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The Yeltsin "thaw" and the window of opportunity for the U.S. saw the follwing developments:

The Yeltsin "thaw" and the window of opportunity for the U.S. saw the follwing developments:

On March 24, 1992, Soviet Defense Minister Dmitri Ustinov admitted on Russian television that he had ordered an all-out effort to retrieve the [[flight recorder|black boxes]] in order to ''"prevent the United States from finding them and to save the Soviet Union from a flurry of international accusations for destoying a civilian airliner"''

'''On March 24, 1992''', Soviet Defense Minister Dmitri Ustinov admitted on Russian television that he had ordered an all-out effort to retrieve the [[flight recorder|black boxes]] in order to ''"prevent the United States from finding them and to save the Soviet Union from a flurry of international accusations for destoying a civilian airliner"''

In June of 1992, Yeltsin revealed the existence of a KGB memo reporting the existence of documents related to KAL 007. Speaking in Washington, Yeltsin said,  

'''June 17, 1992''', Yeltsin revealed the existence of a KGB memo reporting the existence of documents related to KAL 007. Speaking in Washington, Yeltsin said,  

''"It was a memorandum from (the) KGB to the Central Committee of the Communist Party where it says that such a tragedy has taken place, and so on and so forth, and that there are documents which would clarify the entire picture. And the next line then says these documents are so well concealed that it is doubtful that our children will be able to find them, those who come after us will be able to find them.''"(UPI, Washington, June 17, 1992)

''"It was a memorandum from (the) KGB to the Central Committee of the Communist Party where it says that such a tragedy has taken place, and so on and so forth, and that there are documents which would clarify the entire picture. And the next line then says these documents are so well concealed that it is doubtful that our children will be able to find them, those who come after us will be able to find them.''"(UPI, Washington, June 17, 1992)

On October 14, 1992 a delegation from the American Association For Families of KAL 007 Victims visited Moscow at the invitation of President Boris Yeltsin. During a State ceremony at St. Catherine's Hall in the Kremlin. The KAL 007 Family Delegation was handed a portfolio containing partial transcripts from  the KAL007 Cockpit Voice Recorder .  

'''On October 14, 1992 ''' a delegation from the American Association For Families of KAL 007 Victims visited Moscow at the invitation of President Boris Yeltsin. During a State ceremony at St. Catherine's Hall in the Kremlin. The KAL 007 Family Delegation was handed a portfolio containing partial transcripts from  the KAL007 Cockpit Voice Recorder .  

Then in November, President Boris Yeltsin, handed the two Black Box containers to Korean President TohTae-Woo -but not the tapes themselves at the end of the plenary session of the Korean National Assembly with this statement,  

'''November, 1992''', President Boris Yeltsin handed the two Black Box containers to Korean President TohTae-Woo -but not the tapes themselves at the end of the plenary session of the Korean National Assembly with this statement,  

''"We apologize for the tragedy and are trying to settle some unsolved issues."''  

''"We apologize for the tragedy and are trying to settle some unsolved issues."''  

The tapes themselves would be handed to ICAO on January 8, 1993. They would be deciphered and transcribed by the "Bureau d'Enquete et d'Analyses" (BEA) in Paris in the presence of representatives from Japan, The Russian Federation, South Korea,and the United States. And so the long years of Soviet denial had come to an end with the handing over of the tapes (but not all!) of KAL 007's Digital Flight Data Recorder and Cockpit Voice Recorder (See - [http://www.rescue007.org/docs/Is%20This%20the%20Final%20Word.pdf])

'''January 8, 1993'''. The tapes themselves would be handed to ICAO. They would be deciphered and transcribed by the "Bureau d'Enquete et d'Analyses" (BEA) in Paris in the presence of representatives from Japan, The Russian Federation, South Korea,and the United States. And so the long years of Soviet denial had come to an end with the handing over of the tapes (but not all!) of KAL 007's Digital Flight Data Recorder and Cockpit Voice Recorder (See - [http://www.rescue007.org/docs/Is%20This%20the%20Final%20Word.pdf])

===Senator Jesse Helms, KAL 015, and the Grenfell children===

===Senator Jesse Helms, KAL 015, and the Grenfell children===