The White House Briefing Room

May 21, 1998

TO THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES:

                              THE WHITE HOUSE

                       Office of the Press Secretary

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For Immediate Release                              May 21, 1998


TO THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES:


     In accordance with the resolution of advice and consent to the
ratification of the Protocols to the North Atlantic Treaty of 1949 on the
Accession of Poland, Hungary, and the Czech Republic, adopted by the Senate
of the United States on April 30, 1998, I hereby certify to the Congress
that, in connection with Condition (5), each of the governments of Poland,
Hungary, and the Czech Republic are fully cooperating with United States
efforts to obtain the fullest possible accounting of captured and missing
U.S. personnel from past military conflicts or Cold War incidents, to
include (A) facilitating full access to relevant archival material, and (B)
identifying individuals who may possess knowledge relative to captured and
missing U.S. personnel, and encouraging such individuals to speak with
United States Government officials.




                                   WILLIAM J. CLINTON




THE WHITE HOUSE,
    May 21, 1998.




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