258. Editorial Note

259. Presidential Review Memorandum/NSC–12

Source: Carter Library, National Security Affairs, Staff Material, Global Issues, Mathews Subject File, Box 3, Arms Sales: Presidential Review Memorandum/NSC–12: 5/75–6/77. Secret.

260. Memorandum From Secretary of State Vance to President Carter

Source: Carter Library, National Security Affairs, Staff Material, Global Issues, Mathews Subject File, Box 4, Arms Transfers: Policy (General): 2–5/77. Confidential.

261. Memorandum From the Deputy Secretary of State Designate (Christopher) to President Carter

Source: Carter Library, National Security Affairs, Staff Material, Global Issues, Mathews Subject File, Box 3, Arms Sales: Procedures: 6/76–3/77. No classification marking. Brzezinski informed Christopher in a February 24 memorandum that he had forwarded the memorandum and the proposed regulation to Carter and said “I agree that publishing the proposed regulation at this time would be beneficial.” (Ibid.)

262. Memorandum From the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Brzezinski) to President Carter

Source: Carter Library, National Security Affairs, Staff Material, Global Issues, Mathews Subject File, Box 3, Arms Sales: Procedures: 6/76–3/77. Confidential. Sent for action. In the upper right-hand corner of the first page of the memorandum, Carter wrote “Let me have orig draft of regulation before it was modified by munitions manufacturers. JC.”

263. Memorandum From Secretary of State Vance to President Carter

Source: Carter Library, National Security Affairs, Staff Material, Global Issues, Mathews Subject File, Box 4, Arms Transfers: Policy (General): 2–5/77. Confidential.

264. Memorandum From Secretary of State Vance to President Carter

Source: Carter Library, National Security Affairs, Staff Material, Global Issues, Mathews Subject File, Box 4, Arms Transfers: Congress: 3–9/77. Confidential.

265. Memorandum From the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Brzezinski) to President Carter

Source: Carter Library, National Security Affairs, Staff Material, Global Issues, Mathews Subject File, Box 4, Arms Transfers: Policy (General): 2–5/77. Secret. Sent for action. In the upper right-hand corner of the first page of the memorandum, Carter wrote “Zbig—see me. J.C.” At the bottom of the first page, an unknown hand wrote “Closed 4–1–77 KM.”

266. Minutes of a Policy Review Committee Meeting

Source: Carter Library, National Security Council, Institutional Files, Box 60, PRC 008, Latin America 3/23/77. Secret. The meeting took place in the White House Situation Room. The minutes are scheduled to be printed in full in Foreign Relations, 1977–1980, vol. XXIV, South America; Latin America Regional.

267. Memorandum of Conversation

Source: Department of State, Office of the Secretariat Staff, Special Adviser to the Secretary (S/MS) on Soviet Affairs Marshall Shulman—Jan 21, 77–Jan 19, 81, Lot 81D109, Box 8, Vance to Moscow, March 28–30, 1977. Secret; Nodis. Drafted by Krimer; approved in draft by Hyland; and approved by Twadell on May 9. The meeting took place at the Kremlin. The memorandum is printed in full in Foreign Relations, 1977–1980, vol. VI, Soviet Union, Document 20.

268. Memorandum From the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Brzezinski) to President Carter

Source: Carter Library, Brzezinski Donated Material, Subject File, Box 24, Meetings—PRC 11: 4/12/77. Secret. Although the memorandum is undated, a list of attendees attached to the Summary of Minutes at Tab C, but not printed, indicates that the PRC meeting occurred on April 12. (Ibid.)

269. Memorandum of Conversation

Source: Department of State, Office of the Secretariat Staff, Cyrus R. Vance, Secretary of State—1977–1980, Lot 84D241, Box 10, EXDIS Memcons, 1977. Confidential; Exdis. Drafted by Jenkins; cleared by Benson in substance and Kimmitt in draft; and approved by Twaddell on May 4. The meeting took place at the Capitol. Vance held a similar meeting with members of the House of Representatives on April 26. (Ibid.)

270. Memorandum From the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Brzezinski) to President Carter

Source: Carter Library, National Security Affairs, Staff Material, Global Issues, Mathews Subject File, Box 3, Arms Sales, Presidential Review Memorandum/NSC–12: 5/75–6/77. Secret; Sensitive. In the upper right-hand corner of the memorandum, Carter wrote “ok—Will issue after Summit—JC.”

271. Presidential Directive/NSC–13

Source: Carter Library, National Security Affairs, Staff Material, Global Issues, Mathews Subject File, Box 4, Arms Transfers: Presidential Directive/NSC–13: 5–11/77. Secret; Sensitive. Carter signed the top of the first page and initialed the bottom of pages 2 and 3. Carter announced the new policy on May 19. (Public Papers: Carter, 1978, pp. 931–932) The Department of State informed all diplomatic posts that PD–13 had been publicly announced and provided guidance for an explanation of the new policy to be held “at highest appropriate Foreign Ministry level” with each host government. (Telegram Tosec 40353/115244 to all diplomatic posts, May 19; National Archives, RG 59, Central Foreign Policy File, D770179–0462)

272. 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, Staff Material, Global Issues, Mathews Subject File, Box 2, Arms Sales: Dollar Volume/Ceiling: 4/77–8/78. Secret.

273. Memorandum From Secretary of State Vance to President Carter

Source: Carter Library, National Security Affairs, Staff Material, Global Issues, Mathews Subject File, Box 4, Arms Transfers: Policy (General): 6/77–4/79. No classification markings. In the upper right-hand corner of the first page of the memorandum, Carter wrote “To Cy. J.”

274. Memorandum From the Director of Central Intelligence (Turner) to Secretary of Defense Brown

Source: Library of Congress, Manuscript Division, Harold Brown Papers, Box 78, Arms Transfer/FMS Policy, 1977. Secret. A stamped notation at the top reads “SEC DEF HAS SEEN, 1 JUL 1977.” In the upper right-hand corner, Brown wrote “7/1 ASD (ISA)—all agencies are providing self-serving disclaimer, and many of them may well be correct. Are we in DOD the only [illegible]? I doubt it. (State for example is worse). HB.”

275. Memorandum From Secretary of State Vance to President Carter

Source: Carter Library, National Security Affairs, Staff Material, Global Issues, Mathews Subject File, Box 4, Arms Transfers: Policy (General): 6–12/77. Confidential.

276. Memorandum From the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Brzezinski) to President Carter

Source: Carter Library, National Security Affairs, Staff Material, Global Issues, Mathews Subject File, Box 4, Arms Transfers: Policy (General): 6–12/77. Confidential. Sent for action.

277. 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, Staff Material, Global Issues, Mathews Subject File, Box 2, Arms Sales: Dollar Volume/Ceiling: 4/77–8/78. Confidential.

278. Memorandum of Conversation

Source: RG 59, Department of State, Office of the Secretariat Staff, Cyrus R. Vance, Secretary of State—1977–1980, Lot 84D241, Nodis Memcons 1977. Secret; Nodis. Drafted by Shulman; and approved by David Anderson (S/S) on October 31. The meeting took place in the Department of State. The conversation is published in full as Document 53 in Foreign Relations, 1977–1980, vol. VI, Soviet Union. Vance informed the Embassy in Moscow about Dobrynin’s visit in Telegram 251209 to Moscow, October 19; National Archives, RG 59, Central Foreign Policy File, P840076–0427.

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

Source: Department of State, RG 59, Office of the Deputy Secretary: Records of Warren Christopher, 1977–1980, Lot 81D113, Withdrawn Items, Box 7, Arms Transfers. Confidential.

280. Memorandum From the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Brzezinski) to Secretary of State Vance, Secretary of Defense Brown, the Director of the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency (Warnke), the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (Jones), and the Director of Central Intelligence (Turner)

Source: Carter Library, National Security Affairs, Staff Material, Global Issues, Mathews Subject File, Box 4, Arms Transfers: Policy (General): 6/77–4/79. Confidential.

281. Summary of Conclusions of a Special Coordination Committee Meeting

Source: Carter Library, National Security Council, Institutional Files, Box 90, SCC 044, Arms Transfer Policy: US/USSR: 12/9/77. Secret. The meeting took place in the White House Situation Room.

282. Telegram From the Department of State to the Liaison Office in Peking

Source: National Archives, RG 59, Central Foreign Policy File, P850056–1764. Secret; Priority; Nodis. Sent for information Priority to the White House. Drafted by William Gleysteen (EA); cleared by Harry Thayer (EA/PRCM), Alan Romberg (S/P), Priscilla Clapp (PM), Shulman (S/MS), William Luers (EUR), and Lowell Fleischer (S/S–O); and approved by Richard Holbrooke (EA).

283. Telegram From the Embassy in the Soviet Union to the Department of State

Source: National Archives, RG 59, Central Foreign Policy File, D770463–0539. Confidential; Immediate.

284. Telegram From the Department of State to the Mission to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and the Embassies in Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Greece, Iceland, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Turkey, and Italy

Source: National Archives, RG 59, Central Foreign Policy File, D780001–0958. Secret; Exdis. Drafted by Robert Mantel (PM/SS); cleared by Thomas Gorman (DOD/ISA), Barry Blechman (ACDA), Jerome Kahan (PM), and Lowell Fleischer (S/S–O); and approved by William Luers (EUR). Sent for information to Paris, London, Bonn, and Moscow. A day later, the Embassy in Moscow relayed its “deep concern and dismay over receipt of belated and relatively uninformative report” on the CAT talks. (Telegram 18660 from Moscow, December 29; National Archives, RG 59, Central Foreign Policy File, D780001–0599)

285. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in the Soviet Union

Source: National Archives, RG 59, Central Foreign Policy File, P840081–2373. Secret; Nodis. Sent for information to the White House. Drafted by Robert Mantel (PM/SSP); cleared by Gary Matthews (EUR/SOV) and John Thyden (S/S); and approved by Gelb.

286. Summary of Conclusions of a Policy Review Committee Meeting

Source: Carter Library, Brzezinski Donated Material, Box 24, Meetings: Policy Review Committee Meetings (PRC), PRC 51: 1/26/78. Secret. The meeting took place in the White House Situation Room.

287. Memorandum From the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Brzezinski) to President Carter

Source: Carter Library, Brzezinski Donated Material, Box 24, Meetings: Policy Review Committee Meetings (PRC), PRC 51: 1/26/78. Secret. Sent for action. Brzezinski hand-wrote the date in the upper right-hand corner of the first page of the memorandum. Above the date, Carter wrote “C.”