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This is a Clinton Presidential Library release from the NSC email collection, filed under Area 51 and covering September 1997 to February 2000. It contains withdrawal sheets for redacted emails along with released messages. Staff are told not to use the term Area 51, and draft press guidance says the President renewed an exemption for the Air Force operating location near Groom Lake, Nevada, from disclosure requirements under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act. One message jokes about jury duty summonses sending staff to Area 51.
7961F1.FIN Page 1 of2 Exchange Mail DATETIME 11/3/97 11:15:35 AM FROM Baker, James E. CLASSIFICATION UNCLASSIFIED SUBJECT TO CARBON COPY TEXT BODY Here is draft press guidance. Don Kerrick should clear before use. TRANSLATEDATTACHMENT Answer: - On September 26, the President renewed an existing exemption for the United States Air Force operating location near Groom Lake, Nevada, from any applicable requirement for the disclosure to unauthorized persons of classified Question: Has the President Exempted "Area 51" from the Public Disclosure Requirements of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act? GudGL.doc If Raised Press Guidance: Operating Location Near Groom Lake (erroneously referred to as "Area 51") Baker, James E. DeRosa, Mary B. Hunerwadel, Joan S. Sparks, John E. Operating Location near Grrom Lake [UNCLASSIFIED] Elkon, Nicole L. Hurwitz, Marc I. Kerrick, Donald L. Quinn, Mary E. Crowley, Philip J. Johnson, David T. Luzzatto, Anne R. Rubin, Eric S. Wozniak, Natalie S. Crowley, Philip J.
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Official release, from the nara collection. The PDF is mirrored here; the original link is above. 86 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.