National Security Policy
91. Presidential Directive/NSC-41
Source: Carter Library, National Security Affairs, Brzezinski Material, General Odom File, Box 14, Civil Defense: Policy Review Committee: 8/14/78–9/78. Secret. Based on the conclusions reached by the PRC on PRM–32 (see Document 73), Brzezinski submitted two versions of PD–41 to Carter under a September 19 covering memorandum. One version referred to a consensus among State, Defense, CJS, and OMB that “makes no special claims for civil defense but explicitly ties it to crisis stability and the strategic balance,” a connection that had been made “clear to the Soviets in SALT.” Brzezinski advised Carter to sign the consensus version. ACDA submitted the other version as a dissent. Referring to the consensus PD favored by Brzezinski, Carter wrote in the upper right corner of Brzezinski’s memorandum: “Zbig—It says nothing. J.” The President also noted in the bottom right corner: “Incorporate specifics of ACDA proposal at least.” At the bottom left, Brzezinski wrote to Odom: “WO revise, adding #’s marked by me. We will resubmit. ZB.” The PD printed here reflects those amendments. (Ibid.) In an October 12 memorandum to Mondale, Vance, and Brown, as well as Jones, Turner, and GSA Administrator Jay Solomon, Dodson noted that the ACDA Director had been “inadvertently omitted from the address list of PD/NSC–41,” and asked that recipients change their records “as necessary.”
92. Memorandum From the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Brzezinski) to the Deputy Secretary of Defense (Duncan)
Source: Carter Library, National Security Affairs, Brzezinski Material, General Odom File, Box 14, Command, Control, Communications, and Intelligence (C3I): 7–11/78. Top Secret.
93. Paper Prepared in the Department of Defense
Source: Carter Library, National Security Affairs, Staff Material, Defense/Security, Ermarth, Box 3, Defense (Items in the System: 9–12/78). Top Secret; Codeword.
94. Memorandum From the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Brzezinski) to President Carter
Source: Carter Library, National Security Affairs, Staff Material, Defense/Security, Russell, Box 113, Mobilization Scenarios: 7/76–10/78. Confidential. Carter initialed the upper right corner of the memorandum. An unknown hand wrote beneath Carter’s initials: “return to Stebbins.”
95. 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 Council, Institutional Files, Box 14, PD–18 [4]. Top Secret. Outside the System. At the bottom of the page, an unknown hand wrote: “DA has seen.
96. Memorandum From the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Brzezinski) to Secretary of Defense Brown
Source: Carter Library, National Security Affairs, Brzezinski Material, Agency File, Box 5, Defense Department: 10/78. Top Secret; Sensitive.
97. Memorandum From Secretary of Defense Brown to President Carter
Source: Carter Library, National Security Affairs, Brzezinski Material, Subject File, Box 43, Missiles: 11/78–4/79. Top Secret. Carter initialed the upper right corner of the memorandum. Brown’s handwritten covering memorandum to Carter, October 23, reads: “This is the first of a series of memos on issues that have arisen in past discussions on the Defense program. They are deliberately structured as information rather than decision papers, because I will want to make specific recommendations separately at a later time. Though they may seem lengthy, they are worth reading in full.”
98. 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, Brzezinski Office File, Subject Chron File, Box 59, Administration’s Policy: NSC: 1978. Top Secret; Sensitive.
99. Memorandum From Victor Utgoff of the National Security Council Staff to the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Brzezinski) and the President’s Deputy Assistant for National Security Affairs (Aaron)
Source: Carter Library, National Security Affairs, Brzezinski Material, Brzezinski Office File, Subject Chron File, Box 89, Doctrine/C3I: 1978. Top Secret. Sent for information. At the top of the memorandum, Brzezinski wrote: “VU this is a good + and provocative memo. Set up a discussion of it among our people—and at some point we ought to draw in the DOD. In the meantime develop the [illegible] memos mentioned on pp 6–7. ZB.”
100. 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 89, Doctrine/C3I: 1978. Top Secret; Sensitive. Sent for information. The date is handwritten. Carter initialed the upper right corner of the memorandum.
101. Memorandum From Secretary of Defense Brown to President Carter
Source: Carter Library, National Security Affairs, Staff Material, Defense/Security, Ermarth, Box 2, Defense (Items in the System): 9–12/78. Top Secret; Sensitive. An undated paper prepared in the NSC entitled “Comments on Harold Brown’s 28 October Memo on ICBM Vulnerability, MAPS, and Verification” is ibid.
102. Memorandum From the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Brzezinski) to President Carter
Source: Carter Library, National Security Affairs, Brzezinski Material, Agency File, Box 5, Defense Department: 11–12/78. Top Secret; Sensitive. Sent for information.
103. Memorandum From the Deputy Secretary of Defense (Duncan) to the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Brzezinski)
Source: Carter Library, National Security Affairs, Brzezinski Material, General Odom File, Box 14, Command, Control, Communications, and Intelligence (C3I): 7–11/78. Top Secret. Odom forwarded the memorandum to Brzezinski under cover of a November 17 memorandum in which Odom noted: “I see no need for a specific response to Duncan’s memo. You have accomplished your original purposes: Changing the focus in C3I to endurance (see the last paragraph of Duncan’s reply.); Giving the matter top priority attention.” (Ibid.)
104. Memorandum From Secretary of Defense Brown to the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Brzezinski)
Source: Carter Library, National Security Council, Institutional Files, Box 14, PD–18 Folder #2 [2]. Top Secret.
105. Memorandum From Secretary of Defense Brown to President Carter
Source: Carter Library, National Security Affairs, Brzezinski Material, General Odom File, Box 35, Nuclear Targeting Policy Review: 11–12/78. Top Secret; Sensitive.
106. Memorandum From Secretary of Defense Brown to President Carter
Source: Carter Library, National Security Affairs, Staff Material, Defense/Security, Utgoff, Box 157, Budget, 1/77–12/78. Secret; Sensitive. Attached but not printed are an undated chart prepared in the Department of Defense entitled “Department of Defense—YOA & Outlay Summaries” and undated papers prepared in the Department of Defense on several specific issues.
107. Memorandum From Fritz Ermarth of the National Security Council Staff to the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Brzezinski) and the President’s Deputy Assistant for National Security Affairs (Aaron)
Source: Carter Library, National Security Affairs, Staff Material, Defense/Security, Ermarth, Box 2, Command, Control, and Communications. Secret. Sent for information. Copies were sent to Utgoff, Rosenberg, Odom, Thomson, and Molander.
108. 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: 11/78–4/79. Secret. Sent for action. The date is handwritten.
109. 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, Country Chron File, Box 81, Civil Defense: 1977–78. Confidential. Carter initialed the top of the memorandum.
110. 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 Council, Institutional Files, Box 21, PD/NSC–41 [1]. Top Secret. Sent for action. Brzezinski wrote in the upper right corner of the memorandum: “Why should OMB co-sponsor it? ZB.”
111. National Intelligence Estimate
Source: Central Intelligence Agency, History Staff Files. Top Secret; [handling restrictions not declassified]. The following intelligence organizations participated in the preparation of the estimate: the Central Intelligence Agency, the intelligence organizations of the Departments of State, Energy, Defense, and the National Security Agency, with the participation of the intelligence organizations of the Departments of the Army, Navy, and Air Force.
112. Memorandum From the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Brzezinski) to the Director of the Federal Preparedness Agency (Bray)
Source: Carter Library, National Security Council, Institutional Files, Box 21, PD/NSC–41 [1]. Confidential. Copies were sent to Vance; Brown; McIntyre; Jones; Turner; Press; Burdyl Tirana, Director of the Defense Civil Preparedness Agency; Marvin Beaman, Director of the White House Military Office; and Dinneen.
113. Memorandum From the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Brzezinski) to Secretary of Defense Brown
Source: Carter Library, National Security Affairs, Brzezinski Material, Brzezinski Office File, Subject Chron File, Box 125, Weapons Systems: 1–4/79. Secret.
114. Report Prepared in the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Manpower, Reserve Affairs, and Logistics
Source: Carter Library, National Security Affairs, Staff Material, Defense/Security, Russell, Box 112, Mobilization Planning Study: 1/79–8/80. Confidential. According to the title page, the report, entitled “A Review of Military Mobilization Plans,” was prepared for the House Committee on Armed Services. For more on NIFTY NUGGET, see Document 94.
115. National Intelligence Estimate
Source: Central Intelligence Agency, History Staff Files. Top Secret; [handling restriction not declassified]. The following intelligence organizations participated in the preparation of the estimate: the Central Intelligence Agency, the intelligence organizations of the Departments of State, Energy, and Defense, and the National Security Agency, with the participation of the intelligence organizations of the Departments of the Army, Navy, and Air Force.
116. 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, Staff Material, Defense/Security, Utgoff, Box 202, Targeting: Strategic Nuclear Forces: 1–6/79. Top Secret.
117. Note From President Carter to Secretary of Defense Brown and the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Brzezinski)
Source: Carter Library, National Security Affairs, Brzezinski Material, Agency File, Box 5, Defense Department: 3–4/79. Secret. Brzezinski forwarded the handwritten note to Brown under an April 3 covering memorandum, in which he noted that his staff and Brown’s staff should “coordinate a prompt reply to the President’s questions.” (Ibid.)
118. Minutes of a Special Coordination Committee Meeting
Source: Carter Library, National Security Affairs, Staff Material, Defense/Security, Utgoff, Box 201, Targeting: SCC 4/4/79 Meeting: 4/79. Top Secret. The meeting took place in the White House Situation Room. Brackets are in the original. The Summary of Conclusions is ibid.
119. Action Memorandum From the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Program Analysis and Evaluation (Murray) to Secretary of Defense Brown
Source: Carter Library, National Security Council, Institutional Files, Box 75. PRC 106, 5/15/79, DOD Consolidated Guidance. Top Secret. A copy was sent to Duncan. A stamped notation on the first page indicates that Brown saw the memorandum. In the upper right corner of the memorandum, Brown wrote: “4/10, RM II, Good, see my notes. HB.”
120. Memorandum From Charles Stebbins 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 59, Administration’s Policy: General: 1–7/79. Confidential; Sensitive. Sent for information. Brzezinski wrote “good, ZB” in the upper right corner of the memorandum.