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From: Andi Wolos & Bob Necci
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Re: US-Russia Joint Commission

Date: September 30, 1998

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MEETING OF U.S.-RUSSIA JOINT COMMISSION ON POW/MIA

The Department of Defense announced last week that the U.S.- Russia Joint Commission on POW/MIAs would meet in Washington, D.C. with fighter pilots from the Korean War to share information on American shootdowns of MiG aircraft.

Russian members of the commission apparently requested the assistnace in resolving cases of Russian airmen missing in action from the Korean War.

A detailed analysis of the Russian cases, including the date, time and location of the shootdowns, indicated that five Air Force pilots could have knowledge of the Russian cases.

Russian officials arrived in the U.S. last week and have visited the National Archives, the Defense Intelligence Agency, the DPMO and the offices of Sen. Bob Smith and Rep. Sam Johnson, both U.S. commissioners.

The Russian side of the commission has assisted U.S. investigators for several years in interviews with Russians who have shared information about U.S. MIAs. A small U.S. team is stationed full time in Moscow.

The commission was established in 1992 by Presidents Bush and Yeltsin to examine information relating to Americans who may have been held by, or transferred to the former Soviet Union during the Vietnam War, the Korean War, the Cold War or World War II.

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