National Security Policy
61. Memorandum From Secretary of Defense Brown to President Carter
Source: Carter Library, National Security Affairs, Brzezinski Material, Brzezinski Office File, Subject Chron File, Box 87, Defense Budget: 1–8/78. Confidential. Carter wrote in the upper right corner of the memorandum: “Harold, OK—I agree. J.” Brzezinski sent Brown a copy of the memorandum with Carter’s comment under a May 9 covering memorandum. (Ibid.)
62. National Intelligence Estimate
Source: Carter Library, National Security Affairs, Staff Material, Defense/Security, Huntington, Box 44, Net Assessment II: Strategic Balance, US/USSR. Secret; Noforn; Nocontract. According to one of the cover pages, the Director of Central Intelligence submitted this estimate with the concurrence of all members of the National Foreign Intelligence Board, unless noted otherwise in the text. The Central Intelligence Agency and the intelligence organizations of the Departments of State, the Treasury, Energy, and Defense, and the NSA participated in the preparation of the estimate. The Assistant Chief of Staff for Intelligence, Department of the Army; the Director of Naval Intelligence, Department of the Navy; and the Assistant Chief of Staff, Intelligence, Department of the Air Force, also participated in the study.
63. Memorandum From the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Brzezinski) to President Carter
Source: Carter Library, National Security Affairs, Brzezinski Material, Brzezinski Office File, Subject Chron File, Box 101, Meetings: President/V-B-B & Turner Breakfasts, Luncheons & Meeting Topics: 1978. Secret. The date is handwritten. Carter initialed the first page of the memorandum and wrote at the bottom of it: “Perceptions NATO PRC—ANZUS—ASEAN—Japan—Korea MidEast/Persian Gulf Eastern Europe Turkey/Greece.”
64. Summary of Conclusions of a National Security Council Meeting
Source: Carter Library, National Security Affairs, Staff Material, Office, Meetings File, Box 1, NSC Meeting: #10 Held 5/10/78. Secret. The meeting took place in the Cabinet Room at the White House. No minutes of the meeting were found.
65. Memorandum From the Military Assistant to the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Odom) to the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Brzezinski)
Source: Carter Library, National Security Affairs, Brzezinski Material, Subject File, Box 52, SAC and NORAD 8/20–21/78 Brzezinski Trip: 7–9/78. Top Secret; Sensitive. Outside the System. Sent for information. Brzezinski wrote at the top of the memorandum: “pp 2, 3. ZB.”
66. 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 43, Missiles: 3–10/78. Secret. Carter initialed the top of the memorandum.
67. Memorandum From William Odom of the National Security Council Staff to the President’s Deputy Assistant for National Security Affairs (Aaron)
Source: Carter Library, National Security Affairs, Brzezinski Material, Subject File, Box 15, Crisis Management; 8/77–10/78. Top Secret. Outside the System.
68. Memorandum From the President’s Deputy Assistant for National Security Affairs (Aaron) to President Carter
Source: Carter Library, National Security Affairs, Brzezinski Material, Brzezinski Office File, Subject Chron File, Box 126, Weekly National Security Report: 7–9/78. Secret; Sensitive. Carter initialed the memorandum in the upper right corner.
69. Memorandum From Secretary of Defense Brown to President Carter
Source: National Archives, RG 218, Official Records of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Jones, Box 60, SecDef Memo Jul 78. Top Secret. Copies were sent to Vance, Brzezinski, Brown, Seignious, and Turner.
70. Intelligence Assessment Prepared in the Central Intelligence Agency
Source: Carter Library, National Security Affairs, Brzezinski Material, Brzezinski Office File, Country Chron File, Box 53, USSR: 8–9/78. Secret. The CIA’s National Foreign Assessment Center prepared the assessment. Carter initialed the cover page.
71. 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, Staff Material, Defense/Security, Huntington, Box 64, [PRM–32]: 8/78. Secret. Sent for information. Copies were sent to Utgoff and Molander.
72. 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, Staff Material, Deputy, Meetings File, Box 7, PRC Meeting: 8/3/78. Secret. The PRC met on August 3 to discuss PRM/NSC–32.
73. Memorandum From the Military Assistant to the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Odom) to the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Brzezinski)
Source: Carter Library, National Security Affairs, Brzezinski Material, General Odom File, Box 14, Civil Defense: Policy Review Committee: 9/77–8/13/78. Secret.
74. Memorandum From Secretary of Defense Brown to President Carter
Source: Carter Library, National Security Affairs, Brzezinski Material, Agency File, Box 5, Defense Department: 7–8/78. No classification marking. Carter drew a line from the heading to the top of the memorandum and wrote: “Harold—NSC format best—after I have paper for a day or so. J.”
75. Memorandum From Secretary of Defense Brown to President Carter
Source: Carter Library, National Security Affairs, Brzezinski Material, Brzezinski Office File, Subject Chron File, Box 104, Military Posture: 7–12/78. Secret; Eyes Only. At the top of the memorandum Brzezinski wrote: “VU, FE. (The P. has seen.) ZB.” Brown sent the memorandum to Carter under an August 13 covering memorandum in which he wrote: “Attached is my memorandum on the Defense program and its implications, as background for the NSC meeting on Tuesday and for subsequent discussions. I have furnished copies only to Cy and Zbig, and have asked them to treat it as for their eyes only.” On Brown’s covering memorandum, Brzezinski wrote: “Sun. p.m. Since Harold wants no staffing, I have underlined those key passages that bear on the forthcoming NSC meeting. Z.B.” Next to Brzezinski’s comments, Carter wrote: “Emphasize US achievements. Map—US vs SU influence. ACDA Dir.” (Ibid.) For the record of the NSC meeting, see Document 76.
76. Minutes of a National Security Council Meeting
Source: Carter Library, National Security Affairs, Staff Material, Office, Meetings File, Box 1, NSC Meeting: #11 Held 8/15/18, 8–11/78. Secret; Sensitive. Drafted by Bartholomew. The meeting took place in the Cabinet Room at the White House. Carter initialed the upper right corner of the minutes.
77. Memorandum From Secretary of Defense Brown to President Carter
Source: Carter Library, National Security Affairs, Brzezinski Material, Agency File, Box 5, Defense Department: 7–8/78. Confidential; Personal. Additional talking points on the veto are in Carter Library, Donated Material, Papers of Walter F. Mondale, Department of Defense—Subject File, Box 37, Department of Defense—Defense Authorization Veto [1].
78. Paper Prepared in the National Security Council
Source: Carter Library, National Security Affairs, Brzezinski Material, General Odom File, Box 14, Civil Defense: Policy Review Committee: 8/14/78–9/78. Secret. Dodson distributed the paper to Vance, Brown, McIntyre, Warnke, Jones, Turner, and Mitchell under cover of an August 16 memorandum.
79. Minutes of a Policy Review Committee Meeting
Source: Carter Library, National Security Council, Institutional Files, Box 70, PRC 070, 8/18/78, Civil Defense. Secret. The meeting took place in the White House Situation Room. The Summary of Conclusions is ibid.
80. Memorandum From the Military Assistant to the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Odom) to the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Brzezinski)
Source: Carter Library, National Security Affairs, Brzezinski Material, Subject File, Box 52, SAC and NORAD 8/20–21/78 Brzezinski Trip 7–9/78. Top Secret; Sensitive. Outside the System.
81. Memorandum From the Military Assistant to the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Odom) to the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Brzezinski)
Source: Carter Library, National Security Affairs, Brzezinski Material, Subject File, Box 52, SAC and NORAD 8/20–21/78 Brzezinski Trip 7–9/78. Top Secret; Sensitive; Outside the System.
82. Memorandum From the Military Assistant to the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Odom) to the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Brzezinski)
Source: Carter Library, National Security Affairs, Brzezinski Material, Subject File, Box 52, SAC and NORAD 8/20–21/78 Brzezinski Trip: 7–9/78. Top Secret; Sensitive. Outside the System. Brzezinski wrote next to the date: “Good memo! please review with VU and others, so that it can be staffed out + followed-up. ZB.”
83. Memorandum From the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (Jones) to Secretary of Defense Brown
Source: Carter Library, National Security Affairs, Brzezinski Material, Agency File, Box 5, Defense Department: 9/78. Secret. Thor Hanson sent the memorandum to Aaron under cover of a September 8 handwritten note that reads, “Dave, This is the memo Dr. Brown mentioned to you. He has passed a copy of it directly to the President.” (Ibid.) Brown gave the memorandum to Carter at Camp David on September 8. (See Document 87.)
84. Presidential Review Memorandum/NSC–43
Source: Carter Library, National Security Council, Institutional Files, Box 1, Working Copies of PRM/NSC 1 through 47. Secret; Sensitive.
85. 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 52, SAC and NORAD 8/20–21/78 Brzezinski Trip: 7–9/78. Top Secret; Sensitive. Sent for information. Carter initialed the upper right corner of the memorandum.
86. Memorandum From Secretary of Defense Brown to President Carter
Source: Carter Library, National Security Affairs, Brzezinski Material, Agency File, Box 5, Defense Department: 10/78. Top Secret; Sensitive; Eyes Only. Carter initialed the upper right corner of the memorandum.
87. Memorandum From Secretary of Defense Brown to President Carter
Source: Carter Library, National Security Affairs, Brzezinski Material, Agency File, Box 5, Defense Department: 9/78. Secret. Carter initialed the upper right corner of the memorandum. In a September 22 memorandum, Brzezinski informed Brown that Carter had seen the memorandum (Ibid.)
88. Memorandum From Secretary of Defense Brown to President Carter
Source: Carter Library, National Security Affairs, Brzezinski Material, Brzezinski Office File, Subject Chron File, Box 89, Doctrine/C3I: 1978. Top Secret.
89. Memorandum From the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Brzezinski) to President Carter
Source: Carter Library, National Security Affairs, Brzezinski Material, Brzezinski Office File, Subject Chron File, Box 124, Weapons Systems: 4–9/78. Secret. Sent for information. Carter wrote in the upper right corner of the memorandum: “Zbig—Is he talking about subs in the Great Lakes? J.” In a September 7 memorandum to Brzezinski, Utgoff asserted that “Bundy’s submarine proposals are in my opinion technically sound.” Gates wrote on Utgoff’s memorandum: “Bundy’s memo is really excellent. RG.” (Ibid)
90. Memorandum From the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Brzezinski) to President Carter
Source: Carter Library, Donated Material, Papers of Walter F. Mondale, Department of Defense—Subject File, Box 39, Department of Defense—General—I [1]. Secret. Sent for information. Printed from an uninitialed copy of the memorandum. Tabs A–E are attached but not printed.