-Caveat Lector- U.S. Releases Nazi Papers By PAULINE JELINEK .c The Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - A government panel has released 126,000 pages of previously classified documents that could shed light on Nazi-era war crimes, a report said Monday. The panel still has almost 600 million pages more to review. In the first report of its three-year project, the group said agencies such as the FBI and CIA have searched their records for names, code words and other information relating to possible Nazi-era war crimes, criminals and looted assets. They reported coming up with 600 million pages of information, which must be reviewed to determine if they should be declassified. It is estimated that about 5 percent - 30 million pages - might prove useful to fill in holes in U.S. annals relating to issues such as postwar use of Nazi criminals' expertise. ``I wouldn't say we have any smoking guns,'' said former Rep. Elizabeth Holtzman, a member of the panel - formally the Nazi War Criminal Records Interagency Working Group. Holtzman said the panel wants to hire a historian ``so we can explain to the American people the significance of the material that's being found.'' The panel was formed a year ago as part of the 1998 Nazi War Crimes Disclosure Act, which ordered the government to declassify thousands of documents about the Holocaust dating from the beginning of the Cold War. Federal agencies have resisted opening the files for half a century, telling historians, journalists, lawmakers and Holocaust survivors that national security was at stake. Supporters say the panel's work provides an opportunity to reveal how U.S. intelligence agencies and others used Nazi war criminals in the Cold War years. Of the 126,000 pages declassified in the first year of its work, 80,000 deal with ``Project Paperclip,'' in which the government brought over German scientists, some of whom later were identified as war criminals and sent home, said a statement released Monday by the National Archives. DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substance—not soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
