section 2(b) of executive order 12667, issued by former president ronald reagan on january 16, 1989, requires the archivist of the united states to delay release of presidential records at the instruction of the current president. on behalf of the president, i instruct you to extend for 90 days (until june 21, 2001) the time in which president bush may claim a constitutionally based privilege over the presidential records that former president reagan, acting under section 2204(a) of title 4, has protected from disclosure for the 12 years since the end of his presidency. this directive applies as well to the vice presidential records of former vice president george h.w. bush.