Records on Horn of Africa

The materials in FOIA 2012-0638-F are a selective, not necessarily all inclusive, body of documents 2012-0638-F 2 responsive to the topic of the FOIA. FOIA 2012-0638-F contains materials primarily from the Executive Office of the President, US AID, Department of State, and Department of Defense related the nations comprising the Horn of Africa (Ethiopia, Somalia, Sudan, and Djibouti). The White House Office of Records Management (WHORM) Alphabetical Files contain correspondence from citizens requesting the US Government to provide aid and assistance to the nations in the Horn of Africa stricken by drought, famine, and/ or war. The WHORM Subject File categories contain memoranda of conversation (memcons) and telephone conversation (telcons) between President Bush and African heads of state, correspondence between the President and private interest groups seeking to provide aid for the Horn countries, and records pertaining to ambassadorships to Africa and appointments to the African Development Foundation Board. The Staff and Office Files contain correspondence from heads of state, congressional members, citizens, and interest groups requesting US aid to African nations for drought/ famine/ war relief; routine memoranda and personnel files related to ambassador appointments to African nations; cables and letters of condolence regarding the death of Congressman Mickey Leland and others in a plane crash during a mission to Africa; routine memoranda regarding foreign travel by US government officials; copies of testimony by Health and Human Services personnel regarding AIDS epidemic in Africa; presidential remarks regarding African-American History Month; national security directives related to Africa; and meeting reports/ minutes related to Africa policy. Read less