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Clinton Presidential Library
1200 President Clinton Avenue
Little Rock, AR 72201
Inventory for FOIA Request 2014-0836-F
Records on Correspondence between President Clinton and President Nursultan Nazarbayev of
Kazakhstan
Extent
22 folders, approximately 293 pages
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, August 2014. Previously restricted materials are added as they are released.
Scope and Content
The materials in FOIA 2014-0836-F are a selective body of documents responsive to the topic of the
FOIA. Researchers should consult the archivist about related materials.
The records processed in response to this FOIA request concern correspondence between President
Clinton and Kazakhtani President Nursultan Nazarbayev. President Nazarbayev began his political
career in 1962, when he joined the Communist Party. In 1979, he became the Secretary of the
Committee of the Communist Party of the Republic of Kazakhstan. By 1990 he was Chairman of the
Supreme Council of the Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic. In April 1990, the Supreme Soviet named
Nazarbayev the first President of Kazakhstan, a position which he retained when Kazakhstan achieved
independence from the former USSR in 1991. Since that time, he has won reelection in 1999, 2005, and
2011. His administration has been focused on economic matters, with an emphasis on modernizing
Kazakhstan’s economy and pursuing membership in international trade agreements. He has also
consistently raised the shrinking of the Aral Sea, due to the diversion of its two major rivers in 1960. In
his 1998 autobiography, Nursultan Nazarbayev: My Life, My Times and My Future..., he has called it
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administration, from the beginning, has been committed to de-nuclearization. Kazakhstan returned its
nuclear warheads to Russia in 1995 and destroyed the nuclear testing facility at Semipalatinsk in 2000.
The correspondence between Presidents Clinton and Nazarbayev, which continued throughout the
entirety of the Clinton administration, concerned these economic, environmental, and nuclear matters.
The materials processed in response to this FOIA case consist of administrative forms and memos
related to correspondence between the two heads of state from the National Security Council (NSC)
Records Management numbered documents. In addition to the topics listed above, there is routine
correspondence regarding congratulatory messages for Kazakhstan’s Republic Day on December 16th.
The released materials also contain a letter of condolence from President Nazarbayev for the Charkhi
Dadri mid-air plane collision in November 1996. The majority of the remaining letters and messages
between Presidents Clinton and Nazarbayev are closed for national security reasons.
System of Arrangement
Records that are responsive to this FOIA request were found in this collection area—Clinton
Presidential Records: NSC Cable, Email, and Records Management Systems.
The following is a list of documents and folders processed in response to FOIA 2014-0836-F:
Box 1
Clinton Presidential Records: NSC Cable, Email, and Records Management System
NSC Records Management System
[Nazar* and HS]
9300487 [OA/ID 140]
9301463 [OA/ID 143]
9304005 [OA/ID 150]
9304886 [OA/ID 152]
9305484 [OA/ID 154]
9308793 [OA/ID 171]
9408444 [OA/ID 482]
9409378 [OA/ID 483]
9500540 [OA/ID 561]
9502743 [OA/ID 575]
9605740 [OA/ID 1118]
9607407 [OA/ID 1129]
9607941 [OA/ID 1132]
9608140 [OA/ID 1134]
9608262 [OA/ID 1135]
9701493 [OA/ID 1605]
9702318 [OA/ID 1612]
9706766 [OA/ID 1644]
9708765 [OA/ID 3531]
9807562 [OA/ID 2068]
9808619 [OA/ID 2075]
0000441 [OA/ID 4074]
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President Nursultan Nazarbayev of Kazakhstan - Collection Finding Aid
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2014-0836-F
Description
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This collection consists of records related to correspondence between President Clinton and President Nursultan Nazarbayev of Kazakhstan. The correspondence covers economic, environmental, and nuclear matters. The collection also includes routine correspondence in response to national holidays and the November 1996 Charkhi Dadri aircraft collision.
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