ACCESSION NUMBER:312313
FILE ID:EPF502
DATE:11/12/93
TITLE:WHITE HOUSE REPORT, NOVEMBER 12 (11/12/93)
TEXT:*93111202.EPF
*EPF502 11/12/93 *
WHITE HOUSE REPORT, NOVEMBER 12
(POW/MIA documents) (260)
Statement of November 10 by Press Secretary Dee Dee Myers:
(begin text)
Last Memorial Day, President Clinton pledged to the American people that the
U.S. Government would complete by Veterans Day this year the review and
declassification of all documents relating to the Vietnam War and American
POW/MIA's in Southeast Asia. That work has been completed by relevant U.S.
Government agencies -- the Departments of State and Defense, the Central
Intelligence Agency, and the National Security Council -- in accordance
with orders to make these documents publicly available, with a few specific
exceptions.
In all, approximately 1.7 million pages of documents were reviewed,
declassified and approved for release. Among other subjects, the documents
cover individuals held as prisoners or missing in action, U.S. policies
pertaining to POW and MIA issues, and U.S. negotiations with Vietnam and
Laos at the Paris Peace talks. Those talks involved the release of known
POWs and pressed for a full accounting for personnel missing in action in
Indochina during the hostilities.
The small proportion of documents not declassified pertain to sensitive
foreign policy discussions and currently active negotiations; intelligence
sources and methods; ongoing clandestine operations; and privacy issues
related to returnees and the families of POWs and MIAs.
Arrangements are being made to sort and index the released documents to make
them more convenient for public use. We remain committed to the review,
declassification, and public release of newly obtained information at the
1arliest possible time.
(end text)
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