147. Memorandum From the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Brzezinski) to Secretary of Energy Schlesinger

Source: Carter Library, National Security Affairs, Staff Material, North/South File, Box 47, Pastor Country Files, Venezuela, 3–4/78. Confidential. A copy was sent to Vance.

148. Memorandum From the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Brzezinski) and Henry Owen of the National Security Council Staff to President Carter

Source: Carter Library, National Security Affairs, Brzezinski Material, Country File, Box 67, Saudi Arabia, 1–5/78. Secret. Sent for information. At the top of the page, Carter wrote: “Zbig—Send cc memo back.”

149. Memorandum From Henry Owen of the National Security Council Staff to President Carter

Source: Carter Library, National Security Affairs, Staff Material, Special Projects File, Box 5, Henry Owen, Chron: 5/9–15/78. Secret. Sent for information.

150. Memorandum From the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Brzezinski)

Source: Carter Library, National Security Council, Institutional Files, Box 72, PRC 80: Oil Pricing, 12–1–78. Secret.

151. Memorandum of Conversation

Source: National Archives, RG 59, Central Foreign Policy Files. Secret; Nodis. Drafted by Twinam. The meeting was held in the James Madison Room at the Department of State. The full text of this memorandum of conversation is scheduled for publication in Foreign Relations, 1977–1980, volume XVIII, Middle East Regional; Arabian Peninsula.

152. Summary of Conclusions of Special Coordination Committee Meeting

Source: Carter Library, National Security Council, Institutional Files, Box 95, SCC 83: Oil Supply-Vulnerability Assessment, 6/6/78. Secret. The meeting was held in the White House Situation Room.

153. Memorandum From Secretary of State Vance, Secretary of the Treasury Blumenthal, the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Brzezinski), and Henry Owen of the National Security Council Staff to President Carter

Source: Carter Library, National Security Council, Institutional Files, Box 69, PRC 61: Economic Summit, Energy, 6/9/78. Secret. The memorandum is typed on Secretary of the Treasury stationery.

154. Memorandum to President Carter

Source: Carter Library, National Security Council, Institutional Files, Box 69, PRC 61: Economic Summit, Energy, 6/9/78. Confidential. Sent for action. Handwritten notes indicate that Vance and Blumenthal approved the memorandum before leaving to attend the OECD meeting. The memorandum was sent to Carter under a covering memorandum from Owen, who wrote: “Stu and I hope that you will, before leaving for Panama, approve the recommendation in the attached joint memo authorizing Frank Moore to set up the meeting with Congressional leaders. Stu just phoned to say that if we don’t do this right away, our prospects for success on the energy front will slip.”

155. Memorandum From the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Brzezinski) to President Carter

Source: Carter Library, National Security Affairs, Brzezinski Material, Country File, Box 85, Venezuela, 1/77–12/78. Confidential. Sent for information.

156. Memorandum to President Carter

Source: Carter Library, National Security Affairs, Brzezinski Material, Trip File, Box 14, President: Germany, 7/13–17/78. Confidential. Sent for information. Solomon initialed for Blumenthal. The memorandum is typed on White House stationery.

157. Minutes of the Bonn Economic Summit Meeting

Source: National Archives, RG 59, Executive Secretariat Files: Lot 84D241, Vance Nodis Memcons 1978, Box 9. Secret. Drafted by Hormats. According to the President’s Daily Diary, Session 2 of the Summit began at 3 p.m. and ended at 6 p.m. (Carter Library, Staff Office Files) The minutes of all four sessions of the Summit are scheduled for publication in Foreign Relations, 1977–1980, volume III, Foreign Economic Policy.

158. Memorandum From Director of Central Intelligence Turner to Secretary of Energy Schlesinger

Source: Library of Congress, Manuscript Division, Schlesinger Papers, Box 1, CIA Documents, File Four. Confidential.

159. Memorandum From Timothy Deal of the National Security Council Staff to the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Brzezinski)

Source: Carter Library, National Security Affairs, Staff Material, Middle East File, Box 66, Subject File, Middle East Oil, 12/77–12/78. Confidential. Sent for action. Transmitted through Owen.

160. Paper Prepared in the Department of State

Source: Carter Library, National Security Affairs, Staff Material, Middle East File, Box 66, Subject File, Middle East Oil, 12/77–12/78. Confidential. The paper is attached to a September 19 memorandum from Bosworth to the National Security Council, Department of Energy, Department of the Treasury, and the White House, explaining that the NSC Staff had asked that he distribute the paper to principals for use at the September 21 NSC-chaired meeting on short-term OPEC price strategy.

161. Summary of Conclusions of Ad Hoc National Security Council Meeting

Source: Carter Library, National Security Affairs, Staff Material, International Economics File, Box 44, Rutherford Poats File, Chron, 9–11/78. Secret. The meeting was held in the White House Situation Room.

162. Memorandum From John Renner of the National Security Council Staff to the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Brzezinski)

Source: Carter Library, National Security Affairs, Staff Material, International Economics File, Box 44, Rutherford Poats File, Chron, 9–11/78. Secret. Sent for action.

163. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Venezuela

Source: National Archives, RG 59, Central Foreign Policy Files, D780396–1071. Confidential; Immediate; Exdis. Drafted by Rosen; cleared by Vaky, Blumenthal, Schlesinger, and Owen; and approved by Cooper.

164. Editorial Note

165. Telegram From the Department of State to Selected Diplomatic Posts

Source: National Archives, RG 59, Central Foreign Policy Files, D780431–0447. Confidential; Immediate. Drafted by Moore and Hart; cleared by Bosworth, Rosen, Katz, Solomon, Bergold, and in NEA/RA and EUR/RPE; and approved by Cooper. Sent to Jidda, Kuwait, Tripoli, Abu Dhabi, Algiers, Doha, Tehran, Caracas, Lagos, Jakarta, Libreville, Quito, Ankara, Athens, Bern, Bonn, Brussels for the Embassy and USEEC, Copenhagen, Dublin, London, Luxembourg, Madrid, Oslo, Ottawa, Paris for the Embassy and USOECD, Rome, Stockholm, the Hague, Tokyo, Vienna, Wellington, Baghdad, and Dhahran.

166. Paper Prepared in the Department of State

Source: Carter Library, National Security Affairs, Brzezinski Material, Country File, Box 29, Iran, 11/78. Secret. The paper was forwarded to Brzezinski on November 3 under cover of an undated memorandum from Tarnoff indicating that it was done in response to a request from Brzezinski on November 1.

167. Memorandum From the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Brzezinski) to Secretary of Energy Schlesinger

Source: National Archives, RG 59, Central Foreign Policy Files, P780176–1194. Confidential. Copies were sent to Vance and McIntyre.

168. Summary of Conclusions and Minutes of Policy Review Committee Meeting

Source: Carter Library, National Security Affairs, Staff Material, Special Projects File, Box 8, Henry Owen, Chron, 11/1–13/78. Secret. The meeting was held in the White House Situation Room.

169. Letter From Secretary of Energy Schlesinger to Director of Central Intelligence Turner

Source: Library of Congress, Manuscript Division, Schlesinger Papers, Box 4, Chron: Oct.–Dec. 1978. Secret. Drafted by J.B.K. LaBarre on September 12.

170. Paper Prepared by the National Security Council Staff

Source: Carter Library, National Security Affairs, Staff Material, North/South File, Box 32, Pastor Country Files, Mexico: PRM 41 (Policy), 10/77–11/78. Secret. This paper is part of a larger study on the central issues affecting U.S.-Mexican relations, produced in response to PRM 41 (see footnote 3, Document 167).

171. Summary of Conclusions of Special Coordinating Committee Meeting

Source: Carter Library, National Security Affairs, Staff Material, International Economics File, Box 44, Rutherford Poats Files, Chron: 12/5–13/78. Confidential. The minutes of the meeting, which was held in the White House Situation Room, are ibid. The meeting was held in response to the President’s request for a review of a December 2 OMB memorandum and a Department of Energy proposal concerning the Strategic Petroleum Reserve. (Memorandum from Aaron to Carter, undated; ibid.)

172. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassies in Saudi Arabia, Iran, the United Arab Emirates, and Kuwait

Source: National Archives, RG 59, Central Foreign Policy Files, D780508–0153. Confidential; Immediate. Drafted by Ernest Chase (Treasury Department), cleared by Katz and in the Treasury Department, and approved by Cooper.

173. Memorandum From Rutherford Poats of the National Security Council Staff to the President’s Deputy Assistant for National Security Affairs (Aaron)

Source: Carter Library, National Security Affairs, Staff Material, International Economics File, Box 44, Rutherford Poats Files, Chron, 12/5–13/78. Secret. Sent for information.

174. Memorandum From Secretary of Energy Schlesinger to President Carter

Source: Carter Library, National Security Affairs, Staff Material, North/South File, Box 29, Pastor Country Files, Mexico, 12/1–14/78. No classification marking. Copies were sent to Vance and Brzezinski. At the top of the first page, the President wrote: “No copies to be made except the 3.” He also wrote: “Jim—Good summary. Get State and NSC comments to me.”

175. Memorandum From the Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs (Cooper) to the President’s Assistant for Domestic Affairs and Policy (Eizenstat)

Source: Carter Library, White House Central Files, Subject File, Box TA–26, Trade. Confidential.

176. Telegram From the White House to the Embassies in Saudi Arabia, Iran, and Venezuela

Source: Carter Library, National Security Affairs, Brzezinski Material, President’s Correspondence with Foreign Leaders File, Box 21, Venezuela: President Carlos Andres Pérez, 6/78–3/79. Confidential; Exdis; Flash.