The materials in FOIA 2008-1253-F are a selective, not necessarily all inclusive, body of documents responsive to the topic of the FOIA. Researchers should consult the archivist about related materials. FOIA 2008-1253-F contains materials from agencies and individuals including the National Security Council (NSC), an agency within the Executive Office of the President responsible for advising the President on matters of national security....Read more
The materials in FOIA 2008-1253-F are a selective, not necessarily all inclusive, body of documents responsive to the topic of the FOIA. Researchers should consult the archivist about related materials. FOIA 2008-1253-F contains materials from agencies and individuals including the National Security Council (NSC), an agency within the Executive Office of the President responsible for advising the President on matters of national security. The files in this request were compiled by staff members of the NSC, specifically John A. Gordon (Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Defense Policy and Arms Control), Robert L. Hutchings (Director for European and Soviet Affairs), Bruce O. Riedel (Director for Near East and South Asian Affairs), and Condoleezza Rice (Director for European and Soviet Affairs). The Staff and Office Files contain cables, lists, memoranda, memoranda of conversation (memcons), schedule proposals, seating charts, and memoranda of telephone conversations (telcons) maintained by individual staff members and offices. The documents in this request consist of memcons and telcons between President Bush and various world leaders, including President Vaclav Havel and Prime Minister Calfa of the Czech and Slovak Federal Republic, President Hosni Mubarak of Egypt, Chancellor Helmut Kohl of the Federal Republic of Germany, President Francois Mitterrand of France, Prime Minister Toshiki Kaifu of Japan, the Amir of Kuwait, President Lech Walesa and Prime Minister Tadeusz Mazowiecki of Poland, Amir Khalifa of Qatar, King Fahd of Saudi Arabia, President Turgut Ozal of Turkey, Prime Minister Thatcher of the United Kingdom, and President Gorbachev of the USSR. Supporting materials include briefing memoranda, schedule proposals, lists of meeting attendees, seating charts, congratulatory cables, messages to foreign leaders, and administrative forms such as routing sheets, transmittal memos, and fax cover sheets. The conversations covered the broad subjects of change in Eastern Europe, German reunification, economic reform in the USSR, and the lead-up to the Persian Gulf War. Read less