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From: Andi Wolos & Bob Necci

(POW-MIA InterNetwork)

Re: US Provides Documents

Date: November 21, 2000

PRESS RELEASE -

"President Delivers Computer Files to Assist Vietnamese MIA Search November 21, 2000

ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (BUSINESS WIRE) - Information Management Research, Inc. (IMR), a Colorado-based software company, played a behind-the-scenes role in President Clinton's recent visit to Vietnam.

While in Hanoi, the President delivered computer files containing 350,000 pages of documents that will help the Vietnamese government search for soldiers listed as missing in action.

The records, known to the military as command chronologies, show where and when American military engagements occurred during the Vietnam conflict. Air and ground battlefield coordinates will give search teams a clear indication of where to look for Vietnamese and American MIA.

The documents were compiled by the U.S. Marine Corps Historical Center, Washington, D.C., by request of the Department of Defense. The files were converted electronically to CD storage, using Alchemy document database software developed by IMR. The CDs can be accessed on notebook computers that search parties can easily carry into the field.

The document conversion project is ongoing at the Marine Historical Center. President Clinton indicated that the U.S. will hand over another million pages to Vietnam before year's end, in an attempt to provide the fullest possible accounting of those still on MIA roles."