UNCLASSIFIED ~*~ BEGIN MESSAGE SERIAL= UDN=V03(15053) CLASS=UNCLASSIFIED L5Y2~2 REULE R W BC-USA-KENNED: 09-30 0254 BC-USA-KENNEDY CONGRESS PASSES BILL TO RELEASE JFK ASSASSINATION FILES WASHINGTON, SEPT 30, REUTER - THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ON WEDNESDAY PASSED AND SENT TO PRESIDENT GEORGE BUSH A BILL TO RELEASE GOVERNMENT F:LES ON TEE 19E3 bSSASS!NAT!ON OF PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNED!. TEE JUSTICE DE?AETKENT BACKS THE BILL, WHOSE SPONSORS SAID :HE! WERE CON~IDENT 3USH WOULD SOON SIGN IT INTO LAW SO THE JFK:: CONS?!RAC! THEORY IS ?ROVED OR FINALLY PUT TO REST. T~E BILL, PREVIOUSLY PASSED BY THE SENATE, WAS PROMPTED E! OLIVER STONE:S MOVIE JFK,:: RELEASED LAST YEAR. THE FILY. SPECULATED TEE?.E WAS A CONSP~RACY WITHIN THE GOVERNMENT TO MURDER KENNEDY. KANY AMERICANS ALSO BELIEVE !N THE CONSPIRACY TEEORY. TEE BILL ESTABLISHES A EOARD NO~!NATED 3! TEE PRESIDENT AND C8NF!RMED EY THE SENATE TO REVIEW MATERIAL FOR NATIONAL SECURITY AND PRIVACY CONSIDERATIONS, SO SOME OF THE INFORMATION IS NOT EXPECTED TO BE MADE PUBLIC FOR SEVERAL MONTHS. BUT SEKATOR , THE OKLAHOMA DEMOCRAT WHO CO-AUTHORED TEE BILL, Sh!D MANY DETAILS SHOULD START FLOWING OUT

I THINK IT:S GOING TO BE MONTES, NOT !EARS, IN TERMS OF GETTING TEE JOB DONE,:: EE TOLD REPORTERS. I WOULD EXPECT SOME DOCUMENTS ·TO START ALMOST !~MEDIATELY .:: A COMMISSION HEADED BY SUPREME COURT CHIEF JUSTICE EARL WARREN CONCLUDED IN 1964 THAT KENNEDY WAS KILLEb OH NOVEMBER 1963 !N DALLAS, TEXAS BY LEE HARVEY OSWALD ACTING ALON~. • CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY DIRECTOR GATES HAS SA!n HE WELCOMES RELEASE OF THE FILES TO CLEAR THE AGENCY:S MAHE OF SUSPICION THAT SOME OF ITS EM?LOYEES MIGHT HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN KENNEDY:S DEATH. REUTER RG BH JE REUT18:54 09-30 NNNN

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