ranking member, House Committee on
    International Relations; C.W. Jerry Lewis, chairman, and David R. Obey,
    ranking member, House Committee on Appropriations; and Duncan Hunter,
    chairman, and Ike Skelton, ranking member, House Committee on Armed
    Services. This letter was released by the Office of the Press Secretary
    on September 21.