[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 41, Number 38 (Monday, September 26, 2005)]
[Page 1434]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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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.