Executive Order 13110

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                            THE WHITE HOUSE

                     Office of the Press Secretary
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For Immediate Release                                   January 11, 1999



                         EXECUTIVE ORDER 13110

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          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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