
                         Roanoke Times
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DATE: MONDAY, May 31, 1993                   TAG: 9305310046
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL                    PAGE: A-5   EDITION: HOLIDAY 
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DATELINE: WASHINGTON                                LENGTH: Short

CLINTON LATE IN COMPLYING WITH JFK RECORDS LAW

President Clinton is more than four months late in complying with the law calling for disclosure of most secret records about the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, but aides say he will get around to it "shortly."

The law requires Clinton to make nominations to a special five-member review board that will be in charge of the process, especially the ticklish questions of what constitutes an "assassination record" under the statute Congress enacted last year and whether it can still be kept secret.

Recommendations for the board, which must be confirmed by the Senate, first went to the White House when Bush was president

According to the law, "the president shall make nominations to the review board not later than 90 calendar days after the date of enactment of this act." Bush signed the measure on Oct. 26. - Associated Press

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