PRINTER'S NO. 1494
No. 103 Session of 1997
INTRODUCED BY GREENLEAF, PUNT, BELAN, HELFRICK, WOZNIAK, MURPHY,
SLOCUM, MUSTO, GERLACH, KASUNIC, RHOADES, O'PAKE, TOMLINSON,
ULIANA AND HART, NOVEMBER 21, 1997
REFERRED TO INTERGOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS, NOVEMBER 21, 1997
A RESOLUTION
1 Memorializing the President and Congress to take whatever action
2 is necessary to obtain the release of Americans being held
3 against their will in North Korea.
4 WHEREAS, There are believed to be at least 11 Americans, some
5 of them possible prisoners of war, living in North Korea; and
6 WHEREAS, The Democratic People's Republic of Korea
7 representatives last year requested prominent American
8 businessman and POW/MIA activist Ross Perot to come to North
9 Korea to discuss the status of the Americans; and
10 WHEREAS, United States Intelligence reports include
11 information on sightings of Americans in North Korea and on the
12 existence of American POWs in North Korea; therefore be it
13 RESOLVED, That the Senate of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
14 memorialize the President of the United States and the Congress
15 of the United States to take whatever steps necessary to
16 initiate talks with the Democratic People's Republic of Korea
17 for the purpose of obtaining the release of Americans being held
18 against their will; and be it further
1 RESOLVED, That copies of this resolution be transmitted to
2 the President of the United States and to the presiding officers
3 of each house of Congress.
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