1. Notes of a Meeting

Source: Carter Library, Jimmy Carter Pre-Presidential Papers, 1976 Presidential Campaign Issues Office—Stuart Eizenstat, Box 9, Defense, 7/27/76–8/76. No classification marking. Drafted by Blechman, who forwarded the notes to Eizenstat under a July 29 covering memorandum. (Ibid.)

2. Minutes of a Meeting of the National Security Council

Source: Carter Library, National Security Affairs, Staff Material, Office, Meetings File, Box 1, NSC Meeting: #2 Held 1/27/77. Top Secret. The meeting took place in the Cabinet Room of the White House.

3. Memorandum From Secretary of Defense Brown to President Carter

Source: Carter Library, National Security Affairs, Brzezinski Material, Subject File, Box 9, Budget: FY 1978 Defense Budget Revisions: 2/77. For Official Use Only.

4. Presidential Review Memorandum/NSC–10

Source: Carter Library, National Security Affairs, Brzezinski Material, General Odom File, Box 37, PRM–1 through PRM–11: 1–2/77. Secret; Exdis.

5. Terms of Reference

Source: Carter Library, National Security Affairs, Brzezinski Material, General Odom File, Box 37, PRM–1 through PRM–11: 1–2/77. Secret.

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

Source: Reagan Library, National Security Council, Intelligence Directorate Files, Box WI–22, Mahley Box, FRG Nuclear Control. Secret. Sent for information. Carter initialed the memorandum in the upper right-hand corner. An unknown hand wrote “2/22/77” next to the heading.

7. Memorandum From the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Brzezinski) and the President’s Assistant for Domestic Affairs and Policy (Eizenstat) to President Carter

Source: Carter Library, National Security Council, Institutional Files, Box 40, [PRM–22 1 of 2] [1]. Top Secret; Sensitive. Sent for action.

8. Presidential Review Memorandum/NSC–22

Source: Carter Library, National Security Affairs, Brzezinski Material, General Odom File, Box 37, PRM–12 through PRM–41: 1/77–11/78. Top Secret; COMINT.

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

Source: Carter Library, National Security Affairs, Brzezinski Material, Subject File, Box 47, Nuclear War Doctrine: Limited Nuclear Options (LNO) and Regional Nuclear Options (RNO): 3/77–1/80. Top Secret; Sensitive. Outside the System. Carter initialed the top of the memorandum.

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

Source: Carter Library, National Security Affairs, Brzezinski Material, Subject File, Box 47, Nuclear War Doctrine: Limited Nuclear Options (LNO) and Regional Nuclear Options (RNO): 3/77–1/80. Top Secret; Sensitive. Carter initialed the top of the memorandum and wrote “ok.”

11. Interim Report Prepared in the Ad Hoc Interagency Net Assessment Group

Source: Carter Library, National Security Affairs, Brzezinski Material, General Odom File, Box 38, PRM–10: General: 3–4/77. Secret. Huntington sent the interim report to Brzezinski under a covering memorandum of April 1.

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

Source: Carter Library, Donated Material, Papers of Walter F. Mondale, Box 232, David Aaron Files, Stealth Program, 4/11/1977–10/10/1980. Top Secret; Sensitive. Sent for information. Printed from an uninitialed copy. Stebbins and Utgoff sent the memorandum to Brzezinski for his signature under cover of an April 11 memorandum. (Ibid.)

13. Memorandum From Director of Central Intelligence Turner to the Chairman of the Special Coordination Committee (Brzezinski)

Source: Carter Library, National Security Affairs, Brzezinski Material, Subject File, Box 55, SALT: Chronology: 3/25/77–5/9/77. Top Secret. Copies were sent to SCC members.

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

Source: Carter Library, National Security Affairs, Brzezinski Material, Brzezinski Office File, Country Chron File, Box 52, USSR: 3–7/77. Top Secret.

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

Source: Carter Library, National Security Affairs, Brzezinski Material, Subject File, Box 42, Missiles: 2–6/77. Secret. Carter initialed the top of the memorandum.

16. Memorandum From Secretary of Defense Brown to President Carter

Source: Carter Library, National Security Council, Institutional Files, Box 31, [PRM–10 Interim Reports to President] [3]. Top Secret.

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

Source: Carter Library, Plains File, Subject File, Box 17, B–1 Bomber, President’s File, 5–6/77. Secret; Sensitive. Special Access Required. Carter wrote in the upper right corner of the first page of the memorandum: “Susan hold. J.” Reference is to Susan Clough, Carter’s personal secretary.

18. Memorandum From Samuel Huntington 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 47, Nuclear War Doctrine: Limited Nuclear Options (LNO) and Regional Nuclear Options (RNO): 3/77–1/80. Top Secret. According to a typed notation on the memorandum, Richard Betts of the National Security Council Staff contributed to the memorandum.

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

Source: Carter Library, National Security Affairs, Brzezinski Material, Subject File, Box 6, B–1: 6/11–30/1977. Top Secret; Sensitive. Printed from an uninitialed copy.

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

Source: Carter Library, National Security Affairs, Brzezinski Material, Subject File, Box 42, Missiles: 2–6/77. Secret. Sent for information. Carter initialed the top of the memorandum. Molander and Utgoff sent the memorandum to Brzezinski for his signature under a June 13 covering memorandum.

21. Memorandum From the President’s Assistant for Domestic Affairs and Policy (Eizenstat) to President Carter

Source: Carter Library, Plains File, Subject File, Box 17, B–1 Bomber, President’s File, 5–6/77. Confidential; Not for Circulation. In the upper-right corner of the first page in the source text, Carter wrote, “Susan—w/ B–1 file. J”.

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

Source: Carter Library, National Security Affairs, Brzezinski Material, Subject File, Box 6, B–1: 6/11–30/1977. Top Secret; Sensitive. An unknown hand wrote in the top right corner of the memorandum: “The President has seen.”

23. Editorial Note

24. Memorandum From Samuel Huntington of the National Security Council Staff to the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Brzezinski)

Source: Carter Library, Brzezinski Donated Material, Subject File, Box 27, Meetings–20: 7/7/77. No classification marking. Printed from an uninitialed copy. Brackets are in the original. The June 29 Overview Report prepared by the Comprehensive Net Assessment Group in response to PRM/NSC–10 is ibid.

25. Summary of Conclusions of a Special Coordination Committee Meeting

Source: Carter Library, Brzezinski Donated Material, Subject File, Box 27, Meetings–20: 7/7/77. Secret. The meeting took place in the White House Situation Room. Minutes of the meeting were not found.

26. Summary of Conclusions and Minutes of a Policy Review Committee Meeting

Source: Carter Library, National Security Council, Institutional Files, Box 62, PRC 022, 7/8/77, US/USSR—PRM 10. Top Secret; Sensitive. The meeting took place in the White House Situation Room.

27. Minutes of a Policy Review Committee Meeting

Source: Carter Library, National Security Affairs, Staff Material, Office, Meetings File, Box 28, INT Documents: #5000s–#5100s: 7–8/77. Top Secret. According to the Summary of Conclusions, the meeting began at 2 p.m. and took place in the White House Situation Room. The participants were Warren Christopher and David Gompert from the Department of State; Harold Brown, Charles Duncan, David McGiffert and Lynn Davis from the Department of Defense; George Brown and William Smith from the Joint Chiefs of Staff; Robert Bowie from the Central Intelligence Agency; Randy Jayne, from the Office of Management and Budget; Spurgeon Keeny and Robert Behr from the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency; and Zbigniew Brzezinski, David Aaron, Samuel Huntington, Victor Utgoff, and Roger Molander from the National Security Council. (Ibid.)

28. Summary of Conclusions of a Special Coordination Committee Meeting

Source: Carter Library, National Security Council, Institutional Files, Box 41, [PRM 22, 2 of 2]. Secret. The meeting took place in the White House Situation Room. Carter initialed the summary next to the subject heading. Minutes of the meeting were not found.

29. Minutes of a Special Coordination Committee Meeting

Source: Carter Library, National Security Affairs, Staff Material, Defense/Security, Huntington, Box 58, PRM–10: (SCC 8/4/77 Meeting): 7–8/77. Top Secret; Sensitive. The meeting took place in the White House Situation Room.

30. Memorandum From Secretary of Defense Brown to President Carter

Source: Carter Library, National Security Council, Institutional Files, Box 30, PRM–10, 6 of 8, [1]. Top Secret.