Eastern Europe Region
1. Memorandum From Paula Dobriansky of the National Security Council Staff to the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Allen)
Source: Reagan Library, Paula J. Dobriansky Files, Europe, Eastern (General) (1). Secret. Sent for action.
2. Memorandum From Secretary of State Haig to President Reagan
Source: Reagan Library, William L. Stearman Files, Subject File, Romania 06/02/1981–06/21/1981. Confidential.
3. Memorandum From Paula Dobriansky of the National Security Council Staff to Norman Bailey of the National Security Council Staff
Source: Reagan Library, Paula J. Dobriansky Files, Country Files, Policy Objectives: Long/Short. Confidential. Sent for information. A copy was sent to Lilley.
4. Memorandum Prepared in the Central Intelligence Agency
Source: Central Intelligence Agency, Office of Support Services (DI), Job 84T00664R: Production Case Files (1980–1981), Box 1, Folder 234: Radio Jamming Policy in the East Bloc. Secret. Prepared in the Office of Political Analysis, with assistance from the Foreign Broadcast Information Service and other political analysts, in response to a request by Carnes Lord of the NSC Staff.
5. Paper Prepared in the Bureau of Intelligence and Research
Source: Reagan Library, William L. Stearman Files, Country Files, Poland and East Europe 07/09/1981–12/25/1981. Confidential; Noforn. Prepared by Robert Farlow; approved by Martha Mautner.
6. Memorandum From Paula Dobriansky of the National Security Council Staff to the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Clark)
Source: Reagan Library, Paula J. Dobriansky Files, Europe, Eastern (General) (1). Confidential. Sent for action. Bailey and Stearman initialed their concurrence.
7. Memorandum From the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Clark) to Secretary of State Haig, Secretary of the Treasury Regan, Secretary of Defense Weinberger, Secretary of Agriculture Block, Secretary of Commerce Baldrige, Director of Central Intelligence Casey, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (Jones), and the Director of the International Communication Agency (Wick)
Source: Department of State, Executive Secretariat, S/S Special Handling Restrictions Memos, 1979–1983, Lot 96 D 262, ES Sensitive, March 21–31, 1982. Secret; Sensitive. A copy was sent to Vice President Bush.
8. Study Prepared by the Ad-Hoc Interagency Group on U.S. Policy Toward Eastern Europe
Source: Reagan Library, Paula J. Dobriansky Files, US Policy toward EE: NSDD 52 (2). Secret; Sensitive.
9. Summary of Conclusions of a Senior Interagency Group Meeting
Source: Central Intelligence Agency, Office of the Director of Central Intelligence, Job 84B00049R: Subject Files (1981–1982) Box 5, Folder 106: SIG Meeting re: Eastern Europe, 3 May 82. Secret. The meeting of Senior Interagency Group No. 22 took place in Stoessel’s conference room at the Department of State. A list of participants was attached but not printed.
10. Memorandum From the Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for International Affairs (Leland) to the Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs (Eagleburger)
Source: Reagan Library, European and Soviet Affairs Directorate Files, Eastern Europe, US Policy Toward NSSD 5–82; NSDD 54 (4). No classification marking. A copy was sent to Under Secretary of State for International Security Affairs Buckley.
11. Summary of Conclusions of a Senior Interagency Group Meeting
Source: National Security Council, NSC Institutional Files, NSSD 05–82. Secret; Nodis. Drafted on June 4. The meeting of Senior Interagency Group No. 22 took place in Stoessel’s conference room at the Department of State. A list of participants was attached but not printed.
12. Draft National Security Decision Directive
Source: Central Intelligence Agency, Office of the Director of Central Intelligence, Job 84B00049R: Subject Files (1981–1982), Box 3, Folder 59: NSC Meeting re: US Policy Toward Eastern Europe, 21Jul82. Secret; Sensitive. The draft NSDD was sent to NSC members under a July 19 covering memorandum for review prior to the July 21 NSC meeting. For the final version of the NSDD, see document 18.
13. Draft Minutes of a National Security Council Meeting
Source: Reagan Library, Executive Secretariat, NSC Meeting Files, NSC00056, July 21, 1982 [Eastern Europe, Poland]. Secret; Sensitive. The meeting took place in the Cabinet Room. The final version of the minutes was not found. No drafting information was included on the draft minutes.
14. Memorandum From the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Trade Administration (Brady) to Richard Pipes of the National Security Council Staff
Source: National Security Council, NSC Institutional Files, NSDD 0054. Secret.
15. Memorandum From Richard Pipes of the National Security Council Staff to the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Clark)
Source: Reagan Library, Executive Secretariat, NSC National Security Decision Directives (NSDD) Files, NSDD 54 9/2/1982. Secret. Sent for information. “WPC has seen” is stamped at the top of the memorandum.
16. Memorandum From Richard Pipes of the National Security Council Staff to the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Clark)
Source: Reagan Library, Executive Secretariat, NSC National Security Decision Directives (NSDD) Files, NSDD 54 9/2/1982. Secret. Sent for information. Copies were sent to Bailey and Stearman.
17. Memorandum From Richard Pipes of the National Security Council Staff to the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Clark)
Source: Reagan Library, Executive Secretariat, NSC National Security Decision Directives (NSDD) Files, NSDD 54 9/2/1982. Secret. Sent for action. Copies were sent to Dobriansky and Stearman. “Signed” is stamped at the top of the memorandum.
18. National Security Decision Directive 54
Source: Reagan Library, Executive Secretariat, NSC National Security Decision Directives (NSDD) Files, NSDD 54 9/2/1982. Secret.
19. Memorandum From Paula Dobriansky of the National Security Council Staff to the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Clark)
Source: Reagan Library, Paula J. Dobriansky Files, Chron February 1983 (1). Secret. Sent for action.
20. Intelligence Assessment Prepared in the Central Intelligence Agency
Source: Central Intelligence Agency, Office of Support Services (DI), Job 84S00895R: Production Files (1983–1984), Box 1, Folder 1: EUR 83–10216, Sep 83. Secret; [handling restriction not declassified]. This assessment was prepared in the Office of European Analysis, based on information available as of September 1.
21. Telegram From the Embassy in Austria to the United States Information Service, the White House, the Department of State, the United States Information Agency, and the Embassy in France
Source: Department of State, Central Foreign Policy File, D830545–1038. Unclassified; Immediate. Sent Priority for information to Belgrade, Bucharest, Budapest, Algiers, Rabat, Tunis, East Berlin, Moscow, Prague, Sofia, and Warsaw. Bush was in Vienna, September 20–21.
22. Information Memorandum From the Assistant Secretary of State for European and Canadian Affairs (Burt) to Secretary of State Shultz
Source: Reagan Library, Secretary George Shultz Papers, Official Memoranda (11/03/1983) (1). Secret. Drafted by Combs on July 25; edited on October 25; cleared by Palmer, Miles, Simons, and Kornblum. Combs initialed for the clearing officials. Sent through Eagleburger. An unknown hand wrote “GPS” at the top of the memorandum. Hill initialed the top of the memorandum and dated it November 3.
23. Paper Prepared in the Central Intelligence Agency
Source: Reagan Library, System IV Intelligence Files, 1983, 400217. Secret. The paper was included in a binder entitled “Review of FY1983 CIA Covert Action Programs.”
24. Draft Telegram From the Department of State to Multiple Eastern European Diplomatic Posts
Source: Reagan Library, Secretary George Shultz, Official Memoranda (03/02/1984) (4). Confidential; Papers Priority. Proposed to be sent Priority to East Berlin, Belgrade, Warsaw, Budapest, Bucharest, Sofia, Prague, Leningrad, Moscow, Poznan, and Krakow; also sent to Bonn and West Berlin. Drafted by Gallup; cleared by Matthews, Burt, Palmer, Elizabeth Verville (L), Surena, West, Niles, and Eagleburger; approved by Shultz. A sent copy of this telegram was not found.
25. Memorandum From the Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs (Eagleburger) to Secretary of State Shultz
Source: Reagan Library, Secretary George Shultz Papers, Executive Secretariat Sensitive (03/08/1984–03/12/1984). Secret. Hill initialed and dated the top of the memorandum on March 12.
26. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in the Federal Republic of Germany
Source: Reagan Library, Secretary George Shultz Papers, Official Memoranda (03/30/1984) (2). Secret; Immediate; Nodis. Sent Immediate for information to East Berlin, the mission in West Berlin, Bucharest, Budapest, Prague, Sofia, Warsaw, Belgrade, and Moscow. Drafted by Gallup; cleared by Kornblum, Cynthia Smith (EUR/EE), James Shumaker (EUR/SOV), Niles, Thomas Randall (S/S–O), Burt, James Covey (S/S), and Michael Butler (S); approved by Burt.
27. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in the Federal Republic of Germany
Source: Department of State, Central Foreign Policy File, N840005–0450. Secret; Immediate; Nodis; Stadis. Sent for information to East Berlin, Belgrade, Sofia, Budapest, Bucharest, Warsaw, Moscow, Prague, and the mission in West Berlin. Drafted by Gallup; cleared by Burt, Palmer, Niles, Surena, West, Matthews, Eagleburger, Hill, Robert Pearson (S/S–O), and Thomas Farrell (S); approved by Shultz.
28. Memorandum Prepared in the Central Intelligence Agency
Source: Central Intelligence Agency, Office of Support Services (DI), Job 85T00287R: Production CaseFiles, Box 11, Folder 36: Eastern Europe-USSR: Rising Discord within the Soviet Bloc. Secret; [handling restriction not declassified] The memorandum was prepared in the Office of European Analysis with a contribution from the Office of Soviet Analysis.
29. Memorandum From Walter Raymond of the National Security Council Staff to the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (McFarlane)
Source: Reagan Library, System IV Intelligence Files, 1984, 400684. Secret; Eyes Only. Sent for action.
30. Memorandum From the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (McFarlane) to President Reagan
Source: Reagan Library, Donald Fortier Files, Subject File, Technology Transfer: Romania Landsat Case 1984. Secret. Sent for action. Prepared by Donald Fortier and Stephen Rosen. The memorandum was faxed to Santa Barbara for Reagan’s attention on August 3.