332. Summary of Conclusions of a Special Coordination Committee Meeting1
SUBJECT
- Iran, Afghanistan/Soviet Sanctions, Pakistan, Persian Gulf, Intelligence, Sinai Mission
PARTICIPANTS
- The Vice President
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State
- Deputy Secretary Christopher
- Harold Saunders
- Richard Cooper
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Defense
- Secretary Harold Brown
- Graham Claytor
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CIA
- Robert Ames
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JCS
- General David Jones
- Lt. General John Pustay
- *Present first ten minutes
- **Present last ten minutes
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White House
- Zbigniew Brzezinski
- Hedley Donovan
- Lloyd Cutler*
- Jody Powell**
- Hamilton Jordan*
- Henry Owen
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NSC
- David Aaron
- William Odom
- Gary Sick
- Thomas Thornton
[Omitted here is discussion of topics unrelated to the Arab-Israeli dispute.]
8. Sinai Field Mission. Mr. Saunders briefed the group on the status of negotiations. Israel demanded a formal agreement on the status of the Sinai Mission, then took three weeks getting cabinet clearance on the negotiating document. We have no problem with the Israeli-approved document. Because of the Israeli delay, the Egyptians received the text of the agreement only a few days before the deadline for withdrawal this weekend. Israel is now insisting that the agreement must be formally completed before withdrawal can proceed. Our position is that the Egyptians should be given time to consider the agreement and that in the meantime withdrawal should proceed and we will carry out the terms of the agreement as if it had been signed. Mr. Saunders raised this since we may be getting a lot of messages [Page 1076] from the Israelis asking us to bring pressure on Egypt to expedite the agreement. (S)
[Omitted here is discussion of topics unrelated to the Arab-Israeli dispute.]
- Source: Carter Library, Plains File, Subject File, Box 30, NSC/SCC Minutes, 1/16/80–2/29/80. Secret. The meeting took place in the White House Situation Room. Carter initialed “C” in the right-hand margin of the summary, indicating that he saw the document.↩