(2023-0634-S) WHORM Subject Code CO047

27 folders, approximately 78 pages

This collection contains systematically processed materials from White House Office of Records Management (WHORM) Subject Code CO047. This is the code that WHORM assigned to documents relating to the Czech Republic. The collection consists of correspondence from members of Congress and constituents, as well as correspondence between President Clinton and Czech officials. Of special note is a handwritten letter from Prague-born Secretary of State Madeleine Albright to President Clinton after her 1997 official visit to the city of her birth.

This collection consists of the material found in WHORM Subject File CO047. This is the code that the White House Office of Records Management assigned to documents relating to the Czech Republic. United States relations with the Central European nation had begun with a formal recognition of Czechoslovakia in 1918. This relationship entered a new phase at the beginning of the Clinton Administration, as the country divided into the two independent nations of the Czech Republic and Slovakia. Throughout the 1990s, U.S. policy in the former focused on supporting the nation as it transitioned away from communism after the Velvet Revolution of 1989, as well its eventual accession to NATO in March 1999. The collection primarily consists of correspondence from members of Congress and constituents regarding U.S. economic and diplomatic cooperation with the Czech Republic. There is also correspondence between President Clinton and both the Czech President and Prime Minister regarding visits, as well as information regarding the customary gifts from the Czech officials. Of special note is a handwritten letter that Prague-born Secretary of State Madeleine Albright sent to President Clinton after her 1997 official visit to the city of her birth, along with a copy of her remarks. Some of the records in this series were previously processed for the following FOIA cases: 2006-0203-F Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty 2017-0413-F Václav Havel Meetings with President Clinton

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Records of this systematically processed series, CO047, were found in Clinton Presidential Records: WHORM Subject Files, and Clinton Presidential Records: WHORM Subject Files CF. The series is arranged numerically by Scan ID. 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. This collection consists of WHORM records from this subject code: CO047 Czech Republic.

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.

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.

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, 2023. Previously restricted materials are added as they are released

The following is a list of documents and folders processed in WHORM Subject File CO047:
Please note that the single asterisk “*” indicates that the category is entirely processed and open.
Box 1
Clinton Presidential Records: WHORM: Subject File
Category Case Number
CO047* 018593SS-406742
Clinton Presidential Records: WHORM: Subject File CF
CO047* 043951-116213