Indochina
31. Interagency Intelligence Memorandum Prepared in the Central Intelligence Agency
Source: Central Intelligence Agency, History Staff Files, Sino-Soviet Competition in Indochina. Secret; [handling restriction not declassified]. A note on the first page indicates that the memorandum was drafted in the Office of Regional and Political Analysis and the Office of Economic Research and coordinated with the National Foreign Intelligence Board.
32. Paper Prepared in the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Vietnam General Files for 1978, Lot 80D307, Box 6590, Briefing Papers (General) 1978. Secret. Drafted by Thomas P. Hamilton (INR/REA/SA).
33. Memorandum of Conversation
Source: Department of State, Miscellaneous Old Vietnam Political Records, 1968–1991, Lot 94D430, Box 17652, New York Meetings, 1978–1979. Secret; Nodis.
34. Intelligence Memorandum Prepared in the Central Intelligence Agency
Source: Central Intelligence Agency, Office of Support Services (DI), Job 80T00634A: Production Case Files, Box 5, [unfoldered material]. Secret; [handling restriction not declassified]. A note on the first page indicates the memorandum was prepared by the East Asia-Pacific Division of the Office of Regional and Political Analysis and was coordinated with the Office of Strategic Research in the National Foreign Assessment Center.
35. Memorandum of Conversation
Source: Department of State, Miscellaneous Old Vietnam Political Records, 1968–1991, Lot 94D430, New York Meetings, 1978–1979. Secret; Nodis.
36. Telegram From the Embassy in Thailand to the Department of State
Source: National Archives, RG 59, Central Foreign Policy File, D790004–1173. Secret; Immediate; Exdis. Sent for information Immediate to USUN; sent for information to Hong Kong, Paris, Beijing, Stockholm, Singapore, Tokyo, Jakarta, Kuala Lumpur, Manila, Vientiane, Bonn, Berlin, Moscow, and Warsaw. The Vietnamese invasion of Kampuchea began on December 25, 1978.
37. Telegram From the Department of State to the White House
Source: National Archives, RG 59, Central Foreign Policy File, P840125–1127. Secret; Niact Immediate; Nodis. Drafted by Dennis G. Harter (EA/VLC); cleared by Roger Sullivan (EA), Stephen R. Lyne (EA/VLC), Leo Wollemborg (S/S), George H. Mitchell (S), and Donald C. Tice (P); approved by Evelyn Colbert (EA).
38. Telegram From the Department of State to Certain Diplomatic Posts
Source: National Archives, RG 59, Central Foreign Policy File, D790009–1052. Secret; Immediate. Drafted by Thomas P. Hamilton (INR/REA); cleared by Melvyn Levitsky (IO/UNP) and Lyne; cleared in draft by Martha C. Mautner (INR/RSE); approved by David Dean (INR/REA). Sent Immediate to Bangkok, Canberra, Jakarta, Kuala Lumpur, London, Manila, Paris, Singapore, Tokyo, Vientiane, Wellington, and CINCPAC for POLAD. Sent for information Immediate to Hong Kong, Beijing, USNATO, and USUN.
39. Briefing Memorandum From the Acting Director of the Bureau of Intelligence and Research (Mark) to Secretary of State Vance
Source: Carter Library, National Security Affairs, Brzezinski Material, Country File, Box 86, Vietnam, 1/79–1/81. Confidential.
40. Telegram From the Embassy in Thailand to the Department of State
Source: Carter Library, National Security Affairs, Brzezinski Material, Cables File, Box 12, Far East: 12/78–1/79. Secret; Sensitive; Nodis.
41. Memorandum From the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Brzezinski) to President Carter
Source: Carter Library, National Security Affairs, Brzezinski Material, Brzezinski Office File, Country Chron File, Box 3, Asia, 1979. Secret. Sent for action. A handwritten notation indicates the date. Carter initialed the top of the memorandum.
42. Minutes of a National Security Council Meeting
Source: Carter Library, National Security Affairs, Staff Material, Office, Meetings File, Box 2, NSC Meeting #16, Held 2/16/1979, 2/79. Top Secret. The meeting took place in the Cabinet Room at the White House. (Carter Library, Presidential Materials, President’s Daily Diary)
43. Minutes of a Special Coordination Committee Meeting
Source: Carter Library, National Security Affairs, Staff Material, Office, Meetings File, Box 14, SCC Meeting #141, Held 2/19/79, 2/79. Secret. The meeting took place in the White House Situation Room. The Summary of Conclusions of the meeting is printed in Foreign Relations, 1977–1980, vol. XIII, China, Document 218. The SCC also met on February 17 to discuss the Chinese-Vietnamese fighting; see ibid., Document 217.
44. Summary of Conclusions of a Special Coordination Committee Meeting
Source: Carter Library, National Security Affairs, Staff Material, Office, Meetings File, Box 14, Folder 20, SCC Meeting #141 Held 2/19/79, 2/79. Secret. Sent to Carter under a February 19 covering memorandum from Brzezinski that Carter initialed. (Ibid.)
45. Summary of Conclusions of a Special Coordination Committee Meeting
Source: Carter Library, National Security Affairs, Staff Material, Office, Meetings File, Box 15, SCC Meeting #143, Held 2/21/1979, 2/79. Confidential. The meeting took place in the White House Situation Room. Carter initialed the top of the page.
46. Telegram From the Embassy in Thailand to the Department of State
Source: Central Intelligence Agency, Office of the Director of Central Intelligence, Job 81M00919R: Executive Registry Subject Files (1977–1979), Box 12, Folder 31: C–309 East Asia. Confidential. Sent for information to Hong Kong, Jakarta, Kuala Lumpur, Manila, Moscow, Paris, Beijing, Rangoon, Seoul, Singapore, Tokyo, Vientiane, CINCPAC also for POLAD, and DIA.
47. Summary of Conclusions of a Special Coordination Committee Meeting
Source: Carter Library, Brzezinski Donated Material, Subject File, Box 29, Meetings, SCC 144: 2/23/79. Top Secret. Initialed by Brzezinski at the end of the text. The meeting took place in the White House Situation Room.
48. Memorandum From the Executive Secretary of the Department of State (Tarnoff) to Secretary of State Vance
Source: Department of State, Office of the Secretariat Staff, Records of Cyrus Vance, 1977–1980, Lot 84D241, President’s Breakfast 1/1/79–4/30/79. Secret; Nodis. Vance’s initials are stamped at the bottom of the first page of the memorandum.
49. Memorandum From the Executive Secretary of the Department of State (Tarnoff) to Secretary of State Vance
Source: Department of State, Office of the Secretariat Staff, Records of Cyrus Vance, 1977–1980, Lot 84D241, President’s Breakfast 5/1/79–8/31/80. Secret; Nodis. Vance’s initials are stamped at the bottom of the first page of the memorandum.
50. Memorandum From Secretary of State Vance to President Carter
Source: Department of State, Office of the Secretariat Staff, Records of Cyrus Vance, 1977–1980, Lot 84D241, President’s Breakfast 5/1/79–8/31/80. Secret.
51. Memorandum From Michel Oksenberg of the National Security Council Staff to the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Brzezinski)
Source: Carter Library, National Security Affairs, Staff Material, Far East, Oksenberg Subject File, Box 33, Chron, 5/1–16/79. Secret. Sent for action.
52. Memorandum From the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Brzezinski) to President Carter
Source: Carter Library, National Security Affairs, Staff Material, Far East, Oksenberg Subject File, Box 33, Chron, 5/1–16/79. Secret. Sent for action. Carter initialed the top of the memorandum.
53. Memorandum of Conversation
Source: Department of State, Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs, 1977–1979, Lot 82D129, Vietnam, 1979. Secret. The meeting took place at the SRV UN Mission in New York.
54. Memorandum From the Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs (Sullivan) to the Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs (Holbrooke)
Source: Carter Library, National Security Affairs, Staff Material, Far East, Sullivan Subject File, Box 69, Chron, 6–8/80. Secret. Holbrooke wrote at the top of the first page, “Read by CRV [Vance], Peacock, Talboys—very good memo. RH.”
55. Intelligence Memorandum Prepared in the Central Intelligence Agency
Source: Central Intelligence Agency, Office of Support Services (DI), Job 82T00267R: Production Case Files, Box 1, Folder 37: Vietnam-Kampuchea: Prospects. Secret; [handling restrictions not declassified]. A note on the first page indicates the memorandum was prepared by the Office of Strategic Research and the Office of Political Analysis at the request of Armacost.
56. Intelligence Assessment Prepared in the Central Intelligence Agency
Source: Central Intelligence Agency, Office of the Director of Central Intelligence, Job 81B00401R: Subject Files of the Presidential Briefing Coordinator for [the] Director of Central Intelligence, Box 14, Folder 8: SCC Meeting Cambodia. Secret; [handling restriction not declassified]. Prepared in the National Foreign Assessment Center.
57. Memorandum From Secretary of Defense Brown to President Carter
Source: Carter Library, National Security Affairs, Brzezinski Material, Brzezinski Office File, Country Chron File, Box 50, Thailand, 1979. Secret; Noforn. A copy was sent to Vance.
58. Telegram From the Embassy in Laos to the Department of State
Source: Carter Library, National Security Affairs, Brzezinski Material, Cables File, Far East, Box 13, 9–11/79. Secret; Sensitive; Nodis.
59. Intelligence Memorandum Prepared in the Central Intelligence Agency
Source: Central Intelligence Agency, Office of the Director of Central Intelligence, Job 81M00919R: Executive Registry Subject Files (1977–1979), Box 12, Folder 31: C–309 East Asia. Secret; [handling restrictions not declassified]. A note on the first page indicates that this memorandum was prepared by Asian Branch, Regional Analysis Division, Office of Special Research.
60. Telegram From the Embassy in China to the Department of State
Source: Carter Library, National Security Affairs, Brzezinski Material, Cables File, Far East, Box 13, 9–11/79. Confidential; Sensitive; Immediate; Nodis.