Nuclear Non-Proliferation in Latin America


427. 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 6, Brazil, 1–12/77. Secret. Carter initialed the upper right-hand corner of the memorandum.


428. Telegram From the Mission in Geneva to the Department of State

Source: National Archives, RG 59, Central Foreign Policy File, D770471–0113. Confidential. Sent for information to Buenos Aires, Brasilia, Mexico City, Moscow, and the Interests Section in Havana.


429. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Argentina

Source: National Archives, RG 59, Central Foreign Policy File, D780062–0871. Secret. Drafted by Fernando Rondon (ARA/ECA); cleared by Nye and Smith in draft; and by Oplinger, Louis Nosenzo (OES), Ronald Bettauer (L), Jeffrey Siegel (INR), Charles Van Doren (ACDA), Phyllis Oakley (ARA)/RPP), and Malcolm Barneby (ARA/AND) for information; and approved by Robert Zimmermann (ARA/ECA).


430. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Venezuela

Source: National Archives, RG 59, Central Foreign Policy File, D780048–0877. Confidential; Priority. Drafted by Lorna Watson (ACDA/NP/NX) and McFadden (DOE); cleared by Anne Jillson (IO/SCT), Robert Kelley (S/AS), Louis Cecchini (OES), Robert Sloane (L/OES), and William Sergeant (ARA); and approved by Charles Van Doren (ACDA).


431. 431. Intelligence Report Prepared in the Central Intelligence Agency

Source: Carter Library, National Security Affairs, Brzezinski Material, Country File, Box 4, Argentina, 1/77–12/78. Secret; [handling restriction not declassified]. According to a March 10 note from CIA Executive Secretary B.C. Evans to Dodson, the report “was prepared under the auspices of the National Intelligence Officer for Nuclear Proliferation and the Acting Intelligence Officer for Latin America.” (Ibid.)


432. Memorandum of Conversation

Source: Carter Library, National Security Affairs, Staff Material, Office, Outside the System File, Box 56, Country Chron, Venezuela: 1–4/78. Confidential. The meeting took place at Miraflores Palace.


433. Telegram From the Embassy in Brazil to the Department of State

Source: National Archives, RG 59, Central Foreign Policy File, P850104–2220. Secret; Immediate; Cherokee; Nodis.


434. Telegram From the Embassy in Mexico to the Department of State

Source: National Archives, RG 59, Central Foreign Policy File, D780180–0823. Limited Official Use; Priority. Sent for information to Brasilia, Buenos Aires, Caracas, the Mission in Geneva, Georgetown, the Interests Section in Havana, Moscow, USUN, Panama City, Paris, Santiago, and Vienna.


435. 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 45, Latin America, 12/77–7/78. No classification marking. Sent for information. Copies were sent to Hunter and Tuchman.


436. Telegram From the Embassy in Chile to the Department of State

Source: National Archives, RG 59, Central Foreign Policy File, D780203–1070. Confidential; Priority. Sent for information to Buenos Aires.


438. Telegram From the Embassy in France to the Department of State

Source: National Archives, RG 59, Central Foreign Policy File, D780226–0459. Confidential. Sent for information to Mexico City and USUN.


439. Telegram From the Embassy in Argentina to the Department of State

Source: National Archives, RG 59, Central Foreign Policy File, D780253–0160. Confidential. Sent for information to Brasilia, Mexico City, and Vienna.


440. Memorandum from the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Brzezinski) to Secretary of Defense Brown

Source: Library of Congress, Manuscript Division, Harold Brown Papers, Box 74, General Files, Tlatelolco, Treaty of. Confidential. The memorandum was leaked to columnists Rowland Evans and Robert Novak, who quoted from it in a Washington Post column. (Evans and Novak, “Retreat from an ‘Open Administration’,” Washington Post, August 28, 1978) The column elicited an official letter from the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General David Jones, to the Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, John Sparkman (D-Alabama), which explained that the Joint Chiefs had endorsed the signing of Protocol I in December 1977. (Congressional Record, September 27, 1978)


441. 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, Staff Material, North/South, Pastor Subject, Treaty of Tlatelolco/Nuclear, Box 66: 1/78–4/80. Confidential.


442. Telegram From the Embassy in France to the Department of State

Source: National Archives, RG 59, Central Foreign Policy File, D780327–0403. Confidential. Sent for information to Mexico.


444. Telegram From the Embassy in Mexico to the Department of State

Source: National Archives, RG 59, Central Foreign Policy Files, D780446–0175. Confidential; Immediate; Exdis.


445. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in the Federal Republic of Germany

Source: National Archives, RG 59, Central Foreign Policy Files, D780480–1105. Secret; Exdis. Sent for information to Brasilia, Buenos Aires, and Ottawa. Drafted by John Bligh (EUR/CE); cleared by Susan Klingaman (EUR/CE), Richard Barkley (EUR/CE), James Thyden (S/S–O), and Vest; and approved by William Woesner (EUR/CE).


446. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassies in the United Kingdom and France

Source: National Archives, RG 59, Central Foreign Policy Files, D780496–1184. Confidential; Immediate. Sent for information Priority to Moscow, Mexico City, USUN, Vienna, and Panama City. Drafted by Margot Mazeau (ACDA/GA) and Michael Matheson (L/PM); cleared by Louis Nosenzo (OES/NET), Lorna Watson (ACDA/NP), Charles Steiner (PM/NPP), George Jones (ARA), Kent Brown (EUR/SOV), Pastor (NSC), Susan Flood (OSD/ISA), Mark Lissfelt, and Peter Reams (EUR/NE); and approved by James Michel (L).


447. Memorandum From Ambassador-at-Large and Special Representative for Non-Proliferation Matters Smith to the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Brzezinski)

Source: Carter Library, National Security Affairs, Brzezinski Material, Country File, Box 4, Argentina, 1/79–1/80. Confidential. A copy was sent to Matthews.


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

Source: National Archives, RG 59, Central Foreign Policy Files, D790131–0131. Confidential; Immediate. Sent for information Priority to Buenos Aires, Bonn, Vienna, and Ottawa. Drafted by Anne Stefanas (OES/NET/NEP) and Michael Matheson (L/PM); cleared by Charles Salmon (T), Robert Kelley (S/AS), George Suchan (PM/NPP), Robert Sloan (L/N), Richard Williamson (ACDA), Benglesdorf (DOE), Carol Kay Stocker (EUR), Kent Brown (EUR), Charles Brayshaw (ARA), and George Jones (ARA); and approved by Michael Guhin (OES/NET/NEP).


449. Telegram From the Embassy in Ecuador to the Department of State

Source: National Archives, RG 59, Central Foreign Policy File, D790189–0869. Confidential; Immediate. Sent for information to Mexico City.


450. Telegram From the Embassy in Mexico to the Department of State

Source: National Archives, RG 59, Central Foreign Policy File, D790352–0811. Confidential. Sent for information to Brasilia, Buenos Aires, Caracas, the U.S. Interests Section in Havana, Moscow, Vienna, and all U.S. Consulates in Mexico.


451. Intelligence Cable

[Source: National Archives, RG 383, Records of the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency, Office of the Director, Lot 81D155, Box 9, Treaty of Tlateloloco—1979–1980. Secret. 5 pages not declassified.]


452. Memorandum from the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Brzezinski) to Secretary of State Vance

Source: Carter Library, National Security Affairs, Staff Material, North/South, Pastor Country File, Box 1, Argentina: 8–12/79. Confidential. Copies were sent to Schlesinger and Seignious.


453. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassies in Ecuador, Argentina, and Nicaragua

Source: National Archives, RG 59, Central Foreign Policy Files, D790369–1171. Confidential; Immediate; Exdis. Sent for information to all American Republic diplomatic posts. Drafted by Michael Adams (ARA/ERA); cleared by Pastor (NSC), L. Paul Bremer (S/S), and Robert Steven (S/S–O); and approved by Vaky (ARA).


454. 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 4, Argentina, 1/79–1/80. Confidential.


455. Telegram From the Embassy in Brazil to the Department of State

Source: National Archives, RG 59, Central Foreign Policy Files, D790422–0125. Confidential. Sent for information to Buenos Aires and Moscow.


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

Source: Carter Library, National Security Affairs, Staff Material, North/South, Pastor Country File, Box 1, Argentina: 8–12/79. Confidential.