Foundations of Foreign Policy, 1982


77. Memorandum From Secretary of State Haig to President Reagan

Source: Department of State, Executive Secretariat, S/S Files, The Executive Secretariat’s Special Caption Documents: Lot 92D630, Not for the System Documents January 1982. Secret; Sensitive. Not for the System. Drafted by Haass, cleared by Burt and Stoessel. Bremer sent the memorandum to Clark under a January 11 covering memorandum, writing: “The Secretary asked that it be handled personally by you with the President due to its sensitivity.” (Ibid.) Under a January 13 covering memorandum to the NSC staff, Bailey forwarded a copy of Haig’s memorandum, requesting that staff members provide Bailey with “any substantive comments” on it. (Reagan Library, European and Soviet Affairs Directorate, NSC Records, Subject File, Haig, Secretary of State (5 of 8)) Pipes’s January 15 response to Bailey is printed as Document 78.


78. Memorandum From Richard Pipes of the National Security Council Staff to Norman Bailey of the National Security Council Staff

Source: Reagan Library, European and Soviet Affairs Directorate, NSC Records, Subject File, Haig, Secretary of State (5 of 8). Secret. All brackets are in the original.


79. Memorandum From Norman Bailey of the National Security Council Staff to the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Clark)

Source: Reagan Library, Executive Secretariat, NSC Subject File, Foreign Policy Accomplishments (01/12/82–07/13/84). Secret. Sent for information. Lenz initialed the top right-hand corner of the memorandum. Attached but not printed at Tabs A–H are comments from Lord, Nau, Russell, Wettering, Pipes, Weiss, Shoemaker, and Dobriansky. Pipes’s response is printed as Document 78.


81. Memorandum From the Executive Secretary of the Cabinet Council on Food and Agriculture (McClaughry) to the Members of the Cabinet Council on Food and Agriculture

Source: Reagan Library, C.W. Burleigh Leonard Files, Cabinet Council on Food and Agriculture Minutes, 02/23/1982–12/17/1982 (1). No classification marking. All brackets are in the original. No drafting information appears on the minutes; presumably drafted by McClaughry. McClaughry sent the memorandum to the members of the Council under a February 26 covering memorandum. (Ibid.)


84. Memorandum From Secretary of State Haig to President Reagan

Source: Reagan Library, Executive Secretariat, NSC Agency File, Department of State (02/13/1982–05/25/1982). Secret. There is no indication that the President saw the memorandum.


85. Memorandum From Norman Bailey of the National Security Council Staff to the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Clark)

Source: Reagan Library, Executive Secretariat, NSC Agency File, Department of State (02/13/1982–05/25/1982). Secret. Sent for action. A stamped notation reads: “SIGNED.” Wheeler initialed the top right-hand corner of the memorandum.


87. Memorandum From the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Clark) to President Reagan

Source: Reagan Library, European and Soviet Affairs Directorate, NSC Records, Subject File, Democracy (Democratization of Communist Countries) (1 of 5). Secret. Sent for action. Prepared by Bailey. Clark signed “Bill” next to his name in the “From” line. In the top right-hand corner of the memorandum, an unknown hand wrote: “President has seen.” A stamped notation on the back of the memorandum indicates that it was received on March 15 at 11:24 a.m.


88. Action Memorandum From the Acting Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs (Holmes), the Assistant Secretary of State for Economic and Business Affairs (Hormats), and the Director of the Bureau of Politico-Military Affairs (Burt) to Secretary of State Haig

Source: Reagan Library, Executive Secretariat, NSC Trip File, Summit File, NATO Summit/Linkage 1982; NLR–755–13–24–5–8. Secret. Sent through Eagleburger, who did not initial the memorandum. Drafted by George Ward Jr. (EUR/RPM); cleared by Niles, Thomas, Ray Caldwell (EUR/RPM), Theodore Russell (EUR/RPE), Marshall Casse (E), Dobbins, and Kaplan, and in draft by Gompert. Ward initialed for all clearing officials except for Dobbins. Bremer’s stamped initials appear at the top of the memorandum. A stamped notation indicates that it was received on March 25 at 8:38 p.m.


89. Memorandum From the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Clark) to Secretary of State Haig

Source: Reagan Library, Executive Secretariat, NSC Agency File, Department of State (02/13/1982–05/25/1982). Secret.


90. Memorandum From the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Clark) to President Reagan

Source: Reagan Library, Executive Secretariat, NSC Subject File, Nuclear Freeze (03/28/1982–04/05/1982). Confidential. A notation at the top of the memorandum in an unknown hand indicates the President saw it on April 3. Another notation in an unknown hand reads: “5/24 WC said file.”


91. Address by Secretary of State Haig

Source: Department of State Bulletin, May 1982, pp. 31–34. All brackets are in the original. Haig spoke before an audience at Georgetown University’s Center for Strategic and International Studies.


92. Memorandum of Conversation

Source: Reagan Library, Executive Secretariat, NSC Subject File, Memorandums of Conversation—President Reagan (April 1982). No classification marking. The meeting took place in the Roosevelt Room at the White House. No drafting information appears on the memorandum; presumably drafted by Bailey. In his personal diary entry for April 13, the President wrote: “Henry Kissinger brought group of businessmen & bankers to help with our East-West relations. A good meeting.” (Brinkley, ed., The Reagan Diaries, vol. I, January 1981–October 1985, p. 123)


93. Memorandum From Dennis Blair of the National Security Council Staff to the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Clark)

Source: Reagan Library, European and Soviet Affairs Directorate, NSC Records, Subject File, Democracy (Democratization of Communist Countries) (1 of 5). Confidential. Sent for action. A stamped notation in the top right-hand corner of the memorandum reads: “SIGNED.”


94. Paper Prepared by Steven Sestanovich of the Policy Planning Staff

Source: Department of State, Executive Secretariat, S/P Files, Memoranda and Correspondence from the Director of the Policy Planning Staff to the Secretary and Other Seventh Floor Principals: Lot 89D149, S/P Chrons PW 4/21–30/82. No classification marking. Drafted by Sestanovich. A notation in an unknown hand, presumably Kaplan’s, in the top right-hand corner of the memorandum reads: “to: P. Wolfowitz, fm: Steve Sestanovich, 4/21/82, w/copies to JR [James Rowe], NT [Nathan Tarcov].”


95. Memorandum From William Stearman of the National Security Council Staff to the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Clark)

Source: Reagan Library, European and Soviet Affairs Directorate, NSC Records, Subject File, Shultz, George P. Secretary of State; NLR–170–13–34–13–7. Confidential. Sent for information. A copy of the first page of this memorandum elsewhere in the same file bears a stamped notation that reads: “Noted.”


96. Memorandum From the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Clark) to the Counselor to the President (Meese), the White House Chief of Staff and Assistant to the President (Baker), and the Deputy White House Chief of Staff and Assistant to the President (Deaver)

Source: Reagan Library, David Gergen Files, Subject File, Nuclear [Freeze] (1 of 8). No classification marking. A stamped notation in the top left-hand corner of the memorandum reads: “URGENT.” A copy was sent to Gergen.


97. Information Memorandum From the Director of the Policy Planning Staff (Wolfowitz) to the Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs (Eagleburger)

Source: Department of State, Executive Secretariat, S/P Files, Memoranda and Correspondence from the Director of the Policy Planning Staff to the Secretary and Other Seventh Floor Principals: Lot 89D149, S/P Chrons PW 4/21–30/82. Confidential. Drafted by Tarcov, Keyes, Feldstein, Kaplan, and Thornton on April 23; cleared by Benedick, Pratt, Levitsky, Michalopoulos, Graner, George Brown, McMullen, Wilcox, and Dodd, and in substance by Miles and Wolf. Alex Wolff initialed for all clearing officials. The memorandum is backdated. Also scheduled for publication in Foreign Relations, 1981–1988, vol. XXXVIII, International Economic Development; International Debt; Foreign Assistance. Wolfowitz sent the memorandum to Eagleburger under an April 23 covering note, writing: “Attached is the paper that you requested on U.S. policy toward the Third World. This whole exercise has brought home the need for a more fundamental look at this issue.” (Ibid.) An April 16 draft is ibid.


98. Memorandum From the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Clark) to President Reagan

Source: Reagan Library, European and Soviet Affairs Directorate, NSC Records, Subject File, Democracy (Democratization of Communist Countries) (1 of 5); NLR–170–8–44–8–8. Confidential. Sent for action. Copies were sent to Bush, Meese, and James Baker. Darman initialed the top right-hand corner of the memorandum. Blair sent Clark a draft of the memorandum to the President under an April 19 covering memorandum; see Document 93.


99. Address by President Reagan

Source: Public Papers: Reagan, 1982, Book I, pp. 580–586. All brackets are in the original. The President spoke at 3:23 p.m. in the Reagan Physical Education Center. The Department provided the text of talking points outlining the major themes of the President’s address to all European diplomatic posts in telegram 127094, May 11. (Department of State, Central Foreign Policy File, Electronic Telegrams, D820245–0130) In his personal diary entry for May 9, the President wrote: “Left at 1:20 for Peoria. Helicoptered right to the Reagan field house at Eureka—donned robe and addressed the graduation gathering class of ’82. Used the occasion to launch our START program for reducing nuclear weapons for Russia & U.S. It was well received. Helicoptered back to Peoria—met with Class of ’32 reunion (my class). A big turnout considering only 37 remain alive out of 45. Then met with Scholarship Committee raising funds for program in my name.” (Brinkley ed., The Reagan Diaries, vol. I, January 1981–October 1985, p. 130)


100. Memorandum From Secretary of State Haig to President Reagan

Source: Department of State, P Files, Subject File—Lawrence Eagleburger Files: Lot 84D204, Chron—May 1981. Secret; Sensitive. Drafted by Palmer on May 7. Printed from an uninitialed copy. Also scheduled for publication in Foreign Relations, 1981–1988, vol. VII, Western Europe, 1981–1984. Under a May 7 typewritten note, Eagleburger sent Haig the memorandum, writing: “Here is the memorandum you requested to update the President on the speeches we are doing for him. It is striking that we are precisely on track with the gameplan we set out six weeks ago.” (Ibid.)


102. Memorandum of Conversation

Source: Reagan Library, Douglas McMinn Files, Summit Files, France—Preparatory Meeting (2). Secret; Sensitive; Not for the System. Drafted by Casse on May 17. The meeting was held in the Cabinet Room. Also scheduled for publication in Foreign Relations, 1981–1988, vol. XXXVI, Trade; Monetary Policy; Industrialized Country Cooperation, 1981–1984.


103. Information Memorandum From the Director of the Bureau of Politico-Military Affairs (Howe) and the Director of the Policy Planning Staff (Wolfowitz) to Secretary of State Haig

Source: Department of State, Executive Secretariat, S/P Files, Memoranda and Correspondence from the Director of the Policy Planning Staff to the Secretary and Other Seventh Floor Principals: Lot 89D149, S/P Chrons PW Chrons to Secy June ’82. Top Secret; Sensitive. Sent through Eagleburger, who did not initial the memorandum. Neither Howe nor Wolfowitz initialed the memorandum. Drafted by Beers on June 7; cleared by Kanter and Pappageorge.


104. Address by President Reagan Before the British Parliament

Source: Public Papers: Reagan, 1982, Book I, pp. 742–748. All brackets are in the original. The President spoke at 12:14 p.m. in the Royal Gallery at the Palace of Westminster.


105. Memorandum From Secretary of Defense Weinberger to the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Clark)

Source: Reagan Library, Executive Secretariat, NSC Agency File, Department of Defense (05/06/1982–06/10/1982); NLR–747–2–29–11–3. Secret; Eyes Only. A stamped notation in the top right-hand corner of the memorandum indicates that Clark saw it. Another stamped notation indicates that it was received at 2:36 p.m. on June 10. Poindexter initialed another copy of the memorandum, on which an unknown hand wrote: “6/11 Staff: Blair—per WC. Darman read memo. Indicated already being done.” (Ibid.)


106. Address by President Reagan Before the United Nations General Assembly Special Session on Disarmament

Source: Public Papers: Reagan, 1982, Book I, pp. 784–789. The President spoke at 11:02 a.m. in the General Assembly Hall. In his personal diary entry for June 17, the President wrote: “This was a day in N.Y. This morning I addressed the U.N. General Assembly. Ambassador Gromyko did not applaud. I said some blunt things about the Soviet U. that needed saying. They were not well received by the large segment which usually votes against the U.S. & with the U.S.S.R. On the other hand, I think my talk added to the results of the trip to Europe & was a plus.” (Brinkley, ed., The Reagan Diaries, vol. I, January 1981–June 1985, p. 137)