Declassification of Selected Records Within the National Archives of the United States
Signed November 10, 1994·William J. Clinton·59 FR 59097
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Declassifies a specific list of records held in the National Archives of the United States, as identified in an accompanying list. Directs the Archivist of the United States to make these records available for public research within 30 days, unless the head of an affected agency and the Archivist agree that certain information must be withheld under a Freedom of Information Act exemption other than the one covering national security information. States that the order does not create any enforceable right or benefit for any party against the federal government, its agencies, officers, or employees.
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By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United State of America, it is hereby ordered
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Executive Order 12937 of November 10, 1994
Declassification of Selected Records Within the
National
Archives of the United States
By the authority vested in me as President by the
Constitution and the laws of the United State of
America, it is hereby ordered:
Section 1. The records in the National Archives of the
United States referenced in the list accompanying this
order are hereby declassified.
Sec. 2. The Archivist of the United States shall take
such actions as are necessary to make such records
available for public research no later than 30 days
from the date of this Order, except to the extent that
the head of an affected agency and the Archivist have
determined that specific information within such
records must be protected from disclosure pursuant to
an authorized exemption to the Freedom of Information
Act, 5 U.S.C. 552, other than the exemption that
pertains to national security information.
Sec. 3. Nothing contained in this order shall create
any right or benefit, substantive or procedural,
enforceable by any party against the United States, its
agencies or instrumentalities, its officers or
employees, or any other person.
(Presidential Sig.)>
THE WHITE HOUSE,
November 10, 1994.Reproduced from the Federal Register plain-text record, signed November 10, 1994. Typesetting artifacts are removed; no wording is changed.