(2019-0160-F Segment 2) Fidel Castro

2 SRLs, 2,033 assets

This collection consists of records concerning Cuban president Fidel Castro. The electronic records responsive to this request came from the Automated Records Management System (ARMS) and the Tape Restoration Project (TRP). Records to be opened include news articles and wire reports, USIA foreign media summaries, newsletters, and White House and State Department press briefings.

The materials in FOIA 2019-0160-F (Segment 2) are a selective body of documents responsive to the topic of the FOIA. Fidel Castro was a Marxist-Leninist Cuban revolutionary who led the 26th of July Movement during the Cuban Revolution and ousting of President of Cuba Fulgencio Batista. Castro was First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba from 1961-2011 and President of Cuba until 2008, when his brother Raúl assumed presidential duties. Fidel Castro died on November 25, 2016. Materials responsive to this FOIA request include emails mentioning Fidel Castro. The bulk of the responsive records consist of news articles and news wire reports, United States Information Agency foreign news media summaries, White House and State Department press briefings, and miscellaneous electronic newsletters.

Electronic Records

Records that are responsive to this FOIA request were found in these collection areas— Clinton Presidential Records: (SAS) Automated Records Management System [Email] & (SAS) Tape Restoration Project [Email]. The Executive Office of the President (EOP) subsystem of the Electronic Records Archive (ERA) contains electronic records created or received by Clinton Administration officials. These records are stored in Search and Access Sets (SAS) that represent their originating computer program. Search strings are used to locate records responsive to FOIA requests, and responsive assets are placed into Search Results Lists (SRLs). Depending on the complexity of the search, there may be multiple SRLs within each SAS. 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 Tape Restoration Project (TRP) is a database that contains restored emails from the Automated Records Management System (ARMS) from July 1994 through June of 2000. This system maintained unclassified Presidential email.

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, 2024. Previously restricted materials are added as they are released.

The following Search and Access Sets were processed in response to FOIA 2019-0160-F (Segment 2):
Clinton Presidential Records: EOP ERA Search and Access Sets (SAS)
(SAS) Automated Records Management System [Email] contains 1,539 assets.
(SAS) Tape Restoration Project [Email] contains 494 assets.