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149. Memorandum From Secretary of State Vance to President Carter
Source: Carter Library, National Security Affairs, Brzezinski Material, Subject File, Box 22, Evening Reports (State): 7/79. Secret. Carter wrote “Cy” and initialed at the top of the memorandum.
150. Memorandum From Thomas Thornton 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 28, India: 10/78–12/79. Secret. A stamped notation indicates that Brzezinski saw the memorandum.
151. Memorandum From the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Brzezinski) to President Carter
Source: Carter Library, National Security Affairs, Brzezinski Material, President’s Daily CIA Brief File, Box 21, 7/24/79–7/31/79. Secret; Sensitive. Printed from an uninitialed copy. Carter initialed at the top of the memorandum.
152. Telegram From the Embassy in India to the Department of State
Source: National Archives, RG 59, Central Foreign Policy File, D790384–1084. Confidential; Immediate. Sent for information to Bombay, Calcutta, Colombo, Dacca, Islamabad, Kathmandu, London, Madras, and CINCPAC.
153. Telegram From the Embassy in India to the Department of State
Source: National Archives, RG 59, Central Foreign Policy File, D790418–0462. Confidential; Immediate; Stadis. Sent for information to Islamabad and Bombay.
154. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in India
Source: National Archives, RG 59, Central Foreign Policy File, D790519–0930. Secret; Exdis. Sent for information to Bombay and Islamabad. Drafted by Pickering; cleared in S/S–O and by Schaffer; approved by Pickering.
155. Memorandum From Thomas Thornton of the National Security Council Staff to the President’s Deputy Assistant for National Security Affairs (Aaron)
Source: Carter Library, National Security Affairs, Staff Material, Global Issues, Oplinger/Bloomfield Subject File, Box 44, Proliferation: India: 9–11/79. Secret. Sent for information. Copies were sent to Owen and Oplinger. A stamped notation indicates that Aaron saw the memorandum.
156. Telegram From the Embassy in India to the Department of State
Source: National Archives, RG 59, Central Foreign Policy File, P840140–2667, N790009–0580. Secret; Immediate; Niact; Nodis.
157. Minutes of a Policy Review Committee Meeting
Source: Carter Library, National Security Affairs, Staff Material, Global Issues, Box 45, Proliferation, India, 12/79–1/80. Secret. The meeting took place in the White House Situation Room.
158. Telegram From the Embassy in India to the Department of State
Source: National Archives, RG 59, Central Foreign Policy File, N790009–0750. Confidential; Immediate; Nodis.
159. Telegram From the Embassy in India to the Department of State
Source: National Archives, RG 59, Central Foreign Policy File, D790570–0702. Secret; Immediate; Stadis; Exdis. Sent for information to Bombay.
160. Memorandum From the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Brzezinski) to President Carter
Source: Carter Library, National Security Affairs, Brzezinski Material, President’s Daily CIA Brief File, Box 24, 12/20/79–12/25/79. Secret; Sensitive. Printed from an uninitialed copy. Carter initialed at the top of the memorandum.
161. Summary of Conclusions of a Policy Review Committee Meeting
Source: Carter Library, National Security Affairs, Brzezinski Donated Material, Subject File, Box 25, (Meetings—PRC 134: 12/27/1979). Secret. The meeting took place in the White House Situation Room. For the full text of the minutes of this meeting, see Foreign Relations, 1977–1980, vol. XII, Afghanistan, Document 102.
162. Telegram From the Embassy in India to the Department of State
Source: National Archives, RG 59, Central Foreign Policy File, P840148–2696. Secret; Immediate; Nodis.
163. Memorandum From the Special Representative of the President for Non-Proliferation Matters (Smith) to President Carter
Source: Carter Library, National Security Affairs, Brzezinski Material, Country File, Box 28, India: 1–3/80. Secret. In a January 3 covering memorandum to Carter, Brzezinski concurred with Smith’s views and recommended that Carter continue the nuclear fuel supply to Tarapur. Carter checked and initialed the Approve option on Brzezinski’s memorandum and initialed at the top of the memorandum. (Ibid.)
164. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in India
Source: National Archives, RG 59, Central Foreign Policy File, D800008–0713. Confidential; Immediate; Exdis; Stadis. Drafted by John R. Malott (NEA/INS); cleared in S/S, S/S–O, NEA, and by Thornton; approved by Schaffer.
165. Telegram From the Embassy in India to the Department of State
Source: National Archives, RG 59, Central Foreign Policy File, D800012–0363. Confidential; Immediate. Sent for information to Bombay, Calcutta, Colombo, Dacca, Kathmandu, Madras, CINCPAC, Moscow, London, Beijing, Hong Kong, and Islamabad.
166. Letter From President Carter to Indian Prime Minister Gandhi
Source: Carter Library, National Security Affairs, Brzezinski Material, Country File, Box 28, India: 1–3/80. No classification marking. Telegram 9356 to New Delhi, January 12, directed the Embassy not to deliver this version of the letter to Gandhi because of complications caused by the Indian statement at the January 11 UNGA emergency special session on Afghanistan. (National Archives, RG 59, Central Foreign Policy File, D800021–0275) According to telegram 122 from USUN, January 12, the Indian representative, noting the Soviet assurances to India that the Afghan Government had requested Soviet military assistance, stated: “We have no reason to doubt assurances, particularly from a friendly country like the Soviet Union with whom we have many close ties.” (National Archives, RG 59, Central Foreign Policy File, D800020–0439) Telegram 10597 to New Delhi, January 13, and telegram 10917 to New Delhi, January 14, directed the Embassy to revise Carter’s letter in view of the Indian statement at the UNGA; see footnotes 3, 4, and 5 below. (National Archives, RG 59, Central Foreign Policy File, D800023–0560 and D800024–0521, respectively)
167. Telegram From the Embassy in India to the Department of State
Source: National Archives, RG 59, Central Foreign Policy File, D800027–0467. Secret; Immediate; Stadis.
168. Memorandum From Thomas Thornton of the National Security Council Staff to the President’s Special Emissary to India (Clifford)
Source: Carter Library, National Security Affairs, Brzezinski Material, Country File, Box 28, India: 1–3/80. Confidential.
169. Telegram From the Embassy in India to the Department of State
Source: National Archives, RG 59, Central Foreign Policy File, D800077–1075, D800056–0643. Secret; Immediate; Exdis. Sent for information to Ankara, Athens, Beijing, Bombay, Calcutta, Colombo, Dacca, Islamabad, Kabul, Kuala Lumpur, Hong Kong, London, Madras, Paris, Tokyo, CINCPAC, USUN, Bonn, USNATO, and Seoul. Repeated to Islamabad in telegram WH80141/Sitto 35, February 2. Aaron sent a copy of telegram WH180141/Sitto 35 to Carter under a February 2 note that reads: “Attached is Clark Clifford’s report of his conversations with Prime Minister Gandhi which he regards as ‛highly useful.’ I think when you read it, however, you will find out that Mrs. Gandhi’s position on virtually all issues of importance to us is unhelpful.” Carter initialed the telegram. (Carter Library, National Security Affairs, Brzezinski Material, Country File, Box 28, India: 1–3/80)
170. Telegram From the Embassy in India to the Department of State
Source: National Archives, RG 59, Central Foreign Policy File, D800058–0021. Secret; Immediate; Exdis. Sent for information Immediate to Islamabad.
171. Telegram From the Embassy in India to the Department of State
Source: National Archives, RG 59, Central Foreign Policy File, D800092–0944, D800079–0716. Confidential; Immediate. Sent for information to Beijing, Bombay, Calcutta, Colombo, Dacca, Kathmandu, London, Paris, Moscow, Madras, Tokyo, CINCPAC, USNATO, Islamabad, and Kabul.
172. Memorandum of Conversation
Source: Carter Library, National Security Affairs, Brzezinski Material, Subject File, Box 34, Memcons: Brzezinski: 1–6/80. Secret. The meeting took place in Brzezinski’s office.
173. Memorandum From Secretary of State Vance to President Carter
Source: Carter Library, National Security Affairs, Brzezinski Material, Subject File, Box 22, Evening Reports (State): 2/80. Secret. Carter initialed at the top of the memorandum.
174. Telegram From the Embassy in India to the Department of State
Source: National Archives, RG 59, Central Foreign Policy File, D800128–1189. Confidential; Immediate. Sent for information to Colombo, Bombay, Calcutta, Dacca, Islamabad, Kathmandu, Madras, and Vienna.
175. Telegram From the Embassy in India to the Department of State
Source: National Archives, RG 59, Central Foreign Policy File, D800144–0330. Secret; Immediate; Exdis.
176. Telegram From the Embassy in India to the Department of State
Source: National Archives, RG 59, Central Foreign Policy File, D800169–0698. Secret; Immediate; Exdis.
177. Memorandum From Gerald Oplinger and Thomas Thornton 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 Affairs, Staff Material, Global Issues, Oplinger/Bloomfield Subject File, Box 45, Proliferation: India: 4/80. Secret. Outside the System. Sent for information. A stamped notation indicates that Brzezinski saw the memorandum.
178. Minutes of a Policy Review Committee Meeting
Source: Carter Library, National Security Affairs, Staff Material, Global Issues, Oplinger/Bloomfield Subject File, Box 45, Proliferation: India: 4/80. Secret. The meeting took place in the White House Situation Room. The minutes devoted to non-proliferation were sent as a separate memorandum, which is printed in Foreign Relations, 1977–1980, vol. XXVI, Arms Control and Nonproliferation, Document 381.