By: Willis H.R. No. 323 73R5525 NBM-F R E S O L U T I O N 1-1 WHEREAS, The Texas House of Representatives respectfully 1-2 concurs with the executive and legislative branches of the United 1-3 States government in assigning the "highest national priority" to 1-4 determining the location and status of all American servicemen and 1-5 civilians still missing from the Korean War; and 1-6 WHEREAS, There are over 8,177 American servicemen and 1-7 civilians still missing in action whose fates remain uncertain to 1-8 this day, some 42 years since the withdrawal of American troops 1-9 from Korea; and 1-10 WHEREAS, The majority of information obtained on these 1-11 missing servicemen and civilians to date has remained classified, 1-12 denying the families of these missing servicemen and civilians, as 1-13 well as the press and the American public, access to reports of 1-14 live prisoner sightings, burial sites and information, and 1-15 detainment camp locations and information; and 1-16 WHEREAS, Much of this important information could be 1-17 declassified without compromising the methods, resources, and 1-18 identities of intelligence operatives; now, therefore, be it 1-19 RESOLVED, That the Texas House of Representatives, 73rd 1-20 Legislature, hereby respectfully urge the President of the United 1-21 States and the Congress of the United States to declassify all 1-22 information relating to American military personnel and civilians 1-23 who remain missing from the Korean War, except for that information 1-24 that would reveal the methods, resources, and identities of 2-1 intelligence operatives; and, be it further 2-2 RESOLVED, That any remains returned from Korea in the future 2-3 be transferred to the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C., 2-4 for the purpose of indentification; and that the United States 2-5 continue its current policy that diplomatic and economic relations 2-6 with North Korea be normalized only when that country has helped 2-7 make a complete accounting of the missing, whether still alive or 2-8 dead; and, be it further 2-9 RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be prepared for the 2-10 President of the United States, the Speaker of the House of 2-11 Representatives and President of the Senate of the United States 2-12 Congress, and all members of the Texas Congressional delegation as 2-13 an expression of the sentiment of the Texas House of 2-14 Representatives.