    [Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: George W. Bush (2008, Book II)]
    [January 9, 2009]
    [Pages 1543-1544]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]

    Memorandum on Provision of Atomic Information to Bulgaria, Estonia,
    Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia, and Slovenia
    January 9, 2009

    Memorandum for the Secretary of Defense

    Subject: Provision of Atomic Information to Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia,
    Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia, and Slovenia

        In your memorandum to me of August 1, 2008, you recommended that I
    approve pursuant to sections 123 and 144b. of the Atomic Energy Act of
    1954, as amended, an agreement for cooperation within the context of the
    North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) as between the Government of
    the United States and the following seven new members of NATO: the
    Republic of Bulgaria, the Republic of Estonia, the Republic of Latvia,
    the Republic of Lithuania, Romania, the Slovak Republic, and the
    Republic of Slovenia, hereinafter the ``New Parties.'' The subject
    agreement is the Agreement between the Parties to the North Atlantic
    Treaty for Co-operation Regarding Atomic Information, including a
    technical annex and security annex (hereinafter collectively referred to
    as the ATOMAL Agreement), which entered into force on March 12, 1965,
    with respect to the United States and the other members of NATO at that
    time.
        Having considered your recommendations and the cooperation provided
    for in the ATOMAL Agreement with respect to the New Parties, in
    accordance with sections 123 and 144b. of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954,
    as amended, I hereby:
        a. Determine that the performance of the ATOMAL Agreement, including
    the proposed cooperation and the proposed communication of Restricted
    Data thereunder, with respect to the New Parties, will promote, and will
    not constitute an unreasonable risk to, the common defense and security.
        b. Approve the ATOMAL Agreement with respect to the New Parties.
        c. Authorize the Department of Defense to cooperate with the New
    Parties to the ATOMAL Agreement in the context of NATO upon satisfaction
    of the requirements of section 123 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as
    amended.

                                                              George W. Bush

    Note: This memorandum was released by the Office of the Press Secretary
    on January 12.

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