Cuba


31. Telegram From the U.S. Interests Section in Cuba to the Department of State

Source: National Archives, RG 59, Central Foreign Policy File, D780206–0059. Confidential. Repeated for information to Addis Ababa, Mogadiscio, and Moscow.


32. Action Memorandum From the Director of the Policy Planning Staff (Lake) and the Director of the Bureau of Politico-Military Affairs (Gelb) to Secretary of State Vance

Source: National Archives, RG 59, Anthony Lake Working Papers, Lot 82D298, Box 17, TL Sensitive 4/1–6/30/78. Secret; Sensitive; Nodis. Cleared by Katz, Moose, Bushnell, and Vest.


33. Memorandum From Secretary of State Vance to
President Carter

Source: Carter Library, National Security Affairs, Brzezinski Material, Brzezinski Office File, Subject Chron File, Box 60, Alpha Channel—Cuba, 6–8/78. Secret; Nodis. Carter initialed the memorandum indicating that he saw it.


34. 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, Brzezinski Material, Country File, Box 13, Cuba, 3–9/78. Top Secret; Sensitive.


35. Memorandum From the Executive Secretary of the Department of State (Tarnoff) to the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Brzezinski)

Source: National Archives, RG 59, Central Foreign Policy File, P780158–1095. Secret. Drafted by Smith on September 11; concurred in by Vaky.


36. Memorandum for the Record by the Under Secretary of Defense (Resor)

Source: Washington National Records Center, Files of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, the Deputy Secretary of Defense, and the Special Assistants to both, FRC 330–81–0202, Cuba. Secret; Sensitive. Brown initialed the memorandum indicating that he saw it. In a covering note to Brown, Resor wrote, “Attached is a memorandum for record of today’s meeting which was inconclusive.” Brown replied in the margin, “Stan: Good work.”


37. Memorandum From the President’s Deputy Assistant for National Security Affairs (Aaron) to President Carter

Source: Carter Library, National Security Affairs, Brzezinski Material, Brzezinski Office File, Subject Chron File, Box 60, Alpha Channel—Cuba, 9–11/78. Secret; Sensitive; Eyes Only.


38. Summary of Conclusions of a Special Coordination Committee Meeting

Source: Carter Library, National Security Affairs, Brzezinski Material, Brzezinski Office File, Country Chron File, Box 8, Cuba, 8–12/78. Top Secret. The meeting was held in the White House Situation Room. Brzezinski initialed the last page.


39. Memorandum From Robert Pastor 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, Brzezinski Material, Country File, Box 13, Cuba, 10–11/78. Secret; Eyes Only. Sent for action.


40. Memorandum From the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Brzezinski) to Secretary of State Vance and Secretary of Defense Brown

Source: Carter Library, National Security Affairs, Brzezinski Material, Brzezinski Office File, Subject Chron File, Box 60, Alpha Channel—Cuba, 9–11/78. Top Secret; Sensitive.


41. Memorandum From the Executive Secretary of the Department of State (Tarnoff) and Robert Pastor of the National Security Council Staff to President Carter

Source: Carter Library, National Security Affairs, Brzezinski Material, Brzezinski Office File, Country Chron File, Box 8, Cuba, 8–12/78. Secret; Sensitive; Eyes Only. Sent through Vance and Brzezinski. Printed from an uninitialed copy.


42. Telegram From the U.S. Interests Section in Cuba to the Department of State

Source: National Archives, RG 59, Central Foreign Policy File, D780511–0654. Confidential; Immediate.


43. 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 13, Cuba, 12/78–4/79. Secret; Sensitive. Carter initialed the memorandum indicating that he saw it.


44. Telegram From the Embassy in the Dominican Republic to the Department of State

Source: Carter Library, National Security Affairs, Staff Material, North/South, Pastor, Country, Box 12, Cuba 1/1–11/79. Secret; Immediate. Repeated for information Immediate to Havana.


45. Central Intelligence Agency Intelligence Information Cable

Source: Department of State, Assistant Secretary’s Files—Nicaragua: Lot 81D64, Box 2, Nicaragua—Misc. Memoranda, Feb. 1–Mar 16, 1979. Secret; Immediate; Wnintel; Noforn; Nocontract; Orcon.


46. Memorandum From Director of Central Intelligence Turner to the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Brzezinski)

Source: Carter Library, National Security Affairs, Staff Material, North/South, Pastor, Country, Box 13, Cuba, 2–4/79. Secret.


47. Memorandum for the Record by the Executive Secretary of the Department of State (Tarnoff)

Source: Carter Library, National Security Affairs, Staff Material, North/South, Pastor, Country, Box 13, Cuba, 2–4/79. Secret; Sensitive.


48. Memorandum From William Odom of the National Security Council Staff to the President’s Deputy Assistant for National Security Affairs (Aaron)

Source: Carter Library, National Security Affairs, Brzezinski Material, Country File, Box 15, Cuba, Soviet Brigade, 8/78–4/79. Top Secret; [codewords not declassified]. Outside the System. Sent for information. At the top of the page, Aaron wrote on April 4, “ZB—I find this very troubling. I would like to pursue it first with CIA and after clarifying the issues for us probaly have an SCC.” In the left margin, Brzezinski wrote, “RI [Inderfurth]—WO is right. Task the CIA for an in-depth assessment—also DOD, DIA—pointing toward an SCC.”


49. Memorandum for the Record by Peter Bourne, Executive Director of the UN Development Programme

Source: Carter Library, National Security Affairs, Staff Material, North/South, Pastor, Country, Box 16, Cuba SCC 7/20/79 Meeting, 10/78–8/79. No classification marking.


50. 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, Office, Presidential Advisory File, Box 83, Sensitive XX, 6/5/79. Secret. Sent for action. Copies were sent to Bartholomew and Pastor.


51. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Jamaica

Source: Carter Library, National Security Affairs, Staff Material, North/South, Pastor, Country, Box 13, Cuba, 6/79. Secret; Priority. Repeated for information to Havana, Bridgetown, Curacao, Georgetown, Nassau, Martinique, Paramaribo, Port au Prince, Port of Spain, Santo Domingo, San Salvador, Guatemala, Belize, Managua, San Jose, and Tegucigalpa.


52. Memorandum From Robert Pastor 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 14, Cuba, 6/79. Secret. Sent for information.


53. 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 14, Cuba, 7–8/79. Secret; Sensitive. Printed from an uninitialed copy.


54. Interagency Intelligence Memorandum

Source: Central Intelligence Agency, Office of the Director of Central Intelligence, Job 81B00401R: Subject Files of the Presidential Briefing Coordinator for DCI (1977–1981), Box 2, Folder 2: Cuba: Soviet Brigade. Top Secret; [handling restrictions and codewords not declassified].


55. Summary of Conclusions of a Special Coordinating Committee Meeting

Source: Carter Library, National Security Affairs, Staff Material, Offce, Box 16, SCC Meeting #185 held 7/20/79, 6–7/79. Secret. The meeting was held in the White House Situation Room.


56. Memorandum From William Odom of the National Security Council Staff to the President’s Deputy Assistant for National Security Affairs (Aaron)

Source: Carter Library, National Security Affairs, Brzezinski Material, Country File, Box 15, Cuba, Soviet Brigade, 9/1–18/79. Secret. A stamped notation on the first page reads, “DA has seen.”


57. Memorandum From the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Brzezinski) to Director of Central Intelligence Turner

Source: Carter Library, National Security Affairs, Brzezinski Material, Brzezinski Office File, Country Chron File, Box 8, Cuba, 6–8/79. Secret.


58. Memorandum for the Record Prepared in the Central Intelligence Agency

Source: Central Intelligence Agency, Office of Support Services, Job 81T00031R: Production Case Files, Box 1, Folder 84: Working Group Meeting on Soviet Ground Forces in Cuba, Copy No. 7. Top Secret; [codewords not declassified]. Drafted by [name not declassified] on August 10. Copies were sent to, among others, Clarke and the NFAC Senior Review Panel.


59. Evening Report Prepared for President Carter

Source: Carter Library, National Security Affairs, Brzezinski Material, Country File, Box 16, Cuba-Soviet Relations (miscellaneous), 9–10/79. Top Secret.


60. Draft Telegram From the Department of State to the U.S. Interests Section in Cuba

Source: Carter Library, National Security Affairs, Staff Material, North/South, Pastor, Country, Box 13, Cuba, 8/15–31/79. Secret; Cherokee; Immediate; Niact; Nodis. Drafted by Newsom; cleared by Lake, Bremer, Goodby, O’Donohue, and Vaky; approved by Christopher. Talking points for use with the Soviet Embassy are attached. The draft telegram was not sent. Instead, a more sharply-worded text was drafted on August 29 after the telegram was discussed in an SCC meeting (see Document 61). The revised text was sent as telegram 227405 to Havana, August 29, printed in Foreign Relations, 1977–1980, vol. VI, Soviet Union, Document 217. The démarche was also delivered in Washington; see Document 63.