[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 67 (Friday, May 22, 1998)]
[Senate]
[Page S5430]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




  REPORT TO CONGRESS ON THE WHEREABOUTS OF THE U.S. CITIZENS WHO HAVE 
BEEN MISSING FROM CYPRUS SINCE 1974--MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT--PM 133

  The PRESIDING OFFICER laid before the Senate the following message 
from the President of the United States, together with an accompanying 
report; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign 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 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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