Arab-Israeli Dispute, January 1977– August 1978
121. Memorandum of Conversation
Source: Carter Library, National Security Affairs, Staff Material, Middle East File, Trips/Visits File, Box 107, 9/19/77–10/25/77 Vance Meetings with Middle East Foreign Ministers: 9–10/77. Secret; Nodis. No location is noted for this meeting, but Vance was still in New York.
122. Memorandum of Conversation
Source: Carter Library, National Security Affairs, Staff Material, Middle East File, Trips/Visits File, Box 107, 9/19/77–10/25/77 Vance Meetings with Middle East Foreign Ministers: 9–10/77. Secret; Nodis. The meeting took place in the Secretary’s suite at the UN Plaza Hotel.
123. Memorandum of Conversation
Source: Carter Library, National Security Affairs, Staff Material, Middle East File, Trips/Visits File, Box 107, 9/19/77–10/25/77 Vance Meetings with Middle East Foreign Ministers: 9–10/77. Secret; Nodis. Drafted by Korn on October 6. No location is noted for the meeting, but Vance was still in New York.
124. Memorandum of Conversation
Source: Carter Library, National Security Affairs, Staff Material, Office, Outside the System File, Box 48, Chron: 10/1–13/77. Top Secret. Brackets are in the original. The meeting took place at the UN Plaza Hotel. According to the President’s Daily Diary, Carter, Vance, and Brzezinski met earlier that day with Fahmy from 12:04 to 12:48 p.m. (Carter Library, Presidential Materials, President’s Daily Diary) No memorandum of conversation has been found. Carter wrote in his diary about the meeting that Fahmy “agreed with our joint statement with the Soviets, reported that the Jordanians and Syrians had some problems with it, brought me a letter from Sadat urging that nothing be done to prevent Israel and Egypt from negotiating directly with our serving as an intermediary either before or after the Geneva conference.” (White House Diary, p. 112)
125. Memorandum of Conversation
Source: Carter Library, National Security Affairs, Staff Material, Middle East File, Trips/Visits File, Box 107, 9/19/77–10/25/77 Vance Meetings with Middle East Foreign Ministers: 9–10/77. Secret. Drafted by Korn on October 6. No location is noted for the meeting, but Vance was still in New York.
126. Memorandum of Conversation
Source: Carter Library, National Security Affairs, Staff Material, Middle East File, Subject File, Box 66, Middle East: Peace Negotiations 1977 Vol. I [III]. Secret. The meeting took place at the UN Plaza Hotel.
127. Telegram From Secretary of State Vance to the Department of State
Source: National Archives, RG 59, Central Foreign Policy File, P840072–1997. Secret; Immediate; Nodis.
128. Memorandum of Conversation
Source: Carter Library, National Security Affairs, Staff Material, Middle East File, Trips/Visits File, Box 107, 9/19/77–10/25/77 Vance Meetings with Middle East Foreign Ministers: 9–10/77. Secret; Nodis. Drafted by Day on October 12. The meeting took place in the Secretary’s suite at the UN Plaza Hotel.
129. Memorandum of Conversation
Source: Department of State, Office of the Secretariat Staff, Records of Cyrus Vance, Secretary of State, 1977–1980, Lot 84D241, Box 10, Vance Nodis Memcons 1977. Secret; Nodis. Drafted by Smith on October 17. A copy was sent to Ambassador Lewis at the Embassy in Tel Aviv. The meeting took place in the Secretary’s office.
130. Minutes of a Policy Review Committee Meeting
Source: Carter Library, National Security Affairs, Brzezinski Material, Brzezinski Office File, Country Chron File, Box 32, Middle East: 1–2/79. Secret. The meeting took place in the White House Situation Room.
132. Memorandum of Conversation
Source: Carter Library, National Security Affairs, Staff Material, Middle East File, Subject File, Box 67, Middle East: Peace Negotiations 1977 Vol. II. Top Secret. The meeting took place in Brzezinski’s office.
133. Telegram From the Embassy in Egypt to the Department of State
Source: National Archives, RG 59, Central Foreign Policy File, P850052–1905. Secret; Immediate; Nodis.
135. Telegram From the Embassy in Syria to the Department of State
Source: National Archives, RG 59, Central Foreign Policy File, P840070–0959. Secret; Immediate; Nodis.
136. Memorandum of Conversation
Source: Carter Library, National Security Affairs, Staff Material, Middle East File, Subject File, Box 2, Arab-Israeli Peace Settlement 1977: Volume I [II]. Top Secret; Sensitive. The meeting took place in the White House Cabinet Room.
137. Telegram From the Embassy in Jordan to the Department of State
Source: National Archives, RG 59, Central Foreign Policy File, P840089–1705. Secret; Immediate; Nodis.
138. Memorandum of Conversation
Source: Department of State, Office of the Secretariat Staff, Records of Cyrus Vance, Secretary of State, 1977–1980, Lot 84D241, Box 10, Vance Nodis Memcons 1977. Confidential; Exdis. Drafted by G. Kulick (NEA/IAI). The meeting took place in the Secretary’s office.
139. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Egypt
Source: National Archives, RG 59, Central Foreign Policy File, P850052–2266. Secret; Flash; Exdis (Handle as Nodis). Drafted by Michael Sterner (NEA); cleared by Atherton, Quandt, and Thomas Martin (S/S–O); and approved by the Secretary. Repeated immediate on October 28 to the White House.
140. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Syria
Source: National Archives, RG 59, Central Foreign Policy File, P840076–0213. Secret; Niact Immediate; Nodis. Drafted by Sterner (NEA), cleared by Atherton and Quandt, and approved by Secretary Vance. Sent immediate for information to the White House.
141. Telegram From the Embassy in Egypt to the Department of State
Source: Carter Library, National Security Affairs, Staff Material, Middle East File, Subject File, Box 67, Middle East: Peace Negotiations 1977 Vol. III [II]. Top Secret; Immediate; Eyes Only; Nodis; Cherokee. Sent to the White House Eyes Only for Brzezinski as telegram 263868, which is the original.
142. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Egypt
Source: National Archives, RG 59, Central Foreign Policy File, P840072–2098. Secret; Niact Immediate; Nodis; Cherokee. Drafted and approved by Secretary Vance. Cleared by Tarnoff and Lowell Fleischer (S/S–O). Repeated immediate on November 5 to the White House.
143. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Saudi Arabia
Source: National Archives, RG 59, Central Foreign Policy File, P840081–2089. Secret; Niact Immediate; Nodis; Cherokee. Drafted by Sterner; cleared by Atherton, Habib, Quandt, and Lowell Fleischer (S/S–O); and approved by Secretary Vance.
144. Telegram From the Embassy in Egypt to the Department of State
Source: National Archives, RG 59, Central Foreign Policy File, D770426–0780. Unclassified; Immediate. Sent immediate for information to Algiers, Amman, Damascus, Beirut, Tel Aviv, Rabat, Jidda, Moscow, and London. Sent for information to Paris.
145. Telegram From the Embassy in Egypt to the Department of State
Source: National Archives, RG 59, Central Foreign Policy File, D770415–0983. Confidential; Immediate. Sent for information to Abu Dhabi, Algiers, Amman, Baghdad, Beirut, Damascus, Jerusalem, Jidda, Khartoum, Kuwait, London, Moscow, Paris, Rabat, Tel Aviv, the U.S. Mission at Sinai, and Tunis.
146. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Egypt
Source: National Archives, RG 59, Central Foreign Policy File, P850052–2257. Secret; Niact Immediate; Nodis. Drafted in the White House, approved by Atherton, and cleared by James Thyden (S/S–O).
147. Memorandum of Telephone Conversation
Source: Carter Library, President’s Plains File. Secret.
148. Telegram From the Department of State to the White House
Source: Carter Library, National Security Affairs, Staff Material, Middle East File, Subject File, Box 20, Geneva: Israel: 10–11/77. Secret; Immediate; Nodis; Cherokee. Sent for action to Tel Aviv and Jerusalem. Sent for information to Cairo, Amman, Damascus, and Jidda.
149. Telegram From the Department of State to the Consulate in Jerusalem
Source: National Archives, RG 59, Central Foreign Policy File, P840077–2601. Secret; Immediate; Nodis. Drafted by Korn; cleared by Atherton, Habib (draft), Quandt, and Tarnoff; and approved by Secretary Vance. Sent immediate for information to Amman, Damascus, Cairo, and Tel Aviv.
150. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Egypt
Source: National Archives, RG 59, Central Foreign Policy File, P850052–2243. Secret; Immediate; Nodis. Drafted by Sterner; cleared by Atherton, Habib, Quandt, and Sydney Goldsmith (S/S–O); and approved by Secretary Vance. Repeated immediate on November 19 to the White House.