[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 17 Introduced in House (IH)]







104th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. RES. 17

 Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the United 
 States should seek a final and conclusive account of the whereabouts 
                and definitive fate of Raoul Wallenberg.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 4, 1995

Mr. Engel submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the 
                  Committee on International Relations

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                               RESOLUTION


 
 Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the United 
 States should seek a final and conclusive account of the whereabouts 
                and definitive fate of Raoul Wallenberg.

Whereas Raoul Wallenberg, a Swedish citizen and diplomat, was responsible for 
        saving the lives of 15,000 Hungarian Jews through the issuance of 
        Swedish passports and for helping an additional 100,000 Hungarian Jews 
        escape Nazi authorities during World War II;
Whereas on January 17, 1945, Raoul Wallenberg was taken into ``protective 
        custody'' by Soviet troops, in violation of all international standards 
        of diplomatic immunity;
Whereas Raoul Wallenberg was later arrested by Soviet troops on charges of 
        spying, and finally taken to Lubyanka Prison in Moscow, where he was 
        reported to have died on July 17, 1947, of a heart attack;
Whereas conflicting reports and information have surfaced over the last 45 years 
        claiming that Raoul Wallenberg was executed by Soviet authorities or in 
        fact is still alive in the former Soviet Union;
Whereas the Soviet Union has now ceased to exist and has been succeeded by the 
        Commonwealth of Independent States which has pursued democratic reform 
        while seeking to address Soviet atrocities of the past; and
Whereas the time has come to finally put an end to all speculation and confusion 
        as to the fate of Raoul Wallenberg: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the House of Representatives--
            (1) gratefully acknowledges the cooperation of the Soviet 
        and now Russian authorities in providing records and personal 
        effects of Raoul Wallenberg to his family;
            (2) requests that the President pursue, through diplomatic 
        discussions with the Government of the Russian Federation, an 
        investigation into the whereabouts and definitive fate of Raoul 
        Wallenberg; and
            (3) requests that the results of this investigation be made 
        public.
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