(2012-0854-F Segment 1) Colombia and Counter-Narcotics

338 folders, approximately 14,981 pages, [includes electronic files 43 pages]

This collection consists of records related to the United State’s policy toward Colombia and counter-narcotics. It contains correspondence, memoranda, reports, emails, administrative paperwork, and transcripts of press briefings, press releases, speeches, and foreign press compilations. The collection dates from 1994 to 2001.

The materials in FOIA 2012-0854-F are a selective body of documents responsive to the topic of the FOIA. Researchers who are interested should also see FOIA request 2012-0861-F, records related Cesar Gaviria Trujillo, President of Colombia. Records responsive to Freedom of Information Act request 2012-0854-F include correspondence, memoranda, reports, emails, administrative paperwork, transcripts of press briefings, press releases, speeches, and foreign press compilations. The collection dates from 1994 to 2001. The collection contains a number of memoranda discussing United States counternarcotic policy in Colombia and along the Andean Ridge. The collection also contains correspondence and memoranda relating to recommendations regarding the certification and/or decertification of Colombia and their role in the fight against illegal drugs. Documents in the collection relate to Colombia’s Plan Colombia and our support for the program. The collection includes discussions of our counternarcotic policy and program in Colombia. 2012-0854-F http://www.clintonlibrary.gov 2 The foreign policy of the United States with Colombia was, during the Clinton administration, almost completely focused on narcotics and counternarcotic policies. During the period there was increased funding for counternarcotic programs. Consistent with the Clinton Administration’s overall foreign policies, funding for support of peace and peaceful democracy in Colombia was expanded during the administration. Likewise the administration continued to support peace, prosperity, and good governance in Colombia.

Textual

Records that are responsive to this FOIA request were found in the following collection areas— Clinton Presidential Records: White House Office of Records Management (WHORM) Subject Files, Clinton Presidential Records: WHORM Subject Files CF, Clinton Presidential Records: White House Staff and Office Files 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/number 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 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. In the files of Sean Darragh there was one 3 ½ inch floppy disk containing two files. The materials from this disk have been processed but were closed in whole for national security reasons. An appropriate marker has been placed in the files. FOIA 2012-0854-F includes WHORM records from these subject codes: CO039 Countries: Colombia HE006 Health: Medicines – Drugs - Serums HE006-01 Health: Narcotics PU001-07 Publications: Clippings viewed by the President.

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).

Columbia

Drug traffic

Staff Archivist, 2018. Previously restricted materials are added as they are released.

The following is a list of documents and folders processed in response to FOIA 2012-0854-F: 

Box 1     

Clinton Presidential Records: WHORM: Subject Files
CO039            099640
CO039            101007SS
CO039            122621
CO039            152310SS
CO039            152889
CO039            153461
CO039            157229
CO039            160659SS
CO039            207004
CO039            207637
CO039            207751
CO039            208159
CO039            212317
CO039            216599SS
CO039            227618SS
CO039            256872SS
CO039            256913
CO039            257642SS
CO039            259466SS
CO039            305029
CO039            306413SS
CO039            316616SS
CO039            318069
CO039            400152
CO039            401996
CO039            402538
CO039            402704
CO039            402751
CO039            402752
CO039            404060
CO039            405810
CO039            412569
CO039            412569SS
CO039            413508
CO039            426482
CO039            428546
[CO039]        428662
HE006            316340
HE006-01        179214
HE006-01        257946
PU001-07        032069SS [Colombia]
PU001-07        042610SS [Colombia]
PU001-07        153304SS [Colombia]
PU001-07        316239SS [Colombia]
PU001-07        401517 [Colombia]

Clinton Presidential Records: WHORM: Subject Files CF
CO039            412345
CO039            426229
    

Clinton Presidential Records: White House Staff and Office Files
Clinton Administration History Project
    ONDCP
        General [OA/ID CF 24122]
        [Book] National Drug Control Strategy: Classified Annex on Drug Interdiction, 
International, and Law Enforcement Policy and Programs, 2000 Annual Report 
[OA/ID CF 24122]
Plan Colombia [OA/ID CF 24122]

Box 2

Communications
    Subject Files
        Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) Media Coverage 1996-1997:
            Newspapers (19) [1] [OA/ID 14292]
        Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) Media Coverage 1996-1997:
            Newspapers (19) [2] [OA/ID 14292]
Counselor to the President
    Gergen, David
        Narcotics – Latin America [OA/ID 3867]
National Economic Council
    Tarullo, Daniel
        Colombia [OA/ID CF 1007]
National Security Council
    Defense Policy and Arms Control
        Bouchard, Joseph
            Colombia / Drug Supplemental [OA/ID 2908]
    Global Issues and Multilateral Affairs
        Darragh, Sean
            August 7, [1994] Cali [OA/ID 273]
            Drugs [1] [OA/ID 272]
            Drugs [2] [OA/ID 272]
            Drugs [3] [OA/ID 272]
            Drugs [4] [OA/ID 272]
            Drugs [5] [OA/ID 272]
            Drugs [6] [OA/ID 272]
            Narcotics – Colombia [OA/ID 272]

Box 3

            Narcotics – Colombia: Barranquilla [OA/ID 272]
            Narcotics – Ground Based Radar [OA/ID 272]
            Narcotics – Inter-agency Working Group [OA/ID 272]
            Sean Darragh (Personal) [OA/ID 271]
        Eisenhower, James
            Colombia [OA/ID 750]
            Counternarcotics – Department of Defense [1] [OA/ID 751]

            Counternarcotics – Department of Defense [2] [OA/ID 751]
            Green Clover [OA/ID 750]
            Narcotics – Assets [OA/ID 754]
    Intelligence Programs
        Beers, Rand
            Deputies Committee (DC) Meeting, February 27, 1995 [Empty] [OA/ID 2523]
        McCarthy, Mary
            Counternarcotics, 1997 [Empty] [OA/ID 2655] 
        Mitchell, Don
            [Closed Folder Title] [1995] [1] [OA/ID 3033]
            [Closed Folder Title] [1995] [2] [OA/ID 3033]
            [Closed Folder Title] [1996] [OA/ID 3033]
            [Closed Folder Title] [1996]: [1993-1995] [1] [OA/ID 3033]
            [Closed Folder Title] [1996]: [1993-1995] [2] [OA/ID 3033]
            [Closed Folder Title] [1996]: [Counter-narcotics] [OA/ID 3033]

Box 4                                

            Colombia – Counternarcotics [1] [OA/ID 3834]
            Colombia – Counternarcotics [2] [OA/ID 3834]
            Colombia – Counternarcotics [3] [OA/ID 3834]
            Colombia – Counternarcotics [4] [OA/ID 3834]
            Colombia – Counternarcotics [5] [OA/ID 3834]
            Colombia – Counternarcotics, 1995 [OA/ID 2640]
        Tenet, George
            [Closed Folder Title] (30056) [Empty] [OA/ID 2485]
            DC Meeting on Cali Cartel [Empty] [OA/ID 2485]
Inter-American Affairs
        Avery, Dale
            Colombia [1] [OA/ID 2567]
            Colombia [2] [OA/ID 2567]
            Colombia [3] [OA/ID 2567]

Box 5                                

            Colombia [4] [OA/ID 2567]
            Colombia [5] [OA/ID 2567]
            Colombia: 4581 [OA/ID 2567]
            Colombia: Amazon Plan [OA/ID 2568]
            Colombia: Colombia [Folder 1] [OA/ID 2567]
            Colombia: Colombia [Folder 2] [OA/ID 2567] 
Colombia – Close Hold [OA/ID 2569]
            Colombia – General Bilateral [1] [OA/ID 2568]
            Colombia – General Bilateral [2] [OA/ID 2568]
            Colombia – General Bilateral [3] [OA/ID 2568]

Box 6                                

            Colombia – General Bilateral [4] [OA/ID 2568]
            Colombia – General Bilateral [5] [OA/ID 2568]
            Colombia – General Bilateral [6] [OA/ID 2568]
            Colombia – Human Rights Vetting [1] [OA/ID 2568]
            Colombia – Human Rights Vetting [2] [OA/ID 2568]
            Colombia – Intelligence [1] [OA/ID 2569]
            Colombia – Intelligence [2] [OA/ID 2569]
            Colombia – Intelligence [3] [OA/ID 2569]
            Colombia – Intelligence [4] [OA/ID 2569]

Box 7                                

            Colombia – Intelligence [5] [OA/ID 2569]
            Colombia – Intelligence [6] [OA/ID 2569]
            Colombia – Intelligence Pieces [1] [OA/ID 2569]
            Colombia – Intelligence Pieces [2] [OA/ID 2569]
            Colombia – Intelligence Pieces [3] [OA/ID 2569]
            Colombia – Interagency Working Group [Folder 1] [1] [OA/ID 2568]
            Colombia – Interagency Working Group [Folder 1] [2] [OA/ID 2568]
            Colombia – Interagency Working Group [Folder 1] [3] [OA/ID 2568]
            Colombia – Interagency Working Group [Folder 2] [OA/ID 2568]

Box 8                                

            Colombia – Presidential Decision Directive (PDD) [1] [OA/ID 2568]
            Colombia – Presidential Decision Directive (PDD) [2] [OA/ID 2568]
            Colombia – Principals Committee (PC)/Deputies Committee (DC) [1] 
[OA/ID 2568]
Colombia – Principals Committee (PC)/Deputies Committee (DC) [2] 
[OA/ID 2568]
Colombia: Samper Visa Revocation [OA/ID 2567]
Counter-drug – Various [1] [OA/ID 2566]
Counter-drug – Various [2] [OA/ID 2566]
Drug Kingpin Act [1] [OA/ID 2565]
Drug Kingpin Act [2] [OA/ID 2565]
Drug Kingpin Act [3] [OA/ID 2565]

Box 9                                

            Drug Kingpin Act [4] [OA/ID 2565]
            Drug Kingpin Act [5] [OA/ID 2565]
            Drug Kingpin Act [6] [OA/ID 2565]
            Plan Colombia [1] [OA/ID 2568]
            Plan Colombia [2] [OA/ID 2568]
            Plan Colombia [3] [OA/ID 2568]
            Plan Colombia [4] [OA/ID 2568]
            Plan Colombia [5] [OA/ID 2568]
            Plan Colombia [6] [OA/ID 2568]
            Plan Colombia [7] [OA/ID 2568]
            Plan Colombia [8] [OA/ID 2568]

Box 10                                

            Plan Colombia [9] [OA/ID 2568]
            Plan Colombia [10] [OA/ID 2568]
            Plan Colombia [11] [OA/ID 2568]
            South/Central America – Counterdrug Information [OA/ID 2565]
    
Legal Advisor
        DeRosa, Mary
            Colombia / Narcotics [OA/ID 3393]
    Legislative Affairs
        Lackey, Miles
            Colombia [OA/ID 2688]
    Records Management
            DC0098 DC Meeting on Cali Cartel Drug Traffickers, 1994 [OA/ID 3997]
            [DC0177 DC Meeting, February 27, 1995] [OA/ID 4000]
            DC0283 DC Meeting on Colombia, May 14, 1996 [OA/ID 4003]
            DC0293 DC Meeting on Colombia, June 12, 1996 [OA/ID 4004]
            DC0366 DC Meeting on Colombia, August 12, 1997 [OA/ID 3909]
            DC0369 DC Meeting on Colombia, September 11, 1997 [OA/ID 3909]
            DC0400 DC Meeting on Colombia, May 27, 1998 [OA/ID 3910]
            DC0438 DC Meeting on Colombia, October 22, 1998 [OA/ID 3911]

Box 11                                

            DC0568 DC Meeting on Colombia, September 22, 1999 [OA/ID 3894]
            DC0590 DC Meeting on Colombia Initiative, February 10, 2000 [OA/ID 3901]
            DC0593 DC Meeting on Colombia Initiative, February 25, 2000 [OA/ID 3901]
            DC0595 DC Meeting on Colombia Initiative, March 9, 2000 [OA/ID 3901]
            DC0598 DC Meeting on Colombia Initiative, April 6, 2000 [OA/ID 3901]
            DC0600 DC Meeting on Colombia Initiative, May 4, 2000 [OA/ID 3901]
            DC0650 DC Meeting on Colombia, December 19, 2000 [OA/ID 3895]
            PC0284 PC Meeting on Panama and Colombia, July 14, 1998 [OA/ID 3906]
            PC0361 PC Meeting on Colombia, August 17, 1999 [OA/ID 3896]
            PC0363 PC Meeting on Colombia, September 24, 1999 [OA/ID 3896]
            PDD-73 U.S. Colombia Initiative, August 3, 2000 [OA/ID 4121]

Box 12                                

            Trip Books – The President’s Trip to Colombia, August 30, 2000 
[Records Management] [Binder] [OA/ID 3632]
Trip Books – The President’s Trip to Colombia, August 30, 2000 
[Staff Secretary] [Binder] [OA/ID 3635]
    Staff Director
        Soderberg, Nancy
            [Soderberg Notes from Cali Cartel DC Meeting, March 1, 1994] [OA/ID 1394]
            Escobar [OA/ID 1416]
    Transnational Threats
        Clarke, Richard
            International Crime / Narcotics Files – Colombia—1995 [1] [OA/ID 1450]
            International Crime / Narcotics Files – Colombia—1995 [2] [OA/ID 1450]
International Crime / Narcotics Files – Colombia—1995 [3] [OA/ID 1450]
International Crime / Narcotics Files – Colombia—1995 [4] [OA/ID 1450]
International Crime / Narcotics Files – Colombia—1995 [5] [OA/ID 1450]
International Crime / Narcotics Files – Colombia—1995 [6] [OA/ID 1450]
International Crime / Narcotics Files – Colombia—1995 [7] [OA/ID 1450]
International Crime / Narcotics Files – Colombia—1996 [1] [OA/ID 1450]
International Crime / Narcotics Files – Colombia—1996 [2] [OA/ID 1450]

Box 13                            

            International Crime / Narcotics Files – Colombia—1996 [3] [OA/ID 1450]
International Crime / Narcotics Files – Colombia—1996: 
Colombia Extradition [1] [OA/ID 1450]
International Crime / Narcotics Files – Colombia—1996: 
Colombia Extradition [2] [OA/ID 1450]
International Crime / Narcotics Files – Colombia—1996: 
Colombia Press, Public, Congressionals [OA/ID 1450]
International Crime / Narcotics Files – Colombia—1996: 
Colombia Sanctions [OA/ID 1450]
International Crime / Narcotics Files – Colombia Assistance—1996 
[OA/ID 1450]
            International Crime / Narcotics Files – Colombia DC, IWGs—1996 [1] 
[OA/ID 1450]
            International Crime / Narcotics Files – Colombia DC, IWGs—1996 [2] 
[OA/ID 1450]
            International Crime / Narcotics Files – Colombia DC, IWGs—1996 [3] 
[OA/ID 1450]
            International Crime / Narcotics Files – Colombia DC, IWGs—1996 [4] 
[OA/ID 1450]

Box 14                            

            International Crime / Narcotics Files – Colombia DC, IWGs—1996 [5] 
[OA/ID 1450]
        Eddy, Randolph
            Narcotics – Central, Latin, South America [OA/ID 1500]
        Meyer, Carl
            Colombia [OA/ID 1760]
            Colombian Despeje [OA/ID 1760]
            Counternarcotics Interagency Working Groups [OA/ID 1760]
Special Envoy for the Americas
    General Files
        Human Rights Watch – War Without Quarter: Colombia and International 
        Humanitarian Law [publication] [OA/ID 21387]
        La Lucha de Colombia Contra las Drogas Ilicitas: Acciones y Resultados 1998 – 
        Colmbia’s War on Illegal Drugs: Actions and Results in 1998 [publication] 
[OA/ID 21387]
        Strategic Studies Institute – Colombia’s Three Wars: U.S. – Strategy at the 
        Crossroads [publication] [OA/ID 23187]
        Task Force Report – Toward Greater Peace and Security in Colombia: Forging a
        Constructive U.S. Policy [OA/ID 23187]
    McLarty, Mack
            Colombia Drug File [OA/ID 11834]
            
Box 15
Special Envoy for the Americas
    McLarty, Mack
            Summit of the Americas – Columbia/Drugs [OA/ID 11834]

Clinton Presidential Records: NSC Cables, Emails, and Records Management System
NSC Records Management
    [Colombia, Narcotics, Counternarcotics]
        9301125 [OA/ID 141]
        9304195 [OA/ID 150]
        9307631 [OA/ID 165]
        9402945 [OA/ID 472]
        9404458 [OA/ID 475]
        9404501 [OA/ID 475]
        9404523 [OA/ID 475]
        9404562 [OA/ID 475]
        9404660 [OA/ID 475]
        9404870 [OA/ID 476]
        9404951 [OA/ID 201]
        9405023 [OA/ID 477]
        9405059 [OA/ID 202]
        9405868 [OA/ID 205]
        9406645 [OA/ID 479]
        9407344 [OA/ID 480]
        9408089 [OA/ID 481]
        9408269 [OA/ID 481]
        9410056 [OA/ID 226]
        9420573 [OA/ID 3918]
        9501512 [OA/ID 568]

Box 16                                

NSC Records Management
    [Colombia, Narcotics, Counternarcotics]
        9501578 [OA/ID 568]
        9501734 [OA/ID 569]
        9504819 [OA/ID 590]
        9505088 [OA/ID 592]
        9505104 [OA/ID 592]
        9505105 [OA/ID 592]
        9505837 [OA/ID 597]
        9505916 [OA/ID 598]
        9506090 [OA/ID 599]
        9507749 [OA/ID 610]
        9600830 [OA/ID 1084]
        9601032 [OA/ID 1086]
        9601388 [OA/ID 1088]
        9602415 [OA/ID 1096]
        9603943 [OA/ID 1106]
        9604422 [OA/ID 1109]
        9604792 [OA/ID 1112]
        9605351 [OA/ID 1115]
        9606170 [OA/ID 1121]
        9606232 [OA/ID 1121]
        9606601 [OA/ID 1123]
        9606666 [OA/ID 1124]
        9620582 [OA/ID 3921]
        9620583 [OA/ID 3921]
        9700403 [OA/ID 1598]
        9700929 [OA/ID 1601]
        9701231 [OA/ID 1603]
        9701492 [OA/ID 1605]
        9701641 [OA/ID 1606]
        9701680 [OA/ID 1607]
        9701822 [OA/ID 1608]
        9702006 [OA/ID 1609]
        9702257 [OA/ID 1611]
        9702546 [OA/ID 1613]
        9702617 [OA/ID 1614]
        9703260 [OA/ID 1620]
        9704644 [OA/ID 1629]
        9704714 [OA/ID 1630]

Box 17                            

NSC Records Management
    [Colombia, Narcotics, Counternarcotics]
        9705393 [OA/ID 1634]
        9705406 [OA/ID 1635]
        9705417 [OA/ID 1635]
        9705644 [OA/ID 1636]
        9706122 [OA/ID 1640]
        9706479 [OA/ID 1642]
        9705126 [OA/ID 1633]
        9705161 [OA/ID 1633]
        9800428 [OA/ID 2011]
        9801074 [OA/ID 2016]
        9801280 [OA/ID 2017]
        9801482 [OA/ID 2019]
        9801561 [OA/ID 2020]
        9802205 [OA/ID 2025]
        9803064 [OA/ID 2033]
        9804487 [OA/ID 2045]
        9804552 [OA/ID 2046]
        9804556 [OA/ID 2046]
        9805248 [OA/ID 2051]
        9805429 [OA/ID 2052]
        9805564 [OA/ID 2053]
        9806378 [OA/ID 2059]
        9806943 [OA/ID 2063]
        9807084 [OA/ID 2064]
        9807251 [OA/ID 2066]
        9807538 [OA/ID 2067]
        9901428 [OA/ID 2714]
        9901561 [OA/ID 2715]
        9902035 [OA/ID 2718]
        9902036 [OA/ID 2718]

Box 18                                

NSC Records Management
    [Colombia, Narcotics, Counternarcotics]
        9905577 [OA/ID 2741]
        9905649 [OA/ID 2742]
        9905801 [OA/ID 2743]
        9905832 [OA/ID 2743]
        9905873 [OA/ID 2743]
        9905908 [OA/ID 2744]
        9905919 [OA/ID 2744]
        9905939 [OA/ID 2744]
        9905943 [OA/ID 2744]
        9906188 [OA/ID 2745]
        9906595 [OA/ID 2748]
        9906833 [OA/ID 2749]
        9906923 [OA/ID 2750]
        9906956 [OA/ID 2750]
        9907016 [OA/ID 2751]
        9907329 [OA/ID 2753]
        9907346 [OA/ID 2753]
        9907408 [OA/ID 2753]
        9907428 [OA/ID 2754]
        9907630 [OA/ID 2755]
        9907886 [OA/ID 2757]
        9908968 [OA/ID 2764]
        9909161 [OA/ID 2766]
        0000059 [OA/ID 4072]
        0000949 [OA/ID 4076]
        0000951 [OA/ID 4077]
        0000975 [OA/ID 4077]

Box 19                                

NSC Records Management
    [Colombia, Narcotics, Counternarcotics]
        0000987 [OA/ID 4077]
        0000988 [OA/ID 4077]
        0001142 [OA/ID 4078]
        0001145 [OA/ID 4078]
        0001750 [OA/ID 4081]
        0001896 [OA/ID 4082]
        0001897 [OA/ID 4082]
        0001948 [OA/ID 4082]
        0002082 [OA/ID 4083]
        0002273 [OA/ID 4084]
        0002332 [OA/ID 4085]
        0002448 [OA/ID 4085]
        0004281 [OA/ID 4097]
        0005133 [OA/ID 4102]
        0005254 [OA/ID 4102]
        0005295 [OA/ID 4103]
        0005941 [1] [OA/ID 4106]
        0005941 [2] [OA/ID 4106]
        0006495 [OA/ID 4109]
        0007068 [OA/ID 4112]
        0007434 [OA/ID 4114]
        0007853 [OA/ID 4116B] 

Electronic Records

Clinton Presidential Records: White House Staff and Office Files
National Security Council
    Global Issues and Multilateral Affairs
        Darragh, Sean
            Drugs [2] [Disk] [OA/ID 272]