(2019-0922-F) Keirn “K.C.” Brown and Kosovo

16 folders, approximately 1,441 pages

This collection contains records from the files of Colonel Keirn “K.C.” Brown related to the military conflict in and around Kosovo. Colonel Brown served as a Director for European Affairs on the National Security Council. His files contain memorandums, emails, cables, notes, and drafts related to ongoing conflict in Kosovo. The records particularly address the political-military planning in the United States and NATO as the crisis intensified in late 1998 and early 1999.

The materials in FOIA 2019-0922-F are a selective body of documents responsive to the topic of the FOIA. Researchers should consult the archivist about related material. This collection contains records from the files of Keirn Brown on the military conflict in and around Kosovo. A U.S. Army Colonel, K.C. Brown served as a Director for European Affairs on the National Security Council in 1998 and 1999. It was the final assignment of his 30-year military career. His files contain memorandums, emails, cables, notes, and drafts related to the ongoing conflict in Kosovo. The records particularly address the political-military planning in the United States and NATO as the crisis intensified in late 1998 and early 1999. For more information and records on the war in Kosovo, please see FOIA 2008-0994-F Segment 3. Many of the 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 these collection areas— Clinton Presidential Records: White House Staff and Office Files and Clinton Presidential Records: NSC Cable, Email, and Records Management Systems.

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).

Kosovo (Republic)
Kosovo War (1998-1999)
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Former Yugoslav republics

Staff Archivist, 2025. Previously restricted materials are added as they are released.

The following is a list of documents and folders processed in response to FOIA 2019-0922-F:
Box 1
Clinton Presidential Records: White House Staff and Office Files
National Security Council
European Affairs
Brown, Keirn
Kosovo [1] [OA/ID 2194]
Kosovo [2] [OA/ID 2194]
Kosovo: Kosovo Pol-Mil Plan [OA/ID 2194]
Kosovo [Folder 1] [1] [OA/ID 2196]
Kosovo [Folder 1] [2] [OA/ID 2196]
Kosovo [Folder 1] [3] [OA/ID 2196]
Kosovo [Folder 1] [4] [OA/ID 2196]
Kosovo [Folder 1] [5] [OA/ID 2196]
Kosovo [Folder 1] [6] [OA/ID 2196]
Box 2
Kosovo [Folder 2] [1] [OA/ID 2196]
Kosovo [Folder 2] [2] [OA/ID 2196]
Kosovo [Folder 2] [3] [OA/ID 2196]
Kosovo Pol Mil [1] [OA/ID 2196]
Kosovo Pol Mil [2] [OA/ID 2196]
Macedonia/Krivolak [OA/ID 2194]
Clinton Presidential Records: NSC Cable, Email, and Records Management System (continued)
NSC Email
Exchange-Record (Sept 97-Jan 01) [OA/ID 620000]
[Keirn Brown…]
[10/02/1998 – 10/09/1998]