[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 35, Number 30 (Monday, August 2, 1999)]
[Pages 1514-1515]
[Online from the 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'

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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.