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260. Paper Prepared in the Department of State
Source: Reagan Library, George Shultz Papers, Secretary’s Meeting with the President, (01/24/1986); NLR–775–18–99–1–3. Secret. No drafting information appears on the paper. Shultz’s stamped initials appear at the top of the paper. The paper was prepared in advance of Shultz’s January 24 meeting with the President. In the same folder are a January 22 letter from Armacost to Shultz, a January 21 memorandum from Wolfowitz to Shultz with attached talking points, and a second January 22 memorandum from Armacost to Shultz, all concerning the Philippines and all prepared for Shultz’s meeting with Reagan. According to the President’s Daily Diary, the President met with Shultz and Poindexter in the Oval Office from 1:32 until 2:08 p.m. (Reagan Library, President’s Daily Diary)
261. Night Note Prepared by the Director of the Policy Planning Staff (Rodman)
Source: Reagan Library, Peter Rodman Files, Department of State Chronological File, Chron 01/09/1986–01/20/1986; NLR–488–12–19–13–3. No classification marking.
264. Information Memorandum From the Director of the Bureau of Intelligence and Research (Abramowitz) 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 3/1–31/86. Confidential. An unknown hand wrote “3/6/86 INR memo w/RHS penciled comments” in the top right-hand corner of the memorandum. Solomon wrote in the top right-hand corner of the memorandum: “1. List of who became democratic. 2. fragility & west support (p.4).” Abramowitz signed “Mort A.” next to his last name in the “From” line.
265. Memorandum From the Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs (Wallis) to Secretary of State Shultz
Source: Department of State, Executive Secretariat, S/S Files, 1986 Official Office Files, Action/Briefing/Information/Through Memoranda/Chron Files/Memoranda to the Secretary Handled by Under Secretary Allen Wallis, (E) Economic Affairs: Lot 89D156, January/March—Memoranda to the Secretary. Limited Official Use; Eyes Only. Platt initialed the top right-hand corner of the memorandum and wrote “3/25.” Shultz’s stamped initials appear in the top right-hand corner of the memorandum.
266. Information Memorandum From the Director of the Policy Planning Staff (Solomon) 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 3/1–31/86. Confidential. Drafted by Steve Pieczenik (S/P) and Solomon.
267. Address by Secretary of State Shultz
Source: Department of State Bulletin, May 1986, pp. 40–43. All brackets are in the original. Shultz addressed the Stanford University Alumni Association’s first International Conference.
268. Information Memorandum From the Director of the Policy Planning Staff (Solomon) 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 3/1–31/86. Confidential. A stamped notation on the memorandum reads: “EXPEDITE.” McKinley’s stamped initials appear on the memorandum.
269. Memorandum From the White House Chief of Staff (Regan) to President Reagan
Source: Library of Congress, Manuscript Collection, Donald T. Regan Papers, Box 213, White House, Subject File, Planning, 1985–87. No classification marking. Printed from an uninitialed copy.
270. Address by Secretary of State Shultz
Source: Department of State Bulletin, June 1986, pp. 35–39. All brackets are in the original. Shultz spoke as part of the Landon Lecture Series at Kansas State University.
271. Information Memorandum From the Director of the Policy Planning Staff (Solomon) 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 4/1–30/86. Secret; Sensitive. Shultz’s stamped initials appear at the top of the memorandum. In the top right-hand corner, Shultz wrote: “Let us have a good discussion with Win Lord when he is back here.” A typed transcription of Shultz’s notation bears the date April 24. Quinn initialed the memorandum and wrote “4/22.” “CJ” (presumably Cozetta D. Johnson, S/S) initialed the memorandum for Platt and wrote “4/25.”
272. Handwritten Notes by Secretary of State Shultz
Source: Reagan Library, George Shultz Papers, Arms Control (12/09/1984–07/15/1986); NLR–775–22–76–2–2. No classification marking. The editor transcribed the text from Shultz’s handwritten notes specifically for this volume. An image of the notes is Appendix A. Shultz’s notes were taken during a June 6 NSPG meeting, which took place in the Situation Room from 10:58 until 11:51 a.m. (Reagan Library, President’s Daily Diary) A memorandum for the record of the meeting, prepared by Casey, is in Foreign Relations, 1981–1988, vol. V, Soviet Union, March 1985–October 1986, Document 239. The minutes are in the Reagan Library, Executive Secretariat, National Security Planning Group (NSPG), NSPG 134 06/06/1986 [US-Soviet Relations]. In his personal diary entry for June 6, the President recalled: “We had a short N.S.P.G. meeting about what we can do with the Soviets. It had to be called off before any decision—we’ll take it up next week. Then Nancy & I had lunch with Suzanne Massie who truly is a great authority on the Russian people & the Soviets. She’s convinced the govt. there is having real problems with Gorbachev & the old guard at odds. I believe this is true.” (Brinkley, ed., The Reagan Diaries, vol. II, November 1985–January 1989, p. 606)
273. Memorandum From Secretary of State Shultz to President Reagan
Source: Reagan Library, Robert Linhard Files, Compartment File, SAGE 03–Tactics. Secret. The President initialed the top right-hand corner of the memorandum.
274. Memorandum From the Assistant to the President and Director of Communications (Buchanan) to the White House Chief of Staff (Regan) and the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Poindexter)
Source: Library of Congress, Manuscript Collection, Donald T. Regan Papers, Box 192, White House, Notes, Daily Meetings, June 1986 (2 of 2). No classification marking. Immediate. Although Buchanan indicated that he had attached a final draft of the proposed address, the final draft was not found attached.
275. Address by Secretary of State Shultz
Source: Department of State Bulletin, November 1986, pp. 11–14. All brackets are in the original. Shultz spoke before Harvard University’s 350th anniversary convocation. Excerpts from the address are printed in the New York Times, September 6, 1986, p. 7.
276. Paper Prepared in 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 SEPTEMBER 1986. No classification marking. Solomon sent the “brief point paper,” attached as Tab A, to Shultz under a September 6 covering memorandum, noting that Shultz was scheduled to give a 15-minute presentation on the administration’s foreign policy agenda to the Cabinet the week of September 8. Attached to Solomon’s covering memorandum at Tab B is an undated 14-page version of the point paper. (Ibid.) No record of Shultz’s briefing has been found.
277. Information Memorandum From the Director of the Policy Planning Staff (Solomon) 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 OCTOBER 1986. Secret; Sensitive.
279. Briefing 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—October 1986. Secret; Sensitive; Not for the System. Quinn also initialed the memorandum. Also scheduled for publication in Foreign Relations, 1981–1988, vol. XXVII, Sub-Saharan Africa.
280. Memorandum From the Executive Secretary of the Department of State (Platt) to the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Poindexter)
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 OCTOBER 1986. Confidential. Drafted by Ledsky on October 28; cleared by Solomon and in draft by Fox. Bleakley initialed for both Ledsky and Fox. The President delivered his State of the Union address before both houses of Congress on January 27, 1987. For the text of the address, see Public Papers: Reagan, 1987, Book I, pp. 56–61.
281. Address by President Reagan to the Nation
Source: Public Papers: Reagan, 1986, Book II, pp. 1546–1548. The President spoke at 8:01 p.m. from the Oval Office. His address was broadcast live on nationwide radio and television. In telegram 355902 to all Near Eastern and South Asian diplomatic posts, November 14, the Department transmitted the text of the President’s address. (Department of State, Central Foreign Policy File, Electronic Telegrams, D860869–0106) In his personal diary entry for November 13, the President noted: “1st order of business—I will go on T.V. at 8 P.M. tonite and reply to the ridiculous falsehoods the media has been spawning for the last 10 days.” (Brinkley, ed., The Reagan Diaries, vol. II, November 1985–January 1989, p. 657) On November 6, the Washington Post reported that the United States had shipped military supplies to Iran following secret discussions McFarlane and other U.S. officials had had with the Iranian leaders. Iranian officials had revealed earlier that week that McFarlane had visited Tehran recently to discuss the hostages and urge “Iran to halt its support of terrorism and work toward an end to the Iraq-Iran war.” (Walter Pincus, “Secret Talks With Iran Described: 3 Hostages Freed Over 14 Months Of Negotiations,” Washington Post, pp. A1, A37)
282. Handwritten Talking Points Prepared by the Executive Assistant to the Secretary of State (Hill)
Source: Reagan Library, George Shultz Papers, Secretary’s Meetings with the President (11/12/1986 & 11/14/1986 & 11/19/86 & 11/20/86 & 11/16/86); NLR–775–19–11–4–5. No classification marking. Shultz’s stamped initials appear on the handwritten talking points written on Hill’s stationery. The editor transcribed the text from Hill’s handwritten notes specifically for this volume. An image of the document is Appendix B. In his memoir, Shultz described his reaction to the President’s November 19 press conference, at which the President indicated that there would be no further arms sales to Iran, while maintaining that what the administration had done was right: “Many of the president’s statements were factually wrong. He was defensive and lacking in his usual confidence. ‘The president was extraordinarily badly prepared for this press conference,’ I told Jerry Bremer, who had watched it with me. ‘He is surrounded by people who are interested in protecting themselves, not in serving him. He therefore has not received the full flow of facts. Congress is going to tear this place apart unless changes are made.’ I told Bremer to work on the transcript so that I could show the president the erroneous points he had made and try once more to convince him that he was not getting the straight story from the staff or from Bill Casey and the CIA.” (Shultz, Turmoil and Triumph, pp. 830–831)
283. Handwritten Talking Points Prepared by the Executive Assistant to the Secretary of State (Hill)
Source: Reagan Library, George Shultz Papers, Secretary’s Meetings with the President (11/12/1986 & 11/14/1986 & 11/19/86 & 11/20/86 & 11/16/86); NLR–775–19–11–4–5. No classification marking. The editor transcribed the text from Hill’s handwritten notes specifically for this volume. An image of the document is Appendix C. Shultz’s stamped initials appear in the right-hand corner of the handwritten talking points.
284. Information Memorandum From the Director of the Policy Planning Staff (Solomon) 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 DECEMBER 1986. Confidential. Drafted by Kauzlarich on December 1; cleared for information by Negroponte.
285. Memorandum From the Assistant to the President (Kingon) to the Members of the White House Communications Group
Source: Reagan Library, WHORM: Subject File, Federal Government Organizations (FG), FG 010–01, Cabinet Meetings, FG 010 Cabinet (448000–606408). No classification marking. The stamped initials “WS” appear in the top right-hand corner of the memorandum. Copies were sent to Thomas, Buchanan, Daniels, Speakes, Ball, Maseng, Chew, Gibson, and Barbour.
286. Radio Address by President Reagan to the Nation
Source: Public Papers: Reagan, 1986, Book II, pp. 1607–1608. The President spoke at 12:06 p.m. In his personal diary entry for December 6, the President noted, “Radio script was on Iran. I admitted there were mistakes in the implementing of policy but not in the policy itself.” (Brinkley, ed., The Reagan Diaries, vol. II, November 1985–January 1989, p. 665)
288. Memorandum From the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Carlucci) to President Reagan
Source: Reagan Library, Frank Carlucci Files, Chronology—Official (12/09/1986–12/30/1986). Confidential. None of the tabs is attached.