182. Memorandum From the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Brzezinski) to Secretary of State Vance1
Washington, January 22, 1980
SUBJECT
- Morocco Arms Sales Package (U)
To confirm the understanding we reached earlier today, the arms package being readied for formal Congressional notification this week should include 20 F–5 aircraft. It is understood that provision of all 20 aircraft to Morocco is conditional upon Moroccan progress toward a political negotiation of the Western Sahara conflict and that we will retain strict control over the pace of delivery; that point should be stressed in our presentation to Congress. (C)
Zbigniew
Brzezinski
- Source: Carter Library, National Security Affairs, Brzezinski Material, Country File, Box 56, Morocco: 9/79–1/81. Confidential. A copy was sent to Brown.↩