    [Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: William J. Clinton (1998, Book I)]
    [May 22, 1998]
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    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]

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    Message to the Congress Transmitting a Report on United States Citizens
    Missing in Cyprus
    May 22, 1998

    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.