Expand All Collapse All Extent 11 folders, approximately 796 pages Summary This collection consists of records related to the November 1996 murder of American Paul Edward Tatum in Moscow. It contains cables and emails. Scope and Content Note The materials in FOIA 2019-0001-F are a selective body of documents responsive to the topic of the FOIA. Researchers should consult the archivist about related material Paul Edward Tatum was an American expatriate from Edmonds, Oklahoma who was fatally shot outside a metro station in Moscow, Russia on November 3rd, 1996. Mr. Tatum was a major investor in the Radison-Slavjanskaya Hotel, a place he had built into one of the first upscale western style hotels in Moscow. As of 2018, the murder of Paul Tatum was still unsolved. Materials responsive to this FOIA request include National Security Council Cables and Emails concerning the Gore-Chernomyrdin Commission including phone calls and letters between the Vice President and Prime Minister Chernomyrdin about the murder of Paul Tatum. Emails contains press coverage of the murder and correspondence concerning the disposition of condolence letters to Mr. Tatum’s family. Emails also contain references to Mr. Tatum in the International Crime Threat Assessment and the International Relations Committee Hearing on U.S. Policy toward Russia. SC: The majority of these records related to this FOIA case are closed for national security reasons. Record Type Textual System of Arrangement Records that are responsive to this FOIA request were found in these collection areas—Clinton Presidential Records: ARMS Emails, and Clinton Presidential Records: NSC Cable and Email. 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. Access 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. 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 U.S.C. Chapter 1) 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, 2018. Previously restricted materials are added as they are released. Last Modified Date 2019-04-23 Container List The following is a list of documents and folders processed in response to FOIA 2019-0001-F: Box 1 Clinton Presidential Records: Automated Records Management System [Email] WHO [OA/ID 500000] [Paul Tatum] [10/21/1999] Default [OA/ID 1100000] [Paul Tatum] [06/22/1994 – 03/16/2000] [12/14/2000] NSC [OA/ID 1200000] [Paul Tatum] [11/22/1999 – 11/29/1999] Clinton Presidential Records: NSC Cable, Email, and Records Management System NSC Cables Jan 1995-Dec 1996 [OA/ID 510000] [Paul Tatum] [11/04/1996 – 12/31/1996] Jan 1997-Dec 1998 [OA/ID 520000] [Paul Tatum] [01/29/1997 – 12/17/1998] Jan 1999-Dec 2000 [OA/ID 530000] [Paul Tatum] [07/16/1999 – 10/31/2000] NSC Email MSMail-Record (Sept 94-Sept 97) [OA/ID 590000] [Paul Tatum] [11/04/1996 – 04/21/1997] MSMail-Non-Record (Sept 94-Sept 97) [OA/ID 605000] [Paul Tatum] [01/02/1997] Exchange-Record (Sept 97-Jan 01) [OA/ID 620000] [Paul Tatum] [09/17/1997 - 09/02/1999] Clinton Presidential Records: NSC Cable, Email, and Records Management System (cont.) NSC Email Exchange-Non-Record (Mar 97-Jan 01) [OA/ID 630000] [Paul Tatum] [08/25/1997 – 09/17/1997]