(2019-0152-F) Latin America and IMF

73 folders, approximately pages 11,022

This collection consists of emails mentioning the International Monetary Fund (IMF) near Latin America. This collection contains publications such as USIA Early Report, Oxford Analytica, Reuters, and Latin America Advisor. The most responsive documents discuss the IMF’s involvement in containing contagion related to the 1997-1998 Russian and Asian Financial Crisis. However, some emails relate to Y2K prep and the 1995 Mexican Currency Crisis.

The materials in FOIA 2019-0152-F are a selective body of documents responsive to the topic of the FOIA. Researchers should consult the archivist about related material. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) website states that “the IMF is an organization of 189 countries, working to foster global monetary cooperation, secure financial stability, facilitate international trade, promote high employment and sustainable economic growth, and reduce poverty around the world. The IMF's primary purpose is to ensure the stability of the international monetary system—the system of exchange rates and international payments that enables countries (and their citizens) to transact with each other. The Fund's mandate was updated in 2012 to include all macroeconomic and financial sector issues that bear on global stability.” Materials responsive to this FOIA request include emails mentioning the International Monetary Fund (IMF) near Latin America. This collection consists of publications such as USIA Early Report, Oxford Analytica, Reuters, and Latin America Advisor. The most responsive documents discuss the IMF’s involvement in containing contagion related to the 1997-1998 Russian and Asian Financial Crisis. However, some emails relate to Y2K prep and the 1995 Mexican Currency Crisis. Responsive records for this FOIA request have also been made available through the following FOIA requests: 2019-0151-F, 2019-0147-F, 2010-0673-F, 2019-0149-F, 2019-0146-F, 2006- 0185-F, and 2019-0154-F.

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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 individuals 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 unrecognized 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 emails 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 emails 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 2019-0152-F:
Box 1
Clinton Presidential Records: Automated Records Management System [Email]
OPD [OA/ID 250000]
[Latin America, IMF]
[08/08/1994– 09/16/1998]
[09/16/1998– 11/13/1998]
[11/13/1998– 01/28/1999]
[02/10/1999– 04/21/1999]
[04/26/1999– 01/05/2000]
[03/07/2000– 03/28/2000]
Box 2
OPD [OA/ID 250000]
[Latin America, IMF]
[04/25/2000– 09/24/2000]
WHO [OA/ID 500000]
[Latin America, IMF]
[01/10/1995– 08/11/1995]
[08/11/1995– 04/03/1997]
[06/10/1997– 01/30/1998]
[01/30/1998– 05/01/1998]
Box 3
[05/04/1998– 08/28/1998]
[08/28/1998– 09/14/1998]
[09/16/1998– 09/18/1998]
[09/18/1998– 09/21/1998]
[09/21/1998– 09/24/1998]
[09/28/1998– 10/01/1998]
Box 4
[10/01/1998– 10/09/1998]
[10/09/1998– 01/15/1999]
[01/28/1999– 03/15/1999]
[03/26/1999– 08/17/1999]
[09/02/1999– 09/18/1999]
[09/20/1999– 09/28/1999]
Box 5
[10/19/1999– 11/21/1999]
[11/28/1999– 01/06/2000]
[01/06/2000– 02/01/2000]
[02/04/2000– 03/14/2000]
[03/23/2000– 12/01/2000]
[12/18/2000– 01/15/2001]
Clinton Presidential Records: Automated Records Management System [Email]
(Continued)
Box 6
CEA [OA/ID 950000]
[Latin America, IMF]
[12/04/1996 – 08/28/1998]
[09/03/1998 – 11/18/1998]
[11/18/1998 – 04/13/1999]
[05/14/1999 – 04/24/2000]
[04/24/2000 – 07/25/2000]
Box 7
[08/03/2000 – 09/26/2000]
[10/09/2000] [1]
[10/09/2000] [2] [1]
[10/09/2000] [2] [2]
[10/09/2000 – 01/02/2001]
Box 8
Default [OA/ID 1100000]
[Latin America, IMF]
[03/23/1998 – 03/25/1999]
[04/26/1999 – 06/16/1999]
[06/21/1999 – 06/27/1999]
[09/29/1999 – 11/17/1999]
[11/21/1999 – 12/27/1999]
[12/30/1999 – 01/07/2000]
Box 9
[01/13/2000 – 03/13/2000]
[03/16/2000 – 10/27/2000]
[11/07/2000 – 01/03/2001]
[01/03/2001 – 01/08/2001]
[01/09/2001 – 01/17/2001]
Box 10
Clinton Presidential Records: Tape Restoration Project [Email]
OPD [OA/ID 250000]
[Latin America, IMF]
[09/24/1998 – 11/13/1998]
WHO [OA/ID 500000]
[Latin America, IMF]
[03/25/1998 – 04/17/1998]
Clinton Presidential Records: Tape Restoration Project [Email] (Continued)
[04/22/1998 – 07/09/1998]
[07/15/1998 – 09/03/1998]
[09/11/1998 – 09/15/1998]
[09/15/1998 – 09/20/1998]
Box 11
[09/22/1998 – 10/03/1998]
[10/05/1998 – 11/21/1999]
CEA [OA/ID 950000]
[Latin America, IMF]
[04/13/1998 – 09/26/1998]
[09/29/1998 – 11/13/1998]
Default [OA/ID 1100000]
[Latin America, IMF]
[09/17/1997 – 12/30/1997]
[01/14/1998 – 02/15/1998]
Box 12
[02/19/1998 – 04/01/1998]
[04/13/1998 – 05/01/1998]
[05/13/1998 – 08/21/1998]
[08/27/1998 – 08/31/1998]
[09/01/1998 – 09/14/1998]
[09/15/1998 – 09/17/1998]
[09/17/1998]
Box 13
[09/17/1998 – 09/25/1998]
[10/01/1998 – 10/06/1998]
[10/09/1993 – 10/15/1998]
[10/22/1998 – 10/26/1998]