223. Memorandum From William B. Quandt of the National Security Council Staff to the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Brzezinski)1
SUBJECT
- U.S.-Israeli Agreement on Military Issues (U)
Secretary Brown reached agreement this afternoon with Minister Weizman on the outstanding military issues. With the President’s approval, Secretary Brown offered $3 billion over the next three years, of which $800 million would be in the form of cash grants. The remainder will be FMS credits (10 years grace period of repayment of principal and 20 years repayment after the grace period). This was a smaller grant component than the Israelis had hoped for, but Weizman seemed satisfied. (S)
Brown also informed Weizman of the following equipment approvals:
| 600 | AIM–9L’s |
| 600 | MAVERICKS |
| 200 | M–60A Tanks |
| 200 | M–109 HOWITZERS |
| 800 | M–113 Armed Personnel Carriers |
| 14 | PHALANX Gun Systems |
| Encapsulated HARPOON Systems2 (S) |
There are number of other minor issues on which agreement was almost reached. The most important of which was a memorandum on research and development. (U)
- Source: Carter Library, National Security Affairs, Brzezinski Material, Country File, Box 55, Middle East: Peace Talks Between Egypt and Israel 1–3/79. Secret. Sent for information. A stamped notation reads: “ZB has seen.” In the lower left-hand corner of the memorandum, Brzezinski wrote: “What did the Israelis not get?” In the lower right-hand corner, Brzezinski added the notation, dated March 20, “WQ, where is the Egyptian list? Can you give me a parallel list?”↩
- The number of HARPOON systems is missing in the original document.↩