European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 9, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes politics wednesday december 9,1992u.s. Link to British file search probed by the los Angeles times Washington a acting Secretary of state Lawrence s. Eagleburger has ordered a departmental investigation to determine whether . Officials were involved in a British government search for information that might have damaged Bill Clinton a presidential Campaign. The search was done to determine whether Clinton As a Rhodes scholar at Oxford University had inquired about obtaining British citizenship to avoid military service in Vietnam. State department spokes aft Richard Boucher said monday that inspector general Sherman Funk was told to determine whether employees of the state department White House or president Bush a Campaign organization a requested or were otherwise involved in the search. Boucher said Funk a investigation would be limited to possible . Involvement because the inspector general has no mandate to look into the activities of a British Agency. Funk reported nov. 18 that mid level state department officials conducted an intensive search of Clinton a passport records sept. 30 and oct. 1 in an Effort to find politically damaging information. No such information was discovered. But the inspector general said the search was improper because it Drew the state department into the political Campaign. At the to Insp he issued the report Funk said he would continue his investigation into other leads. In his report Funk said White House chief of staff James a. Baker Iii who gave up his Job As Secretary of state to join the White House was informed of the search almost immediately and that White House political director Janet Mullins also was aware of it. But he said no evidence indicated that the White House a a orchestrated the search. The search of the British Home offices immigration and naturalization files was conducted a few Days after the state department search. British officials said they found no evidence that Clinton had considered applying for British citizenship. President Bush on monday gets a laugh out of comedian Dana Carvey a act a an impression of the president president does prudent thing invites comedian to White House by James Gerstenzang los Angeles times Washington a the president of the United states in the privacy of his family quarters upstairs in the White House picked up the phone the other night to Call the Ever present secret service detail ready to escort him wherever he chooses a feel like going jogging tonight. In the  not not the president that is. But the Call did come Down from the Lincoln bedroom and it did sound just like the president. Never mind. It was Dana Carvey. The comedian whose imitations of George Bush were a highlight of no cd a saturday night live for four years performed his hand waving goofy Grin routine monday morning in the White House East room a and he kept president Bush his target week after week in stitches. The performance was after All Bush a idea. Carvey and his wife Paula were House guests of president and Barbara Bush at the White House on sunday night. Carvey stuck around monday morning to perform his routine for the president the first lady and the White House staff. To Nat a when he told of the Telephone Call he said he placed to the secret service. A i was staying in the Lincoln bedroom last night and 1  resist getting on the phone and i called up the secret service As the president a he said in his own voice. Then his just too real characterization of the gesticulating president took Over. As a wide mouthed Grin spread across his face a and across the presidents face too a Carvey said a feel like going jogging tonight. In the  staff members had been summoned to the East room for what they had been told would be a message of Christmas cheer from the president. Once the staff was assembled at the appointed hour a 9 30 . A the Marine band heralded the presidents arrival by playing Hail to the chief. And in walked the comedian a followed a step or two later by the Bushes. The shenanigans arranged by the president suggested that Bush has seemingly swung into the spirit of the season and the remaining demands of his Job with an Esprit that contrasts with the downbeat reports that emerged in the weeks after his election defeat nov. 3. A a he a a very resilient Man. He holds no grudges. He has no regrets a Barbara Bush said later in the morning As she conducted her fourth and final tour for reporters of the White House Christmas decorations. A the was not despondent a she said responding to the accounts of Bush a response to his loss. A of course he Wasny to Happy about losing. But he was not despondent. And he does no to look  indeed at least in Public he does not. There was the president monday grinning broadly at the comedian he had invited himself in a recent Telephone Call. A a done to dare move my hands a he said to laughter As he made a conscious Effort to avoid the exaggerated bus like gestures that Carvey perfected. A a Dana a Given me a lot of laughs. He said to me on the phone a Are you sure you really want me to come there a and i said  and he said a i Hope in be never crossed the  and i knew exactly what he meant. And As far As in a concerned he never  Wallace Wallace aide Calls for release of Nixon tapes Montgomery Ala. Apr a spokesman for former gov. George Wallace on monday called for release of every tape from president Nixon a White House on the 1972 assassination attempt against the alabamian. Unreleased White House tapes show that Nixon wanted to Plant Campaign literature of democratic rival George s. Mcgovern in the gunman a Milwaukee apartment the new yorker Magazine reported monday. Elvin Stanton Wallace a chief aide said the former governor believes a higher up officials were involved in a conspiracy to eliminate him from the 1972 presidential race. Stanton said the new yorker report underscores the need for an investigation. Wallace who was seeking the democratic presidential nomination was shot May 15, 1972, during a Campaign Stop in Laurel my. The attack left his legs paralysed. The new yorker said Nixon and White House counsel Charles Colson discussed planting Mcgovern Campaign literature in the Milwaukee apartment of would be Assassin Arthur h. Bremer within hours of the shooting. The expectation was that the discovery of the material could be leaked in such a Way As to appear to link Mcgovern and his allies to the shooting the Magazine said. But the idea fizzled because the Fri quickly sealed off Bremers apartment according to the article by journalist Seymour m. Hersh. Nixon attorney r. Stan Mortenson declined to comment on the Story. The tapes reportedly Are among hundreds of hours of recordings from the Nixon White House recording system that Are held in secret at the National archives. A Stanton said Wallace 73, who is in poor health would have no comment on the report. But he said Wallace a is not satisfied that everything Nas been revealed that should have been revealed concerning the , Marshall chosen to swear in Clinton Gore Washington apr president elect Clinton will be sworn in by chief Justice William h. Rehnquist and retired supreme court Justice Thurgood Marshall will administer the oath to vice president elect a1 Gore. A supreme court spokeswoman said tuesday that Rehnquist and Marshall have accepted invitations from a congressional corp Mittee arranging the Jarv 20 inaugural ceremonies. The chief Justice traditionally swears in the president and vice president although the duty May be performed by anyone authorized to administer oaths. A a in a Happy to accept a wrote Marshall 84, who retired last year after a 24-year tenure As the High courts first Black Justice. Rehnquist told the committee he was a a honoured to perform this historic