197. Memorandum From the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Brzezinski) to Secretary of State Vance, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (McIntyre), Director of Central Intelligence Turner, the Director of the International Communication Agency (Reinhardt), and the Chair of the Board for International Broadcasting (Gronouski)1

SUBJECT

  • Broadcasting to Muslim Audiences (U)

The President has approved the immediate actions to improve broadcasting to Muslim audiences endorsed by the SCC on December 11, 1979.2 These are listed at TAB A.3 Please take steps to implement these as rapidly as possible. (C)

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The President has reviewed the medium- and longer-term actions endorsed by the same SCC meeting and has asked that OMB assess funding requirements. Please do an assessment for each individual project as rapidly as possible so further plans can be developed. These actions are listed at TAB B.4 (C)

Mr. Paul Henze of my staff will be calling frequent meetings of the SCC Radio Working Group to assist you in implementing all of these efforts. (U)

Zbigniew Brzezinski
  1. Source: Carter Library, Brzezinski Donated Material, Subject File, Box 31, [Meetings—SCC 225: 12/11/79]. Confidential.
  2. The summary of conclusions from the December 11 SCC meeting is printed in Foreign Relations, 1977–1980, vol. XX, Eastern Europe, Document 70.
  3. Attached but not printed.
  4. Attached but not printed.