Expand All Collapse All Extent 71 folders, approximately 4,537 pages Summary This collection consists of records related to meetings between Czech President Vaclav Havel and U.S. President Bill Clinton. It contains memos, correspondence, briefing books, emails, cables, schedules, speeches, press clippings, and photocopies of photographs Scope and Content Note The materials in FOIA 2017-0413-F are a selective body of documents responsive to the topic of the FOIA. Researchers should consult the archivist about related material. This Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request was for all records and correspondence relating to both official and state visits between President Clinton and the former President of the Czech Republic, Vaclav Havel. Václav Havel was a poet, playwright, political dissident, human rights leader and statesman. He was born in Prague, Czechoslovakia on October 5, 1936 and passed away on December 18, 2011 in Hradecek, Czech Republic. Havel became president of Czechoslovakia on December 29, 1989, becoming the country’s first noncommunist leader since 1948. He held that position until the dissolution of Czechoslovakia in 1992. After the dissolution of Czechoslovakia, Havel successfully ran for President of the new Czech Republic in 1993 and he held that position until his resignation in 2003. In January of 1994, President Clinton met with President Havel and other Presidents and Prime Ministers of the Czech Republic, Ukraine, and Belarus when he visited those countries. In September of 1998, President Clinton hosted a Czech State Arrival and dinner for President Havel and in 2003 President Clinton awarded President Havel with the Presidential Medal of Freedom. The records to be opened in this collection consist of memos, correspondence, briefing books, emails, cables, schedules, speeches, press clippings, and photocopies of photographs. The collection contains copies of speeches that President Havel gave at Harvard and Columbia Universities, speech draft cards from President Clinton’s Toast to Havel when he visited the White House in September 1998, lists of guests and invitees to the White House State visit and dinner for Havel, correspondence regarding the Foundation Forum 2000 conference and the opening of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty in Prague. The records also include memos, correspondence, emails and schedules relating to President Havel’s visit for the opening of the Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington DC and for his visit to the National Czeck & Slovak Museum & Library in Des Moines, Iowa. The Presidential briefing books and National Security Council cables and emails included in this collection concern President Clinton’s travels to Eastern Europe and Moscow, Russia. The January 1994 trip included a brief stay in Prague, the Czech Republic and a visit with President Havel. 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: White House Office of Records Management (WHORM) Subject Files, Clinton presidential Records: WHORM Subject Files CF, Clinton Presidential Records: White House Staff and Office Files, Clinton Presidential Records: ARMS Emails, and Clinton Presidential Records: NSC Cable, Email and Records management Systems. The White House Office of Records Management (WHORM) contains a variety of series created to organize and track documents and correspondence. The WHORM Subject file was compiled by the White House Office of Records Management and is a series of categories designated by a letter/number combination. Staff and Office files were maintained at the folder level by staff members within their individual offices and document all levels of administration activity. WHORM files are processed at the document level; whereas, 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. 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. FOIA 2017-0413-F includes WHORM records from these subject codes: CO047 Countries: Czech Republic FG001-07 Federal Government – Organizations: Appointments Granted, Presidential PR005-01 Public Relations – Photographs Granted, Presidential. 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, 2019. Previously restricted materials are added as they are released. Last Modified Date 2019-05-16 Container List The following is a list of documents and folders processed in response to FOIA 2017-0413-F: Box 1 Clinton Presidential Records: WHORM: Subject Files: General Category Case Number CO047 018593SS CO047 079566SS CO047 114701SS CO047 223716 CO047 275908 CO047 278531SS CO047 278925SS CO047 281943 CO047 287157 FG001-07 293054SS PR005-01 059559 Clinton Presidential Records: WHORM: Subject Files: CF Category Case Number CO047 043951 CO047 116213 Clinton Presidential Records: White House Staff and Office Files Intergovernmental Affairs Ibarra, Mickey 14: Czech Arrival Ceremony 9/16/98 [OA/ID 18200] Millennium Council Lovell, Ellen H.E. Vaclav Havel 10/2/97 [OA/ID 24197] National Security Council Central and Eastern European Affairs Flanagan, Stephen [Czech Republic] – Havel State Visit, 1998 [1] [OA/ID 1733] [Czech Republic] – Havel State Visit, 1998 [2] [OA/ID 1733] European Affairs Munter, Cameron Czech Republic – Havel, NYC, September [OA/ID 3643] Czech Republic – Visits, Include Forum 2000 [OA/ID 3643] Box 2 Office of Press and Communications Crowley, Phillip J. (PJ) POTUS Trip to Brussels, Belgium; Prague, Czech Republic; Moscow, Russia; Kiev, Ukraine; Minsk, Belarus; and Geneva, Switzerland (January 8-16, 1994) [1] [OA/ID 3460] Clinton Presidential Records: White House Staff and Office Files (continued) National Security Council Office of Press and Communications Crowley, Phillip J. (PJ) POTUS Trip to Brussels, Belgium; Prague, Czech Republic; Moscow, Russia; Kiev, Ukraine; Minsk, Belarus; and Geneva, Switzerland (January 8-16, 1994) [2] [OA/ID 3460] POTUS Trip to Brussels, Belgium; Prague, Czech Republic; Moscow, Russia; Kiev, Ukraine; Minsk, Belarus; and Geneva, Switzerland (January 8-16, 1994) [3] [OA/ID 3460] POTUS Trip to Brussels, Belgium; Prague, Czech Republic; Moscow, Russia; Kiev, Ukraine; Minsk, Belarus; and Geneva, Switzerland (January 8-16, 1994) [4] [OA/ID 3460] POTUS Trip to Brussels, Belgium; Prague, Czech Republic; Moscow, Russia; Kiev, Ukraine; Minsk, Belarus; and Geneva, Switzerland (January 8-16, 1994) [5] [OA/ID 3460] POTUS Trip to Brussels, Belgium; Prague, Czech Republic; Moscow, Russia; Kiev, Ukraine; Minsk, Belarus; and Geneva, Switzerland (January 8-16, 1994) [6] [OA/ID 3460] POTUS Trip to Brussels, Belgium; Prague, Czech Republic; Moscow, Russia; Kiev, Ukraine; Minsk, Belarus; and Geneva, Switzerland (January 8-16, 1994) [7] [OA/ID 3460] Records Management Briefing Books – POTUS Trip to Prague, Czech Republic, January 11-12, 1994 [OA/ID 816] Briefing Books – POTUS Trip to Prague, Czech Republic, January 11-12, 1994 [1] [OA/ID 812] Briefing Books – POTUS Trip to Prague, Czech Republic, January 11-12, 1994 [2] [OA/ID 812] Box 3 Russia, Ukraine and Eurasian Affairs POTUS Trip to Prague, the Czech Republic – January 11-12, 1994 (Briefing Book) [OA/ID 1025] Public Liaison Wexler, Dan Czech and Slovak Issues [OA/ID 7444] Stanek, Christine Czech/Slovak Museum Dedication Cedar Rapids, Iowa October 21, 1995 [OA/ID 14158] Hall, Beryl Czech State Dinner – Havel [OA/ID 18270] Carter, Cheri [Vaclav] Havel Arrival [September 16, 1998] Clinton Presidential Records: Automated Records Management System [Email] NSC [OA/ID 1200000] [Havel Meeting or Havel Visit] [09/02/1998 – 09/21/1998] Clinton Presidential Records: Automated Records Management System [Email] (continued) NSC [OA/ID 1200000] [Havel Meeting] [04/23/1999] Clinton Presidential Records: NSC Cable, Email, and Records Management System NSC Cables Jan 1993-Dec 1994 [OA/ID 505000] [Havel Visit or Havel Holocaust] [04/02/1993 – 04/30/1993] [Prague Visit or Havel Meeting] [01/01/1994 – 01/04/1994] [01/04/1994 – 01/06/1994] Box 4 [01/06/1994 – 01/07/1994] [01/07/1994 – 01/08/1994] [01/09/1994 – 01/10/1994] [01/11/1994 – 01/11/1994] [01/11/1994 – 01/12/1994] [01/12/1994 – 01/13/1994] [01/13/1994 – 01/14/1994] [01/14/1994 – 01/18/1994] Box 5 [01/18/1994 – 01/19/1994] [01/19/1994 – 01/21/1994] [01/21/1994 – 01/25/1994] [01/25/1994 – 01/27/1994] [01/27/1994 – 01/28/1994] [01/28/1994 – 01/31/1994] Jan 1995-Dec 1996 [OA/ID 510000] [Havel Meeting or Prague Visit] [09/02/1996 – 09/13/1996] [09/15/1996 – 09/20/1996] [09/21/1996 – 09/25/1996] [09/25/1996 – 09/30/1996] Box 6 Jan 1999-Dec 2000 [OA/ID 530000] [Havel, Meeting, NATO] [04/06/1999 – 04/28/1999] [04/29/1999 – 05/02/1999] NSC Email A1-Record (Jan 93-Sept 94) [OA/ID 570000] [Havel Visit or Havel Holocaust] [04/09/1993] Clinton Presidential Records: NSC Cable, Email, and Records Management System (continued) NSC Email A1-Record (Jan 93-Sept 94) [OA/ID 570000] [Prague Visit or Havel Meeting] [12/15/1993 – 12/30/1993] MSMail-Record (Sept 94-Sept 97) [OA/ID 590000] [Havel Meeting or Prague Visit] [09/12/1996] Exchange-Record (Sept 97-Jan 01) [OA/ID 620000] [Havel Meeting or Havel Visit] [09/02/1998 – 09/11/1998] [09/11/1998 – 09/14/1998] [Havel, Meeting, NATO] [04/15/1999 – 05/12/1999] Exchange-Non-Record (Mar 97-Jan 01) [OA/ID 630000] [Havel Meeting or Havel Visit] [09/01/1998 – 09/18/1998] [Havel, Meeting, NATO] [04/23/1999 – 05/13/1999] Clinton Presidential Records: NSC Records Management System NSC Records Management System [Havel Visit or Havel Holocaust] 9302300 [OA/ID 146] 9302370 [OA/ID 146] 9806351 [OA/ID 2059] 9806363 [OA/ID 2059]