State Department Topical Collections

Allegations of Drug Trafficking in Los Angeles: Documents gathered as part of an investigation into allegations of U.S. Government involvement with the Nicaraguan Contra movement in drug trafficking in Los Angeles.
AMIA Bombing:
Argentina Declassification Project: The Argentina Declassification Project represents nearly 20 years of effort by U.S. government departments and agencies to release all information about human rights abuses in Argentina between 1975 and 1983. In 2002, the Department of State released 4,600 records pertaining to this critical time period. Following a request by President Mauricio Macri and human rights groups in Argentina, in 2016 and 2017 the U.S. government released nearly 2,000 additional documents. With this final release, the Department of State adds an additional 2,154 records to the collection which, all told, includes 5,596 records from 16 different agencies.
Bay of Pigs: Documents relating to the Bay of Pigs invasion as published in Foreign Relations of the United States.
Brazil Human Rights Declassification Project: Records compiled by the National Archives relating to the military regime in Brazil.
Cablegate: 251,000 leaked diplomatic cables from 1966-2010.
Che Guevara: Records from the State Department and other agencies concerning Che Guevara.
Colombia: Records released by the State Department on oil pipelines in Colombia, along with the Antioquia Massacre.
El Salvador Declassification Project: This collection of over 7,800 documents consists of documents processed under three different El Salvador Human Rights special projects cases. Documents concerning allegations of human rights abuses committed by Salvadoran security forces and FMLN rebels (1979 to 1991) were produced by the Department of State in response to inquiries by the United Nations Truth Commission for El Salvador and the U.S. Congress in 1993 - 1994. Documents concerning the murder of four American Churchwomen (Ita Ford, Maura Clarke, Dorothy Kazel and Jean Donovan) by five Salvadoran National Guardsmen on December 2, 1980 are also included.
"Ghost" Detainees: This collection consists of documents concerning individuals apprehended after September 11, 2001 and held by the U.S. at military bases or detention facilities outside the U.S. and the rendition of detainees and other individuals to foreign powers.
Henry Kissinger Telephone Transcripts: Transcribed telephone conversations during Henry Kissinger's tenure as Secretary of State from 1973-1976.
Hillary Clinton Emails, August 31, 2015 release: Tranche of emails from Hillary Clinton's personal server during her tenure as Secretary of State.
Hillary Clinton Emails, October 21, 2016 release: Tranche of emails from Hillary Clinton's personal server during her tenure as Secretary of State.
Iran: Records from the State Department and other agencies concerning Iran broadly.
Iraq: Records from the State Department and other agencies concerning Iraq broadly.
Israel: Records from CIA and State Department concerning Israel broadly.
Japan: Records from the State Department and other agencies concerning Japan broadly.
Keystone Pipeline: Documents created or sent to the State Department on the Keystone XL Pipeline, including an environmental assessment.
Genocide in Rwanda
Mexican Presidential Election, 2006: This collection consists of background information and analysis of the 2006 Mexican Presidential Election. Included in this collection is material relating to Andres Manual Lopez Obrador’s two month-long legal challenge of the election results which ended September 5, 2006 when the Mexican Federal Election Tribunal declared Felipe Calderón President-elect.
Mexico: Records from the State Department and other agencies concerning Mexico broadly.
Misc. State Department FOIA: Unlabeled and unsorted documents from the State Department's FOIA website.
Raoul Wallenberg: Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg, who was posted to Hungary during World War II, used his good offices to rescue Jews from deportation by the Nazis. Mr. Wallenberg disappeared shortly before the end of WWII and his whereabouts are still unconfirmed today. This collection of 1200 documents was put together in response to several Freedom of Information Act requests filed by Congressman Carl Levin. The documents range in date from 1944 to 1993 and deal with diplomatic efforts to establish Mr. Wallenberg's fate.
U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency and the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons
Venezuela, 1992-2004: Records on Venezeula concerning the following topics:
  • Bolivaran Army of Liberation (FBL)
  • Death of Danilo Anderson
  • Expanded Powers and Opposition
  • February 4, 1992 Venezuelan Coup Attempt
  • November 27, 1998 Venezuelan Coup Attempt
  • The 1998 Venezuelan Election and Bolivarianism
  • The August 15, 2004 Recall Referendum

    • Microfiche Collection

    Records previously only available at the State Department Reading Room. Records are arranged by the date their respective FOIA case was opened.
    F-1980-03085 Operation Paperclip
    F-1983-03306 Armenian Terrorism- A Profile August 1982
    F-1985-00014 List of political subdivision[sic] in US that are restricted to Foreign Nationals
    F-1988-04204 DOS investigation Litton industries Inc. arrangement with James Gritz
    F-1989-02976 U.S. Economic Warfare 1950-1954
    F-1994-01076 BCCI 1991-1993