Expand All Collapse All Extent 76 folders, approximately 5,924 pages Summary This collection consists of records related to the Rose Gottemoeller, National Security Council Director for Russia, Ukraine and Eurasian Affairs from 1993 to 1994. The collection contains materials from the multiple inter-agency working groups that Ms. Gottemoeller chaired and attended. Topics of these meetings include the denuclearization of Ukraine, commercial space launch cooperation between the United States and Russia and various other financial dealings with Russia under the auspices of the Gore-Chernomyrdin Commission. Scope and Content Note The materials in FOIA 2016-0161-F are a selective body of documents responsive to the topic of the FOIA. Researchers should consult the archivist about related material. Rose Gottemoeller served from 1993 to 1994 on the National Security Council staff as Director for Russia, Ukraine and Eurasian Affairs, with responsibility for nuclear threat reduction in Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan and Belarus. Ms. Gottemoeller also served as the Assistant Secretary for Nonproliferation and National Security and then Acting Deputy Administrator for Defense Nonproliferation in The U.S. Department of Energy from 1997 – 2000. Prior to 1993 she was a social scientist at the RAND Corporation and a Council on Foreign Relations International Affairs Fellow. She also taught Soviet military policy and Russian security at Georgetown University. As of 2016 Rose Gottemoeller was the first female Deputy Secretary General of NATO. The records responsive to this FOIA are from Ms. Gottemoeller’s tenure at the National Security Council (NSC) from 1993-1994 and include memoranda and briefing papers to the National Security Advisor Anthony Lake and to the President concerning the April 1993 Vancouver Summit between President Clinton and President Yeltsin, and other communications including telephone calls and face-to-face meetings with Ukrainian, Belorussian and Kazakhstani leaders. This collection also includes notes, agendas and attendance lists from the numerous interagency working groups that Rose Gottemoeller chaired and attended while working at the NSC. Topics of these meetings include the denuclearization of Ukraine, commercial space launch cooperation between the US and Russia, and various financial assistance deals with Russia under the auspices of the Nunn-Lugar Cooperative Threat Reduction program. Also included in these records are memos and briefing papers concerning the Gore / Chernomyrdin Commission (GCC) that was formed as a result of the 1993 Vancouver Summit. The GCC’s mission was to foster U.S. and Russian cooperation on issues of space exploration, energy, trade and business development, defense conversion, science and technology, health, agriculture, and the environment. The majority of the 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 this collection area— Clinton Presidential Records: White House Staff and Office Files. Staff and Office files were maintained at the folder level by staff members within their individual offices and document all levels of administration activity. 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, 2017. Previously restricted materials are added as they are released. Last Modified Date 2017-09-28 Container List The following is a list of documents and folders processed in response to FOIA 2016-0161-F: Box 1 Clinton Presidential Records: White House Staff and Office Files National Security Council Russia, Ukraine, and Eurasian Affairs Gottemoeller, Rose Belarus – Nuclear Weapons [OA/ID 243] GAO [General Accounting Office] [OA/ID 243] Gifts [OA/ID 242] Gore / Chernomyrdin [OA/ID 243] Gottemoeller Chron Files, January – July 1993 [1] [OA/ID 242] Gottemoeller Chron Files, January – July 1993 [2] [OA/ID 242] Gottemoeller Chron Files, January – July 1993 [3] [OA/ID 242] Gottemoeller Chron Files, January – July 1993 [4] [OA/ID 242] Gottemoeller Chron Files and Calendar, August – December 1993 [1] [OA/ID 242] Box 2 Gottemoeller Chron Files and Calendar, August – December 1993 [2] [OA/ID 242] Gottemoeller Chron Files and Calendar, August – December 1993 [3] [OA/ID 242] Gottemoeller Chron Files and Calendar, January – December 1994 [1] [OA/ID 242] Gottemoeller Chron Files and Calendar, January – December 1994 [2] [OA/ID 242] Clinton Presidential Records: White House Staff and Office Files (continued) National Security Council Russia, Ukraine, and Eurasian Affairs Gottemoeller, Rose Gottemoeller Chron Files and Calendar, January – December 1994 [3] [OA/ID 242] Gottemoeller Chron Files and Calendar, January – December 1994 [4] [OA/ID 242] Box 3 Gottemoeller Personal Chron Files, 1993-1994 [1] [OA/ID 242] Gottemoeller Personal Chron Files, 1993-1994 [2] [OA/ID 242] Kazakhstan – Nuclear Weapons [OA/ID 243] Loose Nukes [OA/ID 243] Memcon [OA/ID 243] Missile Proliferation [OA/ID 243] NATO [OA/ID 243] Notebooks: [01/08/1993 – 01/20/1993] [OA/ID 113] Notebooks: [05/11/1993 – 05/20/1993] [OA/ID 113] Notebooks: [06/04/1993 – 06/07/1993] [OA/ID 113] Box 4 Notebooks: [09/21/1993 – 09/28/1993] [OA/ID 113] Notebooks: [10/24/1993 – 11/01/1993] [OA/ID 113] Notebooks: [11/02/1993 – 11/12/1993] [OA/ID 113] Notebooks: [5:50 PM Meeting] [OA/ID 113] Notebooks: [April 26] [OA/ID 113] Notebooks: [Compensation] [OA/ID 113] Notebooks: [Embassy 10/05/1993 – Ministry of Foreign Affairs 10/23/1993] [OA/ID 113] Notebooks: [Leon Meeting 01/18/1993] [OA/ID 113] Box 5 Notebooks: [looking for good ideas] [OA/ID 113] Notebooks: [loose pages] [OA/ID 113] Notebooks: [loose pages 1/4/1993 – 4/4/1993] [OA/ID 113] Notebooks: [loose pages Oct 1 for START date] [OA/ID 113] Notebooks: [May and June 1993] Notebooks: [Meetings 11/15/1993 – 11/27/1993] [OA/ID 113] Notebooks: [Meeting in Kiev – Senior Staff 8/2/93] [OA/ID 113] Notebooks: [Meeting in Dan Poneman’s Office] [OA/ID 113] Notebooks: [Moscow Oct 1993 Christopher Trip] [OA/ID 113] Notebooks: [Moscow October 1993 NASA Trip] [OA/ID 113] Box 6 Clinton Presidential Records: White House Staff and Office Files (continued) National Security Council Russia, Ukraine, and Eurasian Affairs Gottemoeller, Rose Notebooks: [Nunn Lugar Meeting] [OA/ID 113] Notebooks: [Opening Plenary 9/1/93] [OA/ID 113] Notebooks: [PDD-3 Meeting, April 1993] [OA/ID 113] Notebooks: [Poneman Meeting] [OA/ID 113] Notebooks: [Reporter’s Note Book, Prebrief Strobe] [OA/ID 113] Notebooks: [Sept 5-10 to 9/21/1993] [OA/ID 113] Notebooks: [Speech for Budapest] [OA/ID 113] Notebooks: [Staff Meeting 10/24/94] [OA/ID 113] Box 7 Notebooks: [Thursday Staff Meeting – Summit] [OA/ID 113] Notebooks: [Undated to 7/19-20] [OA/ID 113] Notebooks: [Vice President Visit] [OA/ID 113] Notebooks: [Working Dinner – Economics 4/3] [OA/ID 113] Nuclear Weapons in Ukraine [OA/ID 243] Nunn / Lugar [OA/ID 243] Public Diplomacy [OA/ID 243] Russia – Space Launch [OA/ID 243] Box 8 Security Assurances [OA/ID 243] Space [OA/ID 243] Space Cooperation [OA/ID 243] SSD [Safe, Secure, Dismantlement] [OA/ID 243] START II Ratifications [OA/ID 243] Strategic Defenses [OA/ID 243] Summit [Folder 1] [1] [OA/ID 243] Summit [Folder 1] [2] [OA/ID 243] Summit [Folder 2] [OA/ID 243] Telcons [OA/ID 243] Box 9 Ukraine Policy [OA/ID 243] Working Groups: Gore – Chernomyrdin Science, Environment and Space [OA/ID 242] Working Groups: [Kazakhstan] [OA/ID 242] Working Groups: [Safety, Security and Dismantlement (SSD) also Nunn – Lugar] [OA 242] Working Groups: [Space Cooperation and Standing Committee Nuclear Materials] [OA/ID 242] Working Groups: [Ukraine] [OA/ID 242] Working Groups: [Ukraine Space Meeting and Murmansk] [OA/ID 242]