(2024-0770-F) Photographs of a Meet & Greet With President-Elect Hugo Chavez at the White House

Approximately 100 photographs in color film processed from 35mm negatives.

The photographs processed in this case are of a meet & greet at the White House with President-elect Hugo Chavez of Venezuela. President-elect Chavez came to the White House on January 27, 1999, and President William Jefferson Clinton met with President-elect Chavez in Samuel “Sandy” Berger’s office. Also photographed includes Vice President Albert Gore, Jr., Jim Dobbins, Gene Sperling, Ambassador Felix Rohatyn, Larry Summers, Robert Rubin, Lynn Culter, Doug Sosnik, and Representative Norman Dicks, among others.

FOIA 2024-0770-F is a request for all Clinton Administration White House photographs related to a meet & greet at the White House with President-elect Hugo Chavez of Venezuela. President-elect Chavez came to the White House on January 27, 1999, and President William Jefferson Clinton met with President-elect Chavez in Samuel “Sandy” Berger’s office. Also photographed includes Vice President Albert Gore, Jr., Jim Dobbins, Gene Sperling, Ambassador Felix Rohatyn, Larry Summers, Robert Rubin, Lynn Culter, Doug Sosnik, and Representative Norman Dicks, among others.

Photographs

Records that were responsive to this FOIA request were found in one collection area and one series— Clinton Presidential Records: Photographs of the White House Photograph Office and the series therein—Photographs Relating to the Clinton Administration. Processing is done at the Folder/Contact sheet level. While this method maintains folder/contact sheet integrity, it frequently results in the processing of photographs that are not wholly responsive to the subject area.

 

Collection is open to all researchers. Access to Clinton Presidential Records is governed by the Presidential Records Act (PRA) (44 U.S.C. Chapter 22, as amended) and the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) (5 U.S.C. 552, as amended) and therefore records may be restricted in whole or in part in accordance with legal exemptions.

Official records of William Jefferson Clinton’s presidency are housed at the Clinton Presidential Library and administered by the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) under the provisions of the Presidential Records Act (PRA).

Chávez Frías, Hugo

Staff Archivist, 2024

January 27, 1999