[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 10]
[Senate]
[Page 13783]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                        PETITIONS AND MEMORIALS

  The following petitions and memorials were laid before the Senate and 
were referred or ordered to lie on the table as indicated:

       POM-209. A resolution adopted by the Senate of the General 
     Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, relative to 
     North Korea; to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

                        Senate Resolution No. 25

       Whereas, There are believed to be at least 11 Americans, 
     some of them possible prisoners of war, living in North 
     Korea; and
       Whereas, The Democratic People's Republic of Korea 
     representatives requested prominent American businessman and 
     POW/MIA activist Ross Perot to come to North Korea to discuss 
     the status of the Americans; and
       Whereas, United States Intelligence reports include 
     information on sightings of Americans in North Korea and on 
     the existence of American POW/MIAs from the United States of 
     America's involvement in the Korean War, the Vietnam War and 
     Cold War-related activities; and
       Whereas, POW/MIAs are believed to be held in the Democratic 
     People's Republic of North Korea, the People's Republic of 
     China, Russia and Vietnam; therefore be it
       Resolved, That the Senate of the Commonwealth of 
     Pennsylvania memorialize the President of the United States 
     and the Congress of the United States to take whatever steps 
     necessary to initiate talks with the Democratic People's 
     Republic of Korea, the People's Republic of China, Russia and 
     Vietnam for the purpose of obtaining the release of Americans 
     being held against their will; and be it further
       Resolved, That copies of this resolution be transmitted to 
     the President of the United States and to the presiding 
     officers of each house of Congress.

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