(2019-0893-F Segment 1) Ambassador J. Stapleton Roy and Yugoslavia

3 folders, approximately 29 pages

This collection contains records regarding Ambassador J. Stapleton Roy and the former Yugoslavia. From 1996 to 1999, Ambassador Roy was the United States Ambassador to Indonesia, a country that has not recognized the independence of Kosovo. The records include two Mary 12, 1998 emails containing United States Information Agency (USIA) reports of international press stories.

The materials in FOIA 2019-0893-F Segment 1 are a selective body of documents responsive to the topic of the FOIA. Researchers should consult the archivist about related material. This FOIA case contains records regarding Ambassador J. Stapleton Roy and the conflicts in the former Yugoslavia between 1994 and 2001. Ambassador Roy was the United States Ambassador to Indonesia from 1996 to 1999. While bilateral relations between Indonesia and Serbia hit a low point during these crises, Indonesia has refrained from officially recognizing the independence of Kosovo. The collection contains two March 12, 1998 emails containing United States Information Agency (USIA) reports of international press stories. Other records responsive to this FOIA request were closed for national security reasons.

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Records that are responsive to this FOIA request were found in these collection areas— Clinton Presidential Records: ARMS Emails and Clinton Presidential Records: NSC Cable, Email, and Records Management Systems. The Automated Records Management System (ARMS) was a database that contained email records of the Executive Office of the President. This system held, and allowed access to, unclassified Presidential email. The ARMS database was comprised of seven sub-series of email records called "buckets." The buckets generally represented a specific White House office. The buckets were titled: NPR for National Performance Review, NSC for National Security Council, OPD for Office of Policy Development, POTUS for President of the United States, WHO for White House Office, CEA for Council of Economic Advisers, and Default for emails not associated with an office. In 2022, the National Archives and Records Administration transferred the majority of Clinton ARMS and TRP records to a records management and access system called ERA. This changed the processing of ARMS and TRP records. For technical reasons, however, NSC emails remained in their own bucket. NSC ARMS emails are arranged by topic, there-under by bucket, and there-under chronologically by creation date.

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).

Staff Archivist, 2022. Previously restricted materials are added as they are released.

The following is a list of documents and folders processed in response to FOIA 2019-0893-F Segment 1:
Box 1
Clinton Presidential Records: Automated Records Management System [Email]
NSC [OA/ID 1200000]
[Stapleton Roy]
[03/12/1998]
Clinton Presidential Records: NSC Cable, Email, and Records Management System
NSC Cables
Jan 1999-Dec 2000 [OA/ID 530000]
[Ambassador Roy]
[04/16/1999]
[Stapleton Roy]
[07/06/1999]