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This Clinton Library release of Clinton Presidential Records covers the National Security Council email folder labeled Area 51, dated September 15, 1997 to November 3, 2000. It lists withdrawn emails, most held back for national security or privacy reasons. Some emails were released. They include November 1997 talking points on the President renewing a classified information exemption for the Air Force site near Groom Lake, Nevada, under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act. Other released items are news clippings about Lake Havasu grass circles and UFO requests to the NSA.
34792D95.FIN Page 1 of 1 Exchange Mail DATE-TIME 11/3/97 7:04:52 AM FROM CLASSIFICATION SUBJECT TO CARBON COPY TEXT BODY PJ Jamie, just a reminder that we will need some talking points on the national security determination regarding Area 51. There is a Canadian journalist coming to McCurry's briefing this afternoon who plans to ask about it. I know the language required is pretty precise, so will appreciate your guidance. Crowley, Philip J. Johnson, David T. Luzzatto, Anne R. Rubin, Eric S. Wozniak, Natalie S. McCurry Question on Area 51 [UNCLASSIFIED] Baker, James E. DeRosa, Mary B. Hunerwadel, Joan S. Sparks, John E. Crowley, Philip J. UNCLASSIFIED
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Official release, from the nara collection. The PDF is mirrored here; the original link is above. 37 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.