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<A HREF="aol://5863:126/alt.politics.org.cia:41615">National Socialism & the
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Subject: National Socialism & the CIA
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Alex Constantine)
Date: Fri, Feb 5, 1999 10:06 PM
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OPENING STATEMENT
REPRESENTATIVE STEPHEN HORN (R-CA)
Chairman
Subcommittee on Government Management,
Information, and Technology
Over half a century after the Nazi era, the U.S. Government continues to
keep secret much of the information it has on Nazi war criminals. It is
imperative that this information receive full scrutiny by the public. Only
through an informed understanding of the Nazi era and its aftermath can we
guard against a repeat of one of the darkest moments in history.
H. R. 4007, the "Nazi War Crimes Disclosure Act," provides for the
disclosure of Nazi war criminal records in the possession of the United
States Government. It calls for the establishment of an Interagency Working
Group to administer and facilitate the disclosure of Nazi war crimes
records. The bill also provides for expedited processing of Freedom of
Information Act (FOIA) requests of Holocaust survivors. S. 1379, which is
identical to H.R.. 4007, was introduced by Senator DeWine and passed the
Senate by unanimous consent on June 19.
Much of the U.S. Government's information on alleged Nazi war criminals has
remained secret even though many researchers have filed Freedom of
Information Act (FOIA) requests to secure copies of these files. Federal
Government agencies have routinely denied these requests, citing exemptions
for national defense, foreign relations, and intelligence reasons.
Perhaps the most compelling example of the consequences of keeping U.S.
Government files hidden is the case of Kurt Waldheim. For years, the Central
Intelligence Agency kept secret its information on Waldheim. This occurred
even as the Department of Justice placed Waldheim on the "watch list" of
individuals forbidden to enter the United States. Had Waldheim's Nazi past
become public, he almost certainly would not have been elected to the post
of Secretary General of the United Nations.
Waldheim, unfortunately, is not alone. Thanks to the recent declassification
of some CIA documents, it has been revealed that American intelligence
agencies recruited other individuals associated with the Nazis. Klaus
Barbie, the head of the German Secret Police in Lyons, France who deported
Jews to Nazi death camps, was protected by American intelligence. Other
documents revealed that Otto von Bolschwing, a former German SS captain, may
have been recruited as an intelligence source for the United States.
A related bill, the U.S. Holocaust Assets Commission Act, was recently
signed into law. This commission will determine whether assets such as bank
accounts, insurance policies, real estate, art, and other possessions of
persecuted Jewish families in Europe came into the hands of the U.S.
Government after January 30, 1933. Declassifying secret documents regarding
Nazi war crimes will not only assist in the prosecution of Nazi war
criminals, but it should provide this commission with an abundance of new
materials.
More than half a century after the Second World War, it is time to end the
sweeping exemptions that have shielded Nazi war crimes from full public
disclosure.
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