[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 67 (Friday, May 22, 1998)]
[House]
[Pages H3966-H3967]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




 REPORT ON INVESTIGATION OF WHEREABOUTS OF U.S. CITIZENS WHO HAVE BEEN 
   MISSING FROM CYPRUS SINCE 1974--MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE 
                             UNITED STATES

  The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Pease) laid before the House the 
following message from the President of the United States; which was 
read and, together with accompanying papers, without objection, 
referred to the Committee on International Relations:
To the Congress of the United States:
  In accordance with Public Law 103-372, I hereby submit the enclosed 
``Report to Congress on the Investigation of the Whereabouts of the 
U.S. Citizens Who Have Been Missing from Cyprus Since 1974.'' The 
report was prepared by retired Ambassador Robert S. Dillon, with 
significant contribution by former State Department Associate Director 
of Security Edward L. Lee, II. Their intensive investigation centered 
on Cyprus, but it followed up leads in the United States, Turkey, 
Greece, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom.
  The investigation led to the recovery of partial remains that were 
identified through DNA testing (done at the Armed Forces Institute of 
Pathology DNA Identification Laboratory) and other evidence as being 
those of one of the missing Americans, Andreas Kassapis. The report 
concludes that Mr. Kassapis was killed shortly after

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his capture in August 1974. The report also concludes that, although 
their remains could not be recovered, the other four missing U.S. 
citizens in all likelihood did not survive the events in Cyprus in July 
and August 1974.
                                                  William J. Clinton.  
  The White House, May 22, 1998.

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