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136. Memorandum From the Director of the Office of East European Affairs, Department of State (Andrews) to the Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs (Hartman)
Source: National Archives, RG 59, Bureau of European Affairs, Office of Eastern Europe and Yugoslavia, Hungarian Holy Crown—Crown Follow Up and Prior Years 1945–1980, Lot 85D389, Box 1, Political: US-Hungary, Crown Follow up, 1978. Secret; Exdis. Drafted by Schmidt and Gerth. Sent through Armitage.
137. Memorandum From Robert Hunter of the National Security Council Staff to the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Brzezinski)
Source: Carter Library, National Security Affairs, Staff Material, Europe, USSR, and East/West, Hunter Subject File, Box 14, Crown of St. Stephen, 2/76–3/77. Confidential.
138. Telegram From the Embassy in Hungary to the Department of State
Source: National Archives, RG 59, Central Foreign Policy File, D770126–0793. Confidential; Priority.
139. Telegram From the Embassy in Hungary to the Department of State
Source: National Archives, RG 59, Central Foreign Policy File, D770142–1140. Confidential; Priority.
140. Memorandum From William Hyland and Robert Hunter 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 27, Hungary: 1–12/77. Confidential. Sent for action. Brzezinski wrote “see comments on p 2. ZB” in the margin with an arrow pointing to the subject line and returned the memorandum to Hyland and Hunter
141. Action Memorandum From the Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs (Hartman) to Secretary of State Vance
Source: National Archives, RG 59, Bureau of European Affairs, Office of Eastern Europe and Yugoslavia, Hungarian Holy Crown—Crown Follow Up 1979 and Prior Years 1945–1980, Lot 85D389, Box 1, Political: US-Hungary, Crown Follow-up, 1978. Secret; Nodis. Drafted by Boutin, Gerth, and Nimetz on May 18; cleared by Armitage, Hansell, Katz, and Jenkins. Sent through Nimetz. A handwritten note on the document indicates that it was forwarded to Vance on May 26.
142. Memorandum From Secretary of State Vance to President Carter
Source: Carter Library, National Security Affairs, Brzezinski Material, Country File, Box 27, Hungary: 1–12/77. Secret. Nodis.
143. Memorandum From the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Brzezinski) to President Carter
Source: Carter Library, National Security Affairs, Brzezinski Material, Country File, Box 27, Hungary: 1–12/77. Secret. Sent for action. Carter initialed the memorandum at the top right corner to indicate that he had seen it.
144. Memorandum From the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Brzezinski) to President Carter
Source: Carter Library, National Security Affairs, Brzezinski Material, Country File, Box 27, Hungary: 1–12/77. Secret. Sent for action. A stamped notation reads: “The President has seen.”
145. Telegram From the Embassy in Hungary to the Department of State
Source: National Archives, RG 59, Central Foreign Policy File, D770283–0669. Confidential.
146. 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 27, Hungary: 1–12/77. Secret; Nodis.
147. Memorandum of Conversation
Source: Department of State, Office of the Secretariat Staff, Cyrus R. Vance, Secretary of State—1977–1980, Lot 84D241, Box 10, unlabeled folder. Secret; Nodis. Drafted by Andrews; approved by Anderson on October 11. The meeting took place at the UN Plaza Hotel.
148. Memorandum From Robert King 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 27, Hungary: 1–12/77. Secret. Sent for information. Brzezinski wrote at the bottom of the memorandum, “Give me a history of the Crown, how it was stored before the war, what annual honors—religious or political—was it paid, etc?” King replied on October 12, summarizing two lengthy studies prepared by the Office of the Legal Adviser, one in 1971 and the other in 1977. (Ibid.) The 1971 study is in the Carter Library, National Security Affairs, Staff Material, Europe, USSR, and East/West, Hunter Subject File, Box 14, Hungary: Crown of St. Stephen: 2/76–3/77. The June 15, 1977, study is in the Carter Library, National Security Affairs, Staff Material, Europe, USSR, and East/West, Hunter Subject File, Box 14, Hungary: Crown of St. Stephen: 4–6/77.
149. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Hungary
Source: National Archives, RG 59, Central Foreign Policy File, D770383–1338. Confidential; Exdis. Drafted by Gerth; cleared by Luers, Schmidt, Nimetz, Johnston, Hormats, Hansell, King, and Stahnke; approved by Christopher.
150. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Hungary
Source: National Archives, RG 59, Central Foreign Policy File, P840070–0726. Secret; Priority; Nodis. Drafted by Gerth; cleared by Andrews, Luers, Vest, and Tarnoff; and in S/S approved by Nimetz.
151. Telegram From the Embassy in Hungary to the Department of State
Source: National Archives, RG 59, Central Foreign Policy File, P840070–0933. Secret; Immediate; Nodis.
153. Memorandum From the President’s Special Assistant (Jordan) to President Carter
Source: Carter Library, Chief of Staff Files, Hamilton Jordan’s Confidential Files, Box 34B, Hungary—Crown of St. Stephen. Personal and Confidential. Carter initialed the memorandum indicating that he saw it.
154. Memorandum From the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Brzezinski) to Secretary of State Vance
Source: Carter Library, National Security Affairs, Brzezinski Material, Country File, Box 27, Hungary: 1–12/77. Confidential.
155. Memorandum From the Counselor of the Department of State (Nimetz) to Secretary of State Vance
Source: National Archives, RG 59, Office of the Secretariat Staff, Mr. Matthew Nimetz, Counselor of the Department of State, Under Secretary of State for Security Assistance, Science and Technology, January 1977 thru December 1980, Lot 81D85, Box 1, MN Chron—Official, July–December 1977. Confidential; Exdis.
156. Memorandum From Secretary of State Vance to the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Brzezinski)
Source: Carter Library, National Security Affairs, Staff Material, Europe, USSR, and East/West, Hunter Subject File, Box 14, Hungary: Crown of St. Stephen: 12/77. Secret; Exdis. Printed from an uninitialed copy. King forwarded the memorandum to Brzezinski under a December 1 covering memorandum. (Ibid.)
157. Memorandum From Robert King 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 27, Hungary: 1–12/77. Confidential. Sent for action. Brzezinski wrote “good” on the memorandum and noted “he did” in the upper right corner, indicating that Vance had raised the issue with the President at the breakfast meeting. According to the President’s Daily Diary, Carter met with Mondale, Vance, and Brzezinski from 7:30 to 8:43 a.m. on December 2. (Carter Library, Presidential Materials, President’s Daily Diary) No substantive record of that meeting was found.
158. Memorandum From Secretary of State Vance to President Carter
Source: Carter Library, National Security Affairs, Staff Material, Europe, USSR, and East/West, Hunter Subject File, Box 14, Hungary: Crown of St. Stephen: 12/77. Secret; Nodis. Vest sent the memorandum to Vance under a covering memorandum dated December 1. (National Archives, RG 59, Bureau of European Affairs, Office of Eastern Europe and Yugoslavia, Hungarian Holy Crown—Crown Follow Up 1979 and Prior Years 1945–1980, Lot 85D389, Box 1, The Crown 1977)
159. Telegram From the Embassy in Hungary to the Department of State
Source: National Archives, RG 59, Central Foreign Policy File, D770461–0966. Secret; Exdis.
161. Letter from Representative Mary Rose Oakar to President Carter
Source: Carter Library, National Security Affairs, Staff Material, Europe, USSR, and East/West, Hunter Subject File, Box 14, Hungary, Crown of St. Stephen, 12/77. No classification marking. A stamped notation on the letter indicates that it was received at the White House Congressional Liaison Office on December 19. Hunter forwarded the letter to Brzezinski under a December 20 covering memorandum, recommending that, in light of his December 15 letter to Oakar, no response was necessary.
162. Telegram From the Embassy in Hungary to the Department of State
Source: National Archives, RG 59, Central Foreign Policy File, D780012–0202. Confidential; Exdis; Immediate. A summary of the return ceremonies was transmitted in telegram 228 from Budapest, January 13. (National Archives, RG 59, Central Foreign Policy File, D780021–1184)
163. Memorandum From Secretary of State Vance to President Carter
Source: Carter Library, National Security Affairs, Brzezinski Material, Subject File, Box 50, PD 6/77–4/78. Secret.
165. 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. Confidential. Sent for action. Tabs A through C are attached but not printed.