Nuclear Non-Proliferation in Latin America


457. 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 Country File, Box 1, Argentina: 8–12/79. Confidential.


458. Memorandum From Jerry Oplinger of the National Security Council Staff to the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Brzezinski)

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


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

Source: National Archives, RG 59, Central Foreign Policy Files, D790546–0913. Secret; Immediate; Exdis. Sent for information to Bern, Bonn, Brasilia, New Delhi, and Ottawa.


460. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Australia

Source: National Archives, RG 59, Central Foreign Policy Files, D790550–0428. Confidential; Exdis for Assistant Secretary Pickering. Drafted by Stephen V. Noble (OES); and approved by Lynn Turk (S/S–O).


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

Source: National Archives, RG 59, Central Foreign Policy Files, D790595–0619. Secret. Sent for information to the U.S. Interests Section in Baghdad, Bonn, Buenos Aires, Madrid, Mexico City, and Vienna.


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

Source: National Archives, RG 59, Central Foreign Policy Files, P840133–2108. Secret; Nodis.


463. 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 File, Box 1, Argentina: 1–4/80. Confidential. Sent for action. Carter initialed the upper right-hand corner of the memorandum.


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

Source: National Archives, RG 59, Central Foreign Policy Files, D800069–0006. Confidential; Priority. Sent for information to Paris, the U.S. Interests Section in Havana, and the Consulates in Guadalajara, Hermosillo, Monterrey, Tijuana, Ciudad Juarez (pouch), Matamoros (pouch), Mazatlan (pouch), Merida (pouch), and Neuvo Laredo (pouch).


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

Source: National Archives, RG 59, Central Foreign Policy Files, D800132–0007. Confidential; Priority. Sent for information to the U.S. Interests Section in Havana, Moscow, the Mission in Geneva, Vienna, and all Consulates in Mexico.


466. Memorandum of Conversation

Source: National Archives, RG 383, Records of the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency, Office of the Director, Lot 81D155, Box 14, Argentina, Jan–March 1980. Drafted by Clifton Metzner. The meeting took place at the Comisión Nacional de Energía Atómic (CNEA). Copies were sent to the Ambassador, the Deputy Chief of Mission, the Science Counselor, the Defense Attaché, the Bureau of Security Assistance, Science, and Technology, the Bureau of Inter-American Affairs, the Bureau of Oceans and Scientific and Environmental Affairs, and the Secretary.


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

Source: National Archives, RG 59, Central Foreign Policy File, D800153–0662. Confidential; Immediate. Sent for information Priority to Bern, Buenos Aires, and Ottawa. Drafted by Anne Stefanas (OES/NET/NEP) and Erwin Von Den Steinen (EUR/CE); cleared by Pickering (OES), Allen Locke (S/AS), William Salmon (T), George Suchan (PM/NPP), Charles Van Doren (ACDA/NP), L. Paul Bremer (S/S), Ronald Bettauer (L), George Jones (ARA), Robert Galluci (S/P), John Whitman (ARA/ECA), and Ward Barmon (EUR/RPE); and approved by Vance. Stoessel delivered the letter on March 28. (Telegram 6079 from Bonn, March 28; National Archives, RG 59, Central Foreign Policy File, D800157–0130)


468. Minutes of a Policy Review Committee Meeting

Source: Carter Library, National Security Affairs, Brzezinski Material, Brzezinski Office File, Country Chron, Box 3, Argentina 1979–1980. Secret. Sent for information. The meeting took place in the White House Situation Room.


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

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; Immediate; Nodis.


470. 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 File, Box 1, Argentina, 6–11/80. Confidential. Sent for action. Carter initialed the upper right corner of the memorandum.