216. Backchannel Message From the President’s Deputy Assistant for National Security Affairs (Aaron) and the Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs (Holbrooke) to the Deputy Chief of the Liaison Office in China (Roy)

Source: Carter Library, National Security Affairs, Brzezinski Material, Subject File, Box 8, Backchannel Messages: Peking: 1–7/79. Secret; Sensitive; Flash; Via Voyager Channels.

217. Minutes of a Special Coordination Committee Meeting

Source: Carter Library, National Security Affairs, Staff Material, Office, Meetings File, Box 14, Folder 18, SCC Meeting: #139 Held 2/17/79, 2–3/79. Secret. The meeting took place in the White House Situation Room.

218. Summary of Conclusions of a Special Coordination Committee Meeting

Source: Carter Library, National Security Affairs, Staff Material, Office, Meetings File, Box 14, Folder 19, SCC Meeting #140 Held 2/18/79, 2/79. Secret. Initialed by Brzezinski at the end of the text. The meeting took place in the White House Situation Room. The minutes of this meeting are ibid.

219. Summary of Conclusions of a Special Coordination Committee Meeting

Source: Carter Library, National Security Affairs, Staff Material, Office, Meetings File, Box 14, Folder 20, SCC Meeting #141 Held 2/19/79, 2/79. Secret. Sent to Carter under a February 19 covering memorandum from Brzezinski that Carter initialed. (Ibid.)

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

Source: Carter Library, NSC Institutional Files (H-Files), Box 102, SCC 141, 2/19/79, Sino-Vietnamese Conflict. Top Secret.

221. Summary of Conclusions of a Special Coordination Committee Meeting

Source: Carter Library, Brzezinski Donated Material, Subject File, Box 29, Meetings, SCC 144: 2/23/79. Top Secret. Initialed by Brzezinski at the end of the text. The meeting took place in the White House Situation Room.

222. Telegram From the Embassy in China to the Department of State

Source: Carter Library, National Security Affairs, Staff Material, Far East, Oksenberg Subject File, Box 25, Blumenthal 2/79 Trip to China: 3/79. Secret; Flash; Nodis. On March 1, both the Liaison Office in Beijing and the PRC Liaison Office in Washington were raised to the status of Embassy.

223. Memorandum From Michel Oksenberg of the National Security Council Staff to the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Brzezinski)

Source: Carter Library, National Security Affairs, Staff Material, Far East, Oksenberg Subject File, Box 25, Blumenthal 2/79 Trip to China: 3/79. Confidential. Sent for information.

224. Memorandum From Secretary of the Treasury Blumenthal to President Carter

Source: Carter Library, National Security Affairs, Brzezinski Material, Agency File, Box 22, Treasury Department: 3/79–3/80. Confidential. At the top of the page, Carter wrote, “cc Mike. This is a good report. You accomplished the purposes of your mission. Well done! J.” Blumenthal gave this memorandum to Carter during a March 6 meeting to discuss the trip. See Document 225.

225. Memorandum of Conversation

Source: Carter Library, National Security Affairs, Staff Material, Far East, Oksenberg Subject File, Box 46, Meetings: 3/79. Secret. The meeting took place in the Oval Office.

226. Research Paper Prepared in the National Foreign Assessment Center, Central Intelligence Agency

Source: Carter Library, National Security Affairs, Staff Material, Far East, Oksenberg Subject File, Box 49, Mondale 8/79 China trip: Briefing Material: 3/78–8/79. Top Secret. A note on the title page reads: “Information as of 5 March 1979 was used in preparing this report.”

227. Backchannel Message From the Ambassador to China (Woodcock) to Michel Oksenberg of the National Security Council Staff and the Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs (Holbrooke)

Source: Carter Library, National Security Affairs, Staff Material, Far East, Oksenberg Subject File, Box 46, Meetings: 3/79. Confidential; Immediate. Woodcock was appointed Ambassador on February 27 and presented his credentials on March 7.

228. Summary of Conclusions of a Policy Review Committee Meeting

Source: Carter Library, Brzezinski Donated Material, Subject File, Box 25, Meetings, PRC 97: 3/79. Confidential. The meeting took place in the Roosevelt Room of the White House.

229. Summary of a Policy Review Committee Meeting

Source: Carter Library, NSC Institutional Files (H-Files), Box 74, PRC 097, 3/13/79, China. Confidential. The meeting took place in the Roosevelt Room of the White House. Oksenberg drafted this summary for Brzezinski, along with a transmittal note to the President in the event that Brzezinski chose to submit it to Carter. It is not clear whether Carter saw it.

230. Telegram From the Embassy in China to the Department of State

Source: National Archives, RG 59, Central Foreign Policy File, P850029–2562. Secret; Immediate; Exdis Handle as Nodis.

231. Report Prepared in the Bureau of Intelligence and Research

Source: Department of State, American Embassy Beijing, 1979 Central Subject Files: Lot 82 F 82, Pol 2 PRC/Vietnam Border War. Secret; Not Releasable to Foreign Nationals. Prepared by Sylvester, Barnett, Martin, Colm, and others in INR and approved by Stoddard (INR).

232. Memorandum From Secretary of the Treasury Blumenthal to President Carter

Source: Carter Library, National Security Affairs, Brzezinski Material, Agency File, Box 22, Treasury Department: 3/79–3/80. Secret. Oksenberg sent the memorandum to Brzezinski under a March 28 covering letter, which noted that Blumenthal “has left out our on-going effort to expedite decisions on export licenses to the PRC without prejudice to outcome. But this is an internal matter and probably does not deserve to be placed on the calendar. In addition, while presenting the calendar of issues, he does not mention the real underlying issue involved in the development of our economic relations with China—namely whether we should allow the nature of our relations with the Soviet Union to affect the pace at which we improve our economic relations with China.” Oksenberg then noted that “the calendar is basically uncontroversial and deserves Presidential endorsement.” (Ibid.)

233. Memorandum from Secretary of Defense Brown to the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Brzezinski)

Source: Washington National Records Center, OSD Files: FRC 330–82–0205, China (Reds), Feb–Sept, 1979. Secret; Sensitive. McGiffert sent this memorandum to Brown under a March 17 covering memorandum that reads, “Several weeks ago Mike Armacost gave you some talking points (Tab A) concerning the relationship between Sino-U.S. security ties and possible Soviet efforts to establish a naval presence in Indochina for use at the February 23 SCC meeting. You subsequently asked that these be turned into a memo from you to Zbig Brzezinski. The attached paper responds to your request.” The talking points, which are also attached to McGiffert’s memorandum, examine the “Future Course of Sino-American Relations.” On these talking points, Brown wrote, “Mike A.—Let’s turn this into a memo from me to ZB.” (Ibid.)

234. Telegram From the Embassy in China to the Department of State

Source: National Archives, RG 59, Central Foreign Policy File, P850029–2592. Secret; Immediate; Exdis Handle as Nodis.

235. Editorial Note

236. Telegram From the Embassy in China to the Department of State

Source: National Archives, RG 59, Central Foreign Policy File, D790185–1085. Confidential; Immediate; Exdis.

237. Memorandum From Michel Oksenberg, James Cochrane, and Benjamin Huberman of the National Security Council Staff to the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Brzezinski)

Source: Carter Library, National Security Affairs, Brzezinski Material, Country File, Box 9, China (PRC): 4–5/79. Confidential. Sent for action. Oksenberg initialed on behalf of Cochrane and Huberman and noted that they had approved the text.

238. Summary of Conclusions of a Policy Review Committee Meeting

Source: Carter Library, Brzezinski Donated Material, Subject File, Box 25, Meetings, PRC 103: 4/30/79. Confidential. The meeting took place in Room 305 of the Old Executive Office Building.

239. Intelligence Assessment Prepared in the Central Intelligence Agency

Source: Central Intelligence Agency, Job 80T00942A, Box 9, Folder 13, May 1979, China–Vietnam: Territorial and Jurisdictional Disputes. Secret. Research for this report was completed on April 20. Prepared in the Office of Geographic and Cartographic Research and the Office of Political Analysis, with assistance from the Office of Strategic Research, and coordinated with the Office of Strategic Research, the Office of Economic Research, the National Intelligence Officer for East Asia, and the National Intelligence Officer for China.

240. Summary of a Policy Review Committee Meeting

Source: Carter Library, National Security Affairs, Staff Material, Far East, Oksenberg Subject File, Box 47, Meetings: 5/79. Confidential. The meeting took place in Room 305 of the Old Executive Office Building. A covering memorandum from Dodson to the Situation Room, May 2, indicates that Oksenberg prepared the summary. (Ibid.)

241. Memorandum of Conversation

Source: Carter Library, National Security Affairs, Staff Material, Office, Outside the System File, Box 52, Chron: 5/1–17/79. Top Secret; Sensitive; Eyes Only. The meeting took place in the Cabinet Room and the Oval Office.

242. Memorandum of Conversation

Source: Carter Library, National Security Affairs, Staff Material, Office, Outside the System File, Box 52, Chron: 5/1–17/79. Top Secret; Sensitive; Eyes Only. The meeting took place in Brzezinski’s office in the White House.

243. Memorandum From Guy F. Erb of the National Security Council Staff to the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Brzezinski)

Source: Carter Library, National Security Affairs, Brzezinski Material, Country File, Box 9, China (PRC): 4–5/79. Confidential. Sent for information. Sent through Owen, who attached a covering note that reads, “Zbig—Treating China as a developing country in the World Bank could do serious—perhaps fatal—damage to that institution. Its future hangs by a thread in the Congress; adding China to the countries the IBRD has to aid would powerfully multiply its enemies. I’m not clear how this affects the issue you’re grappling with, but I wanted to be sure you had it clearly in mind.” (Ibid.)

244. Memorandum From the Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs (Cooper) to Secretary of State Vance

Source: Department of State, Executive Secretariat (S/S–I) Files: Lot 81 D 117, Principal Memo File, Apr–May–Jun 1979. Confidential. “CV” is stamped at the bottom of the first page.

245. Minutes of a Cabinet Meeting

Source: Carter Library, Vertical File, Cabinet Meeting Minutes, 12/21/78–12/13/80. No classification marking.