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[04/19/1995-11/30/1995]: 42-t-7585721-20060476F-001-005-2013

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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.

  • p. 18 …to a global village, where communication and cooperation are the order of the day. Conflicts we…
  • p. 21 …other nations mo've from conflict to cooperation ... tum fear into security ... replace hatred with hope…
  • p. 28 …War are giving way to a global village, where communication and cooperation are the order of
  • p. 32 …ing other nations move from conflict to cooperation: .. turn fear into security ... replace hatred with hope…
  • p. 40 …We thank you, Lord Mayor, for your cooperation and ,yourhelp in making this trip so successful…
We all want our children to grow up in a world where.their talents are matched by 0
pportunities. And I know th"'-t
those values are just as strong in County Londonderry as' in Londonderry, New
Hampshi .
re -- in Belfast, Northern
Ireland as in Belfast, Maine.
I am proud to be of Ulster-Scots stock. I am proud to beofIrish stock. I share t
hese roots with millions of .
Americans, and we rejoice in "things being various," as Louis MacNeice once wrote.
It is one of the things that
makes me proudest to be an American.
America's greatness flows from the wealth of many cultures and the strength of share
d ideals. We are honored .
and bound to join our support to others around the world who seek to bridge their di
"ides. . .
This is an important part of America's mission on the eve of the 21 st century -- hel
p,ing other nations move from
conflict to cooperation: .. turn fear into security ... replace hatred with hope. In
a world that is ever more. .' . .
interdependent, our efforts have been good for millions of people, around the globe,
and good for America as
_ well.
The chain of peace grows stronger with every new link that is forged. For the first
time in nearly half a century, .
Americans can put their children to bed knowing that the nuclear weapons of the form
er Soviet Union are no
longer pointing in our direction. In South Africa, the long night of apartheid has
given way to a new day of .
freedom. In the Middle East; Arabs and Israelis are stepping beyond war to a future
of peace. In Haiti, a brutal
dictatorship has been replaced by a fragile democracy. Here in Europe, the.dream of
a stable, undivided, free.
continent is finally within our reach.
[And the people of Bosnia have the first real hope for peace since the terrible figh
ting began four years ago. '.
more ... ]
As the loss of our dear friend Yitzhak Rabin reminds us, when leaders stand up for p
eace, they place their fortunes .
and fates on the line . .For just as peace has its piorieers, it also has it.s rivals.
On every side, there are forces of
hatred who seek a return to the past. And this is as true in Northern Ireland as it
is in the Middle East. .

Cases discussed

  • Roswell Incident 1947
    The NSC has no records concerning the 1947 incident at Roswell; alien spacecraft did not crash in Roswell

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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.