Cuba
91. Presidential Finding
Source: Central Intelligence Agency, Office of Congressional Affairs, Job 97M00733R: Policy Files, Box 1, Folder 11: Cuba-Presidential Finding/Memorandum of Notification. Secret; Sensitive; Eyes Only.
92. Summary of Conclusions of a Mini-Policy Review Committee Meeting
Source: Carter Library, National Security Affairs, Brzezinski Material, Brzezinski Office File, Country Chron File, Box 9, Cuba, 12/79–4/80. A covering memorandum from Brzezinski to Carter states, “We are going to try to discourage as actively as we can the sending of boats by Cuban/Americans to pick up their compatriots in Cuba, and we intend to indicate that such actions on their part would constitute a felony.” Carter initialed the covering memorandum.
93. Memorandum From the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Brzezinski) to President Carter
Source: Carter Library, National Security Affairs, Staff Material, North/South, Pastor, Country, Box 17, Refugees, 4/13–25/80. Secret. Sent for information. On an April 23 covering memorandum, Carter wrote, “We should bite the bullet and get moving to take them in. We cannot enforce a policy to keep them out. It doesn’t help the Haitian problem to play into the hands of Castro on this one. Can’t we become a staging area?”
94. 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 9, Cuba, 7–8/80. Secret. Sent for information. In a covering memorandum to Brzezinski, April 24, Pastor commented, “I have never spent more time accomplishing less than on this issue of Cuban refugees. There is no easy answer; there may not be an answer.”
95. Telegram From the U.S. Interests Section in Cuba to the Department of State
Source: Carter Library, National Security Affairs, Staff Material, North/South, Pastor, Country, Box 15, Cuba, 5/80. Confidential; Immediate. Repeated for information Immediate to Caracas, Lima, and San Jose. Carter initialed the telegram.
96. 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 9, Cuba, 12/79–4/80. Secret. Sent for information. Carter initialed at the top of the page.
97. 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 9, Cuba, 12/79–4/80. Secret. Carter initialed at the top of the page.
98. Memorandum From the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Brzezinski) and the White House Chief of Staff (Watson)
Source: Carter Library, National Security Affairs, Brzezinski Material, Country File, Box 14, Cuba, 4/80. Confidential. Vance resigned on the day this memorandum was distributed.
99. Central Intelligence Agency Information Report
Source: Carter Library, National Security Affairs, Staff Material, North/South, Pastor, Country, Box 18, Cuba, Refugees, 4/26–30/80. Secret; Wnintel; Noforn; Nocontract. Sent to the Department of State, JCS, DIA, DIRNSA, FBI, NSC, and the White House Situation Room.
100. Telegram From the U.S. Interests Section in Cuba to the Department of State
Source: Carter Library, National Security Affairs, Staff Material, North/South, Pastor, Country, Box 15, Cuba, 5/80. Confidential; Immediate; Nodis.
101. Paper Prepared in the Central Intelligence Agency
Source: Carter Library, National Security Affairs, Staff Material, North/South, Pastor, Country, Box 18, Refugees, 4/26–30/80. Top Secret; [codeword not declassified]. Prepared by [2 names not declassified], CIA.
102. Memorandum From the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Brzezinski) to President Carter
Source: Carter Library, National Security Affairs, Brzezinski Material, Brzezinski Office, Country Chron File, Box 9, Cuba, 5–6/80. Secret. Sent for action. Gregg initialed for Brzezinski. Carter initialed at the top of the page. Attached is a covering memorandum from Pastor to Brzezinski.
103. Telegram From the U.S. Interests Section in Cuba to the Department of State
Source: Carter Library, National Security Affairs, Staff Material, North/South, Pastor, Country, Box 15, Cuba, 5/80. Secret; Niact Immediate.
104. 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, 5/80. Secret. Sent for information. Drafted by Odom. Carter initialed the memorandum indicating that he saw it. In a covering memorandum to Aaron, May 13, Odom observed, “we can buzz around in the air and sea but we would get licked if we try to send Teddy Roosevelt up San Juan Hill again.”
105. Telegram From the U.S. Interests Section in Cuba to the Department of State
Source: Carter Library, National Security Affairs, Staff Material, North/South, Pastor, Country, Box 15, Cuba, 5/80. Confidential; Flash.
106. Memorandum From the Acting Director of the International Communication Agency (Bray) to the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Brzezinski)
Source: Carter Library, National Security Affairs, Brzezinski Material, Country File, Box 14, Cuba, 6/80. Confidential. A copy was sent to Muskie. At the top of the page, Brzezinski wrote to Pastor on June 9, “RP, need your recomm.”
107. Memorandum From Attorney General Civiletti to
President Carter
Source: Carter Library, National Security Affairs, Staff Material, Office, Unfiled Material, Box 128, Cuba. Confidential.
108. 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, Staff Material, North/South, Pastor, Country, Box 16, Cuba, 6/17–18/80. Top Secret; Sensitive; Eyes Only. Outside the System. Sent for action. Sent through Muskie and Brzezinski. On a covering memorandum to Brzezinski, June 18, Pastor wrote, “Tarnoff and I drafted the attached memo on the trip back from Havana. The memo brings the President up to date on the last round of negotiations and its implications.” Pastor wrote by hand at the bottom of the page of his covering memorandum, “Zbig took this to Summit. Didn’t respond until his return. Then said: hold PRC. Re-do memo for Secy of State w/NSC concurrence. I told him on Jun 27 that it was all O.B.E.” Pastor and Tarnoff were in Cuba on June 17 and 18. Another account of their discussions with Cuban leaders is ibid.
109. 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, 6/80. Secret; Sensitive. Carter wrote “Zbig” at the top of the page.
110. Summary of Conclusions of a Special Coordination Committee Meeting
Source: Carter Library, National Security Affairs, Staff Material, North/South, Pastor, Country File, Box 18, Cuba: Refugees, 7/1–5/80. Secret. The meeting was held in the White House Situation Room.
111. Memorandum From the National Intelligence Officer for Latin America (Davis) to Director of Central Intelligence Turner and the Deputy Director of Central Intelligence (Carlucci)
Source: Central Intelligence Agency, Office of the Director of Central Intelligence, Job 81B00112R: Subject Files, Box 16, Folder 16: (SCC) Cuba. Secret; [handling restriction not declassified]. Turner initialed the memorandum on July 17.
112. Telegram From the U.S. Interests Section in Cuba to the Department of State
Source: Carter Library, National Security Affairs, Brzezinski Material, Country File, Box 15, Cuba, 7–8/80. Secret; Cherokee; Nodis. The White House Situation Room repeated this telegram as WH80817 to Oakland, California, for immediate delivery to Susan Clough, Carter’s personal secretary, for the President.
113. Telegram From the U.S. Interests Section in Cuba to the Department of State
Source: Carter Library, National Security Affairs, Brzezinski Material, Country File, Box 15, Cuba, 7–8/80. Secret; Cherokee; Immediate; Nodis.
114. Memorandum From the National Intelligence Officer for Latin America (Davis) to Director of Central Intelligence Turner, the Deputy Director of Central Intelligence (Carlucci), and the Director of the National Foreign Assessment Center (Clarke)
Source: Central Intelligence Agency, Office of the Director of Central Intelligence, Job 81B00112R: Subject Files, Box 16, Folder 16: (SCC) Cuba. Secret; [handling restriction not declassified].
115. Memorandum From the National Intelligence Officer for Latin America (Davis) to Director of Central Intelligence Turner, the Deputy Director of Central Intelligence (Carlucci), and the Director of the National Foreign Assessment Center (Clarke)
Source: Central Intelligence Agency, Office of the Director of Central Intelligence, Job 81B00112R: Subject Files, Box 16, Folder 16: (SCC) Cuba. Secret; [handling restriction not declassified].
116. Summary of Conclusions of an Interagency Meeting
Source: Carter Library, National Security Affairs, Staff Material, North/South, Pastor, Country, Box 19, Cuba: Refugees, Mini-SCC Meeting, 8/20/80, and SCC Meeting 8/28/80 [I], 8/80. Secret. A list of participants for this meeting was not found. A covering memorandum from Brzezinski to Carter reads in part, “The meeting was difficult. There was considerable resistance on the part of the various agencies, since the unusual nature of these problems requires actions and decisions outside their normal operating procedures. If we are to get the kind of coordinated action that we require to deal with these two complex problems, we will need your firm guidance to set the tone.” Carter underlined the sentence “The meeting was difficult” and wrote, “cc Zbig, Lloyd—I expressed my wishes clearly in staff meeting Thursday. Act to carry them out—I will issue directives or ask Congress for clear law as needed—J.”
117. Presidential Determination No. 80–24
Source: Carter Library, National Security Affairs, Staff Material, North/South, Pastor, Country, Box 18, Cuba: Refugees, 8/80. No classification marking.
118. Summary of Conclusions of a Mini-Special Coordination Committee Meeting
Source: Carter Library, National Security Affairs, Brzezinski Material, Brzezinski Office File, Country Chron File, Box 9, Cuba, 7–8/1980. Secret. On a covering memorandum from Brzezinski dated August 21, Carter checked the approve option for the Summary of Conclusions. A set of background papers for the meeting is attached to a memorandum from Funk to Brzezinski, August 28. (Carter Library, National Security Council, Institutional Files, 1977–1981, Box 123, SCM 139 Mini SCC Cuban Refugees 8/20/80)
119. Department of State Evening Report for President Carter
Source: Carter Library, Plains File, Box 8, 15. Secret. Carter initialed at the top of the page. Pastor sent an excerpt of this report to Aaron on August 21. In the margin, Aaron commented, “This is bullshit. This must not happen again. Why were we not included? Pastor, what the hell is this?” (Carter Library, National Security Affairs, Staff Material, North/South, Pastor, Country, Box 16, Cuba, 8–9/80)
120. Memorandum From the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Brzezinski) and the Cabinet Secretary (Eidenberg) to President Carter
Source: Carter Library, National Security Affairs, Staff Material, North/South, Pastor, Country, Box 18, Cuba, Refugees, 8/80. Secret. Sent for information. Carter initialed at the top of the page.