(2019-0144-F) Arnulfo Arias, Carlos Andres Perez, and Rafael Caldera

18 folders, approximately 1,286 pages

This collection consists of records related to Arnulfo Arias, President of Panama on three occasions – 1940-1941, 1949-1951, and 1968, Carlos Andres Perez, President of Venezuela from 1974-1979 and 1989-1993, and Rafael Caldera, President of Venezuela from 1969-1974 and 1994-1999. Responsive emails include material in the public domain, such as media reactions and summaries, press materials, news wire reports, and news articles.

The materials in FOIA 2019-0144-F are a selective body of documents responsive to the topic of the FOIA. Researchers should consult the archivist about related material. Arnulfo Arias served as President of Panama on three occasions – 1940-1941, 1949-1951, and 1968. Members of the Panameñista political party are known as “Arnulfistas.” The Panameñista Party was known as the Arnulfista Party from 1990-2005 in honor of Arnulfo Arias. Carlos Andres Perez was President of Venezuela from 1974-1979 and 1989-1993. Rafael Caldera was President of Venezuela from 1969-1974 and 1994-1999. Materials responsive to this FOIA request include emails referencing Arnulfo Arias, “Arnulfista,” Carlos Andres Perez, and Rafael Caldera. Most of the responsive email records include material in the public domain, such as media reactions and summaries, press materials, news wire reports, and news articles.

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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: TRP Emails. 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 NPR bucket contains email created or received by an individual with a National Performance Review (NPR) White House user account. The OPD bucket contains email created or received by an individual with an Office of Policy Development (OPD) White House user account. The POTUS bucket was designated for email created and received by the President of the United States (POTUS). Please note that President Clinton never used his POTUS White House user account to send the few emails he wrote while in office. The WHO bucket contains email created or received by individual with an Executive Office of the President White House user account not identified as CEA, NPR, or OPD. The CEA bucket contains email created or received by an individual with a Council of Economic Advisors (CEA) White House user account. The NSC bucket contains email created or received by an individual with a National Security Council (NSC) user account. The Default bucket contains email created or received by unknown or un-recognized email accounts. Email found within the Default bucket often includes email created or received by offices or individuals outside the Executive Office of the President. ARMS email are arranged by topic, there-under by bucket, and there-under chronologically by creation date. The Tape Restoration Project (TRP) is a database consisting of restored emails from the Automated Records Management System (ARMS) 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 database is comprised of the same seven sub-series of email as in ARMS. TRP email 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, 2019. Previously restricted materials are added as they are released.

The following is a list of documents and folders processed in response to FOIA 2019-0144-F:
Box 1
Clinton Presidential Records: Automated Records Management System [Email]
WHO [OA/ID 500000]
[Arnulfo Arias, Arnulfista]
[10/13/1994 – 10/27/1999]
CEA [OA/ID 950000]
[Arnulfo Arias, Arnulfista]
[05/03/1999]
Default [OA/ID 1100000]
[Arnulfo Arias, Arnulfista]
Clinton Presidential Records: Automated Records Management System [Email] (continued)
[04/13/1997 – 03/24/1998]
[09/03/1999] [1]
[09/03/1999] [2]
[12/01/1999 – 01/01/2001]
OPD [OA/ID 250000]
[Carlos Andres Perez…]
[12/15/1999 – 10/19/2000]
WHO [OA/ID 500000]
[Carlos Andres Perez…]
[11/07/1994 – 11/15/1999]
Default [OA/ID 1100000]
[Carlos Andres Perez…]
[03/26/1998 – 10/30/2000]
OPD [OA/ID 250000]
[Rafael Caldera]
[06/08/1998]
WHO [OA/ID 500000]
[Rafael Caldera]
[11/07/1994 – 10/19/1998]
Box 2
[10/19/1998 – 03/22/2000]
Default [OA/ID 1100000]
[Rafael Caldera]
[03/08/1994 – 06/02/1997]
[06/05/1997 – 11/09/2000]
Clinton Presidential Records: Tape Restoration Project (TRP) [Email]
Default [OA/ID 1100000]
[Arnulfo Arias, Arnulfista]
[11/25/1997 – 02/16/1998]
[Carlos Andres Perez…]
[02/09/1997 – 04/21/1998]
[Rafael Caldera]
[02/09/1997 – 09/24/1997]
[10/14/1997 – 10/19/1998]