(2006-0325-F) Wesley Clark - NATO Supreme Allied Commander Europe (SACEUR)

280 folders, 14,648 pages

This collection consists of records related to General Wesley Clark, Supreme Allied Commander of Europe (SACEUR) NATO from 1997-2000. The topics covered in this FOIA include Clark’s appointment as SACEUR, the White House Fellows program of which Clark was an alumnus, Kosovo Campaign Medal in 2000 and the Medal of Freedom in 2000. The records in this collection contain correspondence, memorandums, resumes, travel documents, press releases and event information.

The materials in FOIA 2006-0325-F are a selective body of documents responsive to the topic of the FOIA. Researchers should consult the archivist about related materials. FOIA request 2006-0325-F contains correspondence, memorandum, resumes, travel documents, press releases, and event planning related to or concerning General Wesley Clark. General Wesley Clark served in the U.S. Army and was the Supreme Allied Commander Europe (SACEUR) of NATO from 1997 to 2000. He commanded Operation Allied Force in the Kosovo War, for which he was awarded the first Kosovo Campaign Medal in 2000 by President Clinton. He was also awarded the Medal of Freedom in 2000 by President Clinton for his service and leadership in Kosovo. As a former White House Fellow, he received in 1999 the White House Fellow’s first Legacy of Leadership Award. White House Office of Records Management (WHORM) Subject Categories contain presidential correspondence and congressional correspondence. The White House Staff and Office Files contain resumes and a White House press release: President names commission of White House Fellowships. Electronic Daily Diary records contain events attended by General Wesley K. Clark. Automated Records Management System (ARMS) Email and Tape Restoration Project (TRP) Email both contain records responsive to this request. The researcher will find correspondence between both White House Fellows and White House staff concerning lectures, luncheons, the retirement of, and the former service of General Wesley Clark. Records also contain preparations on behalf of the the White House staff and the White House Fellows in arrangement of giving General Clark the Legacy of Leadership Award in 1999, the Kosovo Campaign Medal in 2000, and the Medal of Freedom in 2000. In addition many responsive email are from the general public addressed to the President, First Lady, Vice President, and White House staffers concerning or mentioning General Clark. National Security Council (NSC) Cables, Emails, and Records Management System documents contain records related to the promotion of General Wesley Clark to Supreme Allied Commander Europe (SACEUR) of NATO in 1997. Also included, are emails related to his acceptance of the Legacy of Leadership Award in 1999 and correspondence regarding his retirement as SACEUR in 2000. Because of the topic of this FOIA request, the majority of these records are closed for national security reasons.

Textual

Records that are responsive to this FOIA request were found in these collection areas – Clinton Presidential Records: WHORM Subject Files, Clinton Presidential Records: White House Staff and Office Files, Clinton Presidential Records: ARMS Emails, Clinton Presidential Records: TRP Emails, Clinton Presidential Records: Electronic Daily Diary, and Clinton Presidential Records: NSC Cable, Email, and Records Management Systems. The White House Office of Records Management (WHORM) contains a variety of series created to organize and track documents and correspondence. The WHORM Subject file was compiled by the White House Office of Records Management and is a series of categories designated by a letter/combination. Staff and Office files were maintained at the folder level by staff members within their individual offices and document all levels of administration activity. WHORM Subject Files are processed at the document level; whereas, Staff and Office files are processed at the folder level, that is, individual documents are not selected and removed from a folder for processing. While this method maintains folder integrity, it frequently results in the incidental processing of documents that are not wholly responsive to the subject area. The Automated Records Management System (ARMS) is a database that contains email records of the Executive Office of the President. This system maintained unclassified Presidential email. The ARMS dataset is comprised of 6 sub-series of email records called “Buckets.” The buckets include NPR, OPD, POTUS, WHO, CEA, and Default. ARMS emails are arranged chronologically by creation date. The Tape Restoration Project (TRP) is a database consisting of restored emails from the Automated Records Management System from July 1994 through June of 2000. The TRP is a database that contains email records of the Executive Office of the President. This system maintained unclassified Presidential record email. The TRP dataset is comprised of 6 sub-series of email records called “Buckets.” The buckets include NPR, OPD, POTUS, WHO, CEA, and Default. TRP emails are arranged chronologically by creation date.

Collection is open to all researchers. Access to Clinton Presidential Records is governed by the Presidential Records Act (PRA) (44 USC 2201) and the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) (5 USC 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).

Clark, Wesley K.

Staff Archivist, 2011. Previously restricted materials are added as they are released.

The following is a list of documents and folders processed in response to FOIA 2006-0325-F:
Box 1
Clinton Presidential Records: WHORM: Subject File
Category Case Number
CO023 Case Number: 077862
Case Number: 250350
ME001-02 Case Number: 246670
Case Number: 287781
Case Number: 406981
Case Number: 439831
ND Case Number: 414423
PU Case Number: 246151
SO004 Case Number: 418512
Clinton Presidential Records: White House Staff and Office Files
Presidential Personnel
Clark, Major General Wesley [OA/ID 19107]
Wesley Kanne Clark [OA/ID 9129]
Przeworski, Bethany
Folder 4 [Vic Snyder] [OA/ID 14274]
Clinton Presidential Records: Automated Records Management System [Email]
OPD [OA/ID 250000]
[General Wesley Clark]
[03/08/1999 – 01/27/2000]
[06/16/2000 – 10/13/2000]
WHO [OA/ID 500000]
[General Wesley Clark]
[10/28/1993 – 11/03/1997]
[11/03/1997 – 06/18/1998]
[06/18/1998 – 03/08/1999]
Box 2
[03/25/1999 – 04/12/1999]
[04/13/1999 – 04/14/1999]
[04/14/1999 – 04/16/1999]
[04/16/1999 – 04/21/1999]
Clinton Presidential Records: Automated Records Management System [Email] (continued)
[04/21/1999 – 04/28/1999]
[04/29/1999 – 05/16/1999]
[05/17/1999 – 05/27/1999]
Box 3
[05/28/1999 – 06/10/1999]
[06/10/1999 – 06/18/1999]
[06/19/1999 – 06/29/1999]
[06/29/1999 – 07/18/1999]
[07/19/1999 – 07/29/1999]
[08/01/1999 – 09/13/1999]
[09/21/1999 – 11/22/1999]
[11/23/1999 – 01/07/2000]
Box 4
[01/10/2000 – 02/24/2000]
[02/25/2000 – 03/08/2000]
[03/12/2000 – 05/01/2000]
[05/02/2000 – 06/14/2000]
[06/15/2000 – 07/17/2000]
[07/17/2000 – 08/02/2000]
[08/04/2000 – 08/17/2000]
[08/21/2000 – 10/17/2000]
Box 5
[10/17/2000 – 11/16/2000]
[11/16/2000 – 12/15/2000]
[12/15/2000 – 01/18/2001]
CEA [OA/ID 950000]
[General Wesley Clark]
[12/14/1998 – 05/27/1999]
Default [OA/ID 1100000]
[General Wesley Clark]
[03/08/1997 – 01/15/2001]
NSC [OA/ID 1200000]
 [Wesley Clark…]
[11/22/1995-03/25/1999]
[03/25/1999-04/01/1999]
[04/01/1999-04/15/1999]
[05/06/1999-05/27/1999]
[05/28/1999-06/11/1999]
[06/11/1999]
Box 6
[06/11/1999-06/18/1999]
[06/18/1999-06/24/1999]
[06/24/1999-09/02/1999]
[11/22/1999-01/28/2000]
[02/16/2000-06/12/2000]
[06/12/2000-09/26/2000]
[09/28/2000-11/27/2000]
Clinton Presidential Records: Tape Restoration Project (TRP) [Email]
WHO [OA/ID 500000]
[General Wesley Clark]
[06/18/1998 – 03/03/1999]
Default [OA/ID 1100000]
[General Wesley Clark]
[01/07/1997 – 11/16/1997]
[12/10/1997 – 05/05/1999]
Clinton Presidential Records: Electronic Daily Diary
[Wesley Clark, Wesley K. Clark]
[10/06/1993 – 11/23/1995] [OA/ID 150000]
[01/29/1998 – 08/09/2000] [OA/ID 155000]
Box 7
Clinton Presidential Records: NSC Cables, Emails and Record Management System
NSC Cables
Jan 1993- Dec 1994
[Gen Clark]
[05/19/1994-07/27/1994] [OA/ID 505000]
[08/03/1994-10/26/1994] [OA/ID 505000]
[11/09/1994-12/21/1994] [OA/ID 505000]
[General Clark]
[07/22/1994-12/13/1994] [OA/ID 505000]
[Wes Clark]
[07/01/1994] [OA/ID 505000]
[Wesley Clark]
[03/03/1994-12/28/1994] [OA/ID 505000]
Jan 1995-Dec 1996
[Gen Clark]
[01/05/1995-02/15/1995] [OA/ID 510000]
[03/01/1995-05/17/1995] [OA/ID 510000]
[05/25/1995-09/04/1995] [OA/ID 510000]
[05/06/1996-12/27/1996] [OA/ID 510000]
[General Clark]
[02/08/1995-08/20/1995] [OA/ID 510000]
[09/27/1995-08/30/1996] [OA/ID 510000]
[09/03/1996-10/22/1996] [OA/ID 510000]
[10/24/1996-12/03/1996] [OA/ID 510000]
[Wes Clark]
[09/23/1995-11/19/1996] [OA/ID 510000]
Box 8
[Wesley Clark]
[03/14/1995-08/15/1995] [OA/ID 510000]
[08/16/1995-08/30/1995] [OA/ID 510000]
[09/06/1995-05/16/1996] [OA/ID 510000]
[07/25/1996-08/06/1996] [OA/ID 510000]
[08/07/1996-08/17/1996] [OA/ID 510000]
[08/20/1996-10/23/1996] [OA/ID 510000]
[11/01/1996-12/03/1996] [OA/ID 510000]
Clinton Presidential Records: NSC Cables, Emails and Record Management System (continued)
Jan 1997-Dec 1998
[Gen Clark]
[02/20/1997-08/27/1997] [OA/ID 520000]
[10/03/1997-03/30/1998] [OA/ID 520000]
[04/14/1998-12/22/1998] [OA/ID 520000]
[General Clark]
[01/09/1997-04/25/1997] [OA/ID 520000]
[05/02/1997-06/26/1997] [OA/ID 520000]
[07/03/1997-08/07/1997] [OA/ID 520000]
[08/15/1997-10/07/1997] [OA/ID 520000]
Box 9
[10/24/1997-12/30/1997] [OA/ID 520000]
[01/05/1998-02/18/1998] [OA/ID 520000]
[03/04/1998-03/27/1998] [OA/ID 520000]
[04/03/1998-04/30/1998] [OA/ID 520000]
[05/04/1998-06/16/1998] [OA/ID 520000]
[06/24/1998-08/25/1998] [OA/ID 520000]
[11/03/1998-11/14/1998] [OA/ID 520000]
[11/16/1998-n.d.] [OA/ID 520000]
[Wes Clark]
[02/02/1997-11/10/1997] [OA/ID 520000]
[01/22/1997-04/28/1997] [OA/ID 520000]
[05/02/1997-06/28/1997] [OA/ID 520000]
[08/05/1997-10/15/1997] [OA/ID 520000]
Box 10
[Wesley Clark]
[10/31/1997-11/18/1997] [OA/ID 520000]
[12/18/1997-03/28/1997] [OA/ID 520000]
[05/08/1997-06/17/1998] [OA/ID 520000]
[08/03/1998-12/10/1998] [OA/ID 520000]
[12/17/1998-12/23/1998] [OA/ID 520000]
Jan 1999- Dec 2000
[Gen Clark]
[01/13/1999-09/11/1999] [OA/ID 530000]
[09/15/1999-02/29/2000] [OA/ID 530000]
[03/02/2000-07/27/2000] [OA/ID 530000]
[General Clark]
[01/13/1999-01/21/1999] [OA/ID 530000]
[01/22/1999-02/04/1999] [OA/ID 530000]
[02/05/1999-02/24/1999] [OA/ID 530000]
Box 11
[03/02/1999-03/15/1999] [OA/ID 530000]
[03/16/1999-03/31/1999] [OA/ID 530000]
[04/01/1999-04/07/1999] [OA/ID 530000]
[04/08/1999-04/19/1999] [OA/ID 530000]
[04/20/1999-04/30/1999] [OA/ID 530000]
[05/01/1999-07/16/1999] [OA/ID 530000]
[07/19/1999-08/19/1999] [OA/ID 530000]
[09/02/1999-09/30/1999] [OA/ID 530000]
Clinton Presidential Records: NSC Cables, Emails and Record Management System (continued)
[10/05/1999-12/30/1999] [OA/ID 530000]
[01/03/2000-02/26/2000] [OA/ID 530000]
[03/08/2000-05/16/2000] [OA/ID 530000]
[06/06/2000-12/28/2000] [OA/ID 530000]
[Wes Clark]
[01/13/1999-03/08/2000] [OA/ID 530000]
[Wesley Clark]
[01/08/1999-03/25/1999] [OA/ID 530000]
Box 12
[04/06/1999-04/28/1999] [OA/ID 530000]
[07/01/1999-09/13/1999] [OA/ID 530000]
[10/08/1999-12/28/1999] [OA/ID 530000]
[01/14/2000-04/19/2000] [OA/ID 530000]
[04/21/2000-05/10/2000] [OA/ID 530000]
[05/17/2000-12/15/2000] [OA/ID 530000]
Jan 2001
[Wesley Clark]
[01/12/2001] [OA/ID 540000]
Box 13
NSC Emails
A1-Record (Jan 93- Sept 94)
[General Clark]
[05/19/1994-09/09/1994] [OA/ID 570000]
[Wes Clark]
[06/02/1994-09/19/1994] [OA/ID 570000]
[Wesley Clark]
[02/25/1994-09/15/1994] [OA/ID 570000]
A1-Non-Record (Apr 94-Sept 94)
[Gen Clark]
[07/26/1994-09/22/1994] [OA/ID 580000]
[Wes Clark]
[08/02/1994-09/14/1994] [OA/ID 580000]
[Wesley Clark]
[09/14/1994-09/15/1994] [OA/ID 580000]
MSMail-Record (Sept 94-Sept 97)
[Gen Clark]
[10/25/1994-05/17/1996] [OA/ID 590000]
[09/20/1996-01/31/1997] [OA/ID 590000]
[General Clark]
[10/14/1994-09/11/1996] [OA/ID 590000]
[09/12/1996-04/17/1997] [OA/ID 590000]
[Wes Clark]
[09/22/1994-01/31/1995] [OA/ID 590000]
[02/07/1995-05/31/1995] [OA/ID 590000]
[06/01/1995-11/28/1995] [OA/ID 590000]
[12/01/1995-02/20/1996] [OA/ID 590000]
[03/07/1996-05/21/1996] [OA/ID 590000]
[06/06/1996-07/31/1996] [OA/ID 590000]
Clinton Presidential Records: NSC Cables, Emails and Record Management System (continued)
Box 14
[08/06/1996-12/19/1996] [OA/ID 590000]
[01/09/1997-05/12/1997] [OA/ID 590000]
[Wesley Clark]
[10/13/1994-11/29/1994] [OA/ID 590000]
[01/04/1995-02/17/1995] [OA/ID 590000]
[03/06/1995-05/31/1995] [OA/ID 590000]
[06/06/1995-08/24/1995] [OA/ID 590000]
[09/07/1995-12/21/1995] [OA/ID 590000]
[01/05/1996-03/29/1996] [OA/ID 590000]
[04/03/1996-04/26/1996] [OA/ID 590000]
[05/01/1996-05/23/1996] [OA/ID 590000]
[06/04/1996-01/27/1997] [OA/ID 590000]
MSMail-Non-Record (Sept 94-Sept 97)
[Gen Clark]
[10/27/1994-12/04/1995] [OA/ID 605000]
[General Clark]
[09/27/1994-03/24/1997] [OA/ID 605000]
Box 15
[Wes Clark]
[09/26/1994-07/15/1996] [OA/ID 605000]
[12/02/1996-04/17/1997] [OA/ID 605000]
[Wesley Clark]
[10/12/1994-07/26/1995] [OA/ID 605000]
[08/01/1995-01/17/1996] [OA/ID 605000]
[02/02/1996-04/26/1996] [OA/ID 605000]
[08/05/1996-02/25/1997] [OA/ID 605000]
Exchange-Record (Sept 97-Jan 01)
[Gen Clark]
[09/17/1997-04/30/1998] [OA/ID 620000]
[06/03/1998-10/26/1998] [OA/ID 620000]
[11/12/1998-04/19/1999] [OA/ID 620000]
[04/29/1999-03/15/2000] [OA/ID 620000]
[04/03/2000-08/09/2000] [OA/ID 620000]
Box 16
[General Clark]
[09/04/1997-12/18/1997] [OA/ID 620000]
[12/19/1997-03/23/1998] [OA/ID 620000]
[03/25/1998-07/21/1998] [OA/ID 620000]
[08/27/1998] [OA/ID 620000]
[09/11/1998-10/04/1998] [OA/ID 620000]
[10/05/1998-10/21/1998] [OA/ID 620000]
[10/25/1998-11/23/1998] [OA/ID 620000]
[12/17/1998-11/20/1999] [OA/ID 620000]
[01/21/1999-01/22/1999] [OA/ID 620000]
[01/23/1999-01/24/1999] [OA/ID 620000]
[01/25/1999-02/04/1999] [OA/ID 620000]
[02/08/1999-03/31/1999] [OA/ID 620000]
Clinton Presidential Records: NSC Cables, Emails and Record Management System (continued)
Box 17
[04/02/1999-04/12/1999] [OA/ID 620000]
[04/12/1999] [OA/ID 620000]
[04/13/1999-04/22/1999] [OA/ID 620,000]
[04/27/1999] [OA/ID 620000]
[04/28/1999-05/17/1999] [OA/ID 620000]
[05/17/1999-06/09/1999] [OA/ID 620000]
[06/10/1999-07/23/1999] [OA/ID 620000]
[07/28/1999-10/06/1999] [OA/ID 620000]
[10/11/1999-11/15/1999] [OA/ID 620000]
[11/22/1999-01/16/2000] [OA/ID 620000]
[02/14/2000-02/29/2000] [OA/ID 620000]
[03/01/2000-01/18/2001] [OA/ID 620000]
Box 18
[Wes Clark]
[09/02/1997-09/29/1997] [OA/ID 620000]
[10/01/1997-10/30/1997] [OA/ID 620000]
[12/01/1997-02/04/1998] [OA/ID 620000]
[02/09/1998-03/05/1998] [OA/ID 620000]
[04/27/1998-06/26/1998] [OA/ID 620000]
[06/27/1998-08/21/1998] [OA/ID 620000]
[09/03/1998-10/08/1998] [OA/ID 620000]
[10/09/1998-10/19/1998] [OA/ID 620000]
[10/20/1998-10/27/1998] [OA/ID 620000]
[11/02/1998-01/04/1999] [OA/ID 620000]
[01/05/1995-01/14/1999] [OA/ID 620000]
[01/22/1999-03/22/1999] [OA/ID 620000]
[03/24/1999-04/08/1999] [OA/ID 620000]
[04/09/1999-04/14/1999] [OA/ID 620000]
[04/16/1999-04/28/1999] [OA/ID 620000]
Box 19
[04/29/1999-05/10/1999] [OA/ID 620000]
[05/17/1999-05/24/1999] [OA/ID 620000]
[06/03/1999-06/11/1999] [OA/ID 620000]
[06/15/1999-06/30/1999] [OA/ID 620000]
[07/01/1999-07/30/1999] [OA/ID 620000]
[08/02/1999-08/10/1999] [OA/ID 620000]
[08/12/1999-08/30/1999] [OA/ID 620000]
[09/10/1999-10/21/1999] [OA/ID 620000]
[11/04/1999-11/29/1999] [OA/ID 620000]
[12/06/1999-12/21/1999] [OA/ID 620000]
[12/21/1999-01/06/2000] [OA/ID 620000]
[01/11/2000-01/31/2000] [OA/ID 620000]
[02/01/2000-02/08/2000] [OA/ID 620000]
Box 20
[02/11/2000-03/08/2000] [OA/ID 620000]
[03/09/2000-03/10/2000] [OA/ID 620000]
[03/11/2000-03/16/2000] [OA/ID 620000]
Clinton Presidential Records: NSC Cables, Emails and Record Management System (continued)
[03/17/2000-04/03/2000] [OA/ID 620000]
[04/04/2000-04/11/2000] [OA/ID 620000]
[04/25/2000-05/25/2000] [OA/ID 620000]
[06/06/2000-n.d.] [OA/ID 620000]
[Wesley Clark]
[09/02/1997-02/21/1998] [OA/ID 620000]
[03/03/1998-07/10/1998] [OA/ID 620000]
[09/10/1998-12/08/1998] [OA/ID 620000]
[01/04/1999-02/12/1999] [OA/ID 620000]
[02/24/1999-03/30/1999] [OA/ID 620000]
Box 21
[05/01/1999-06/14/1999] [OA/ID 620000]
[06/25/1999-11/22/1999] [OA/ID 620000]
[01/26/2000-01/29/2000] [OA/ID 620000]
[01/31/2000-02/05/2000] [OA/ID 620000]
[02/28/2000-04/26/2000] [OA/ID 620000]
[04/26/2000-04/27/2000] [OA/ID 620000]
[04/28/2000-05/08/2000] [OA/ID 620000]
[06/12/2000-12/30/2000] [OA/ID 620000]
Exchange-Non-Record (Mar 97-Jan 01)
[Gen Clark]
[10/03/1997-01/17/2001] [OA/ID 630000]
[General Clark]
[08/27/1997-08/04/1999] [OA/ID 630000]
[08/17/1999-01/06/2001] [OA/ID 630000]
Box 22
[Wes Clark]
[08/20/1997-01/30/1998] [OA/ID 630000]
[02/06/1998-03/05/1998] [OA/ID 630000]
[04/02/1998-06/12/1998] [OA/ID 630000]
[06/17/1998-08/04/1998] [OA/ID 630000]
[09/30/1998-01/22/1999] [OA/ID 630000]
[01/28/1999-04/29/1999] [OA/ID 630000]
[05/06/1999] [OA/ID 630000]
[05/18/1999-08/11/1999] [OA/ID 630000]
[10/12/1999-02/08/2000] [OA/ID 630000]
[02/09/2000-03/14/2000] [OA/ID 630000]
[04/10/2000-01/12/2001] [OA/ID 630000]
Box 23
[Wesley Clark]
[01/26/1998-02/28/1998] [OA/ID 630000]
[03/01/1998-01/20/1999] [OA/ID 630000]
[02/10/1999-03/04/1999] [OA/ID 630000]
[06/10/1999-12/11/2000] [OA/ID 630000]
NSC Records Management System
[Gen Clark]
9401134 [OA/ID 185]
9500542 [OA/ID 561]
Clinton Presidential Records: NSC Cables, Emails and Record Management System (continued)
9703433 [OA/ID 1621]
9705847 [OA/ID 1637]
9705903 [OA/ID 1638]
9706217 [OA/ID 1640]
9800708 [OA/ID 2013]
9902127 [OA/ID 2719]
9902115 [OA/ID 2719]
[Wes Clark]
9604801 [OA/ID 1112]
9605087 [OA/ID 1113]
[Wesley Clark]
9407198 [OA/ID 212]
9905915 [OA/ID 2744]
0002488 [OA/ID 4086]