Selected Richard Haass Meeting Files

The materials in FOIA 2012-2230-F are a selective, not necessarily all inclusive, body of documents from the Richard Haas Meeting Files. FOIA 2012-2230-F contains correspondence, lists, papers, press releases, printed material and speeches collected and maintained by Richard Haass, Senior Director of Near East and South Asian Affairs for the National Security Council. These materials are related to meetings between President Bush and various foreign heads of state. 2012-2230-F 2 Internal White House correspondence routes other documents and organizes the administrative details of presidential meetings with foreign heads of state. Correspondence with heads of state includes memoranda of conversations with President Bush and social exchanges, such as thank you and birthday messages. Also included are meeting participant lists and guest lists for state dinners and other events in honor of visiting dignitaries; papers on foreign economic assistance, the UN Security Council, and the Gulf Crisis; press releases announcing the visits of foreign heads of state; printed material regarding visits to Washington by foreign heads of state; arrival and departure statements by President Bush for visiting dignitaries; and a speech by King Hussein of Jordan regarding the Gulf War. It should be noted that a significant number of the documents listed here are security classified and have been closed under the restrictions of the Freedom of Information Act. Read less