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Clinton Presidential Library
1200 President Clinton Avenue
Little Rock, AR 72201
Inventory for FOIA Request 2009-1440-F
Records on Saudi Arabia in 1993, the Riyadh Bombing on November 13, 1995, and Khobar
Towers Bombing on June 25, 1996
Extent
19 folders, approximately 1,319 pages
Access
Collection is open to all researchers. Asccess to Clinton Presidential Records is governed by the
Presidential Records Act (PRA) (44 USC 2201) and the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) (5 USC
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 USC, 101) 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, 2011. Previously restricted materials are added as they are released.
Scope and Content
The materials in FOIA 2009-1440-F are a selective body of documents responsive to the topic of the
FOIA. Researchers should consult 2006-0648-F and 2006-0649-F about related materials.
This FOIA contains National Security Council documents concerning U.S.-Saudi Arabian relations
during President Clinton’s first term. During this period, the United States and Saudi Arabia enjoyed a
positive working relationship. Saudi Arabia served as a host for American troops during Operation
Southern Watch, a Joint Task Force Southwest Asia mission to monitor the no-fly zones in Iraq from
1991 through 2003. During the early 1990s, much of American-Saudi relations concerned Saudi
contracts with U.S. companies and the related state of the Saudi Arabian economy. Later in President
Clinton’s first term, two terrorist attacks had a direct impact on the two nations. The first occurred on
November 13, 1995, when a car bomb exploded at the Office of Program Manager, Saudi Arabian
National Guard (OPM SANG). Six people died and sixty others were injured in the attack. A
subsequent Accountability Review Board (ACRB) investigated the attacks. Based upon their
recommendations, forces stationed in Saudi Arabia began to enhance protection of their facilities. In
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�spite of these measures, a second car bomb exploded at the Khobar Towers housing complex in Dhahran
Saudi Arabia on June 25, 1996, killing twenty and injuring three hundred seventy-two people. After the
Khobar Towers bombing, the Downing Commission made recommendations for stronger force
protection for American troops stationed in the Middle East. Both attacks were attributed to Hezbollah
Al-Hejaz. In addition, four Saudi nationals were arrested and executed in connection with the Riyadh
bombing. Further information and a larger body of material on the Khobar Towers attack is located in
FOIA 2006-0648-F.
All of the documents responsive to this FOIA are located in the records of the White House National
Security Council. In the Multilateral & Humanitarian Affairs office, the records created by Eric
Schwartz contain a file concerning a family’s pleas for the return of a U.S. citizen in Saudi Arabia. In
the office of Near East and South Asian Affairs, the files of Stephen Grummon and Martin Indyk
contain general information and press clippings regarding Saudi Arabia, correspondence pertaining to
disputes and contracts between American companies and the Saudi government, routine correspondence
between King Fahd and President Clinton, and a copy of the remarks delivered by Saudi Ambassador to
the United States Prince Bandar in Tampa, Florida on May 20, 1993. The records in these files
primarily date to 1993 and 1994. In the Transnational Threats office, memoranda and reports on the
investigations following the OPM SANG and Khobar Towers bombings, as well records concerning
force protection measures in response to these attacks, are located in the files of Steven Simon. These
materials, dating exclusively to the years 1995 and 1996, also include the transcript of the Saudi Arabian
television broadcast of the confessions of the four men arrested in response to the Riyadh attack.
Condolence letters from the President to the spouses of those killed in the OPM SANG bombing are also
located in these files.
Researchers should be aware that many of the records related to this FOIA case 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: White House Staff and Office files.
Staff and Office files were maintained at the folder level by staff members within their individual offices
and document all levels of administration activity. Staff and Office files are processed at the folder
level, that is, individual documents are not selected and removed from a folder for processing. While
this method maintains folder integrity, it frequently results in the incidental processing of documents
that are not wholly responsive to the subject area.
The following is a list of documents and folders processed in response to FOIA 2009-1440-F:
Box 1
Clinton Presidential Records: White House Staff and Office Files
National Security Council
Multilateral & Humanitarian Affairs
Schwartz, Eric
Saudi Arabia (Michael Woodruff) 1993 [OA/ID 3041]
Near East and South Asian Affairs
Grummon, Stephen
Saudi Arabia [1] [OA/ID 726]
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�Clinton Presidential Records: White House Staff and Office Files (continued)
National Security Council
Near East and South Asian Affairs
Grummon, Stephen
Saudi Arabia [2] [OA/ID 726]
Saudi Arabia [3] [OA/ID 726]
Saudi Arabia [4] [OA/ID 726]
Saudi Arabia [5] [OA/ID 726]
Saudi Arabia – Finances [1] [OA/ID 727]
Saudi Arabia – Finances [2] [OA/ID 727]
Box 2
Indyk, Martin
Saudi Arabia January 1993 [OA/ID 321]
Saudi Arabia Policy, 1993 [OA/ID 321]
Saudi [Arabia] Finances, 1993 [OA/ID 321]
Transnational Threats
Simon, Steven
Saudi Arabia – Terrorism [OA//ID 2244]
Saudi [Arabia] – Security [1] [OA/ID 2245]
Saudi [Arabia] – Security [2] [OA/ID 2245]
Saudi [Arabia] – Khobar/ACRB/OPM SANG [Accountability Review
Board/Office of Saudi Arabian National Guard] [OA/ID 2245]
Saudi [Arabia] – Khobar/OPM SANG [Office of Program Manager Saudi
Arabian National Guard] [OA/ID 2245]
Riyadh [Saudi Arabia] [OA/ID 2248]
Riyadh [Saudi Arabia] ACRB [Accountability Review Board] [OA/ID 2248]
Riyadh [Saudi Arabia] Bomb [OA/ID 2248]
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2009-1440-F
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This collection consists of records related to Saudi Arabia in 1993, the bombing of the Office of the Program Manager – Saudi Arabian National Guard in Riyadh in 1995, and the 1996 bombing of the Khobar Towers complex in Dhahran. This collection consists of memoranda, reports, press materials, and correspondence.
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