(2019-0497-F) Ambassador John Kornblum and Kosovo

10 folders, approximately 607 pages

This collection contains records related to Ambassador John Kornblum and the Kosovo conflict. Kornblum, a career foreign service officer, was the American Ambassador to the Federal Republic of Germany from September 1997 to January 2001. It consists of Automated Records Management System emails, NSC cables and NSC email. Subjects include press material, travel, and appointment lists.

The materials in FOIA 2019-0497-F are a selective body of documents responsive to the topic of the FOIA. Researchers should consult the archivist about related material. The requester asked for material related to Ambassador John Kornblum and the Kosovo conflict. Kornblum, a career foreign service officer, was the American Ambassador to the Federal Republic of Germany from September 1997 to January 2001. Records responsive to this request include ARMS emails, NSC cables and NSC email. Subjects include press material, travel, and appointment lists. The majority of records related to this FOIA case are closed for national security reasons.

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Records that are responsive to this FOIA request were found in Clinton Presidential Records: ARMS Emails and Clinton Presidential Records: NSC Cable, Email, and Records Management Systems. 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 database is comprised of seven sub-series of email records called "buckets." The buckets generally represent a specific White House office. The buckets are titled: NPR for National Performance Review, OPD for Office of Policy Development, POTUS for President of the United States, WHO for White House Office, CEA for Council of Economic Advisers, NSC for National Security Council, and Default for emails not associated with an office. The NSC bucket contains email created or received by an individual with a Nationals Security Council (NSC) user account.

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, 2019. Previously restricted materials are added as they are released.

The following is a list of documents and folders processed in response to FOIA 2019-0497-F:
Box 1
Clinton Presidential Records: Automated Records Management System [Email]
NSC [OA/ID 1200000]
[Kornblum and Kosovo …]
[05/13/1998 – 06/14/1999]
Clinton Presidential Records: NSC Cable, Email, and Records Management System
NSC Cables
Jan 1997-Dec 1998 [OA/ID 520000]
[Kornblum and Kosovo …]
[03/18/1998 – 06/30/1998]
Jan 1999-Dec 2000 [OA/ID 530000]
[Kornblum and Kosovo …]
[01/19/1999 – 01/07/2000]
NSC Emails
Exchange-Record (Sept 97-Jan 01) [OA/ID 620000]
[Kornblum and Kosovo …]
[04/10/1998 – 10/09/1998]
[10/16/1998 – 02/09/1999]
[02/09/1999 – 06/11/1999]
[06/11/1999 – 06/14/1999]
[06/14/1999 – 08/06/1999]
Exchange-Non-Record (Mar 97-Jan 01) [OA/ID 630000]
[Kornblum and Kosovo …]
[07/14/1998 – 09/22/1999]
[05/27/2000]