THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
For
Immediate Release July 26, 2000
TEXT OF A LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENT
TO THE CHAIRMEN OF THE HOUSE AND SENATE COMMITTEES
ON APPROPRIATIONS AND ARMED SERVICES,
THE HOUSE COMMITTEE ON INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS,
AND THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN RELATIONS
July 25, 2000
Dear Mr. Chairman:
Pursuant to section 3(2)(B) of the Senate's resolution of April 30, 1998,
providing its advice and consent to ratification of the Protocols on the
Accession of Poland, Hungary, and the Czech Republic to the North Atlantic
Treaty of 1949, I hereby transmit to you the report concerning
burdensharing in the Alliance and other matters.
The report contains two sections: (1) an unclassified section on allies'
contributions to common NATO budgets, allies' 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 member-ship for Partnership for Peace countries; and (2) a
separate, classified section on steps taken by allies to meet NATO force
goals.
Sincerely,
WILLIAM J. CLINTON
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