North-South Issues; Commodities Policy
313. Memorandum From Secretary of the Treasury Blumenthal to President Carter
Source: Carter Library, Records of the Office of the Staff Secretary, Presidential File, Box 100, 8/28/78. No classification marking.
314. Memorandum From the Special Representative for Economic Summits (Owen) to President Carter
Source: Carter Library, Records of the Office of the Staff Secretary, Presidential File, Box 100, 8/28/78. Confidential. Carter wrote at the top of the page: “Be cautious w/Congress. J.” Brzezinski also initialed the memorandum.
315. Memorandum From the Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs (Cooper) to Secretary of State Vance
Source: National Archives, RG 59, Office of the Secretariat Staff, Records of the Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs, Richard N. Cooper, 1977–1980, Lot 81D134, Box 3, E Memorandum’s from RNC to Secretary, Deputy Secretary, 78. Confidential. A stamped notation at the bottom of the first page reads: “CV.” Vance underlined portions of the memorandum.
316. Briefing Memorandum From the Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs (Maynes) to Acting Secretary of State Christopher
Source: National Archives, RG 59, Office of the Secretariat Staff, Records of the Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs, Richard N. Cooper, 1977–1980, Lot 81D134, Box 3, Memorandums—RNC—1978. Limited Official Use. Drafted by Robert Barry, Director of the Office of UN Political Affairs, Bureau of International Organization Affairs. Sent through Cooper.
317. Letter From President Carter to British Prime Minister Callaghan
Source: Carter Library, National Security Affairs, Brzezinski Material, President’s Correspondence with Foreign Leaders File, Box 20, United Kingdom: Prime Minister James Callaghan, 6–9/78. No classification marking. Sent to Carter for his signature under cover of a September 23 memorandum from Owen, who noted that State, Treasury, and Fallows had all cleared the letter. (Ibid.)
318. Memorandum From the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (McIntyre) and the Special Representative for Economic Summits (Owen) to President Carter
Source: Carter Library, Records of the Office of the Staff Secretary, Presidential File, Box 107, 10/20/78. Confidential. Sent for information. Carter initialed “C” at the top of the page. Brzezinski also initialed the memorandum. An attached undated note from Hutcheson and “Bill” (not further identified) indicates that Schultze concurred with McIntyre and Owen.
319. Memorandum From the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Brzezinski) and the Special Representative for Economic Summits (Owen) to President Carter
Source: Carter Library, National Security Affairs, Brzezinski Material, President’s Correspondence with Foreign Leaders File, Box 10, Jamaica: Prime Minister Michael Norman Manley, 5/77–12/78. Confidential. Aaron initialed the memorandum on Brzezinski’s behalf. Carter wrote at the top of the page: “Retype. J.” An unknown person wrote below that: “retyped 10/25/78.”
320. Memorandum From Thomas Thornton of the National Security Council Staff to the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Brzezinski)
Source: Carter Library, National Security Affairs, Brzezinski Material, Brzezinski Office File, Subject Chron File, Box 108, North-South Policy: 1978. Confidential. Sent for information.
321. Memorandum From the Director of the Policy Planning Staff (Lake) and the Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Economic and Business Affairs (Hormats) to Secretary of State Vance, the Deputy Secretary of State (Christopher), and the Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs (Cooper)
Source: National Archives, RG 59, Office of the Secretariat Staff, Official Working Papers of S/P Director Anthony Lake, 1977–January 1981, Lot 82D298, Box 4, S/P-Lake Papers—11/1–15/78. Limited Official Use. Drafted by Johnson.
322. Memorandum From the Special Representative for Economic Summits (Owen) to President Carter
Source: Carter Library, National Security Affairs, Brzezinski Material, Brzezinski Office File, Subject Chron File, Box 93, Foreign Assistance: 7–12/78. Confidential. Sent for information. Both Carter and Brzezinski initialed at the top of the page.
323. Memorandum From Guy Erb and Robert Pastor of the National Security Council Staff to the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Brzezinski)
Source: Carter Library, National Security Affairs, Brzezinski Material, Brzezinski Office File, Subject Chron File, Box 119, Summit: 8–12/78. Confidential. Sent for action. Sent through Owen, who did not initial the memorandum. A copy was sent to Hunter.
324. Note From the Special Representative for Economic Summits (Owen) to the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Brzezinski)
Source: Carter Library, National Security Affairs, Brzezinski Material, Brzezinski Office File, Subject Chron File, Box 119, Summit: 8–12/78. Confidential. Brzezinski wrote at the top of the page: “agree. ZB.”
325. Letter From Secretary of State Vance to the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Brzezinski)
Source: Carter Library, National Security Affairs, Brzezinski Material, Subject File, Box 44, North-South: 4/78–2/79. No classification marking.
326. Memorandum From the Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs (Cooper) to Secretary of State Vance
Source: National Archives, RG 59, Office of the Secretariat Staff, Records of the Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs, Richard N. Cooper, 1977–1980, Lot 81D134, Box 4, UN—Common Fund. Limited Official Use.
327. Memorandum From Guy 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, Subject File, Box 44, North-South: 4/78–2/79. Confidential. Sent for information. Sent through Owen. Brzezinski wrote at the top of the page: “Monitor closely. Don’t let it become a substitute for NSC coordination of policy. ZB.” A separate handwritten notation below Brzezinski’s comment reads: “1–22–79.”
328. Briefing Memorandum From the Director of the Policy Planning Staff (Lake), the Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Economic and Business Affairs (Hormats), and the Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs (Maynes) to Secretary of State Vance
Source: National Archives, RG 59, Office of the Secretariat Staff, Official Working Papers of S/P Director Anthony Lake, 1977–January 1981, Lot 82D298, Box 5, S/P-Lake Papers—3/1–15/79. Confidential. Drafted by Johnson.
329. Memorandum From Guy Erb of the National Security Council Staff to the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Brzezinski) and the Special Representative for Economic Summits (Owen)
Source: Carter Library, National Security Affairs, Brzezinski Material, Brzezinski Office File, Subject Chron File, Box 108, North-South Policy: 1979. Confidential. Sent for information. A copy was sent to the North/South Cluster of the NSC Staff. A stamped notation reads: “ZB has seen.”
330. Briefing Memorandum From the Director of the Policy Planning Staff (Lake) to Secretary of State Vance
Source: National Archives, RG 59, Office of the Secretariat Staff, Official Working Papers of S/P Director Anthony Lake, 1977–January 1981, Lot 82D298, Box 5, S/P-Lake Papers—6/16–30/79. Confidential. Drafted on June 21 by Johnson (S/P) and cleared by Hormats and Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Economic and Development Policy Marion Creekmore. In a June 22 handwritten note to Vance, Lake commented: “While UNCTAD V made little practical progress, at least the tone was not bad. This memo reviews some steps we could take to support moderate LDC’s who would like to head off a new, unproductive North-South confrontation. The steps are, of necessity, modest. But I hope you get a chance to review this.” (Ibid.)
331. Memorandum From Benjamin Huberman and Guy Erb of the National Security Council Staff and Nathaniel Fields of the Office of Science and Technology Policy to the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Brzezinski), the Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy (Press), and the Special Representative for Economic Summits (Owen)
Source: Carter Library, National Security Council, Institutional Files, Box 48, PRC Meeting on PRM–33 Room 305, Monday, July 23, 79. Confidential.
332. Summary of Conclusions of a Policy Review Committee Meeting
Source: Carter Library, National Security Council, Institutional Files, Box 65, PRC 038, 9/22/77, North/South Issues—PRM 8. Confidential. The meeting took place in Room 305 of the Old Executive Office Building.
333. Memorandum From Secretary of State Vance to President Carter
Source: Carter Library, Records of the Office of the Staff Secretary, Presidential File, Box 141, 8/7/79. Confidential.
334. Memorandum From the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (McIntyre), the Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy (Press), and the Special Representative for Economic Summits (Owen) to President Carter
Source: Carter Library, National Security Affairs, Brzezinski Material, Brzezinski Office File, Subject Chron File, Box 116, Scientific Matters: 1979. Confidential. Sent for action. Carter initialed “C” at the top of the page.
335. Memorandum From the Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for International Affairs (Bergsten) to Secretary of the Treasury Miller
Source: Department of the Treasury, Office of the Secretary, Executive Secretariat, 1979 Files, 56–83–70. No classification marking. Sent for action. Sent through Solomon. Drafted by Department of the Treasury staff member Steven Tvardek. Reviewed by Department of the Treasury staff members Joseph Winder, King (not further identified), and Eva Meigher and Nachmanoff. Also reviewed by the Department of the Treasury Executive Secretariat on November 12.
336. Memorandum From Secretary of State Vance to President Carter
Source: Carter Library, National Security Affairs, Brzezinski Material, Subject File, Box 25, Foreign Assistance: 6–11/79. Secret. Carter initialed “C” at the top of the page. The memorandum was sent to Carter under cover of a December 3 memorandum from Owen, who indicated his agreement “with Cy’s case-by-case approach to the removal of constraints and will work with him, Tom Ehrlich, and others on a strategy for 1980.” Owen also wrote: “This is an uphill battle but our achievements thus far show that some headway can be made.” Carter initialed Owen’s memorandum. (Ibid.)
337. Memorandum From the Vice President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Clift) to Vice President Mondale
Source: Carter Library, Donated Material, Papers of Walter F. Mondale, National Security Issues, Box 87, National Security Issues—World Food [6/30/1977–12/17/1979]. No classification marking. Sent for information.
338. Paper Prepared by the Department of State
Source: National Archives, RG 59, Office of the Secretariat Staff, Official Working Papers of S/P Director Anthony Lake, 1977–January 1981, Lot 82D298, Box 6, S/P-Lake Papers—1/1–15/80. Confidential. Sent to Vance under cover of a January 7, 1980, memorandum from Hinton, Maynes, and Lake. (Ibid.)
339. Memorandum From the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Brzezinski) and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (McIntyre) to President Carter
Source: Carter Library, National Security Affairs, Brzezinski Material, Subject File, Box 25, Foreign Assistance: 1–10/80. Secret. Sent for action. Carter initialed “C” at the top of the page.
340. Memorandum From the Special Representative for Economic Summits (Owen) to President Carter
Source: Carter Library, National Security Affairs, Brzezinski Material, Subject File, Box 25, Foreign Assistance: 1–10/80. Secret. Sent for information. Both Carter and Brzezinski initialed at the top of the page.
341. Memorandum From the Special Representative for Economic Summits (Owen) to President Carter
Source: Carter Library, National Security Affairs, Brzezinski Material, Subject File, Box 25, Foreign Assistance: 1–10/80. Confidential. Sent for information. In an undated note to Brzezinski, under cover of which he sent the memorandum for forwarding to Carter, Owen wrote that he was “hopeful we can come up with large increases in PL 480 for both FY 80 + FY 81, which will help to calm farmers’ fears. But OMB is far from persuaded.” (Ibid.)
342. Memorandum From the Acting Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for International Affairs (Nachmanoff) to Secretary of the Treasury Miller
Source: Carter Library, Anthony Solomon Collection, 1977–1980, Chronological File, Box 7, 1/1/80–1/18/80. No classification marking. Drafted on January 14 by Alexis Rieffel (IDN) and reviewed by Robert Pelikan (IDN). Sent through Solomon, and this copy bears his stamped initials.