159. Memorandum From Helmut Sonnenfeldt and Richard T. Kennedy of the National Security Council Staff to the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger)

Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, NSC Institutional Files (H-Files), Box H–238, National Security Decision Memoranda, NSDM 207 [4 of 4]. Secret. Attached to a covering memorandum from Davis to Scowcroft, dated July 21, 1975.

160. Memorandum From the Assistant to the President (Ash) to Secretary of State Rogers

Source: National Archives, RG 59, Central Files 1970–73, SOC 11–5. Administratively Confidential. Copies were sent to Ehrlichman and Cole.

161. Memorandum From the President’s Deputy Assistant for National Security Affairs (Scowcroft) to the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger)

Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Box 250, Agency Files, National Energy Office, March 1972–Feb. 1973—Vol. I [1 of 2]. No classification marking. Kissinger wrote at the bottom of the page: “I agree completely. Make clear Ehrlichman understands.”

162. Memorandum From the White House Counsel (Dean) to President Nixon

Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Box 250, Agency Files, National Energy Office, March 1972–Feb 1973—Vol. I [1 of 2]. No classification marking. Sent for action. An attached note from White House secretary Lora D. Simkus to Scowcroft, dated February 7, reads: “Jeanne Davis advises that the attached has been reviewed by Bob Hormats and by Phil Odeen’s people. Neither has any objections.”

163. National Security Decision Memorandum 207

Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, NSC Institutional Files (H-Files), Box H–239, National Security Decision Memoranda, NSDM–207 [1 of 4]. Secret. Kissinger sent the NSDM to Nixon under a March 8 covering memorandum with the recommendation that he approve it. (Ibid.) Copies were sent to the Secretaries of the Treasury and Defense; the Attorney General; the Secretaries of the Interior, Agriculture, Commerce, Labor, and Transportation; the Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission; the Director of Central Intelligence; the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration; the Director of the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency; and the Director of the U.S. Information Agency.

164. Memorandum From Charles A. Cooper of the National Security Council Staff to the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger)

Source: Library of Congress, Manuscript Division, Kissinger Papers, Box CL 38, Chronological File, 11 Aug.–6 Sept. 1973. Confidential. Sent for action. Printed from a copy that Cooper did not initial.

165. Memorandum From the President’s Deputy Assistant for National Security Affairs (Scowcroft) to the White House Chief of Staff (Haig)

Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Box 196, Agency Files, Agriculture, 1971 Through 1974, Vol. II [Part I]. No classification marking. Copies were sent to Ash, Flanigan, and Cole. A copy was also routed to the NSC Staff’s economic section.

166. Information Memorandum From the Director of the Policy Planning Staff (Lord) to Secretary of State Kissinger

Source: National Archives, RG 59, Records of the Policy Planning Staff, Director’s Files (Winston Lord) 1969–77, Entry 5027, Box 346, Chronological Files, November 1973. Limited Official Use. Kissinger had been confirmed by the Senate as Secretary of State on September 21.

167. Memorandum From the Secretary of State’s Executive Assistant (Eagleburger) to Secretary of State Kissinger

Source: Department of State, Files of Lawrence S. Eagleburger: Lot 84 D 204, Chron—November 21–30, 1973. No classification marking. A typed notation on the memorandum states that David C. Gompert (S) “said Mr. Eagleburger gave the original of this paper to Mr. Donaldson.”

168. Briefing Memorandum From the Inspector General of the Foreign Service (Sutterlin) to Secretary of State Kissinger

Source: National Archives, RG 59, Central Files 1970–73, SOC 11–5. Sensitive. Drafted by Deputy Inspector General Perkins C. Pedrick (S/IG) on December 7.

169. Action Memorandum From the Under Secretary of State for Security Assistance (Donaldson) and the Director of the Policy Planning Staff (Lord) to Secretary of State Kissinger

Source: National Archives, RG 59, General Administrative Correspondence Files of the Deputy Under Secretary for Management, 1968–75: Lot 78 D 295, Energy Matters 1973–74. Confidential; Nodis. Drafted by Harry C. Blaney (S/PC). Sent through Deputy Secretary Rush.

170. National Security Decision Memorandum 244

Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, NSC Institutional Files (H-Files), Box H–244, National Security Decision Memoranda, NSDM 244. Confidential. Copies were sent to the Secretary of Commerce and the Special Representative for Trade Negotiations. An earlier version of the NSDM omitted the Director of the Office of Management and Budget from the recipient list. (Ibid., RG 59, Records of the Office of the Counselor—Helmut Sonnenfeldt, Entry 5339, Box 4, Energy) The NSDM is also printed in Foreign Relations, 1969–1976, vol. XXXVI, Energy Crisis, 1969–1974, Docu-ment 310.

171. Memorandum From Richard T. Kennedy and Robert C. McFarlane of the National Security Council Staff to Secretary of State Kissinger

Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Box 1337, NSC Unfiled Material, 1974 [1 of 9]. No classification marking. Kissinger wrote on the memorandum: “Dick—Good paper. I agree. Show it to Donaldson.”

172. Memorandum From the White House Staff Secretary (Jones) to the White House Chief of Staff (Haig)

Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, White House Special File, Staff Member and Office Files, Alexander M. Haig, Box 28, May—Jones [3 of 3]. No classification marking.

173. Memorandum From the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger) to the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (Ash)

Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Subject Files, Box 359, Narcotics, Vol. VI, January 1974. No classification marking.

174. Briefing Memorandum From the Deputy Under Secretary of State for Management (Brown) to Secretary of State Kissinger

Source: National Archives, RG 59, General Correspondence Files of the Deputy Under Secretary for Management 1968–1975: Lot 78 D 295, Box 1, M Chron September 1974. Limited Official Use. Sent through Deputy Secretary Ingersoll. Drafted on August 8 by Susan T. Tait (M/MS). Sent under a covering memorandum from Brown to Ingersoll, September 6, in which Brown advised “Option Three is the best at this time.”

175. Memorandum From the President’s Assistant for Economic Affairs (Seidman) to President Ford

Source: Ford Library, National Security Council, Institutional Files, Box 52, Relationship between NSC and Economic Policy Board. No classification marking. Attached to a memorandum from Hormats to Kissinger, November 11, which outlines the “essential features” of the Economic Policy Board.

176. Memorandum by the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger)

Source: National Archives, RG 59, General Administrative Correspondence Files of the Deputy Under Secretary for Management, 1968–75: Lot 78 D 295: Box 1, M Chron November 1974. No classification marking. Also published in Foreign Relations, 1969–1976, vol. E–14, Part 1, Documents on the United Nations, 1973–1976, Document 151.

177. Memorandum From the Director of the Policy Planning Staff (Lord) to the Deputy Under Secretary of State for Management (Brown)

Source: National Archives, RG 59, General Administrative Correspondence Files of the Deputy Under Secretary for Management, 1968–75: Lot 78 D 295, Box 1, M Chron November 1974. No classification marking. Drafted by Robert J. Morris (S/P).

178. Memorandum From Robert Hormats of the National Security Council Staff to Secretary of State Kissinger

Source: Ford Library, National Security Council, Institutional Files, Box 52, Relationship between NSC and Economic Policy Board. No classification marking. Sent for action.

179. Editorial Note

180. Memorandum From the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger) to the Chairman of the National Security Council Under Secretaries Committee (Ingersoll)

Source: Ford Library, National Security Council, Institutional Files, Box 72, NSC–U/SM–157, Standing Committee on Space Policy. Top Secret; Codeword. Copies were sent to the Secretary of Defense, the Administrator of NASA, the Director of OMB, and the President’s Science Adviser. Also published as Document 112, Foreign Relations, 1969–1976, vol. E–3, Documents on Global Issues, 1973–1976.

181. Memorandum From Clinton E. Granger and Robert B. Oakley of the National Security Council Staff to the President’s Deputy Assistant for National Security Affairs (Scowcroft)

Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, NSC Institutional Files (H-Files), Box H–310, Miscellaneous Institutional Files of the Nixon Administration, IFG (Changed from NS) [1 of 4]. Secret. Sent for action. Scowcroft initialed the memorandum. In a covering memorandum to Scowcroft, September 6, Davis noted: “While use of the NSC may appear to be an easy answer to some of these problems of coordination, I believe we should resist the temptation to opt for this solution, particularly in what is basically an operational activity.” He continued, “I believe that all the benefits described in Clint and Bob’s memo could be achieved with a group chaired by State, in which the NSC is a participant.”

182. Memorandum From Richard T. Boverie of the National Security Council Staff to the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Scowcroft)

Source: Ford Library, National Security Adviser, National Security Council Staff for Program Analysis, Convenience Files, Box 1, Meeting Series, Defense Review Panel Subseries, 1976 (2) [Establishment]. Secret. Sent for action. Scowcroft initialed the memorandum. The memorandum is also published in Foreign Relations, 1969–1976, vol. XXXV, National Security Policy, 1973–1976, Document 66.

183. Action Memorandum From the Assistant Secretary of State for Politico-Military Affairs (Vest) to Secretary of State Kissinger

Source: Department of State, RG 59, Central Foreign Policy Files, 1976, P760070–2328. No classification marking. Sent through Sisco, Maw, and Eagleburger. Drafted by Thomas Stern (PM) on March 16 and retyped on April 15. A draft was cleared by Assistant Legal Adviser for Politico-Military Affairs James H. Michel (L/PM).

184. Memorandum From the Deputy Under Secretary of State for Management (Eagleburger) to the Assistant Secretaries of State for the Regional Bureaus, the Assistant Secretary of State for Economic and Business Affairs (Greenwald), the Director of the Bureau of Personnel (Laise), the Assistant Secretary of State for Administration (Thomas), and the Director of the Foreign Service Institute (Broderick)

Source: Department of State, Policy and Procedural Files of the Deputy Under Secretary for Management: Lot 79 D 63, M Chron April 1976 E. No classification marking. The regional Assistant Secretaries were: Rogers (Inter-American Affairs), Hartman (European Affairs), Habib (East Asian and Pacific Affairs), Atherton (Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs), and Schaufele (African Affairs).

185. Memorandum From the President’s Special Counsel (Raoul-Duval) to the White House Chief of Staff (Cheney)

Source: Ford Library, Papers of Michael Raoul-Duval, Box 11, Intelligence Coordinating Group Papers, Terrorism. Administratively Confidential. Attached to a memorandum proposing the creation of a Terrorism Special Action Group (TSAG) within the NSC system to provide advice and assistance to the President and “develop decision options related to crises generated by terrorist activities.” The TSAG was to be chaired by Scowcroft and comprised of the Deputy Secretary of State, the Deputy Secretary of Defense, the Deputy Attorney General, the Director of Central Intelligence, and the Director of the Domestic Council.

186. Action Memorandum From the Deputy Under Secretary of State for Management (Eagleburger) to Secretary of State Kissinger

Source: National Archives, RG 59, Records of the Deputy Secretary of State Charles W. Robinson, 1976–1977, Entry 5176, Box 2, D—Chron August 1976. Confidential. Drafted by Coordinator for Humanitarian Affairs James M. Wilson, Deputy Coordinator for Human Rights Ronald D. Palmer, and Special Assistant to the Deputy Under Secretary for Management Eric J. Boswell (CAF/M). Concurred in by Laise, Vest, Deputy Coordinator for Migration and Refugee Affairs James L. Carlin, Assistant Legal Adviser for Politico-Military Affairs James H. Michel, Edward J. Perkins (M/MO), Ann Swift (H), and William H. Lewis (T). A revised text was resubmitted to S/S on August 9.

187. Memorandum From Acting Secretary of State Robinson to President Ford

Source: National Archives, RG 59, Records of the Deputy Secretary of State Charles W. Robinson, 1976–1977, Entry 5176, Box 3, D—Chron September 1976. No classification marking. Kissinger left on September 14 for a 10-day trip to Tanzania, Zambia, South Africa, Zaire, Kenya, and the United Kingdom, where he conferred with leaders on the situation in Rhodesia and Namibia. He returned to Washington on September 24.

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

Source: National Archives, RG 59, Central Foreign Policy File, 1976. Limited Official Use. Drafted in S/NM by Deputy Senior Adviser to the Secretary of State and Coordinator for International Narcotics Matters David H. Ernst. Cleared by NEA/RA, EUR/WE, ARA/RPP, EA, S/NM, CIA, DEA, and S/S; approved by Robinson. Sent to all EAP and ARA posts, Tehran, Amman, New Delhi, Islamabad, Damascus, Kabul, Tel Aviv, Bonn, Brussels, Copenhagen, Lisbon, London, Luxembourg, Madrid, Oslo, Paris, Rome, Stockholm, The Hague, Vienna, Belgrade, Budapest, Bucharest, Prague, Moscow, and USCINCSO.