(2012-0844-F) William F. Buckley Jr.

The materials in FOIA 2010-0844-F are a selective, not necessarily all inclusive, body of documents responsive to the topic of the FOIA. Researchers should consult the archivist about related materials. FOIA request 2010-0844-F contains materials relating to William F. Buckley, Jr. Mr. Buckley was a conservative author and commentator; he was a nationally syndicated newspaper columnist; he founded the political magazine National Review and hosted the television show Firing Line. Mr. Buckley has been credited with playing a large and influential part in the defining of the American conservative movement during the last half of the twentieth century. He died in February 2008 at the age of 82. The White House Office of Records Management (WHORM) Subject File contains drafts of a letter from President Clinton to Mr. Buckley which was in response to an article Mr. Buckley had written concerning the Kyoto Protocol. This file also contains copies of two articles that were written by Mr. Buckley and had been seen by the President. The first of these articles appeared in the Washington Times and is concerned with school uniforms (a topic receiving mention in the State of the Union address delivered by President Clinton, January 23, 1996). The second article, which appeared in the New Yorker, is a personal account by Mr. Buckley relating to his early role in the conservative movement. The files of the National Security Council contain cables and emails relating to articles written by Mr. Buckley or comments that had been made on the television show Firing Line. One of the emails has an attachment consisting of a complete transcript, from the television show Firing Line, which deals with the existing trade embargo the United States has with Cuba. Other records within these files only refer to a few various Buckley articles in an incidental fashion.