Trade and Commerce, 1969-1972
181. Report of the Task Force on Foreign Trade Policy
Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Subject Files, Box 401, Trade General Volume I. No classification marking. Attached to a February 7 memorandum from Arthur F. Burns to Kissinger informing him that the report of the Task Force, chaired by Alan Greenspan, should be treated on a confidential basis. The Task Force has not been further identified, but it was presumably part of the Nixon transition team; see footnote 2, Document 185.
182. National Security Study Memorandum 16
Source: National Archives, RG 59, S/S Files: Lot 80 D 212, NSSM 16. Limited Official Use.
183. Paper Prepared in the Department of Agriculture
Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Agency Files, Box 196, Agriculture Volume I 69-70. No classification marking. Attached to a February 13 memorandum from Secretary of Agriculture Clifford M. Hardin to Kissinger indicating the paper was for the President’s information and use during discussions during his forthcoming trip to Europe (February 23-March 2). A 7-page paper of talking points on trade issues, prepared by the Office of the Special Representative for Trade Negotiations for the President’s European trip, February 14, is ibid., RG 364, Transition Papers, 1968-1969, Box 1.
185. Memorandum From President Nixon to Secretary of State Rogers
Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Subject Files, Box 401, Trade General Volume I. No classification marking.
186. Action Memorandum From C. Fred Bergsten of the National Security Council Staff to the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger)
Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Subject Files, Box 403, Office of the STR. Limited Official Use.
187. Memorandum From Secretary of Commerce Stans to President Nixon
Source: Washington National Records Center, Department of Commerce, Office of the Secretary of Commerce: FRC 40 77 A 84, White House (Misc.). No classification marking. The date is handwritten.
188. Memorandum From Secretary of State Rogers to President Nixon
Source: National Archives, RG 59, S/S Files: Lot 73 D 288, NSC Misc. No classification marking. Attached is a March 10 transmittal memorandum from Greenwald to Secretary Rogers recommending that he sign the memorandum to the President.
189. Paper Prepared in the National Security Council Staff
Source: National Archives, RG 59, S/S Files: Lot 80 D 212, NSSM 16. Limited Official Use. Attached to an April 5 covering memorandum from Jeanne W. Davis of the NSC Secretariat to the Offices of the Vice President, Secretaries of State and Defense, and the Director of Emergency Preparedness indicating that the paper would be distributed on April 7 for discussion at the April 9 NSC meeting. Davis sent an earlier version of the summary on April 5 to the Departments of State and Defense, the Central Intelligence Agency, JCS, and the Office of Emergency Preparedness, noting that the summary reflected the discussion at the NSC Review Group meeting on April 4. (Ibid.)
190. Briefing Memorandum From the Assistant Secretary of State for Economic Affairs (Greenwald) to Secretary of State Rogers and the Under Secretary of State (Richardson)
Source: National Archives, RG 59, S/S Files: Lot 80 D 212, NSSM 16. Limited Official Use. Sent through Pedersen and Samuels. Drafted by H.L. Worthington (E/OT) on April 7 and concurred in by A. Katz (EUR/RPE) and Schnee (H).
191. Memorandum From the Director of the Office of International Economics, Department of the Treasury (Pelikan) to the Under Secretary of the Treasury for Monetary Affairs (Volcker)
Source: Washington National Records Center, Department of the Treasury, Secretary’s Memos/Correspondence: FRC 56 74 A 7, Memo to the Secretary March-April 1969. Limited Official Use. Drafted by Pelikan on April 8.
192. Paper Prepared in the National Security Council Staff
Source: National Security Council, Secretariat, Box 83, 4/9/69 NSC Meeting-US Trade Policy. Limited Official Use. Prepared by the NSC Staff for the President’s use at the April 9 NSC meeting on trade policy. The meeting was held in the Cabinet Room from 10:08 to 11:53 a.m. Attendees were Nixon, Agnew, Laird, Lincoln, Richardson, Wheeler, Helms, Kissinger, Hardin, Stans, Volcker, Samuels, McCracken, Gates, Haig, Bergsten, and Cooper. (National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, White House Central Files, President’s Daily Diary)
193. Memorandum From the Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs (Westerfield) to the Assistant Secretary of State for Economic Affairs (Greenwald)
Source: National Archives, RG 59, S/S Files: Lot 80 D 212, NSSM 16. Limited Official Use. Drafted by W.H. Drew (AF/I) on April 10. Copies were sent to Palmer (AF), Hadsel (AF/I), and Pedersen (C).
194. Information Memorandum From the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger) to President Nixon
Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Agency Files, Box 215, CEA. No classification marking. The date is handwritten.
195. Action Memorandum From the President’s Special Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger) to President Nixon
Source: National Security Council, Secretariat, Box 83, 4/9/69 NSC Meeting-US Trade Policy. Confidential.
196. Information Memorandum From Richard N. Cooper of the National Security Council Staff to the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger)
Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Subject Files, Box 404, Trade: Preferences for LDCs. Limited Official Use.
197. Action Memorandum From C. Fred Bergsten of the National Security Council Staff to the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger)
Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Subject Files, Box 403, Office of the Special Trade Representative. Limited Official Use.
198. National Security Study Memorandum 48
Source: National Archives, RG 59, S/S Files: Lot 80 D 212, NSSM 48. Limited Official Use.
199. National Security Study Memorandum 49
Source: National Archives, RG 59, S/S Files: Lot 80 D 212, NSSM 49. Limited Official Use.
200. Action Memorandum From the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger) to President Nixon
Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Subject Files, Box 404, Trade: Preferences for LDCs. No classification marking. The memorandum is attached to an April 22 memorandum from Bergsten recommending that Kissinger send it to the President, and a stamped notation at the top of the page reads: “The President has seen.”
201. Memorandum of Conversation
Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Agency Files, Box 213, Commerce Volume I 1970. Confidential. Drafted by Bergsten. The meeting was held in the Oval Office from 4:36 to 5:15 p.m. (Ibid., White House Central Files, President’s Daily Diary) A copy of Secretary Stans’ written report to the President on his European trip were attached but are not printed. Bergsten forwarded the memorandum of conversation to Kissinger under cover of an April 29 memorandum. (Ibid.) Kissinger approved it and a copy was sent to the Department of State on May 9. (Ibid., RG 59, S/S Files: Lot 80 D 212, NSSM 16)
203. Information Memorandum From the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger) to President Nixon
Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Agency Files, Box 213, Commerce, Volume I 1970. Limited Official Use. “The President has seen” is stamped at the top of the page. The President met with Stans and Kissinger from 11:15 to 11:37 a.m. on May 19. (Ibid., White House Central Files, President’s Daily Diary) No record of the conversation was found.
204. Memorandum From the Special Representative for Trade Negotiations-Designate (Gilbert) to President Nixon
Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Subject Files, Box 401, Trade General, Volume I. No classification marking.
205. Memorandum From Secretary of State Rogers to President Nixon
Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Subject Files, Box 401, Trade General, Volume I. No classification marking.
206. Letter From the Special Representative for Trade Negotiations-Designate (Gilbert) to the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger)
Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Subject Files, Box 403, Office of the STR. Personal.
207. Memorandum From the Acting Executive Secretary of the Department of State (Walsh) to the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger)
Source: National Archives, RG 59, S/S Files: Lot 80 D 212, NSSM 49. No classification marking. Drafted by Ewing (E/OT/TA) on July 7 and cleared by Hollis (L/E), Trezise (E), and Howard L. Worthington (E/OT).
209. Memorandum From the Deputy Administrator of the Agency for International Development (Poats) to Curtis Farrar of the Office of Program and Policy Coordination, Agency for International Development
Source: Washington National Records Center, Agency for International Development, AID Administrator Files: FRC 286 73 A 518, ECF 4 International Trade FY 70 September 1969. Limited Official Use.
210. Action Memorandum From the Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs (Newsom) to the Deputy Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs (Samuels)
Source: National Archives, RG 59, S/S Files: Lot 80 D 212, NSSM 48. Limited Official Use. Drafted by W.H. Drew (AF/I) on September 19. Copies were sent to Witman (AF/I) and Trezise. Newsom sent a longer version of this memorandum to Samuels on December 17. (Ibid., S/S Files: Lot 83 D 305, NSDM 29)