Nicaragua
179. Telegram From the Embassy in Nicaragua to the Department of State
Source: National Archives, RG 59, Central Foreign Policy File, P780187–2283. Secret; Flash; Exdis Handle as Nodis. Sent for information Immediate to Caracas, Panama City, and San José.
180. Telegram From the Embassy in the Dominican Republic to the Department of State and the White House
Source: National Archives, RG 59, Central Foreign Policy File, D780537–0731. Secret; Niact Immediate; Exdis. Sent for information Immediate to Caracas, Managua, San José, Panama City, and USSOUTHCOM Quarry Heights.
181. Telegram From the Embassy in the Dominican Republic to the Department of State
Source: National Archives, RG 59, Central Foreign Policy File, D780540–0005. Secret; Niact Immediate; Exdis. Sent for information to Caracas, Managua, San José, Panama City, and USSOUTHCOM Quarry Heights.
182. Telegram From the Embassy in the Dominican Republic to the Department of State
Source: National Archives, RG 59, Central Foreign Policy File, D790001–0204. Confidential; Niact Immediate; Exdis. Sent for information Immediate to Caracas, Managua, Guatemala City, San José, Panama City, and USSOUTHCOM Quarry Heights.
183. Memorandum From the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Brzezinski) to President Carter
Source: Carter Library, National Security Affairs, Staff Material, North/South, Pastor Files, Country Files, Box 34, Nicaragua: 1/1–16/79. Secret. Brzezinski did not initial the memorandum. Carter initialed the top of the page and wrote: “Zbig.” Pastor wrote “Jan 2, 1979” and “recd. this back—long after meeting,” at the top of the page. Pastor sent the memorandum to Brzezinski under a January 2, 1979, covering memorandum, noting: “After long conversations with Pete Vaky, and after feeling that our policy to Nicaragua is in complete disarray, at this time, I decided to write the memorandum at Tab I.—to place the current decision, which the President has apparently made, in a much broader context and to describe the possible consequences of such a decision at this time. I hope you will give this memorandum to the President and urge him to call a small meeting in the afternoon with Bowdler, Vance, Vaky, you and me to discuss these options and decide on our next steps. We are floundering now, and we cannot afford to let this mediation effort slip through our fingers.” (Ibid.)
184. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassies in Guatemala and the Dominican Republic
Source: National Archives, RG 59, Central Foreign Policy File, D790006–0618. Confidential; Immediate; Exdis. Sent for information Immediate to Managua, Caracas, Panama City, and San José. Drafted by Bowdler; cleared by Vaky and Tarnoff; approved by Vance.
185. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in the Dominican Republic
Source: National Archives, RG 59, Office of the Secretariat Staff, Records of the Office of the Deputy Secretary, Warren Christopher, Lot 81D113, Box 22, Human Rights—Nicaragua IX. Secret; Niact Immediate; Exdis. Sent for information Immediate to Caracas, Guatemala City, Managua, Panama City, San José, and USSOUTHCOM Quarry Heights. Drafted by Vaky; cleared by Aaron (NSC), Armacost (DOD/ISA), Edward Coy (AID), Thyden (S/S–O), and in substance by Gen. W. Smith (JCS); approved by Vaky.
186. Memorandum From Robert Pastor 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, Country File, Box 56, Nicaragua: 12/78–6/79. Confidential.
187. Telegram From the Embassy in the Dominican Republic to the Department of State
Source: National Archives, RG 59, Office of the Secretariat Staff, Records of the Office of the Deputy Secretary, Warren Christopher, Lot 81D113, Box 22, Human Rights—Nicaragua IX. Confidential; Niact Immediate; Exdis.
188. Telegram From the Embassy in Nicaragua to the Department of State
Source: National Archives, RG 59, Central Foreign Policy File, D790017–0766. Confidential; Niact Immediate. Sent for information Priority to Caracas, Panama City, San José, and USSOUTHCOM Quarry Heights.
189. Telegram From the Embassy in Nicaragua to the Department of State
Source: National Archives, RG 59, Office of the Secretariat Staff, Records of the Office of the Deputy Secretary, Warren Christopher, Lot 81D113, Box 22, Human Rights—Nicaragua IX. Confidential; Niact Immediate; Exdis. Sent for information Priority to Caracas, Panama City, San José, and USSOUTHCOM Quarry Heights.
190. Memorandum From the Assistant Secretary of State for Intelligence and Research (Bowdler) to Secretary of State Vance
Source: Department of State, Bureau of Inter-American Affairs, Nicaragua/El Salvador Working Files, Lot 81D64, Nicaragua—Misc. Memoranda, January 1979. Secret.
191. Telegram From the Embassy in Nicaragua to the Department of State
Source: Carter Library, National Security Affairs, Staff Material, Office, Outside the System File, Box 67, Nicaragua: 10/78–7/79. Confidential; Niact Immediate; Exdis. Sent for information Immediate to Guatemala City, Santo Domingo, Caracas, Panama City, and San José.
192. Memorandum From Robert Pastor of the National Security Council Staff to the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Brzezinski)
Source: Carter Library, National Security Affairs, Staff Material, North/South, Pastor Files, Country Files, Box 34, Nicaragua: 1/17–23/79. Confidential. The memorandum was sent through Albright. Brzezinski did not initial the memorandum. Aaron wrote at the top of the first page “DA. good memo.” Inderfurth wrote the word “urgent,” underlined it, and initialed at the top of the page.
193. Telegram From the Embassy in the Dominican Republic to the White House
Source: Carter Library, National Security Affairs, Staff Material, North/South, Pastor Files, Country Files, Box 34, Nicaragua: 1/24–31/79. Secret. Sent via Privacy Channels. Printed from a copy that was received in the White House Situation Room. Pastor was in Santo Domingo to participate in the Caribbean Chiefs of Mission and AID Directors’ meeting January 22–24. (Telegram 18139 to all American Republic diplomatic posts, January 23; National Archives, RG 59, Central Foreign Policy File, D790033–1122)
194. Memorandum From Robert Pastor of the National Security Council Staff to the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Brzezinski)
Source: Carter Library, National Security Affairs, Staff Material, North/South, Pastor Files, Country Files, Box 34, Nicaragua: 1/24–31/79. Secret. Sent for action. Aaron initialed the top of the page and wrote: “fix it.” An unknown hand wrote “done” at the top of the page. Tabs I, A, and D are printed below.
195. Memorandum From Robert Pastor of the National Security Council Staff to the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Brzezinski)
Source: Carter Library, National Security Affairs, Staff Material, North/South, Pastor Files, Country Files, Box 34, Nicaragua: 1/24–31/79. Secret.
196. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Guatemala
Source: National Archives, RG 59, Office of the Secretariat Staff, Records of the Office of the Deputy Secretary, Warren Christopher, Lot 81D113, Box 22 Human Rights—Nicaragua X. Confidential; Niact Immediate; Exdis. Sent for information Immediate to Managua and Santo Domingo. Drafted by Vaky, cleared in S/S–O; approved by Christopher.
197. Briefing Memorandum From the Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs (Vaky) to Secretary of State Vance
Source: Department of State, Bureau of Inter-American Affairs, Nicaragua/El Salvador Working Files, Lot 81D64, Nicaragua—Misc. Memoranda, February 1–March 16, 1979. Confidential; Exdis. Drafted by Vaky. Copies were sent to Newsom, Christopher, and Bowdler. Tarnoff initialed the memorandum.
198. Memorandum From Robert Pastor of the National Security Council Staff to the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Brzezinski)
Source: Carter Library, National Security Affairs, Staff Material, North/South, Pastor Files, Country Files, Box 35, Nicaragua: 2/79. Secret. A notation in an unknown hand at the top of the memorandum reads: “DA has seen.”
199. Memorandum From Robert Gates of the National Security Council Staff to Robert Pastor of the National Security Council Staff
Source: Carter Library, National Security Affairs, Staff Material, North/South, Pastor Files, Country Files, Box 35, Nicaragua: 3/79–5/79. Secret.
200. Memorandum From Robert Pastor of the National Security Council Staff to the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Brzezinski)
Source: Carter Library, National Security Affairs, Brzezinski Material, Country File, Box 56, Nicaragua: 12/78–6/79. Confidential. Sent for action. Inderfurth and Reginald Bartholomew initialed the top of the memorandum.
201. Memorandum From the President’s Deputy Assistant for National Security Affairs (Aaron) to President Carter
Source: Carter Library, National Security Affairs, Brzezinski Material, Country File, Box 56, Nicaragua: 12/78–6/79. Secret. Sent for action. Carter initialed the top of the page.
202. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Nicaragua
Source: National Archives, RG 59, Central Foreign Policy File, D790120–0596. Secret; Priority; Exdis. Sent for information Priority to Caracas, Guatemala City, Panama City, San José, San Salvador, and Tegucigalpa. Drafted and approved by Vaky; cleared in INR, S/P, ARA/CEN, ARA, NSC, and S/S–O.
203. Telegram From the Embassy in Nicaragua to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Bureau of Inter-American Affairs, U.S. Permanent Mission to the OAS, Luigi Einaudi Files, Lot 90D413, PRM 46 Admin. Secret. Sent for information to Guatemala City, San Salvador, Tegucigalpa, San José, and USSOUTHCOM Quarry Heights.
204. Memorandum From Robert Pastor of the National Security Council Staff to the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Brzezinski)
Source: Carter Library, National Security Affairs, Staff Material, North/South, Pastor Files, Country Files, Box 7, Central America: 10/78–5/79. Confidential. Sent for information. A notation on the memorandum indicates that Brzezinski saw it. Inderfurth initialed the top of the page.
205. Memorandum From Robert Pastor 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 Council, Institutional Files, Box 54, PRM/NSC–46. Secret. Sent for action.
206. Memorandum From the Deputy Director for Operations, Central Intelligence Agency (McMahon) to the Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs (Vaky), the Director of Intelligence and Research (Bowdler), and Robert Pastor of the National Security Council Staff
Source: Carter Library, National Security Affairs, Staff Material, North/South, Pastor Files, Country Files, Box 35, Nicaragua: 3/79–5/79. Secret; Wnintel; Noforn; Nocontract; Orcon. Pastor added the handwritten notation next to the subject line: “First official contact—CIA & Sandinistas.”
207. Telegram From the Defense Intelligence Agency to the Defense Intelligence Agency Current Intelligence, the Agency for International Development, and [addressee not declassified]
Source: Department of State, Bureau of Inter-American Affairs, Nicaragua/El Salvador Working Files, Lot 81D64, Nicaragua—Telegrams, May 1979. Confidential; Noforn.
208. Memorandum From the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Brzezinski) to President Carter
Source: Carter Library, National Security Affairs, Staff Material, North/South, Pastor Files, Country Files, Box 35, Nicaragua: 6/1–16/79. Confidential.