Expand All Collapse All Extent 157 folders, approximately 12,440 pages Summary This collection centers on the role of the Clinton Administration in the negotiations leading up to the Good Friday Agreement. The Good Friday Agreement (less commonly known as the Belfast Agreement) was made up of two inter-related documents, both signed on 10 April 1998. The collection contains National Security Council cables, email, and records from NSC European Affairs Office. Scope and Content Note The materials in FOIA 2006-1759-F are a selective body of documents responsive to the topic of the FOIA. Researchers should consult the archivist about related materials. Records related to this FOIA request are concerned with the role of the Clinton Administration in the negotiations leading up to the Good Friday Agreement and the continuing peace process thereafter in Northern Ireland. The Good Friday Agreement (less commonly known as the Belfast Agreement) was made up of two inter-related documents, both signed on 10 April 1998. One of the documents was a multi-party agreement signed by most of Northern Ireland's political parties, and the other document was an international agreement between the British and Irish governments. Having been plagued by generations of civil strife and political unrest, in the 1990’s unionist and republicans in Northern Ireland seemingly became more aware that their goals could never be achieved through violence. It was with this backdrop in place that President Clinton served as a catalyst for the peace process. The Administration’s emphasis on human rights, political reform, the potential for economic growth and an overall improved quality of life for the people of Northern Ireland provided the hope and inspiration needed by disputing parties to strive for a peaceful and lasting resolution. The records processed in this first segment, which may be responsive to FOIA request 2006- 1759-F, consist of cables and emails from the file of the National Security Council (NSC). The bulk of these cables and emails contain press guidance, press releases, foreign media reaction, and updates from the Department of State regarding developments in the peace process. Possibly responsive records were located within NSC files, European Affairs Office. Various correspondence relates to the International Fund for Ireland, a program aimed at providing a more stable environment in Northern Ireland through economic regeneration. There are also copies of news articles concerning President’s and First Lady’s trip to Ireland in September of 1998. Record Type Textual System of Arrangement FOIA requests which involve an extraordinary number of possibly responsive records may be processed in segments. The first segment of records which may be responsive to this FOIA request were found in two collection areas - Clinton Presidential Records: White House Staff and Office Files and Clinton Presidential Records: NSC Cable, Email, and Records Management System. Staff and Office files were maintained at the folder level by staff members within their individual offices and document all levels of administrative activity. 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. Access Collection is open to all researchers. Access to Clinton Presidential Records is governed by the Presidential Records Act (PRA) (44 USC 2201) and the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) (5 USC 552, as amended) and therefore records may be restricted in whole or in part in accordance with legal exemptions. Copyright Documents in this collection that were prepared by officials of the United States government as part of their official duties are in the public domain. Researchers are advised to consult the copyright law of the United States (17 USC, 101) which governs the making of photocopies or other reproductions of copyrighted material. Provenance 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) Processed by Staff Archivist, 2012. Previously restricted materials are added as they are released. Last Modified Date 2012-08-20 Container List The following is a list of documents and folders processed in response to FOIA 2006-1759-F (segment 1): Box 1 Clinton Presidential Records: White House Staff and Office Files National Security Council European Affairs Brown, Keirn Ireland Coordinated Meeting/US Initiatives [1] [OA/ID 2390] Ireland Coordinated Meeting/US Initiatives [2] [OA/ID 2390] Ireland Coordinated Meeting/US Initiatives [3] [OA/ID 2390] Clinton Presidential Records: White House Staff and Office Files (continued) Ireland Coordinated Meeting/US Initiatives [4] [OA/ID 2390] Butler, Lawrence Ireland 1998 [1] [OA/ID 1724] Ireland 1998 [2] [OA/ID 1724] Box 2 National Security Council European Affairs Butler, Lawrence Ireland 1998 [3] [OA/ID 1724] Ireland 1998 [4]: JS [James Steinberg] Ireland Trip, April 26-28 [OA/ID 1724] Ireland 1998 [5] [OA/ID 1724] N. Ireland-Economic Initiative-IFI [International Fund for Ireland]-1998 [OA/ID 1963] Northern Ireland, May 1, 1998 [1] [OA/ID 1574] Northern Ireland, May 1, 1998 [2] [OA/ID 1574] Northern Ireland, May 1, 1998 [3] [OA/ID 1574] Box 3 Northern Ireland, May 1, 1998 [4] [OA/ID 1574] Northern Ireland, May 1, 1998 [5] [OA/ID 1574] Northern Ireland, October 1998- [1] [OA/ID 1963] Northern Ireland, October 1998- [2] [OA/ID 1963] Northern Ireland, October 1998- [3] [OA/ID 1963] Northern Ireland, October 1998- [4] [OA/ID 1963] Norland, Richard Correspondence from Various Organizations re: the Northern Ireland Peace Process: [Letters with Enclosed Report] [binder] [OA/ID 3434] Box 4 Correspondence from Various Organizations re: the Northern Ireland Peace Process: Letters and Email with Enclosed Material] [loose] [OA/ID 3434] Correspondence from Various Organizations re: the Northern Ireland Peace Process: [To President Clinton from the Finucane Family] [binder] [OA/ID 3434] Correspondence from Various Organizations re: the Northern Ireland Peace Process: [Letter with Enclosure] [loose]; [Report by S.J. Wilson & Associates] [binder] [OA/ID 3434] Correspondence from Various Organizations re: the Northern Ireland Peace Process: [Human Rights Watch; Wave; Amnesty International] [loose] [OA/ID 3434] Correspondence from Various Organizations re: the Northern Ireland Peace Process: [The Ulster People’s College] [loose] [OA/ID 3434] Correspondence from Various Organizations re: the Northern Ireland Peace Process: [Email from Martin O’Brien with Enclosures] [loose] [OA/ID 3434] Correspondence from Various Organizations re: the Northern Ireland Peace Process: [Copies of Newspaper Clippings] [loose] [OA/ID 3434] Clinton Presidential Records: White House Staff and Office Files (continued) Correspondence from Various Organizations re: the Northern Ireland Peace Process: [Supplemental Brief-Kevin Artt Case] [binder] [OA/ID 3434] Correspondence from Various Organizations re: the Northern Ireland Peace Process: [Immigration and Political Asylum] [loose] [OA/ID 3434] Box 5 Correspondence from Various Organizations re: the Northern Ireland Peace Process: [Application for Permanent Residence in U.S.] [loose] [1] [OA/ID 3434] Correspondence from Various Organizations re: the Northern Ireland Peace Process: [Application for Permanent Residence in U.S.] [loose] [2] [OA/ID 3434] Correspondence from Various Organizations re: the Northern Ireland Peace Process: [Copies of Newspaper Clippings from the American Embassy in Dublin] [loose] [OA/ID 3434] Correspondence from Various Organizations re: the Northern Ireland Peace Process: [Correspondence from Niall P. Mac Allister, Friends Without Borders, Inc.] [loose] [OA/ID 3434] Correspondence from Various Organizations re: the Northern Ireland Peace Process: [Copy of an Article by Richard J. Harvey] [loose] [OA/ID 3434] Correspondence from Various Organizations re: the Northern Ireland Peace Process: “The Historic Visit of Bill Clinton to Belfast, Derry and Dublin” [video tape] [OA/ID 3434] Correspondence from Various Organizations re: the Northern Ireland Peace Process: “The Jack & Jill Foundation” [video tape] [OA/ID 3434] Correspondence from Various Organizations re: the Northern Ireland Peace Process: “Making the Difference” [video tape] [OA/ID 3434] Correspondence from Various Organizations re: the Northern Ireland Peace Process: “President Clinton in Ireland” [video tape] [OA/ID 3434] Correspondence from Various Organizations re: the Northern Ireland Peace Process: [untitled] [video tape] [OA/ID 3434] Correspondence from Various Organizations re: the Northern Ireland Peace Process: [Friendships Without Borders, Inc.] [loose] [OA/ID 3434] Correspondence from Various Organizations re: the Northern Ireland Peace Process: [Johns Hopkins International] [OA/ID 3434] Correspondence from Various Organizations re: the Northern Ireland Peace Process: [Research by Dominic Beggan and Rathnam Indurthy] [loose] [OA/ID 3434] Correspondence from Various Organizations re: the Northern Ireland Peace Process: [Letters from Paul A. Fitzsimmons] [loose] [OA/ID 3434] Correspondence from Various Organizations re: the Northern Ireland Peace Process: [Letters of Raymond G. Helmick, S.J.] [loose] [OA/ID 3434] Correspondence from Various Organizations re: the Northern Ireland Peace Process: [Ahern Speech 07/04/1998] [loose] [OA/ID 3434] Clinton Presidential Records: White House Staff and Office Files (continued) Correspondence from Various Organizations re: the Northern Ireland Peace Process: [Statement by British Prime Minister, 11/27/1996] [loose] [OA/ID 3434] Correspondence from Various Organizations re: the Northern Ireland Peace Process: [“Northern Ireland Alert”] [loose] [OA/ID 3434] Correspondence from Various Organizations re: the Northern Ireland Peace Process: [re: Parades Commission] [loose] [OA/ID 3434] Correspondence from Various Organizations re: the Northern Ireland Peace Process: [House of Commons Northern Ireland Affairs Committee Report] [loose] [OA/ID 3434] Correspondence from Various Organizations re: the Northern Ireland Peace Process: [Children’s Friendship Project for Northern Ireland] [loose] [OA/ID 3434] Correspondence from Various Organizations re: the Northern Ireland Peace Process: [The Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship] [loose] [OA/ID 3434] Correspondence from Various Organizations re: the Northern Ireland Peace Process: 1998 Ireland Trip News Clips [1] [OA/ID 3434] Box 6 Correspondence from Various Organizations re: the Northern Ireland Peace Process: 1998 Ireland Trip News Clips [2] [OA/ID 3434] Correspondence from Various Organizations re: the Northern Ireland Peace Process: 1998 Ireland Trip News Clips [3] [OA/ID 3434] Clinton Presidential Records: NSC Cable, Email, and Records Management System NSC Cables Jan 1997-Dec 1998 [Good Friday Agreement…] [01/08/1997-06/26/1997] [OA/ID 520000] [07/03/1997-11/12/1997] [OA/ID 520000] [11/13/1997-03/27/1998] [OA/ID 520000] [04/09/1998-06/12/1998] [OA/ID 520000] [06/16/1998-11/24/1998] [OA/ID 520000] [11/25/1998-12/24/1998] [OA/ID 520000] Box 7 [Northern Ireland Peace...] [01/24/1997-26/05/1997] [OA/ID 520000] [06/27/1997-10/10/1997] [OA/ID 520000] [10/13/1997-03/10/1998] [OA/ID 520000] [03/12/1998-05/07/1998] [OA/ID 520000] [05/07/1998-08/20/1998] [OA/ID 520000] [08/24/1998-12/21/1998] [OA/ID 520000] Jan 1999-Dec 2000 [Good Friday Agreement...] Clinton Presidential Records: NSC Cable, Email, and Records Management System (continued) [01/06/1999-03/11/1999] [OA/ID 530000] Box 8 [03/12/1999-07/02/1999] [OA/ID 530000] [07/06/1999-08/20/1999] [OA/ID 530000] [08/23/1999-09/30/1999] [OA/ID 530000] [09/30/1999-11/04/1999] [OA/ID 530000] [11/05/1999-12/23/1999] [OA/ID 530000] [12/24/1999-02/22/2000] [OA/ID 530000] Box 9 [02/28/2000-04/27/2000] [OA/ID 530000] [05/04/2000-08/25/2000] [OA/ID 530000] [08/29/2000-12/28/2000] [OA/ID 530000] [Northern Ireland Peace...] [01/20/1999-11/29/1999] [OA/ID 530000] [11/29/1999-03/31/2000] [OA/ID 530000] [04/04/2000-12/22/2000] [OA/ID 530000] Jan 2001 [Good Friday Agreement...] [01/10/2001-01/18/2001] [OA/ID 540000] [Northern Ireland Peace...] [01/10/2001-01/11/2001] [OA/ID 540000] Box 10 NSC Emails MSMail-Record (Sept 94-Sept 97) [Good Friday Agreement...] [12/31/1996-05/22/1997] [OA/ID 590000] [Northern Ireland Peace...] [01/02/1997-02/10/1997] [OA/ID 590000] [02/11/1997-02/13/1997] [OA/ID 590000] [02/13/1997/02/14/1997] [OA/ID 590000] [02/14/1997-02/18/1997] [OA/ID 590000] [02/18/1997-02/19/1997] [OA/ID 590000] Box 11 [02/19/1997-02/20/1997] [OA/ID 590000] [02/21/1997-02/21/1997] [OA/ID 590000] [02/21/1997-02/24/1997] [OA/ID 590000] [02/25/1997-02/26/1997] [OA/ID 590000] [02/26/1997-02/28/1997] [OA/ID 590000] Box 12 [02/28/1997-03/04/1997] [OA/ID 590000] [03/04/1997-03/11/1997] [OA/ID 590000] [03/11/1997-03/13/1997] [OA/ID 590000] [03/13/1997-03/31/1997] [OA/ID 590000] Clinton Presidential Records: NSC Cable, Email, and Records Management System (continued) [04/09/1997-04/18/1997] [OA/ID 590000] Box 13 [04/21/1997-04/24/1997] [OA/ID 590000] [04/28/1997-05/07/1997] [OA/ID 590000] [05/08/1997-05/14/1997] [OA/ID 590000] [05/16/1997-05/21/1997] [OA/ID 590000] [05/22/1997-06/19/1997] [OA/ID 590000] MSMail-Non-Record (Sept 94-Sept 97) [Good Friday Agreement...] [02/07/1997-05/23/1997] [OA/ID 605000] Box 14 [Northern Ireland Peace...] [01/30/1997-03/14/1997] [OA/ID 605000] [03/17/1997-04/24/1997] [OA/ID 605000] [05/22/1997] [OA/ID 605000] Box 15 NSC Records Management [Good Friday Agreement...] 9802977 [OA/ID 2032] 9802978 [OA/ID 2032] 9803031 [OA/ID 2032] 9807615 [OA/ID 2068] 9807756 [OA/ID 2069] 9904026 [OA/ID 2731] 9904101 [OA/ID 2732] 9904240 [OA/ID 2733] 0003755 [OA/ID 4094] [Northern Ireland Peace...] 9703523 [OA/ID 1621] 9704428 [OA/ID 1628] 9704920 [OA/ID 1631] 9705683 [OA/ID 1636] 9705707 [OA/ID 1637] 9705845 [OA/ID 1637] 9706807 [OA/ID 1644] 9707191 [OA/ID 1647] 9708591 [OA/ID 1660] 9800075 [OA/ID 2008] 9800081 [OA/ID 2008] 9800096 [OA/ID 2008] 9800097 [OA/ID 2008] Box 16 9800177 [OA/ID 2009] Clinton Presidential Records: NSC Cable, Email, and Records Management System (continued) 9800214 [OA/ID 2009] 9800217 [OA/ID 2009] 9800409 [OA/ID 2011] 9800855 [OA/ID 2014] 9801093 [OA/ID 2016] 9801231 [OA/ID 2017] 9801238 [OA/ID 2017] 9801321 [OA/ID 2018] 9802130 [OA/ID 2024] 9802202 [OA/ID 2025] 9802673 [OA/ID 2029] 9802877 [OA/ID 2031] 9803333 [OA/ID 2035] 9803555 [OA/ID 2037] 9803641 [OA/ID 2037] 9803664 [OA/ID 2038] 9803684 [OA/ID 2038] 9804689 [OA/ID 2046] 9805807 [OA/ID 2055] 9901490 [OA/ID 2714] 0000814 [OA/ID 4076] 0003249 [OA/ID 4090] 0004250 [OA/ID 4097] 0006433 [OA/ID 4109] 0006706 [OA/ID 4110] 0006910 [OA/ID 4112] 0007702 [OA/ID 4116B]