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This Clinton Presidential Library release from NSC email records, filed under Roswell, covers April 19 to November 30, 1995. In an April 1995 email, NSC staffer William Leary says the NSC holds no records on the 1947 Roswell incident and that any records would most likely be at the Archives. Later emails circulate drafts of President Clinton's Belfast Christmas tree lighting remarks. The final transcript includes his answer to 13-year-old Ryan: as far as he knows, no alien spacecraft crashed at Roswell in 1947.
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. urn and lock in the gains of peace. Neither community wants to go back to the violent days of the past. Both th' eparties must do their part to ' . move the process forward. The search for common ground demands the courage of an open mind. Only by getting t ' o know one another cim differences be resolved. [I hope the parties in Northern Ireland can soon sit down together.] Engaging in honest dialogue is not an act of surrender, but of strength.. [There also must be progress away from the negotiating table. Violence has lessened , but it has not disappeared. I share the concern and anger expresse.d ten days· ago by the leaders of the four main c hurches, who condemned the so-called punishment beatings and called for an end to such attacks; As the' church leaders said, this is a time . "when the utmost efforts on all sides are needed to build a peaceful and confident c ommunity for the future."] , [And to all who are observing the cease-fire, I appeal to you to take the next step -- addressing the issue of ' decommissioning paramilitary weapons. For 25 years, the history of this province ha s been written in the blood of its children. You turned the page on that history. You must not allow it to tum b ack.] . But true peace will require mo·re than a treaty ... more than an absence of violence. People must hold real hope in their hearts that tomorrow will be better th~m today. Those who have suffered the m ost in the fighting inust share ' in the fruits of renewal. When all enjoy the benefits of peace and know they are di stributed fairly, the frustration that gives rise to violence will give way to faith in the future. " . The United States will help secure the tangible benefits of peace. Ours is the firs t administration ever to support . . the International Fund for Ireland. We will continue to encourage trade and investm ent -- so communities can lift themselves from the canyon of despair. We will do all we can to end the cycle of un employment -- so the children of Northern Ireland have the chance to' make the most of their God-given potential: \ [I am pleased to announce that the Cabletel company of New York has reached agreemen t to install cable service in Northern Ireland. This $480 million investment will create hundreds ofjobs -- a nd reinforce the economic underpinnings of peace.]
Official release, from the nara collection. The PDF is mirrored here; the original link is above. 43 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.