Executive Order: Nazi War Criminal Records Interagency Working

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 THE WHITE HOUSE



 Office of the Press Secretary


 For Immediate Release              January 11, 1999

 EXECUTIVE ORDER



 NAZI WAR CRIMINAL RECORDS INTERAGENCY WORKING GROUP


  By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of
 the United States of America, including the Nazi War Crimes Disclosure Act
 (Public Law 105-246) (the "Act"), it is hereby ordered as follows:

  Section 1.   Establishment of Working Group. There is hereby established the
 Nazi War Criminal Records Interagency Working Group (Working Group). The
 function of the Group shall be to locate, inventory, recommend for
 declassification, and make available to the public at the National Archives and
 Records Administration all classified Nazi war criminal records of the United
 States, subject to certain designated exceptions as provided in the Act. The
 Working Group shall coordinate with agencies and take such actions as necessary
 to expedite the release of such records to the public.

  Sec. 2.   Schedule.   The Working Group should complete its work to the
 greatest extent possible and report to the Congress within 1 year.

  Sec. 3.   Membership.     (a)   The Working Group shall be composed of the
 following members:

  (1)     Archivist of the United States (who shall serve as Chair of the Working
 Group) ;

  (2)   Secretary of Defense;

  (3)   Attorney General;

  (4)   Director of Central Intelligence;

  (5)   Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation;

  (6)   Director of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum;

  (7)   Historian of the Department of State; and

  (8)   Three other persons appointed by the President.

 (b)   The Senior Director for Records and Access Management of the National
Security Council will serve as the liaison to and attend the meetings of the
Working Group. Members of the
Working Group who are full-time Federal officials may serve on the Working
Group through designees.

 Sec. 4.   Administration.   (a)   To the extent permitted by law and subject
to the availability of appropriations, the National Archives and Records
Administration shall provide the Working Group with funding, administrative
services, facilities, staff, and other support services necessary for the
performance of the functions of the Working Group.



     (b)   The Working Group shall terminate 3 years from the date of this
    Executive order.

            WILLIAM J. CLINTON

    THE WHITE HOUSE,
        January 11, 1999.
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