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NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION

Information Security Oversight Office

32 CFR Part 2001

[Directive No. 1; Appendix A]
[RIN 3095-AA92]
Classified National Security Information
AGENCY: Information Security Oversight Office (ISOO), National Archives
and Records Administration (NARA).
ACTION: Final rule.
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SUMMARY: This rule establishes a uniform referral standard that Federal
agencies must use for multi-agency declassification issues. The new
provision responds to a need for further guidance to Federal agencies
in implementing section 3.7(b) of Executive Order 12958, Classified
National Security Information. This rule provides standards and
guidelines for identifying equities of other agencies and foreign
governments contained in information requiring referral for review
before declassification and subsequent public disclosure. It includes
guidelines for referring, redacting, and properly marking information
that is subject to the automatic declassification provisions of the
Executive order.

EFFECTIVE DATE: October 13, 1999.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Steven Garfinkel, Director, ISOO.
Telephone: 202-219-5250.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This rule is issued pursuant to the
provisions of Sections 3.4 and 3.7 (b) of Executive Order 12958,
published April 20, 1995 (60 Fed. Reg. 19825). Section 3.4 of E.O.
12958 requires that all classified national security information
contained in records that (1) are more than 25 years old, and (2) have
been determined to have permanent historical value under title 44,
United States Code, will be automatically declassified whether or not
the records have been reviewed. Subsequently, all classified
information in such records will be automatically declassified no
longer than 25 years from the date of its original classification,
except for information properly exempted in accordance with the Order.
Section 3.7(b) requires that, when an agency receives any request for
documents in its custody that contain information that was originally
classified by another agency, or comes across such documents in the
process of automatic declassification or systematic review provisions
of this Order, the agency must refer copies of any request and the
pertinent documents to the originating agency for processing, and may,
after consultation with the originating agency, inform any requester of
the referral unless such an association is itself classified under this
Order.
This amendment was developed and approved by more than 25 agencies
that serve on the External Referral Working Group (ERWG) sponsored and
endorsed by the Intelligence Community's Declassification Program
Managers' Council. Forty-two agencies responded to ISOO's May 1998 call
for comment on the amendment. Eight of them provided written comments
or suggestions, all of which were considered and incorporated as
appropriate by February 1999. The amendment is being

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Published as a new subsection to Part 2001, the Executive Order's
implementing Directive No. 1, issued by the Director of Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) on October 13, 1995, when ISOO was a
component of OMB. With the enactment of the Treasury, Postal Service,
and General Government Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 1996. ISOO
became a component of the National Archives and Records Administration.
This rule is being issued as a final rule without prior notice of
proposed rulemaking as allowed by the Administrative Procedure Act, 5
U.S.C. 553(b)(3)(A) for rules of agency procedure. This rule is not a
significant regulatory action for the purposes of Executive Order
12866. This rule is not a major rule as defined in 5 U.S.C. Chapter 8,
Congressional Review of Agency Rulemaking. As required by the
Regulatory Flexibility Act, we certify that this rule will not have a
significant impact on small entities because it applies only to Federal
agencies.

List of Subjects in 32 CFR Part 2001

Archives and records, Authority delegations (Government agencies),
Classified information, Executive orders, Freedom of Information,
Information, Intelligence, National defense, National security
information, Presidential documents, Reporting and record keeping
requirements, Security information, Security measures.
For the reasons set forth in the preamble, NARA amends part 2001 of
title 32, Code of Federal Regulations, as follows:

PART 2001--CLASSIFIED NATIONAL SECURITY INFORMATION

The authority citation for part 2001 continues to read:

Authority: Section 5.2(a) and (b), and section 5.4 E.O. 12958,
60 FR 19825, April 20, 1995.
2. Add Sec. 2001.55 to subpart E to read:
Sec. 2001.55 Document referral.

    (a) Purpose. Under E.O. 12958, agencies reviewing records for
declassification must facilitate the review of equities of other
agencies contained in their records. Because agencies have a variety of
processes for review and referral, common language and standards are
needed to ensure clear, concise communication and coordinated action
among all agencies involved in the referral process. Common language
and standards are needed for declassification, exemption from automatic
declassification, and proper marking of information subject to the
automatic declassification provision of the Order. Consistent
declassification of information through standardized procedures should
result in lower cost and greater process efficiency, review accuracy,
and the protection of the equities of all executive branch agencies.
    (b) Applicability. These standards are binding on all executive
branch agencies that create or handle classified information and are
applicable to records covered under Section 3.4 of the Order. With
respect to records reviewed prior to the issuance of these standards,
deviations are acceptable as long as prior practice does not completely
obstruct record referral.
    (c) Responsibility. The senior agency official is responsible for
the agency's referral program. The senior agency official shall
designate agency personnel to assist in carrying out this
responsibility.
    (d) Definitions. For the purpose of this section:
Declassified or Declassification means the authorized change in the
status of information from classified information to unclassified
information.
    Exempted means a declassification technique that regards
information at the full document level. Any exemptible portion of a
document may result in exemption (failure) of the entire document.
Documents that contain no exemptible information are passed and
therefore declassified. Declassified documents may be subject to other
FOIA exemptions other than the security classification exemption
((b)(1), and the requirements placed by legal authorities governing
Presidential holdings.
    Pass/fail (P/F) means a declassification technique that regards
information at the full document level. Any exemptible portion of a
document may result in exemption (failure) of the entire document.
Documents that contain no exemptible information are passed and
therefore declassified. Declassified documents may be subject to other
FOIA exemptions other than the security exemption ((b)(1)), and the
requirements placed by legal authorities governing Presidential
holdings.
    Record means the statutory definition as provided under title 44
U.S.C. 3301 and 44 U.S.C. 2111, 2111 note, and 2201.
    Redaction means a sanitization technique that involves removal
(editing out) of exempted information from a document.
    Tab means a narrow paper sleeve placed around a document or group
of documents in such a way that it would be readily visible
    (e) Approaches to declassification. The exchange of information
between agencies and the final disposition of documents are affected by
differences in the approaches to declassification. Agencies conducting
pass/fail reviews may refer documents to agencies that redact. Actions
taken by the sender and the recipient may differ as noted below:
    (1) When referral is from a pass/fail agency to a pass/fail agency,
both agencies conduct pass/fail reviews and annotate the classification
or declassification decisions on the tabs and/or documents in
accordance with NARA guidelines. The receiving agency should also
notify the referring agency that the review has been completed.
    (2) When referral is from a pass/fail agency to a redaction agency,
the redaction agency is only required to conduct pass/fail reviews of
documents referred by a pass/fail agency. If the redaction agency
wishes to redact the document, it must do so on a copy of the referred
document, then file the redacted version with the original. The
redaction agency should also notify the pass/fail-referring agency that
the review has been completed.
    (3) Referrals from redaction agencies to pass/fail agencies will be
in the form of document copies. In the course of review the pass/fail
agency may either pass or fail the document or its equities. Failed
documents will be reviewed and redacted when practicable.
    (4) Referrals between redaction agencies may result in redaction of
any exemptible equities.
    (f) Referral decisions. When agencies review documents only to the
point at which exemptible information is identified, they must take one
of the following actions to protect any other unidentified equities
that may be in the unreviewed portions of the document:
    (1) Complete a review of the document to identify other agency
equities and notify those agencies; or
    (2) Exempt the document and assign a Date/Event for automatic
declassification, before which time they must provide timely
notification to any equity agencies. Agencies reviewing previously
exempted documents may apply a different exemption and new Date/Event
for automatic declassification based upon the content of previously
unreviewed equities.
    (g) Unmarked or improperly marked documents. Agencies that find
other agency information in unmarked or improperly marked documents
that have been maintained and protected as classified information must
afford those documents appropriate protection and tab or refer the
documents as described in paragraph (h) of this section.

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Agencies must provide other pertinent information, if available,
regarding additional copies or possible public disclosure.
    (h) Means of Referral. The reviewing agency must communicate
referrals to equity agencies. They may use either of the methods below:
    (1) Full text referral. Agencies will make referrals on media and
in a format mutually agreed to by the referring and receiving agencies.
Each referral request will clearly identify the referring agency and
may identify the sections or areas of the document containing the
receiving agency's equities and the requested action.
    (2) Tab and notify.
    (i) Agencies will use NARA-approved tabs and will clearly indicate
on them the agency or agencies having equity in the document(s) held
within the tabs. Successive documents with identical equity (ies) may be
grouped within a single tab. Documents with differing equities, or non-
successive documents, must be tabbed individually. In general, document
order may not be changed to facilitate tabbing. In cases where there
are so many tabbed documents in a box that tabbing documents
individually would seriously overfill the box, the reviewer may group
documents under a single tab for each agency equity at the back of each
file folder, or back of the box if there are no file folders.
    (ii) Agency notification must include, at a minimum, the following
information: the approximate volume of equity, the highest
classification of documents, the exact location (to box level) of the
documents so marked, and instructions related to access to the boxes
containing the documents.
    (iii) Agencies will acknowledge receipt of referral notifications.
They should notify the agency that placed the tabs that the review is
complete. Any additional equities noted in the review must be annotated
on the tab and brought to the attention of the agency that tabbed the
document so the tabbing agency can notify those newly identified
agencies.
    (i) [Reserved].
    (j) Reviewed document marking. Consistency in marking is essential
in the referral of significant numbers of documents under the Executive
Order. Decisions made during review must be communicated clearly to all
subsequent reviewers.
    (1) Redactions must never be indicated on original documents, only
on copies. Redaction agencies need a means of tracking the results of
review (at the document level) by all reviewing agencies and a reason
for each redaction.
    (2) If only one exemption from declassification applies to all
redacted portions of a document, the applicable exemption may be
indicated on the front page of the redacted copy. If more than one
exemption applies to a document, each redacted portion for which an
exemption is asserted must be marked on the redacted copy.
    (3) Redacted portions must be marked to indicate the agency and the
number of the applicable exemption, for example, DIA25X1.
    (4) Agencies reviewing a referred document must indicate on the
tab, folder, or box the result of the review (i.e., exemption or
declassification). The original document should be marked with the
final action only by the agency responsible for the final
declassification decision. Options include marking a copy of the
document, marking the tab, notification as part of a transmittal, or
marking the box or folder according to NARA guidelines. Automated
agencies may forgo marking documents, provided the required information
is maintained in an agency database and is accessible to other
agencies. Exempt documents may be marked.
    (i) Sample Exempted Document Stamp. Exempt documents may be stamped
as shown in the following example:
[GRAPHIC] [TIFF OMITTED] TR13SE99.016

    (A) Normally, only one stamp should be placed on the document with
any subsequent reviewing agencies adding their information to the stamp
on the document, if possible. The stamp should not cover any writing on
the document.
    (B) Specific fields in the stamp must be completed as follows:
    (1) Exemption Code: Agency (ies) ID and 25X plus exemption code(s).
    (2) Date/Event: A specific date or event for declassification.
    (3) Other Agency Equity: This line is used to track other agency
equities and their review. The declassification authority enters
``NONE'' if no other agency equities are present, the identifiers of
agencies with equity, or ``TBD'' (To be determined) if equities are
unknown. Agency identifiers are crossed off as the reviews are
completed and names may be added if additional equities are found.
    (4) Reviewed by: Optional. If used, enter name or other personal
identifier.
    (5) Date: Enter date the action was taken.
    (ii) Sample Stamp for Document Declassification. (A) When agencies
mark declassified documents, the stamp must, at a minimum, include the
information shown in the following example:

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[GRAPHIC] [TIFF OMITTED] TR13SE99.017
    (B) Specific fields in the stamp must be completed as follows:
    (1) Agency: Name of the agency.
    (2) By: Name or personal identifier of the reviewer. (Optional)
    (3) Date: Date the action was taken.

Dated: September 7, 1999
John W. Carlin,
Archivist of the United States.
[FR Doc. 99-23800 Filed 9-10-99; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 7515-01-P

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Legislation Update - September 8, 1999

LEGISLATION UPDATE
S. 484
Bring Them Home Alive Act Of 1999
A bill to provide for the granting of refugee status in the United States to
nationals of certain foreign countries in which American Vietnam War POW/MIAs
or American Korean War POW/MIAs may be present, if those nationals assist in
the return to the United States of those POW/MIAs alive.
Sponsor: Sen Campbell, Ben Nighthorse (introduced 02/25/99)
Cosponsors: 26

Sen Gregg, Judd (R-NH) - 03/02/99
Sen Helms, Jesse (R-NC) - 03/02/99
Sen Brownback, Sam (R-KS) - 03/10/99
Sen Bunning, Jim (R-KY) - 03/23/99
Sen McConnell, Mitch (R-KY) - 04/12/99
Sen Hutchinson, Tim (R-AR) - 04/12/99
Sen Grams, Rod (R-MN) - 04/12/99
Sen Schumer, Charles (D-NY) - 04/20/99
Sen Mack, Connie (R-FL) - 04/21/99
Sen Allard, Wayne (R-CO) - 05/06/99
Sen Smith, Bob (I-NH) - 05/11/99
Sen Torricelli, Robert (D-NJ) - 05/11/99
Sen Fitzgerald, Peter (R-IL) - 06/10/99
Sen Frist, Bill (R-TN) - 6/28/99
Sen Hutchison, Kay (R-TX) - 07/01/99
Sen Shelby, Richard (R-AL) - 07/12/99
Sen Lincoln, Blanche (D-AR) - 07/12/99
Sen Ashcroft, John (R-MO) - 07/16/99
Sen Abraham, Spencer (R-MI) - 07/21/99
Sen Bingaman, Jeff (D-NM) - 07/27/99
Sen Conrad, Kent (D-ND) - 08/03/99
Sen Gorton, Slade (R-WA) - 08/03/99
Sen Kennedy, Edward (D-MA) - 08/05/99
Sen Kerry, John (D-MA) - 09/09/99
Sen Burns, Conrad (R-MT) - 09/09/99
Sen. Thurman, Storm (R-SC) - 09/09/99
H.R. 1926
Bring Them Home Alive Act Of 1999
A bill to provide for the granting of refugee status in the United States to
nationals of certain foreign countries in which American Vietnam War POW/MIAs
or American Korean War POW/MIAs may be present, if those nationals assist in
the return to the United States of those POW/MIAs alive.

Sponsor: Rep Hefley, Joel (introduced 05/25/99)

Cosponsors: 63

Rep Rohrabacher, Dana (R-CA) - 05/25/99
Rep McCarthy, Carolyn (D-NY) - 05/25/99
Rep Shows, Ronnie (D-MS) - 05/25/99
Rep Holden, Tim (D-PA) - 05/25/99
Rep Diaz-Balart, Lincoln (R-FL) - 05/25/99
Rep McHugh, John (R-NY) - 05/25/99
Rep Ortiz, Solomon (D-TX) - 05/25/99
Rep Schaffer, Bob (R-CO) - 05/25/99
Rep Fossella, Vito (R-NY) - 05/25/99
Rep English, Phil (R-PA) - 05/25/99
Rep Green, Gene (D-TX) - 05/25/99
Rep Whitfield, Ed (R-KY) - 05/25/99
Rep Granger, Kay (R-TX) - 05/25/99
Rep Burton, Dan (R-IN) - 05/25/99
Rep Kelly, Sue (R-NY) - 05/25/99
Rep Gutierrez, Luis (D-IL) - 05/25/99
Rep Davis, Thomas R-VA) - 05/25/99
Rep Fletcher, Ernest (R-KY) - 05/25/99
Rep Forbes, Michael (D-NY) - 05/25/99
Rep Cunningham, Randy (R-CA) - 05/25/99
Rep Shays, Christopher (R-CT) - 05/25/99
Rep Filner, Bob (D-CA) - 05/25/99
Rep McCollum, Bill (R-FL) - 05/25/99
Rep Hilleary, Van (R-TN) - 05/25/99
Rep Lucas, Ken (D-KY) - 05/25/99
Rep McGovern, James (D-MA) - 05/25/99
Rep King, Peter (R-NY) - 05/25/99
Rep Lewis, Ron (R-KY) - 05/25/99
Rep Hunter, Duncan (R-CA) - 05/25/99
Rep Hostettler, John (R-IN) - 05/25/99
Rep Tancredo, Thomas (R-CO) - 05/26/99
Rep Talent, James (R-MO) - 05/26/99
Rep Wynn, Albert (D-MD) - 06/16/99
Rep Saxton, Jim (R-NJ) - 06/16/99
Rep Bilirakis, Michael (R-FL) - 06/16/99
Rep Peterson, Collin (D-MN) - 06/16/99
Rep Pallone, Frank (D-NJ) - 06/16/99
Rep Cramer, Robert (D-AL) - 06/29/99
Rep Deal, Nathan (R-GA) - 06/29/99
Rep Northup, Anne (R-KY) - 07/12/99
Rep DeFrazio, Peter (D-OR) - 07/12/99
Rep Schakowsky, Janice (D-IL) - 07/12/99
Rep Armey, Richard (R-TX) - 07/13/99
Rep Bishop, Sanford (D-GA) - 07/13/99
Rep Jenkins, William (R-TN) - 07/13/99
Rep Thurman, Karen (D-FL) - 07/21/99
Rep Moore, Dennis (D-KS) - 07/21/99
Rep Sweeney, John (R-NY) - 07/21/99
Rep Goode, Virgil (D-VA) - 07/21/99
Rep McNulty, Michael D-NY) - 07/21/99
Rep Souder, Mark (R-IN) - 07/29/99
Rep Maloney, James (D-CT) - 07/29/99
Rep Rahall, Nick (D-WV) - 07/29/99
Rep Brown, Sherrod (D-OH) - 07/29/99
Rep Bliley, Tom (R-VA) - 07/29/99
Rep Vento, Bruce (D-MN) - 07/29/99
Rep Dickey, Jay (R-AZ) - 07/29/99
Rep Morella, Constance (R-MD) - 08/04/99
Rep Linder, John (R-GA) - 08/04/99
Rep Cook, Merrill (R-UT) - 08/04/99
Rep Manzullo, Donald (R-IL) - 08/04/99
Rep Green, Mark (R-WI) - 08/04/99
Rep Sisisky, Norman (D-VA) - 08/04/99

H. RES. 172
A resolution to authorize and direct the Archivist of the United States to
make available for public use the records of the House of Representatives
Select Committee on Missing Persons in Southeast Asia.

Sponsor: Rep Gilman, Benjamin (introduced 05/13/99)

PASSED

H. RES. 16
A resolution to establish a Select Committee on POW and MIA Affairs.

Sponsor: Rep King, Peter (introduced 01/06/99)

Cosponsors: 16

Rep Cramer, Robert (D-AL) - 02/03/99
Rep Oberstar, James (D-MN) - 02/03/99
Rep McCarthy, Carolyn (D-NY) - 02/03/99
Rep Frost, Martin (D-TX) - 02/03/99
Rep Bilirakis, Michael (R-FL) - 02/03/99
Rep Lazio, Rick (R-NY) - 02/03/99
Rep Kelly, Sue (R-NY) - 02/03/99
Rep Luther, Bill (D-MN) - 02/09/99
Rep Calvert, Ken (R-CA) - 02/09/99
Rep LaHood, Ray (R-IL) - 03/17/99
Rep Canady, Charles (R-FL) - 04/12/99
Rep Ramstad, Jim (R-MN) - 06/07/99
Rep Peterson, Collin (D-MN) - 06/16/99
Rep Metcalf, Jack (R-WA) - 06/29/99
Rep Gutknecht, Gil (R-MN) - 07/22/99
Rep Duncan, John (R-TN) - 07/29/99

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On Sunday, August 29, at 5:00 PM eastern time, (adjust the time for your
local time zone), POW/MIA Freedom Radio will feature:

The 1st hour B.G. Burkett
Author of Stolen Valor.

The 2nd hour will be Laim Atkins.
Vietnam Vet and POW/MIA activist who was put in prison for what he knows

POW/MIA Freedom Radio can be heard on the Internet via Real Audio, on
satellite or locally in Colorado. Listen and learn the truth about Americans
"left behind." While listening other computer applications can still be used.

America News Net
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Listen and learn the truth!
Dave Murray
http://www.geocities.com/Pentagon/Barracks/5434/page1.html

Dave Murray's Fight for POW/MIA's

For people in the New Jersey area, Rolling Thunder New Jersey will be
held on September 19th. Guest speakers will be:
Amanda Kidd, cousin of Bruce Preston POW/MIA
Barbara Ruef, researcher in the case of Burt Smalls POW/MIA

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NEWS RELEASE
JOINT TASK FORCE-FULL ACCOUNTING PUBLIC AFFAIRS (808) 477-5301
RELEASE NO. #99-25
SEPT. 16, 1999

CAMP H.M. SMITH, HAWAII – A team of 98 mostly Hawaii-based U.S. military
specialists leave for Vietnam Friday (Sept. 17) evening with hopes of
recovering remains that may lead to the identification of American service
members listed as missing in action since the war in Southeast Asia.

On Tuesday, members from Joint Task Force-Full Accounting at Camp Smith and
the U.S. Army’s Central Identification Lab at Hickam Air Force Base will join
technical representatives from the Socialist Republic of Vietnam to begin
joint investigations and remains recovery operations in 23 Vietnamese
provinces and cities. Sixty-eight cases involving aircraft and ground losses
are scheduled for investigation during the 30-day operation. There are six
primary excavation sites and three alternate locations.

Since 1973, the remains of 529 American service members, formerly listed as
unaccounted for, have been identified and returned to their families. There
are currently 2,054 Americans still unaccounted-for from the war in Southeast
Asia, 1,530 in Vietnam.

This will be the 42nd Joint Field Activity conducted in Vietnam, and the
103rd overall JFA in the tri-country region of Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia
since Joint Task Force-Full Accounting was formed in January 1992 at Camp
Smith. The 98-team members are comprised of 46 U.S. Army, 21 Air Force, 12
Navy, 10 Marines, and nine Department of Defense civilians.

http://www.americanewsnet.com/

American News Network

Darwinn Rutz - Host
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Real Audio is a free download at:
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HTTP://www.Ladyjen.com/POWMIARing.html

Federal Research Division
POW/MIA Home Page
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/pow/powhome.html

P.O.W. Network
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P.O.W.-M.I.A. Network also;
http://www.allpowmia.com

Visit our Firebase Freedom Web Site at:
http://members.tripod.com/~Firebase_Freedom/firebase2.html

National Alliance of Families
http://www.nationalalliance.org

POW/MIA Forum
http://www.ojc.org/powforum

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No. 142-M
MEMORANDUM FOR CORRESPONDENTS
September 14, 1999

Secretary of Defense William S. Cohen, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
Gen. Henry H. Shelton and Sen. Max Cleland will speak at a national POW/MIA
Recognition Day ceremony Sept. 17 at 11 a.m. EDT at Arlington National
Cemetery.

Attendees at the ceremony will include former POWs, veterans, service members,
and family members of missing in action servicemen.

POW/MIA Recognition Day is traditionally held on the third Friday in
September. On that day, many states, communities, family organizations, and
veterans’ organizations commemorate POW/MIA Recognition Day in local
ceremonies. The commemoration at Arlington National Cemetery will include
formal military honors with assembled troops from all of the military
Services and two joint Service flyovers, one with helicopters and one with
jet aircraft. As the Department of Defense announced June 17, part of the
Sept. 17 ceremony will include the formal dedication of a new inscription
above the existing dates (1958-1975) on the tomb cover of the Vietnam Unknown
in the Tomb of the Unknowns: "Honoring and Keeping Faith with America's
Missing Servicemen."

The event is open to the public. Parking will be available on nearby Ft. Myer
with shuttle buses to the ceremony site. Media desiring to cover the event
should contact Patty Heard, Military District of Washington Public Affairs
Office, at (202) 685-4645 or 2852.

http://www.defenselink.mil/news/Sep1999/m09141999_m142-99.html
(Unclassified LAN)

Ex-prisoners of war held by Japan seek UK payment

By Paul Majendie

LONDON, Sept 20 (Reuters) - British World War Two veterans on Monday urged
the government to give 10,000 former prisoners of war held by the Japanese a
special one-off payment to repay a debt of honor before they all die.

The British Legion veterans association, which has campaigned in vain through
the Japanese courts for reparations for ill treatment suffered during the
war, said they had won both parliamentary and public support for their
campaign.

``Some 25 percent of FEPOWs (Far East prisoners of war) held by the Japanese
were killed or died in captivity,'' said Legion Secretary General Ian
Townsend.

``The survivors, many of whom are disabled both physically and
psychologically, have fought for justice through the Japanese courts since
the 1960s.

``Because this route has so far been unsuccessful, we are now seeking to break
the stalemate by asking the government to make an ex-gratia payment in
recognition of hardship and brutality they suffered in the service of their
country.''

Among the veterans campaigning for a British payment is Eric Lomax, captured
in the fall of Singapore in 1942 as a 22-year-old and then sent to work on
the ``death railway'' in Thailand, where he saw many of his fellow prisoners
die from beatings, torture, starvation, disease and exhaustion.

``I was repeatedly beaten and tortured and forced to stand for hours in the
burning sun. In one lengthy beating with pickax handles, my ribs and forearms
were broken,'' he said.

To back its campaign, the British Legion cited the case of Canada which last
December gave ex-prisoners held by the Japanese a payment of 10,000 pounds
($16,000) in recognition of ``their suffering and to repay a debt of honor.''

It said it had won support from more than 300 members of parliament. An
opinion poll showed 71 percent of Britons across all age groups agreed that a
special payment should be made.

Prisoners of war were given a 76-pound payment under a 1951 peace treaty with
Japan. Veterans condemned that as ``derisory.''

In May last year, hundreds of labor camp survivors and civilian internees
turned their backs on Japan's Emperor Akihito as he drove to Buckingham
Palace for lunch with Queen Elizabeth, shouting ``Go home'' and
``Compensation overdue.''

Akihito tried to defuse the veterans' anger by expressing sorrow for their
suffering but he stopped short of making the full apology they had demanded.

Defense POW/MIA Weekly Update
September 17, 1999
NATIONAL POW/MIA RECOGNITION DAY, 1999
___________

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

A PROCLAMATION

As we look back over this century that is swiftly drawing to a close, we
recognize that the light of freedom still burns brightly in our world today
because of the service and sacrifice of America's men and women in uniform.
Through the devastation of two world wars and the brutality of numerous
regional conflicts; on peacekeeping assignments and humanitarian missions;
from the darkest days of the Cold War to the fall of the Berlin

Wall, our Nation's servicemen and women have fought the forces of tyranny and
won signal victories for liberty, human dignity, and the ideals of democracy.
On every continent, on the seas, and in the air, gallant young Americans have
paid for our future with their own, and many have preserved our freedom by
sacrificing their own.

On National POW/MIA Recognition Day, we remember with profound gratitude
those who suffered captivity and those whose fate remains unknown. Many
American POWs were tortured at the hands of their captors; all experienced
the ordeal of being held against their will and the anguish of indefinite
separation from their families and their homeland.

Today we also honor the valiant families of our fellow citizens who remain
missing -- families who have had to suffer not only the absence of their
loved ones, but also the uncertainty of their fate. As Americans, we remain
unshakable in our resolve to achieve the fullest possible accounting of those
missing and to strive to bring home the remains of those who have died. Only
by doing so can we begin to acknowledge the debt we owe to these patriots and
assuage the grief of the families they left behind for the sake of our Nation.

On September 17, 1999, the flag of the National League of Families of
American Prisoners of War and Missing in Southeast Asia, a black and white
banner symbolizing America's missing and our unwavering determination to
account for them, will be flown over the White House, the U.S. Capitol, the
Departments of State, Defense, and Veterans Affairs, the Selective Service
System Headquarters, the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, the Korean War Veterans
Memorial, national cemeteries, and other locations across our country.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, WILLIAM J. CLINTON, by virtue of the authority vested in
me by the Constitution and laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim
September 17, 1999, as National POW/MIA Recognition Day. I ask all Americans
to join me in honoring former American prisoners of war and those whose fate
is still undetermined. I also encourage the American people to remember with
compassion and concern the courageous families who persevere in their quest
to know the fate of their missing loved ones. Finally, I urge Federal, State,
and local officials and private organizations to observe this day with
appropriate ceremonies, programs, and activities.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this fifteenth day of
September in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and ninety-nine, and of
the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and
twenty-fourth.

WILLIAM J. CLINTON

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ARLINGTON CEREMONY HONORS POWs, MIAs, FAMILIES

Secretary of Defense William S. Cohen, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
Gen. Henry H. Shelton and Sen. Max Cleland spoke today at a national POW/MIA
Recognition Day ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery. Attendees at the
ceremony included former POWs, veterans, service members and family members of
missing in action servicemen.

POW/MIA Recognition Day is traditionally held on the third Friday in
September. On that day, many states, communities, family organizations, and
veterans' organizations commemorate POW/MIA Recognition Day in local
ceremonies. The commemoration at Arlington National Cemetery will include
formal military honors with assembled troops from all of the military
Services and two joint Service flyovers, one with helicopters and one with
jet aircraft. As the Department of Defense announced June 17, part of the
Sept. 17 ceremony included the formal dedication of a new inscription above
the existing dates (1958-1975) on the tomb cover of the Vietnam Unknown in
the Tomb of the Unknowns: "Honoring and Keeping Faith with America's Missing
Servicemen." The event was open to the public.

DISINTERMENT OF UNIDENTIFIED REMAINS BEGINS IN HAWAII

The disinterment of the remains of two Korean War servicemen previously
classified as "unknown" began Wednesday in Hawaii at the National Memorial
Cemetery of the Pacific, commonly known as the Punch Bowl.

United States Pacific Command will conducted a Joint Services Disinterment
Ceremony to honor the deceased servicemen. The ceremony included a joint
color guard and two joint Service casket bearer teams.

The Department of Defense announced in May a policy to apply mitochondrial
DNA technology to identify Korean War and World War II remains previously
classified as "unknown" and interred in national cemeteries. In 1995, DoD
certified the use of mtDNA as a reliable forensic tool. Since then, further
improvements and refinements in the use of mtDNA technology have occurred to
enhance the possibility of positive identification.

"In applying the latest technology available to us, we hope to provide
answers to family members who lost loved ones during the war -- some nearly
50 years ago," said Robert L. Jones, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense
for POW/Missing Personnel Affairs. "Our work in identifying the Vietnam
Unknown from the Tomb of the Unknowns led us naturally to this work in the
Punch Bowl cemetery," he added.

In 1998, the Department of Defense identified the Vietnam Unknown as U.S. Air
Force 1st Lt. Michael Blassie using mtDNA from his remains and matching test
results with those from his family. He was killed in Vietnam in 1972,
classified as an unknown, and interred in the Tomb in 1984. Blassie's remains
now rest at the Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery in St. Louis, Mo.

For the past five years, the Central Identification Laboratory, Hawaii, has
applied the science of mtDNA to approximately 45 percent of its cases. The
Armed Forces DNA Identification Laboratory in Rockville, Md., carries out the
mtDNA laboratory work.

The cemetery with the greatest number of gravesites containing unknown
remains is the Punch Bowl, which is part of the Department of Veterans
Affairs, National Cemetery Administration. This cemetery contains 866 remains
of unidentified soldiers from the Korean War. Following the cease-fire in
1953, most of these remains were turned over by the North Koreans.

The records associated with each of the unknown remains located in the Punch
Bowl cemetery were subject to a rigorous evaluation before the decision was
made to disinter. CILHI determines whether there is strong circumstantial
evidence associating a serviceman's name with a set of remains. Since mtDNA
is to be used to identify most of these remains, a comparison blood sample is
needed. DoD continues to obtain mtDNA samples from family members from each
serviceman's maternal bloodline. Scientists believe a total of 50-70 cases
may be candidates for eventual disinterment.

The CILHI will direct the identification process and the actual disinterment
action, which has been closely coordinated with the National Memorial
Cemetery of the Pacific and the Department of Veterans Affairs.

MIA SEARCH TEAM DEPLOYS TO VIETNAM

A team of 98 mostly Hawaii-based U.S. military specialists leave for Vietnam
today with hopes of recovering remains that may lead to the identification of
American servicemen missing in action from the war in Southeast Asia.

On Tuesday, members from Joint Task Force-Full Accounting at Camp Smith and
the U.S. Army's Central Identification Lab at Hickam AFB will join technical
representatives from the Socialist Republic of Vietnam to begin joint
investigations and remains recovery operations in 23 Vietnamese provinces and
cities. Sixty-eight cases involving aircraft and ground losses are scheduled
for investigation during the 30-day operation. There are six primary
excavation sites and three alternate locations.

DISCUSSIONS CONTINUE WITH CHINESE GOVERNMENT

Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense Bob Jones departs Sunday for Beijing to
continue discussions there on U. S. servicemen missing in action from the
Korean War. Jones had previously presented 44 case inquiries to the Chinese.
He requested information relating to Americans, drawing from categories:
Korean War POW camps; ground battles (Chosin Reservoir, Chongchon River,
Demilitarized Zone); air losses; and POW names appearing in Chinese
periodicals. While in China he will travel to Mao'er Mountain in the south
and receive briefings on the joint U.S.-China operation to recover the
remains of WWII American airmen whose B-24 crashed in 1944.

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From: Nigel Cawthorne
To: Bob Necci

Bob,

The Bamboo Cage is out of print. But I have good news.

The Bamboo Cage and the follow-up The Iron Cage, about World War II and
Korea, have now been published on the Internet at
http://www.authorsonline.co.uk.

I am told that the books cost just $1.50 -- each to down
load. I would be most grateful if you can circulate this website address.

Best, Nigel

Thank you for calling the National League of Families Update Line. This
message is being recorded on Friday, September 3rd. The number of Americans
still missing from the Vietnam War is 2,054.

The names of 3 US servicemen previously missing from the Vietnam War were
recently announced as accounted for by the Department of Defense, and their
remains returned to their families for burial. The 3 are identified as
Captain Clyde D. Wilkinson of Mineral Wells, Tex., Warrant Officer Arthur E.
McLeod of Bay Shore, NY, both U. S. Army, and Lt. Cmdr. V. King Cameron of
McAllen, Tex., US Navy.

Missing in South Vietnam since February 12, 1971, the remains of Capt.
Wilkinson and WO McLeod were recovered by a joint team in May and June of
1997. The remains of Lt. Commander Cameron, missing since July 29, 1966,
were returned in 1990, but further information from the Vietnamese in 1998
made correlation and identification possible.

The accounting for these Americans brings the number still missing to 2,054.
Since the release of US POWs in 1973, 529 Americans have been accounted for
from the Vietnam War. Of the 2,054 still missing, over 95% were lost in
Vietnam and areas of Laos and Cambodia then under the control of Vietnamese
forces. Recently, the US facilitated the visit to Hanoi of a Lao team to
interview Vietnamese sources that may be able to provide helpful information
on cases in Laos.

Remains believed to be those of four US servicemen from the Vietnam War will
arrive at Hickam AFB on September 8th. The remains were recovered from
several excavation sites by joint US-Vietnamese teams in July and August.

US and Vietnamese officials met this past week in Hanoi to pursue answers on
43 cases listed as last known alive in Vietnam. Many of these are cases that
should be easiest for Vietnam to resolve with serious unilateral effort.
According to a quote in last Sunday's PARADE MAGAZINE, Ambassador Peterson
considers these 43 cases as the only ones "that remain to be determined,"
virtually dismissing all other cases as excavation prospects. Even
recognizing that he was appointed by President Clinton, one has to question
Ambassador Peterson's constant portrayal of Vietnam's cooperation as far
greater than the facts support.

Joint field operations in Laos resumed on August 17th. The 30-day schedule
calls for excavating two primary sites, with 8 additional sites as
alternates.

POW/MIA consultations were held in Laos in early August. Leading the US team
was BG Harry B. Axson, Jr., new commander of Joint Task Force
Full-Accounting. Vietnam and US will resume joint field operations on
September 21st.

There has not yet been any serious US Government follow-up to the several
initiatives that resulted from the League's May 11-22nd delegation to
Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia. Each of these governments agreed to participate
in a 4-party conference concept and pledged renewed efforts in specific
areas. Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for POW/MIA Affairs Bob Jones
briefly visited all three Indochina countries June 23-29th. The League had
hoped that these important opportunities would not be squandered, but
apparently they have. The full report of the League's May 11-22nd Delegation
to Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia is available on the League's web site:
pow-miafamilies.org or by calling the League's office at 202-223-6846.

National POW/MIA Recognition Day is September 17th this year. Programs will
be held throughout the United States and at US military installations around
the world. The primary focus of this year's national ceremony will be
Secretary of Defense Cohen's dedication of an inscription on the empty
Vietnam War crypt at the Tomb of the Unknowns, Arlington National Cemetery.
Now in place, the inscription reads "HONORING AND KEEPING FAITH WITH
AMERICA'S MISSING SERVICEMEN.