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DOCUMENT NO.
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DATE
RESTRICTION
OOia. memo
For Anthony Lake from Alan Kreczko. Subject: [Haiti] (I page)
06/27/1994
PI/b(l), P5
00 I b. report
Analysis [Haiti] (3 pages)
06/27/1994
PI/b(l), P5
002. memo
For Anthony Lake from Alan Krezcko. Subject: Haiti (I page)
05/03/1996
Pl/b(I)
003. draft
Letter from Anthony Lake to Representativ~ John Conyers. (I page)
n.d.
Pl/b(l)
004. draft
Draft I. of report: Possible Criticisms of Administration Efforts to Deal
with Political Violence. (7 pages)
n.d.
PI/b(l)
005. talking points
re: Administration Efforts in Haiti (2 pages)
n.d.
P5
006. memo
Memo for the Record. (3 pages)
n.d.
P3/b(3), P5
007. report
Administration Efforts to Deal with Political Violence in Haiti. (4
pages)
n.d.
PI/b(l), P5
008. report
Allegations Likely to be Raised. (2 pages)
n.d
Pl/b(l), P5
009. paper
Possible Talking Points to tack on after Affirmative Presentation. (2
pages)
n.d.
Pl/b(I), P5
010. note
James Baker to Samuel Berger. (I page)
1995
Pl/b(l)
0 II. note
Handwritten note. [partial] (I page)
01/17/1995
b(7)(C), b(7)(D), b(7)(E)
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Legal Advisor (James Baker)
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FOLDER TITLE:
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2006-0651-F
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�• .The Administration has pursued a comprehensive effort to
identify threats to democracy and stability in Haiti. As a
result of these efforts, the US has been able to identify a
number of individuals associated with political violence, have
them many of them removed from official position~, and have
officiai...:Inv·e·s·fi"(j'ations initiated into the incidents in which
they have been implicated.
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With strong Administration encouragement, Aristide
established ~ Special Investigative Unit to investigate
possible political killings. This unit provides an
institutional mechanism to tackle the problem of official
impunity.
Preval has appointed a new Director-General of Haitian
Police untainted by charges of human rights abuses or
corruption and a tough-minded Inspector General who has
repeatedly implemented severe disciplinary measures on
police officials involved in the abuse of authority.
The US sought to avert the tragic assassination of Madame
Mireille Bertin in.March 1995 and immediately after it
launched a comprehensive effort to identify and bring the
perpetrators to justice.
•
When the Multinational Force (MNF) received in{Ormation of .
a plot to kill Madame Bertin, US forces arrested and
interrogated the alleged conspirators . . The MNF and
Embassy asked Aristide and Justice Minister Exume to warn
her of the threat, and we were_ subsequently assured that
they had done so.
•
10 days after the murder of opposition politicians Leroy and
Florival, Lake and Talbott traveled to Haiti and secured
Preval's agreement to launch a full investigation, separate
those implicated from their official positions, and reorganize
his Presidential. security apparatus.
•
Two weeks later, a team of 20 State Department Diplomatic
Security officers and 12 DoD civilian security personnel went
to Haiti to augment the State advisory team already there and
assist President Preval with vetting, retraining and
reorganizing his security force.
•
According to both local and international human rights
organizatioris, Haiti sutfered several thousand political
murders during the three years of. the de facto regime and
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countless additional beatings and other abuses.. In contras·t,',~~
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a 1995 report by.the UN/OAS human rights observer missiorin
Haiti estimated that the total number of killings with
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possible political or retributive motivation stood at about 24
over the past two years.
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Official involvement in politically motivated' violence is not
unique to Haiti. Indeed, it is endemic to societies in
transition from authoritarian to democratic government.
•
The U.S. experience in El Salvador, where we confronted a much
more serious problem of official humah rights abuse, provides
an instructive point of reference.
•
In December 1983, Vice-President Bush visited San Salvador
personally to inform the government that aid would be cut off
if the abuses did not stop. Five years later, amid an
apparent resurgence o~ death squad activity, it was VicePresident Quayle who traveled. to San Salvador to deliver the
message that the U.S. government would not tolerate such
abuses.
gThe Administration cooperated fully with the committee's Haiti
inquiry .
we· pro.vide·a··"-fh'e......c.oi1·g:·r:·e;·s·s ......a.c·c·e·s·s......fo·e·x·r;·e-€f:Ct;:1eu-s::.:~ai1€f'
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in Haiti are recorded in,....'t::. <?......-over 1, 000 documents of the State
and Defense Departments, the CIA and the NSC, and made
officials available for briefings and interviews-:----·fa·-~jhieh
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The Administration withheld from the Congress only a small
number ( 4 7 l of core ......i?r.esTden t i a y-c;r:----~Til. . cto.cum.ents·~---s1icli--a-s-·
memo·r-iin.da......r.e·c-oidiri·g;----·fh'e......c.o·n-veis·a:·t·I·o·n·s··----o·f----·'t'h'e......i?.r·e-side.nE··--with a
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offered to brief -t-e-.. chairman Gilman and Rep. Hamil ton, with
staff persons present, on the contents of each and every one
o f the 4 7 do cum en t s . . ....:f.o-r-----w-h-i-c-h-----t-he----Pr-es-i-d:e&t-----i-Rv-o-ked
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The HIRC majority chose to pursue a
subpoena the documents without first accepting the briefing.
The Presidei-i't"""r'e'si=)'()'ri'de'Ci by asserting E'x'e'C'ii't'Ive"""i?'riviTe'(j'e";"""In
o~der to protect his ability and that of future Presidents to
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�SUBJECT:
Memo for the Record
1.· On January 4, Corirad Harper requested an inter-agericy meeting
to discuss the application of Executive Privilege doctrine to
inter-agency deliberations within the NSC process.
2 .. On January 5, I convened a meeting with representatives of
· Justice, State, Defense, and CIA. I noted that a Lloyd Cutler
memo to all agencies confirmed that the doctrine of executive
privilege extends to written and oral conununications between and
among the White House, its policy councils and Executive Branch
agencies, as well as to documents that. describe or prepare for
scuh conununications. Accordingly, documents reflecting,
conversantions within the NSC process were potentially
privileged. DOJ noted that in the final analysis, a claim of
executive privilege needed to be balanced against other competing
governmental interests, including congressional needs.
·
Ordinarily, an accomodation could be worked out which met
Congressional ~eeds for inf6rmation while protecting Executive
Privilege interests. There was general consensus on these
points. No particular documents were discussed.
3. That same day, Deputy Nat.ional Security .Adviser Sandy Berger
called and asked generally about the application of Executive
Privilege to conversations within the NSC process,. I conveyed
the sense of our meeting that morning. Mr. Berger said that he
understood from CIA that there was a particular document held by
CIA and requested by HPSCI that
t implicate this issue and
urged me to talk to CIA/GC , '
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[005]
I did so that afternoon and the following day. ~l~~f(~)~ informed me
that CIA had been asked to provide to HPSCI documents relevant to
whether State Department had brought pressure on CIA to change
its answers to Haiti-related questions from the Congress. He
explained that CIA has found a document recording a meeting
involving Jim Dobbins and Mike Kozak of the State Department, DOJ
and FBI officials, a CIA officer and DOD officials. He said that
the CIA memcon of the meeting indicated the State Department had
brought pressure to bear on Justice to-decline to provide
information to the Congress. Dobbins urged Justice to plead an
"on-going investigationn and not to release certain ballistic
tests. The memcon also said that Dobbins urged a rewriting of
history with respect to an assassination warning_but that Mike
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Kozak had corrected him.
l~~i~lAl~l?,a/{~)~~)lif!kll~r· informed me that they intended to repond to HPSCI that
[005]
no pressure had been brought on CIA to change its answers. to
Congress. They would also indicate that they had located a memo
concerning an inter-agency meeting on Congressional inquiries and ~~_..N..,_-..
that while CIA could not speak for the perceptions of other
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agencies, the memo did not indicate any pressure on CIA. ~~§~(~);
also indicated that the.CIA would not at that stage provide the
actual memcon (the "Dobbins document") because·it reflected
inter-agency deliberations.
[ 005]
4! I reported to Sandy Berger that same day. I briefed him on
how CIA had decided to proceed. .I also told him that the
document did not appear to have referenced· any communications
with WH or NSC staff and therefore did not implicate the Cutler
memo. Sandy said fine. He also indicated that he believed CIA
should inform the State Department since the matter concerned
their employee. I agreed, undertook to convey that view to CIA/GC
and did so.
5. Within a week or so, CIA/GC informed me that HPSCI Chair
Combest wanted to see the document referenced in their response.
CIA/GC informed me that they intended to allow him to see the
memcon. I said I did not believe we would have any problem with
that and confirmed that with Mr. Berger. Mr. Berger agreed and
again asked me to convey his belief to CIA that the doc~ent
should also be shared with the State Department, noting the
awkwardness of his inability to discuss the matter with Strobe
Talbott. I did so. CIA/GC f~aa~tf~37~ said he agreed and would. so
recommend to others.
[ 005]
6. In late January, in accordance with routine proceedures, the
Justice Department circulated through OMB for clearance the
proposed responses of Justice and FBI to certain written
questions from the Congress concerning Haiti. The FBI-prepared
answer to one question said, "I am not aware of any effort by the
Department of State to ehcourage the FBI to keep its findin~s
from Congress." When I saw the statement I went to Mr. Berger
and said that I believed we had an obligation to insist that CIA
share the Dobbins document with the Justice Department to ensure
incorrect testimony was not provided. I said the WH could not
allow testimony to go forward which we had reason to believe
might be inaccurate. Mr. Berger agreed, repeating that the State
Department should also be aware of allegations concerning its
employees. I then spoke with Counsel to the President Jack Quinn
who agreed.
· ·
7. Thereafter I called CIA ~eputy GC John Rizzo and conveyed our
view th.at the document must be s,hared with Justice and should
also be shared with the·State Department. I said that if· CIA was
not willing to do so, it needed· to ·call Mr. Quinn.
8.
the
[005]
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injected, and Jack Quinn agreed, that the WH would not clear the
FBI testimopy until the "Dobbins document" was read to the
Justice Department.
agreed to do so. With respect to
the State Department,
informed us that he had discussed
the document with Tom Donilon, and that Tom had said he did not
need to see the document.
9. ii~1l.lt~l\.lfF.l'3'l'ir-:n~"'llKi~~J and I then had a conference call with Seth
Waxman of the DeputyAttorney General's office. I explained that
the WH had not cleared the FBI's testimony because I wanted them
to know that a document existed which was at least potentially
inconsistent with orie of their answers. Mr. 1.'~1i13Tif~3'~ then read the
document to Mr. Waxman. Mr. Waxman undertook to check the
contents of the document with.the FBI participants in the meeting
and get back to us.
10. Within a few days, Mr Waxman got back to me saying that he
had gone over the document with the FBI and Justice participants
in the meeting covered by the Dobbins document. Mr. Waxman
reported that while recollections varied somewhat, the FBI
representative did not agree with the characterizations
attributed to Mr. Dobbins in the CIA document. Mr. Waxman said
that the'FBI stood by its prepared Congressional responses,
including its categoric statement that it was not aware of any
effort by the Department of State to encourage the FBI to keep
its findings from Congress. I reported that to Mr. Berger and
Mr. Quinn. I also told Mr. Berger that Jack Quinn would be
following up with Tom Donilon.
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11.
Mr. Quinn subsequently spoke with Mr. Donilon. He informed
Tom that we believed he should ask CIA for the Dobbins document
so that the State Department could satisfy itself that one of its
employees had not brought improper pressure to bear on anyone to
change testimony to Congress. Mr. Quinn also informed Mr.
Donilon that the Justice Department had reviewed the Dobbins
documents with relevant FBI officials who did not believe they
had been pressed to change their testimony. ·Mr. Donilon said
that he would consid~r the matter and get back to Mi. Quinn.
12. Mr. Quinn spoke one additional time t6 Mr. Donilon, again
urging him to ask the CIA for the document and take any
appropriate follow-up action.
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DOCUMENT NO.
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00 I. article
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DATE
Newspaper Article "How to Get Tough With Haiti" with Annotation
by President William J. Clinton (I page)
10/20/1993
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�THE PR~SIDENT HAS SEEN
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·How to Get Tough With Haiti. tl
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The thugs who prevented U.S. and Canadian nies have demonstrated in the past few days that
troops from landing in Haiti on Monday do not they have no intention of giving up power.
represent the majority of the Haitian people. The
While nominally· accepting the U.N.'s condicountry's voters made their choice three years ago tions to get the sanctions lifted, General Cedras has
when they elected President Jean-Bertrand Aris- obviously been sending quite another message to 1
tide with a 65 percent majority. The military ~lite, the troops at home, encouraging them to believe
accustomed to unquestioned power, drove.him into they can stop democracy through intimidation .
.exHe. Now that elite, aided by its paramilitary
Now it's time to get serious with the Haitian
"attaches," is invoking nationalist pride and char- · junta. Since the Governors Island agreement has·
:acterizing the U.N. mission to restore President clearly been broken, the economic sanctions should
Aristide as a foreign invasion.
be reimposed - and strengthened. General Cedras
The attaches, who prevented a U.S. troopship should be given a Vi!ry short deadline ...:. 24 to 48
from Ian ·
d threatened the U.S. cha·rge d'af- hours~ to get his followers under control.
faires on Monday, e
it yesterday by menacing
President Clinton has belatedly but correctly
·a television crew with mach1
ns and preventing recognized that the U.N. mission, in its recent form
children from attending school..
and under the'present hostile circumstances, would
The junta clearly has no intention o Bowing not work. He has ordered a 'temporary halt to the
the agreement reached .iri July on Governors
nd mission. Now Mr. Clinton can teli General Cedras
in New York City, which created a timetable fo
that he must give up power to the democratically
returning President Aristide to power. The thwa
1 lected Government, as agreed, or face a naval
ed mission was supposed to be !i part of t,--,....·.._-lock~e and cessation of all commercial air traffic
.process, helping. to ''professionalize'' the milit
and 'financial transactions -:- in other words, complete isolation from the international community..
and separate it from the police force.
In accordance with the Governors Island
· o·nly when the United Nations joined in the
agreement, economic sanctions against Haiti were We.stern Hemisphere's embargo, cutting off its oil\
lifted in August. It was those sanctions - fully supply from Europe, did Haiti's ruling elite feel
supported by Haiti's poor majority, despite the pain enough pain to start· talking about .handing over'
it caused them -that finally forced the recalcitrant power. It's c;lear they now need another sharp
military, led by Lieut. Geri. Raoul Cedras, to the reminder that complete disregard for the will of
bargaining table. But General Cedras and his cro- their own people will carry a heavy price.
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DATE
00 I. email
Lawrence Rossin to George Tenet, re: RE: haiti (I page)
08/02/1993
P 1/b( I)
002. email
Lawrence Rossin to Mary Emery, et al., re: haiti update (2 pages)
08/03/1993
P 1/b( I)
003. email
Lawrence Rossin to Richard Feinberg, re: haiti snarl: friends mtg 8/5
(4 pages)
08/06/1993
Pl/b(l)
004. email
Lawrence Rossin to Mary Emery, et al., re: Proposed Appt for
[Ambassador-designate] to Haiti Swing (2 pages)
09/20/1993
Pl/b( I)
005. email
George Tenet to Samuel Berger, re: haiti (I page)
09/22/1993
Pl/b(l)
006. email
Richard Feinberg to Mary Emery, et al., re: haiti aid (2 pages)
09/30/1993
Pl/b( I)
007. email
Richard Feinberg to Barbro Owens-Kirkpatrick and Lawrence Rossin,
re: Carter Briefings (I page)
10/01/1993
P5
008. email
Richard Feinberg to Richard Clarke, re: haiti (I page)
10/02/1993
Pl/b(l)
009. email
Lawrence Rossin toM. Kay LaPlante, re: Schedule for President:
InterAmerican (2 pages)
10/07/1993
P 1/b( I)
010. email
Richard Clarke to Richard Feinberg, et al., re: HAITI-US SECURITY
(2 pages)
10114/1993
P 1/b( I)
011. email
George Tenet to Richard Feinberg, et al., re: HAITI (2 pages)
I 0119/1993
Pl/b(l), P5
012. email
AlanKreczko to James Reed, re: [Michel Francois] (I page)
10/20/1993
Pl/b(l), P5
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PS Release would disclose confidential advice between the President
and his advisors, or between such advisors la)(S) of the PRAI
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b(2) Release would disclose internal personnel rules and practices of
an agency l(b)(2) of the FOIAI
b(J) Release would violate a Federal statute l(b)(J) of the FOIAI
b(4) Release would disclose trade secrets or confidential or financial
information j(b)(4) of the FOIAI
b(6) Release would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of
personal privacy l(b)(6) of the FOIAI
b(7) Release would disclose information compiled for law enforcement
purposes i(b)(7) of the FOIAI
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013. email
Alan Kreczko to Samuel Berger, re: ethics (2 pages)
10/20/1993
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014. email
Wendy Gray to Cathy Millison, et al., re: Stuff (2 pages)
10/21/1993
Plib( I)
Richard Feinberg to Nancy Soderberg and M. Brooke Darby, re: haiti
10/21/1993
Pllb(l)
015. email
(I page)
016. email
Alan Kreczko to Samuel Berger, re: Ethics Authoriza:tion (I page)
10/21/1993
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017. email
Lawrence Rossin to Geroge Tenet, re: [cable] (3 pages)
10/21/1993
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George Tenet to Lawrence Rossin, re: RE: [cable] (I page)
10/2211993
Pllb(l)
019. email
Lawrence Rossin to Mary Emery, et al., re: Burt Wides Phone Call (2
pages)
10/22/1993
Pllb(l)
020. email
Lawrence Rossin to Richard Feinberg, re: [FAD'H] (I page)
10/22/1993
p 1/b(l)
021. email
Wendy Gray to Richard Feinberg and Lawrence Rossin, re: A package
from Nancy (I page)
10/27/1993
Pllb(l)
022. email
Wendy Gray to Cathy Millison, et al., re: Stuff (I page)
10/27/1993
p lib( l)
023. email
Lawrence Rossin toM. Brooke Darby, re: [sentences for NS] (I page)
10/2811993
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024. email
Richard Feinberg to Susan Rice, re: haiti talking points (2 pages)
10/29/1993
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financial information J(a)(4) of the PRAI
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NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL
01-0ct-1993 17:52 EDT
UNCLASSIFIED
MEMORANDUM FOR:
. Barbro ]>.. Owens-Kirkpatrick
Lawrence G. Rossin
FROM:
Richard E. Feinberg
(FEINBERG)
SUBJECT:
OWENS )
ROSSIN )
Carter Briefings
If Tony asks you for background material for his briefings of
President Carter, I suggest·you include this info:
--re Nicaragua, Carter probably feels we have not been
sufficiently engaged in Central America.
He knows that we
have not yet got around to naming an ambassador to Costa Rica
since Bob Pastor is a candidate.
He may raise our cuts in
foreign aid.
Due to his positive experience in persuading
the Ortega brothers to honor the 1990 elections, he is
favorably disposed to them. -Tony should emphasize that we
have been as supportive as possible of Pr~sident Chamorro, we
applauded her Sept. 2 speech, and we are supportive of the
various mediation efforts in progress. We want to disburse
but need concret.e actions to maintain credibility in
Nicaragua and in the US Congress.
--re Haiti, Carter very much wanted to have Pezzullo's job.
He may offer to accompany Aristide on October 30 (several
foreign ministers and I think Baena Soares are planning to do
so).
Carter hosted Aristide recently at the Carter Center
and is very sympathetic.toward him.
But I think he also
respects Cedras.
He may raise our problems with Francois,
with screening for new police, and with ROE.
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UNCLASSIFIED
MEMORANDUM FOR:
( BERGER )
Samuel R. Berger
FROM:
Alan J. Kreczko
(KRECZKO)
SUBJECT:
ethics
Office of Government Ethics called White House Counsel, after
receiving inquiries from press about your purported meeting
with a Hogan & .Hartson partner representing Aristide.
Under section 502 of the Standards of Conduct, for one year
after your departure from Hogan, you can not participate in
any particular matter involving parties represented by your
firm.
This applies even if the partner representing Aristide
joined the firm after your departure.
Meetings ~o discuss Haiti policy generally would not
constitute "particular matters" under section 502.
However,
other issues might - e.g. release of funds to Aristide.
If such meetings are occurring, White House Counsel is
inclined to issue you a waiver and not get into a debate
about whether things under discussion are or are not
"particular matters". White.House Counsel can authorize
participation when government interests outweigh any
appearance of.conflict.
I ne·ed to know facts so I can consult with White House
Counsel on how to proceed. We should do this ASAP, so that
we don't have another Oakley story.
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21-0ct-1993 12:47 EDT
UNCLASSIFIED
MEMORANDUM FOR:
Samuel R. Berger
FROM:
Alan J. Kreczko
(KRECZKO)
SUBJECT:
( BERGER )
Ethics Authorization
This is to confirm that last night (October 20) about 6PM,
the White House Counsel's office (Beth Nolan) authorized your
participation in talks with Mike Barnes, legal representative
of President Aristide, notwithstanding the fact that Barnes
is a partner of Hogan and Hartson, your forme~ law firm.
They concluded that the USG interests in your participation
in talks with Barnes about Haiti outweighed any appearance of
a conflict of interest. White House Counsel's office is
drawing up a written determination, but the oral
determination is effective.
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�Withdrawal/Redaction Sheet
Clinton Library
DOCUMENT NO.
AND TYPE
SUBJECTn'ITLE
DATE
RESTRICTION
~(Jl)&
00 I. email
William Leary to Alan Kreczko, re: Aristide FOIA (I page)
03/0711996
P5
002. email
Michael Sheehan to Andrew Sens, re: RE: Aristide Coming to
Washington (2 pages)
05/08/1996
Pl/b( I)
003. email
Michael Sheehan to Dallas Brown and Richard Clarke, re: FW:
Aristide (I page)
05/13/1996
P5
004. email
Dallas Brown to James Dobbins, re: Clinton-Aristide, 17 June (4
pages)
06/11/1996
Pl/b(l)
005. email
James Fetig to Dallas Brown, re: RE: Aristide Visit, June 17 (I page)
06/12/1996
Pllb(l)
006. email
David Johnson to James Fetig, re: RE: Aristide Visit, 17 June (2
pages)
06/12/1996
Pl/b( I)
007. email
M. Jeanne Wetzel to Dallas Brown, re: RE: Aristide's Traveling PartY
and Monday Visit (I page)
06/12/1996
P 1/b( I)
008. email
Andrew Sens to Kristen Cicio, re: FW: Aristide's Traveling Party and
Monday Visit (I page)
06/13/1996
Pl/b(l)
009. email
Brenda Kinser-Kidane to Ronda Albert, re: Rewrite for POTUS Arstide Mtg (2 pages)
06/1311996
Pllb( I)
010. email
James Fetig to Dallas Brown, re: RE: Aristide Visit, June 17 (2 pages)
06/14/1996
Pllb(l), P6/b(6)
0 II. email
James Dobbins to Brenda Kinser-Kidane, re: FW: Call to Aristide (2
pages)
08/06/1996
Pl/b(l)
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NSC Emails
MSMaii-Record (Sept 94-Sept 97) ([Aristide])
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P2
PJ
P4
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b(2) Release would disclose internal personnel rules and practices of
an agency ](b)(2) of the FOIA]
b(J) Release would violate a Federal statute ](b)(J) of the FOIAI
b(4) Release would disclose trade secrets or confidential or financial
information ](b)(4) of the FOIA]
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personal privacy ](b)(6) of the FOIAI
b(7) Release would disclose information compiled for law enforcement
purposes ](b)(7) of the FOIAI
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financial institutions ](b)(8) of the FOIAI
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concerning wells ](b)(9) of the FOIAI
National Security Classified Information ](a)(l) of the PRAI
Relating to the appointment to Federal office ](a)(2) of the PRAI
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Release would disclose trade secrets or confidential commercial or
financial information ](a)(4) of the PRA]
PS Release would disclose confidential advice between the President
and his advisors, or between such advisors ]a)(S) of the PRA]
P6 Release would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of
personal privacy ](a)(6) of the PRA]
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of gift.
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MSMail
DATE-TIME
. FROM
07 March 96 15:12
Leary, William H .
CLASSIFICATION
UNCLASSIFIED
SUBJECT
RE: Aristide FOIA [UNCLASSIFIED]
TO
Kreczko, Alan J.
CARBON COPY
NO CC's on THIS MESSAGE
TEXT BODY
Yes, of course. But, if this were regarded as a serious inquiry that we
wanted to answer ASAP, someone could advise Ms. Bell to send the r~quest in
again without any mention ofFOIA.
·
Dick Clarke indicated, however, that there is nothing special about this
request.
From: Kreczko, Alan J.
To: Leary, William H.
CC: IR, Record at A 1
Subject: RE: Aristide FOIA [UNCLASSIFIED]
Date: Wednesday, March 06, 1996 08:36PM
If it's a FOIA request, don't we need to do normal procedures?
From: Leary, William H.
To: Clarke, Richard A.; Kreczko, Alan l
CC: IR, Record atA1; Brown, Dallas; VanTassel, DavidS.
Subject: Aristide FOIA [UNCLASSIFIED]
Dat~: Monday, March04, 1996 12:22 PM
We just received a FOIA request from Beverly Bell of the International
Liaison Office for President Jean-Bertrand Aristide asking for ·an materials
related to the Liaison Office "and all personnel and programs related to it"
from the summer of 1992 to the present.
Under normal procedures we would not answer this request for years. Any
suggestions?
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001. memo
SUBJECTrfiTLE
DATE
Alan Kreczko and Richard Feinberg to Anthony Lake re: Murder Suit
(2 pages)
10/22/1993
RESTRICTION
P5
COLLECTION:
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National Security Classified Information l(a)(l) of the PRAI
Relating to the appointment to Federal office l(a)(2) of the PRAI
Release would violate a Federal statute l(a)(3) of the PRAI
Release would disclose trade secrets or confidential commercial or
financial information J(a)(4) of the PRAI
P5 Release would disclose confidential advice between the President
and his advisors, or between such advisors la)(5) of the PRAI
P6 Release would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of
personal privacy l(a)(6) of the PRAI
PI
P2
P3
P4
C. Closed in accordance witti restrictions contained in donor's deed
of gift.
PRM. Personal record misfile defined in accordance with 44 U.S.C.
2201(3).
RR. Document will be reviewed upon request.
Freedom of Information Act- 15 U.S.C. 552(b)l
b(l) National security classified information l(b)(l) of the FOIAI .
b(2) Release would disclose internal personnel rules and practices of
an agency l(b)(2) of the FOIAI
b(3) Release would violate a Federal statute l(b)(3) of the FOIAI
b(4) Release would disclose trade secrets or confidential or financial
information l(b)(4) of the FOIAI
b(6) Release would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of
personal privacy l(b)(6) of the FOIAI
b(7) Release would disclose information compiled for law enforcement
purposes J(b)(7) of the FOIAI
b(8) Release would disclose information concerning the regulation of
financial institutions l(b)(8) of the FOIAI
. b(9) Release would disclose geological or geophysical information
concerning wells l(b)(9) of the FOIAI
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OFFICIAL USE ONLY
NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL
WASHINGTON. D.C. 20506
October 22, 1993
ACTION
MEMORANDUM FOR ANTHONY LAKE/
KREC~RICHARD FEINBE~
FROM:
ALAN .
SUBJECT:
Suggestion of Immunity for Aristide in Murder Suit
Gladys Lafontant has brought a civil action fo~ $10 million
against President Aristide in the U.S. District Court for the
Eastern District of New York.
She claims that Aristide ordered
the extrajudicial killing in September, 1991, of her husband,
Roger Lafontant, who had been arrested and jailed for his
participation in a failed coup attempt earlier that year.
The
suit is based on the Alien Tort Claims Act,· and the Torture
Victim Protection Act.
Haiti has requested that we intervene formally in the case to
suggest immunity for Aristide. ·
Head of State immunity is applied in the United States as a
matter of customary international law; it h~s not been codifi~d
in ?tatutes or treaties.
We have filed Suggestions of Immunity
for other Heads of State on a number of occasions over the years.
For example, we made'such a filing on behalf of Marcos in the
early 1980s when suit was brought against him for conspiracy to
murder political opponents. We have a strong interest, based on
reciprocity concerns, ·in the doctrine of Head of State immunity.
The legislative history to the Torture Victims Protection Act
explicitly indicates that it was not intended to waive head of
state or diplomatic immunity.
State/L and ARA have informed the Deputy Secretary by memo that
they intend to ask Justic~ to file a Suggestion of Immunity.
State/L intends to proceed on Monday or Tuesday unless the DepSec
reacts negatively. The DOJ filing would come later in the week.
Prompt intervention in the case would be consistent with our
traditional approach to head of state immunity cases, and with
what we expect of other States in reciprocal situations.
Dismissal of the case would likely result. While legally
appropriate, this result (and even more so, our filing) could be
controversial, given the nature of the chaiges, the timing of the
case, and Congressional interest.
If we proceed this way, we
will need to make clear in public statements that our
intervention was based solely on the legal proposition that Heads
of State are immune from suit and does not constitute a position
on the merits.
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An alternative course would ·be not to file at the District Court
level. Aristide might succeed in having the suit dismissed on
Head of State grounds without an USG filing.
The downsides to
this approach:
(1) Aristide might not succeed. The court could
draw adverse conclusions from our failure to·submit the usual
Statement of Interest, and, applyin~ tradit~onal test~ of
"control of territory," could find that Aristide is not He~d of
State. We would then need to intervene before the court of
appeals, seeking to overturn a judicial determination; (2)
Aristide could see the deviation from our standard practice as a
lack of political support; (3) sets a bad precedent, here and
abroad, to allow media considerations to influence whether we
will support a Head of State's immunity in our courts.
Concurrences by:
R~Jlh, Don Gr~~
a\-'
·e:r f\ .,_
Larry
Steinberg,
Eric
·
S~~~t-tz,
Don
RECOMMENDATION
That we interpose no objection to State and Justice filing a
Suggestion of Immunity in the case.
Approve
Disapprove
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OOia. note
To Anthony Lake re: Routine Letters (I page)
11/05/1993
P5
001 b. note
To Anthony Lake re: Routine Letters; duplicate ofOOia (I page)
11/05/1993
P5
00 I c. letter
From Represenative Larry Combest to President William Jefferson
Clinton. (2 pages)
10/25/1993
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P4 Release would disclose trade secrets or confidential commercial or
financial information l(a)(4) of the PRAI
PS Release would disclose confidential advice between the President
and his advisors, or between such advisors la)(S) of the PRAI
P6 Release would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of
personal privacy l(a)(6) of the PRAI
b(l) National security classified information l(b)(l) of the FOIAI
b(2) Release would disclose internal personnel rules and practices of
an agency l(b)(2) of the FOIAI
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information l(b)(4) of the FOIA]
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personal privacy l(b)(6) of the FOIA]
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purposes l(b)(7) of the FOIA]
·
b(8) Release would disclose information concerning the regulation of
financial institutions l(b)(8) of the FOIA]
b(9) Release would disclose geological or geophysical information
concerning wells l(b)(9) of the FOIA]
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of gift.
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SUBJECTffiTLE
DATE
RESTRICTION
OOia. memo
From Anthony Lake to President William Jefferson Clinton re: Letter
from Governor's Island Watch on Haiti. (I page)
12/06/1993
P5
~rro
00 I b. letter
From Jonathan Demme and Edward Saxon to President William
Jefferson Clinton re: Situation in Haiti. (2 pages)
11/24/1993
P5
-:=t~O"D
">
00 Ic. letter
From Johnathan Demme and Edward Saxon to President William
Jefferson Clinton. (3 pages)
11/13/1993
P3/b(3), P5, P6/b(6)
00 Id. letter
Duplicate ofOOib. (2 pages)
11/24/1993
P5
00 Ie. letter
Duplicate ofOOic. (I page)
11113/1993
P3/b(3), P5, P6/b(6)
OOJf. memo
For Anthony Lake from Lawerence Rossin. Subject: Letter from
Governor's Island Watch. [partial]. (I page)
12/03/1993
P3/b(3), P6/b(6)
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Release would disclose trade secrets or confidential commercial or
financial information l(a)(4) of the PRAI
P5 Release would disclose confidential advice between the President
and his advisors, or between such advisors la)(5) of the PRAI
P6 Release would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of
personal privacy J(a)(6) of the PRAI
b(l) National security classified information J(b)(l) of the FOIAI
b(2) Release would discl.ose internal personnel rules and practices of
an agency l(b)(2) of the FOIAI
b(3) Release would violate a Federal statute J(b)(3) of the FOIAI
b(4) Release would disclose trade secrets or confidential or financial
information J(b)(4) of the FOIAI
b(6) Release would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of
personal privacy J(b)(6) of the FOIAI
b(7) Release would disclose information compiled for law enforcement
purposes l(b)(7) of the FOIAI
b(8) Release would disclose information concerning the regulation of
financial institutions l(b)(8) of the FOIAI
b(9) Release would disclose geological or geophysical information
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THE WHITE HOUSE
(..
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MEMORANDUM FOR THE . PR
\~ DENT
FROM:
ANTHONY
L~
SUBJECT:
Letter from.Governor's Island Watch. on Haiti
Purpose
To assure members of Governor's Island Watch, a group of
performing arts personalities which follows Haiti closely, that
you will take every step necessary to achieve the restoration of
democracy in Haiti and return of President Aristide.
Background
Jonathan Demme and Edward Saxon handed you a letter when you
hosted them for a film screening recommending a variety of
measures they believed would hasten the restoration of democracy
in Haiti.
Their basic message was that you should rely on
President Aristide's judgment in setting your Haiti policy.
Their specific recommendations included comprehensive sanctions,
the stationing of U.S. military observers on the Dominican·
Haitian border, the disciplining of the CIA and.firing of the
intelligence community's senior Latin America analyst for alleged
insubordination, the replacement of Special Envoy Lawrence
Pezzullo and others whom the group feels have been 11 far more part
of the problem than the solution 11 and an end to the direct return
of Haitian migrants, which they called rivirtual homicide ...
Our proposed reply thanks the Governor's Island Watch for its
continued interest in Haiti.
It expresses confidence in
Ambassador Pezzullo and the many others who have worked hard to
resolve the Haitian ~risis. After describing the steps we are
now taking to achieve a peaceful solution to the Haiti crisis,
our proposed reply assures Messrs. Demme and Saxon that you will
consid~r every measure which can help restore Haitian democracy
and end the suffering of the Haitian people.
RECOMMENDATION
l'HOTOCOPY
NJC HANDWRITING
That you sign the proposed letters at Tab A.
1
Attachments
Tab A
Proposed Letters to Jonathan Dernrne and Edward Saxon
Tab B
Incoming Correspondence
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ACTION
t
Vice President
Chief of Staff
�11-24-1993 12:20PM
FROM
TO
CLINICAESTETICO
12024562883
P.02
Governor's·lsland Watch
· 652 Broadway #SF
New York, NY 10012
tell 212-533-6800
fax/212-533-6893
November 24,1993
President Bill Clinton
The White House
URGENTTELEFAX
202/456-2259
Dear Mr. President,
When we were guests at the.White House last Saturday, we personally handed
you the attached letter with recommendations for action regarding the gravely
deteriorating situation in Haiti. You had just come from delivering a deeply
moral and inspirational speech in Memphis. The next morning, the media was r
abrim with excitement about your sentiments.
There is no substitute for the voice of the President in setting a moral course for
the nation.
We are aware of your personal commitment to restoring democracy in Haiti, but
fear that the gap between your personal commitment and the public perception
of the US position on Haiti is widening.
We urge you to speak out consistently and definitively on Haiti. Let the Haitian
military, the Haitian elite, your wannabe future presidential opponents (Robert
Dole, Dick Cheney, Colin Powell, to name a few), the CIA, the Pentagon and the
World, know that you will nottolerate or condone corruption, torture, murder,
treachery and the death of democracy on our nation's doorstep.
We petition you to stand publicly against the cynical assumption of many in
Washington that Haitians are not ready for democracy. In keeping with the best
of the American heritage, we implore you to show your resolve that democratic
miracles must have a chance not only at the Berlin Wall and in South Africa but
here in our hemisphere too.
We encourage you to appear in public with President Aristide; to invite him to
attend church with you and Mrs. Clinton on Thanksgiving or one Sunday. Then
you will be sending a sorely missed and desperately needecf message to the coup
leaders and to the Haitian people alike about where our country stands on issues
of democracy and justice.
·
·
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FROM
TO
CLINIC~ESTETICO
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As we parted company at The White House, you expressed grave concern that
Prime Minister Malval might resign, ~d how you have been on the phone with
him daily begging Mr. Malval not to do so. Mr. President, why shouldn't he?
Lacking any evidence whatsoever of a comprehensive United States effort to ·
push for the restoration of democracy in Haiti, Mr. Malval is engaged in a tragic
exercise in futility as long as he remainS i~ his unsupported position.
Mr. Clinton, we are actively seeking ways to support your efforts but can't get
any sense of your plan. That's why we sent you a considered plan of our own
which reflects not only the views of Governor's Island Watch, but also the
thinking of a broad spectrum of Haiti advocates that includes many members of
Congress, numerous human rights organizations, labor unions, and religious
organizations, as well as the legitimate government of Haiti.
Several members of Governor's Island Watch, ourselve$ included, are eager to
lobby Congress and use television and other public forums to continue to rally
support with the American people to help us achieve our common goal.
We welcome your suggestions. And we would indeed appreciate a response.
If you choose to take decisive action on this issue we will do everything in our
power to help you achieve the support of the American people for a lasting
solution in Haiti.'
Yours very truly,
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Anthony Lake, National Security
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Congressman John Conyers
. Senator Chris Dodd
Senator Tom Harkin
Representative Joseph Kennedy
Senator Ted Kennedy
Senator John Kerry
Senator Patrick Leahy
Senator Connie Mack
·Congressman. Major Owens
Congressman Charles Rangel
Robert DeNiro
Danny Glover ·
Toni Morrison
Walter Mosley
Gregory Peck
Tim Robbins
Mercedes Ruehl
Susan Sarandon
Mary Steenburgen
Denzel Washington
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652 Broadway #SF
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tell 212-533-6800
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November 13,1993
BY HAND
President Bill Clinton
The White House
Dear President Clinton,
While we commend your continued stance in support of the restoration of
democracy in Haiti_through the return of President Jean-Bertrand Aristide to
power, we are nevertheless deeply concerned at the recent lack of decisive action
on the part of your administration.
·
To quote an old Italian proverb, "He who does not advance, recedes."·
Each day that passes without positive action on our part simply serves to
empower Francois, Cedras and their cohorts who are currently laughing in our
face even as they continue their unabated reign of terror in Haiti.
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President Clinton, we urge you to:
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1. Fire~~t(f{)'td)?]ttJ"(l:\}(§)and place his immediate supervisors on flashing red
alert as an indication that they will be next unless the Latin American
branch of the CIA begins cooperating with your stated foreign policy
goals.,
P3/(~(-3j'N?.'si(ti$5the CIA employee most responsible for the Aristide
disinformation campaign that Helms, Dole and the rest of your
Republican opponents havebeen dining outon at your personal expense
for the past several weeks. ·
2. Have a candid discussion with CIA Director R. James Woosley to ensure
that he understands in no uncertain terms that it is the CIA who must
serve the President of the United States, not vice versa. Sir, it is sobering
indeed for the American public to become as aware as we are today of the
frightening independence with which the CIA pursues the agenda
established by your predecessor, George Bush.
Further, the CIA should make public the details of alleged CIA covert
involvement in Haitian elections and presidential coups--including
reported payments to the coup leaders up until the time of the coup itself.
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3. Provide U.S. military observer guards to be stationed at the Dominican
border to enforce that critical and currently compromi;;ed aspect of the
embargo. By now we have all read in the major newspapers about the
"super highway" that the Haitian military has almost completed to the
Dominican border. This knowledge makes a laughing stock of the
pumped-up and expensive naval blockade presently in position.
The U.S. should consider imposing sanctions against the Dominican
Republic if it fails to enforce the embargo.
4. There seems to be ample evidence that many of the very military and
police leaders who we all wish to see come down, are intimately involved
in the traffic of illegal drugs into the United States. The Justice Department
should swiftly issue arrest warrants for these individuals.
In the meantime, you should instruct the Drug Enforcement Agency to
cease and desist-providing these very same military and police leaders
with intelligence data on the arrivals of drugs into Haiti that they may not·
already be aware of(!), as recently reported in the Washington Post and
other major media outlets.
5. Strengthen the United Nations sanctions on Haiti-- calling f~r an
immediate economic embargo. Impose a complete U.S. trade embargo,
except for food and medicine, and institute "strong punitive sanctions"
against any nation that violates it.
A much stronger embargo is essential to isolate the coup leaders quickly
from their supporters in the elite and minimize the suffering of the .
Haitian people. While the embargo causes suffering, we must
emphasize that the fundamental cause of the suffering is the coup
d'etat.
Further, a ban on commercial flights to and from Haiti would adversely
impact that small minority in Haiti which continues to profit from the
coup.
6. Insist on the resignation of Cedras, Francois and the entire military
high command as was understood during the discussions at Governor's
Island. These criminals and their acknowledged colleagues must clearly
understand that they are the .ones who plunged their country into this
terrible nightmare and then violated the Governor's Island agreement and
will therefore no longer have a say in the future of Haiti.
7. Revitalize the U.S. Haiti mission team with fresh members more, in
tune with your goals and more sensitive to and respectful of the ·
Haitian people and their legitimately elected government. We must
recognize that Lawrence Pezzullo and the other architects of the
Governor's Island Accord have functioned/ in the long run, far more as
part of the problem than of the solution.
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8. The U.S. should lead the call for the return of the UN/OAS civilian
mission to Haiti. In their absence the killings, beatings and
·disappearances perpetrated by the military go unreported.
9. President Clinton; it is infamous of the United States of America to be
capturing Haitians attempting to flee the widespread terror of the military
"attaches,'' and delivering these human beings right back to the hands of
the very same ''attaches," where they aJ;'e being promptly arrested and. then ·
disappear.
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We are completely sympathetic to the political implications of reversing
your policy but, Sir, the policy must be called for what it is ...virtual
homicide.
We should immediately suspend the return of Haitian refugees until the
military leaders give up power, at which time, the flow of refugees will of
course cease because peace will have been restored.
10. At all cost the Governor's Island agreement must not be renegotiated.
As you have stated repeatedly, President Aristide has satisfied each·
obligation required of him in that agreement. He should not be asked to
make any concessions which would compromise his mandate by the
people of Haiti to pursue a plan of government founded on principles of
justice and reform.
·
Above all else, we encourage you to be guided by President Aristide regarding
further action. During the Governor's Island talks in July, President Aristide
suggested a different sequencing for action and predicted that the agreement
\VOuld collapse. Had we followed his mandate for sequencing in July, perhaps
this matter would have been resolved by now. His government has the clearest
picture of what it will take to restore democracy in Haiti. They have the best
interests of all Haitians as their guiding principle.
Again, we reiterate our willingness and desire to assist you in any way possible
in achieving your goal of restoring peace, justice, and·democracy to Haiti. Please
do not hesitate to contact us with any request.
Sincerely yours,
Jonathan Demrne
Edward Saxon
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November 14, 1994
Honorable Warren Christopher
Secretary of state
u.s. Department of State
2201 "C" Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20520
Re:
Interception· of
President
Aristide's
Communications in Violation of Domestic
and International Law
Telephone
Dear Secretary Christopher:
I write as counsel for the Republic of Haiti to express
concern over reports in September, 1994 that the United States
Government had engaged in the interception of telephone
communication by His Excellency, Jean Bertrand Aristide, President
of the Republic of Haiti.
United States intelligence sources.have confirmed that the
National Security ·Agency' has been secretly monitoring and
intercepting the ·international phone calls of Jean-Bertrand
Aristide, the President of the Republic of Haiti. ·
This
surveillance and interception of the international· phone
conversations of the Republic of Haiti's head of state violates the
principles of the Charter of the United Nations and· other
principles of international law, which prohibit . espionage in
peacetime, as well as the treaty obligations of. the United States
to · protect and preserve the · inviolability of diplomatic
communications, as set forth in the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic
Relations. . In addition, this activity may have also violated
domestic law.
It ·is generally recognized that espionage in peacetime is
contrary to international law.
Intelligence operations such as
those being conducted by the United States ·with respect· to
President Aristide are inconsistent with the obligations of states
to develop and maintain friendly relat"ions and such operations
offend the principle of peaceful cooperation among states, as
enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations and .reaffirmed in
the Declaration on Principles of International Convention
Concerning Friendly Relations ·and Co-operation Among States in
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Accordanc-e with the Charter of the United Nations. . Moreover, such
espionage .constitutes an affront to the sovereign integrity of
states. See, ~, Essays on Espionage and International Law, (R.
·Stanger ed. 1962); Ingrid Delupis, Foreign Warships and Immunity
for Espionage, 78 Am J. Int 1 1 Law 53, 67; Quincy Wright, Legal
Aspects of the U-2 Incident, 54 Am J. Int'l Law 836, 849-50 (1960).
The United States• surveillance and interception of President
Aristide's phone conversations· clearly violates these wellestablished principles of international law.
The United States
government recognizes Jean-Bertrand Aristide as the sole, lawful
and legitimate head of state of the Republic of Haiti. When an
illegal military coup d'etat forced President Aristide to leave
Haiti in September. 1991, he came to the United States at the
invitation of the United States government as the Republic of
Haiti's recognized head of state. Furthermore, from the time that
President Aristide was forced out of Haiti, the United States
government consistently acknowledged President Aristide's presence
in the United States in connection with the official functions of
his presidential office:
The United States recognized that
President Aristide was in the United States to carry out the
official functions of. his office, including foreign relations with
the United States and other nations, and to conduct the affairs of
his government from offices in Washington, D.C.
The United States government • s surveillance of President
Aristide thus manifested a lack of respect for the sovereign
integrity of the Republic of Haiti and constituted an unfriendly
act contrary to fundamental. principles of international law
regarding the development of friendly relations and co-operation ·
among states.
·
The surveillance and interception of President· Aristide' s
phone conversations not only violated customary international law,
.but also violated the United States• treaty obligations concerning
the inviolability of diplomatic communications. International law
has long recognized the principle of the freedom of diplomatic
communications. ·Under international practice, receiving states
have long permitted officials of diplomatic missions to· enjoy free
and unhampered communications at all times. This practice is based
on the universally accepted principle that freedom of diplomatic
communications is a matter of interest to the entire community of
nations. Indeed, the right to free and secure communications is
considered the most important of all diplomatic privileges and
immunities •. The ability of a sending state to communicate freely
with its officials without interference by the receiving state is
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fundamental to the maintenance of diplomatic intercourse.
Satow's Guide to Diplomatic Practice, 116 (5th ed. 1979).
__ ,
See -
The Vierma Con~ention on Diplomatic Relations, April 18, 1961,
23 U.S.T. 3227, 500 U.N.T.S. 95, to which both the Republic o~
Haiti and the United States are signatories, embodies and codifies_
the customary international law principle concerning the_ right to
free and· secure diplomatic communications.
Article 27 of theConvention provides: "The receiving State shall permit and protect
free communication on the part of the- mi-ssion for all official
purposes."
Article
27 ·further
provides:
"The
officialcorrespondence of the mission shall be inviolable..
Official
correspondence means all correspondence relating to the mission and
its functions."
·
The United States has consistently recogni~ed as well as
enforced the right to free and-secure diplomatic communications.
Indeed,
the United States has
insisted that diplomatic
communications are completely inviolable even in time of war. See,
Department of State Mem. May 16, 1965, MS., Department of state
File DEF 1-1 u.s., reprinted in 7 Marjorie M. Whiteman, Digest of
International Law 210-12 (U.S~ Dep't of State 1968). The United
States has consistently maintained that unhampered communication at
all times are essential to the maintenance of diplomatic relations
and the carrying out of official functions.
The
principle
of
the
inviolability
of · diplomatic
communications,
universally
recognized
under - customary
-international law and guaranteed by the Vienna Convention on
Diplomatic Relations, is clearly applicable where a head of state
·is on the· soil of a receiving state at the receiving state's
invitation and the receiving state has acknowledged his presence in
the United States in connection with his official functions as head
of state. Indeed, this principle is strictly applicable under the ·
doctrine of special diplomatic .mission.
The United States
-recognizes the general principle that when ·a head of state or
government comes on an official visit to another country; he is
guaranteed the same personal inviolability and immunities as
accorded to accredited diplomats.
As mentioned above, President Aristide carried out his ·
functions as the Republic of Haiti's President from offices in the
United States and he was engaged in official business on Haiti's
behalf while - in our · cquntry.
Moreover, the United States
government openly acknowledged and recognized that ·.President
Aristide was present in the United States in order to carry out hi~
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Warren Chiistopher
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official functions of office.
He was frequently invited for
·discussions with the President of the United States·and the United
states Department of state; he engaged in international
negotiations within the United States sponsored by the United
·States government, the .Pnited Nations, ·and the Organization. of
American States.
President Aristide therefore was· on the equivalent of a
special ¢tiplomatic mission and thus entitled to all the privileges
and immunities guaranteed to diplomats, including the right to free
and secure communications.
Indeed, this ·right was essential to
President Aristide's ability to carry out his official functions
while in the. United States.
Without being able to rely on the
inviolability of his-· communications, he could not fully and
adequately perform his duties of office.
The Uni.'ted States • surveilla'nce and interception of President
Aristide's phone conversations-therefore violated the Charter of
the United Nations and President Aristide's right under customary
international law to free and secure communications.
These
intelligence operations also violated the United Sta·tes' treaty.
obligation under the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations to
permit and protect . such free communication.
They seriously
interfered with President Aristide's ability to perform his duties
and hindered his power to carry out the functions of his office.
The United States 1 obligations under international law to
permit and protect the right to free and secure communications
cannot be excused or deviated from, even if authorized by Untied
States domestic law. However, it is to be added that .the United
states' surveillance activities directed at President Aristide may
have also violated domestic law. Althoughthe United States has
authorized intelligence gathering under certain circumstances, the
United States Congress has imposed particular procedures and limits
on such activity which do not appear to have been observed here.
_ Under the provisions of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act,
so u.s.c. § § 1801-1811, at a minimum, the Attorney General of the
United States should have applied for a court order prior to the
commencement ·of intelligence operations directed at President
Aristide. However, it does not appear that the procedures with
respect to electronic surveillance outlined in the Foreign
Intelligence surveillance Act were followed in this case.· The
intelligence activities of the National Security Agency directed at
President Aristide therefore were not only contrary to customary
international law and the United States• treaty obligations, but
they are also illegal under domestic law.
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I regret that notwithstanding the continued excellent
relationship that the Government of Haiti enjoys with the United
States Government that this incident occurred. We hope that you
will use your good offices to ensure that such actions do not occur
in the future.
IJK: ls
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H.E., Ambassador Jean Casimir
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Dear Jinuny:
Thank you for your report on your recent trip to Haiti and your
insights and judgment on developments there.
I appreciate your conunents about the quality and performance of
our military personnel in Haiti and your views on the elections
process tha~ is now underway. As you know, I am visiting Haiti
on March 31 to review the situation firsthand and will talk with
President Aristide about the upcoming elections and the need for
them to be ""-model for the hemisphere. Given the U.S. and UN
military and police forces that will be present, I believe that
security will be better than in any previous elections.
We share your concerns about the pace of economic progress, the
ability of the Government of Haiti to U?e international economic
assistance effectively, the long-neglected Haitian justice system
and the potential militant opposition to President Aristide's
government from both the left and the right. We have initiated a
number of measures to address these problems, bu't as you noted,
the challenges ahead are significant.
The Department of Commerce is spearheading an Economic Recovery
Initiative for Haiti, which will channel U.S. business inve>stment
as well as technical expertise to both the public and private
sectors of the Haitian economy.
The first Business Development
Mission, led by Strobe Talbott, has just returned from Port-auPrince .. A humber of business.agreements were reached and many
potential one~ were initiated.
Five additional missions are
planned in areas such as tourism, teleconununicat.ions and assembly
sector manufacturing over the next ten months.
We have emphasized to President Aristide the critical importance
of privatizing several key areas of his economy, includini the
inefficient Ed'H (HaitianElectrical Power Company), which
because of its inability to provide electricity for more than
five to six hours per day in Port-au-Princei puts a brake on the
development of the entire business sector.
It is cle~r from both
local business leaders and potential foreign investors that a
reliable power supply· is essential.
International efforts
involving the U.S., France and Canada are also focused on
increasing power capacity in the short term.
CLINTON LiBRARY PHOIOCOPY.
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The Agency for International Development is coordinating our
Administration of Justice Project for Haiti, which will involve a
three-pronged "hub" strate.gy for upgrading the judicial system
an emergency training program, administered jointly by a team
from our Department of Justice and the Haitian Ministry of
Justice; a Judicial Mentor program, which will place U.S.
military legal reservists in the departmental capitals as legal
advisors to Haitian judges; and.the provision of ba~ic ~ffice
supplies. Based on your comments and similar remarks by Senator
Nunn and General Powell, we will be pressing even harder. to make
improvements in this area. The long-term solution to Haiti's
juqicial problems, however, will lie in the establishment of a
lasting democratic government, the evolution of democratic values
in all sectors of Haitian society, and the maintenance of an
environment of security and s·tabili ty throughout the country.
Potential militant opposition to Aristide from both the left and
the right is another ·s~iious concern.
Once again, this pr6blem
can only be solved by a long-term commitment to true ··democracy
in Haiti and the maintenance of a secure and stable environment.
We are working with President Aristide and his government to
establish a professionalized civilian police force to break the
vicious cycle of militant involvement from the left or right in
the institutions of national government.
In closing, I again thank you for.your report~. your involvement,
and your insight and judgment with respect to developments in
Haiti. As events develop further, I hope you will share your
views with me.
I value them greatly.
Sincerely,
The Honorable Jimmy Carter
The Cart€r Presidential Center
1 Copenhill
Atlanta, Georgia 30303
CLINTON LiBRARY PHOTOCOrY
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