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108. Memorandum From Paula Dobriansky of the National Security Council Staff to the President’s Deputy Assistant for National Security Affairs (McFarlane)
Source: Reagan Library, European and Soviet Affairs Directorate, NSC Records, Subject File, Shultz, George P., Secretary of State (1 of 5). Confidential. Sent for information.
110. Information Memorandum From the Director of the Policy Planning Staff (Wolfowitz) to Secretary of State Shultz
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 JUL 1982. Confidential. Drafted by Libby; cleared by Wilcox. McManaway’s stamped initials appear on the memorandum. A stamped notation on the memorandum reads: “EXPEDITE.”
111. Memorandum From the Under Secretary of State for Economic and Business Affairs-Designate (Wallis) to Secretary of State Shultz
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 JUL 1982. Confidential. In a handwritten note attached to the memorandum and Kirkpatrick’s August 6 memorandum to Shultz (see Document 112) Kaplan wrote: “Other principals have been asked for their views. Here is the 1st response.”
112. Memorandum From the Representative to the United Nations (Kirkpatrick) to Secretary of State Shultz
Source: Department of State, Executive Secretariat, S/P Records, 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 JUL 1982. Confidential.
113. Memorandum From the Director of the Policy Planning Staff (Wolfowitz) to Secretary of State Shultz
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 AUG 1982. No classification marking. Not for the System. Shultz’s stamped initials appear in the top right-hand corner of the memorandum. Bremer initialed the memorandum and wrote “8/25.”
114. Note From the Director of the Policy Planning Staff (Wolfowitz) to Secretary of State Shultz
Source: Department of State, Executive Secretariat, S/P Records, 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 AUG 1982. Confidential. Shultz’s stamped initials appear at the top of the memorandum. In the top right-hand corner of the memorandum, Shultz wrote: “Paul—An interesting paper—Pls organize a discussion of people inside Gov’t (say 6 or 8, no more than 10) to spend an hour or two with me on this—some time in the next month. G.”
115. Memorandum From the Director of the Policy Planning Staff (Wolfowitz) to Secretary of State Shultz
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 AUG 1982. Secret; Sensitive. Shultz’s stamped initials appear on the memorandum. Wolfowitz sent the memorandum to Shultz under an August 27 typewritten note, stating: “Attached is a broad-brush summary of what emerged to me as the most interesting aspect of last weekend’s discussion of Soviet policy: the broad distinction among three quite different schools of thought. There was much more useful detail and many more thoughts in my head that I would still like to get down on paper, but this should be a useful first installment.” (Ibid.) Also printed in Foreign Relations, 1981–1988, vol. III, Soviet Union, January 1981–January 1983, Document 206.
116. Address by President Reagan to the Nation
Source: Public Papers: Reagan, 1982, Book II, pp. 1093–1097. The President spoke at 6 p.m. from the studios of KNBC–TV. The address was broadcast live on nationwide radio and television networks. Shultz later recounted that, prior to the speech, he took part in “a large press briefing in the Loy Henderson Auditorium at the State Department. The atmosphere was tense with anticipation. This was my first major substantive experience with the press since confirmation. They had copies of the president’s speech, embargoed until after delivery. My briefing was piped live to the press corps accompanying the president in California, all this in an effort to present a coherent and consistent picture of the president’s peace plan.” (Shultz, Turmoil and Triumph, p. 96) The Department sent the transcript of the background briefing to all diplomatic and consular posts in telegram 247598, September 2. (Department of State, Central Foreign Policy File, Electronic Telegrams, D820457–0082)
117. Memorandum From the Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs (Eagleburger) to Secretary of State Shultz
Source: Department of State, Executive Secretariat, S/S Files, The Executive Secretariat’s Special Caption Documents: Lot 92D630, Not for the System Documents September 1982. Secret. Not for the System. Bremer initialed the memorandum at the top and wrote “9/10.”
118. Information Memorandum From the Director of the Policy Planning Staff (Wolfowitz) to Secretary of State Shultz
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 SEP 1982. Secret. Bremer’s stamped initials appear at the top of the memorandum. Another stamped notation reads: “82 SEP 24 P4:44.” A notation in an unknown hand, presumably Kaplan’s, indicates that copies were sent to Holdridge, Howe, Walters, Dam, and Eagleburger. Also scheduled for publication in Foreign Relations, 1981–1988, vol. XXVIII, China, 1981–1983.
119. Briefing Memorandum From the Director of the Policy Planning Staff (Wolfowitz) to Secretary of State Shultz
Source: Department of State, Executive Secretariat, S/P Records, 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 SEP 1982. Limited Official Use. Drafted by Kaplan; cleared by Gompert. Kaplan initialed for Gompert. Bremer initialed the memorandum at the top and wrote “10/12.” In a September 18 note to Wolfowitz, Adams requested that he prepare “a briefing paper with talking points” for Shultz. (Ibid.) Wolfowitz sent the memorandum to Shultz under a September 24 covering note, indicating that it was “the briefing memorandum requested for your meeting with Ed Meese on mid-term foreign policy planning.” He continued, “Since your meeting with Ed is not for another month (October 20), you will want to regard this as a first cut. After the UNGA, and once you have a better idea of what he has in mind, you may wish us to provide other materials or to hold a meeting to discuss the subject.” No record of Shultz’s meeting with Meese has been found.
120. Address by Secretary of State Shultz Before the United Nations General Assembly
Source: Department of State Bulletin, November 1982, pp. 1–3, 6–9. All brackets are in the original. Shultz’s delegation in New York sent the Department and USIA the text of the address in Secto 13027, September 30. (Department of State, Central Foreign Policy File, Electronic Telegrams, D820506–1039) All brackets are in the original. Shultz, in characterizing the address, wrote in his memoir that he had “summed up what little wisdom I picked up from the incredible events of August and September. We would start from realism. We would act from strength, both in power and purpose. We would stress the essential need to generate consent, build agreement, and negotiate on key issues. We would conduct ourselves in the belief that progress was possible, even though the road to its achievement was long and hard. I thought these points were straightforward and obvious benchmarks for our foreign policy in the 1980s. They proved to be anything but easy to implement.” (Shultz, Turmoil and Triumph, pp. 111–112)
121. Memorandum From Steven Sestanovich of the Policy Planning Staff to the Director of the Policy Planning Staff (Wolfowitz)
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 10/21–31/82. Confidential.
122. Memorandum From the Deputy Director of the Policy Planning Staff (Kaplan) to the Director of the Policy Planning Staff (Wolfowitz)
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 10/21–31/82. Secret.
123. Memorandum From the Deputy Secretary of State (Dam) and the Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs (Eagleburger) to all Assistant Secretaries of State and the Directors of the Policy Planning Staff (Wolfowitz), the Bureau of Politico-Military Affairs (Howe), and the Bureau of Intelligence and Research (Montgomery)
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 1/1–15/83. Confidential. Sent through Bremer. No drafting information appears on the memorandum. A stamped date indicates that it was received on November 4 at 6:26 p.m.
124. Memorandum From the Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs (Crocker) to Secretary of State Shultz
Source: Department of State, Executive Secretariat, S/S Files, The Executive Secretariat’s Special Caption Documents: Lot 92D630, Not for the System Documents November 1982. Confidential. Not for the System. Drafted by Crocker. Bremer initialed the memorandum at the top and wrote “11/6.”
126. Remarks by Vice President Bush
Source: Department of State Bulletin, January 1983, pp. 45–49. The Vice President spoke before the Kenya Chamber of Commerce. Bush departed Washington on November 10 for Cape Verde, Senegal, Nigeria, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Kenya, Zaire, and Bermuda. On November 14–15, Bush traveled to Moscow and headed the U.S. delegation to Brezhnev’s funeral. He then returned to the United States on November 24. For the text of the Vice President’s statements, remarks, and toasts made during the trip, in addition to the text of the U.S.-Nigeria joint communiqué, see ibid., pp. 34–45, and 49–51.
127. Paper Prepared in the National Security Council Staff
Source: Reagan Library, David Gergen Files, Subject File, RR Arms Control Speech and MX—11/22/1982. No classification marking. Clark sent the paper to multiple recipients under cover of a November 22 memorandum, noting that it contained talking points related to the President’s November 22 address to the nation on strategic arms reduction and nuclear deterrence. For the text of the address, see Public Papers: Reagan, 1982, Book II, pp. 1505–1510.