Office of the Historian

401. Memorandum From Secretary of State Vance to President Carter1

Washington, January 3, 1980

[Omitted here is material unrelated to Pakistan.]

6. Consultations on Pakistan—As you know, we have discussed options for moving ahead with an assistance program for Pakistan with Frank Church and Clem Zablocki today. Clem and Jack Bingham, the authors of the Non-Proliferation Act, announced today that they will sponsor legislation to assist Pakistan immediately upon Congress’ return. They also expressed the view that assisting a friendly nation to withstand a conventional military threat would, in the long run, work in the interest of our non-proliferation policy. Frank Church also issued a statement from Idaho favoring the removal of statutory barriers to assistance to Pakistan.

[Omitted here is material unrelated to Pakistan.]

  1. Source: Carter Library, National Security Affairs, Brzezinski Material, Subject File, Box 22, Evening Reports (State): 1/80. Secret. Carter wrote “Cy, J” at the top of the memorandum. The memorandum is incorrectly dated January 3, 1979. Below the date, an unknown hand wrote: “(1980).”↩