Eastern Europe Region
31. Memorandum From Secretary of State Vance to President Carter
Source: Carter Library, National Security Affairs, Brzezinski Material, Subject File, Box 50, Presidential Determinations: 5/78–7/79. No classification marking. Brzenzinski forwarded the memorandum to the President on March 16. (See Document 33.)
32. Memorandum From Paul Henze of the National Security Council Staff to the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Brzezinski)
Source: Carter Library, National Security Affairs, Staff Material, Horn/Special, Box 3, Chron File: 3/79. Secret; Sensitive. Outside the System. Sent for action.
33. Memorandum From the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Brzezinski) to President Carter
Source: Carter Library, National Security Affairs, Brzezinski Material, Subject File, Box 50, Presidential Determinations: 5/78–7/79. No classification marking. Sent for action. Reginald Bartholomew initialed for Brzezinski.
34. Memorandum From Paul Henze of the National Security Council Staff to the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Brzezinski)
Source: Carter Library, National Security Affairs, Staff Material, Horn/Special, Box 3, Chron File: 4/79. Secret; Sensitive. Sent for action.
35. Memorandum Prepared in the Central Intelligence Agency for Marshall Brement of the National Security Council Staff
Source: Carter Library, National Security Affairs, Brzezinski Material, Brzezinski Office File, Country Chron File, Box 12, Europe: 1979. Secret. Brement forwarded the memorandum to Brzezinski under an August 6 covering memorandum noting it was prepared at his request and that Brzezinski should read it. A stamped notation on the first page of the covering memorandum indicates that Brzezinski saw it.
36. Memorandum From the Executive Secretary of the Department of State (Tarnoff) to the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Brzezinski)
Source: Carter Library, National Security Affairs, Brzezinski Material, Country File, Box 22, Europe: 1/79–1/81. Secret.
37. Memorandum From Paul Henze of the National Security Council Staff to the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Brzezinski)
Source: Carter Library, National Security Affairs, Staff Material, Horn/Special, Box 4, Chron File: 4/80. Secret. Copies were sent to Griffith, Brement, and Larrabee. Brzezinski wrote at the top of the memorandum: “Good memo. Consult with MB [Marshall Brement] and LB [Lincoln Bloomfield] on possible implementation? Which steps? Which memos? ZB.”
39. Memorandum From William Odom of the National Security Council Staff to the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Brzezinski)
Source: Carter Library, National Security Affairs, Staff Material, Unfiled File, Box 130, [East/West] 9/80. Confidential. Sent for information. Brzezinski forwarded the memorandum to Carter who wrote “Very interesting. J” at the top of the first page.
40. Memorandum Prepared in the Central Intelligence Agency
Source: Central Intelligence Agency, Office of Support Services (DI), Job 85T00287R, Production Case Files, Box 1, Folder 198, Likely Consequences in Eastern Europe of the Polish Events. Top Secret; [codeword not declassified]. Prepared in the Office of Political Analysis and Office of Economic Research and coordinated with the National Intelligence Officer for the USSR/Eastern Europe.
41. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassies in All NATO Capitals
Source: National Archives, RG 59, Central Foreign Policy File, D800453–1198. Confidential; Priority. Drafted by Gilmore; cleared by Bridges, Parris, and Barry; approved by Ridgway. Sent for information Priority to Belgrade, East Berlin, Bucharest, Budapest, Moscow, Prague, Sofia, Warsaw, Helsinki, Madrid, Stockholm, and Vienna.
43. Telegram From the Embassy in Poland to the Department of State
Source: National Archives, RG 59, Central Foreign Policy File, D800586–1050. Confidential; Immediate; Exdis. Sent for information to Belgrade, East Berlin, Bonn, Bucharest, Budapest, London, Moscow, Paris, Prague, Sofia, Vienna, USMission West Berlin, Munich, and USNATO.
44. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassies in Bulgaria, Czecholslovakia, Yugoslavia, Poland, Hungary, and the Soviet Union
Source: National Archives, RG 59, Central Foreign Policy File, D800599–0343. Secret; Immediate; Stadis. Drafted and approved by Barry. No final version of the paper quoted in this telegram was found.