Romania
153. Telegram From the Embassy in Romania to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Records from Ambassador Thomas W. Simons, Jr., Lot 03 D 256, Chron, May 1987. Confidential. Sent for information to Budapest, Prague, Vienna, Munich, and Moscow (by pouch).
154. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Romania
Source: Department of State, Records from Ambassador Thomas W. Simons, Jr., Lot 03 D 256, Chron, May 1987. Confidential; Immediate. Sent Priority for information to the delegation to the CSCE; sent for information to Budapest. Drafted by Schlamm; cleared by Wenick and Lang; approved by Simons.
155. Paper Prepared in the Bureau of Intelligence and Research
Source: Reagan Library, Rudolf Perina Files, Subject Files, Romania—Substance 1987 (1). Confidential; Noforn. Drafted by Isabel Kulski (INR); approved by E. Raymond Platig (INR). All brackets and ellipses are in the original.
156. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassies in Romania and Hungary
Source: Reagan Library, Rudolf Perina Files, Subject File, Romania—Bilateral 1987 (1). Confidential; Immediate. Sent Priority for information to Vienna for the delegation to the CSCE.
157. Telegram From the Embassy in Romania to the Department of State
Source: Reagan Library, Rudolf Perina Files, Subject File, Romania—Bilateral 1987 (1). Confidential; Immediate; Exdis. Sent for information to Tel Aviv. An unknown hand wrote a note to Ridgway at the top of the telegram in the margin: “R. MFN—This would be last straw. We will be going out with demarche telling Romanians if they do this, that will be the end of MFN. Ceausescu personally promised Ambassador Walters (Bucharest 6011 14 Aug 86) that 3 remaining synagogues would be preserved.” Telegram 6011 from Bucharest, August 15, 1986, reported on the Walters and Ceausescu meeting. (Department of State, Central Foreign Policy File, D860625–0485)
158. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Romania
Source: Reagan Library, Rudolf Perina Files, Subject File, Romania—Bilateral 1987 (2). Confidential; Immediate; Exdis. An unknown hand wrote at the top of the telegram, “R—see para 8.”
159. Telegram From the Embassy in Romania to the Department of State and the Embassy in Israel
Source: Reagan Library, Rudolf Perina Files, Subject File, Romania—Substance 1987 (2). Confidential; Immediate; Exdis. An unknown hand wrote at the top of the telegram: “R. (arrived on 24 June only after we asked [illegible] for cable.)”
160. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Romania
Source: Reagan Library, Rudolf Perina Files, Subject File, Romania—Bilateral 1987 (2). Confidential; Immediate.
161. Telegram From the Embassy in Romania to the Department of State
Source: Reagan Library, Rudolf Perina Files, Subject File, Romania–Substance 1987 (2). Confidential; Immediate; Exdis. Sent Immediate for information to Rome and Vienna for the Immigration and Naturalization Service and the mission in Geneva.
162. Telegram From the Embassy in Romania to the United States Information Agency
Source: Reagan Library, Rudolf Perina Files, Subject File, Romania—Substance 1987 (3). Confidential. Sent for information to the Department of State, Eastern European posts, and Moscow (by pouch).
163. Information Report From the Central Intelligence Agency to the Department of State
Source: Reagan Library, Rudolf Perina Files, Subject File, Romania—Substance 1987 (3). Secret; Specat; [handling restrictions not declassified]. Also sent to the White House Situation Room and the Office of Current Operations at the CIA.
164. Telegram From the Embassy in Romania to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Records from Ambassador Thomas W. Simons, Jr., Lot 03 D 256, Chron, September 1987. Confidential; Priority. Sent for information to Budapest, Vienna, Munich, Belgrade, Zagreb, Prague, and Sofia.
165. Information Report From the Central Intelligence Agency to the National Security Agency
Source: Reagan Library, Rudolf Perina Files, Subject File, Romania—Substance 1987 (3). Secret; [handling restrictions not declassified]. Sent to NSA for the Director. Also sent to the Department of State (for INR), the Department of the Treasury, the Department of Commerce, the White House Situation Room, and the Office of Current Operations at the CIA.
166. Memorandum for the Record by the Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for European and Canadian Affairs (Simons)
Source: Department of State, Records from Ambassador Thomas W. Simons, Jr., Lot 03 D 256, Chron, November 1987. Confidential. Drafted on November 11. Copies were sent to Ridgway, Kirk, Palmer, Wenick, and Schlamm.
167. Memorandum From the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Carlucci) to President Reagan
Source: Reagan Library, Rudolf Perina Files, Chronological File, Chron November 1987. Secret. Sent for information. Copies were sent to Bush and Howard Baker. Reagan initialed the top of the memorandum. A notation at the top of the memorandum reads, “The President has seen 11/25.” Perina also initialed the top right-hand corner of the memorandum.
168. Memorandum From Secretary of State Shultz to President Reagan
Source: Reagan Library, Secretary George Shultz Papers, Official Memoranda (12/29/1987). Confidential. Drafted on November 24 by Schlamm and Seymour; cleared by Wenick, Simons, Donald McConville (EB/TDC), Mark Johnson (H), Nuel Pazdral (HA), Michael Pea (L/EUR), Gerald Rosen (L/EBC), Verville, and Ralph Johnson (EB/TDC). Seymour initialed for all clearing officials except for Wenick. A stamped notation indicates the memorandum was received on December 29 at 5:53 p.m. Under an undated action memorandum sent through Whitehead, Ridgway, Fox, Larson, and Schifter sent Shultz this memorandum to the President. In it the drafters indicated that Shultz had asked them to prepare a memorandum to the President following Reagan’s November 12 meeting with Armstrong, Helms, and Wolf. They recommended that Shultz initial the attached memorandum. (Ibid.)
169. Telegram From the Embassy in Romania to the Department of State
Source: Reagan Library, Rudolf Perina Files, Subject File, Romania—Bilateral 1987 (4). Confidential; Immediate.
170. Telegram From the Embassy in Romania to the Department of State
Source: Reagan Library, Rudolf Perina Files, Subject File, Romania—Substance 1987 (4). Confidential; Priority. Sent Priority for information to Budapest.
171. Letter From President Reagan to Romanian President Ceausescu
Source: Reagan Library, Rudolf Perina Files, Subject File, Romania—Bilateral 1988 (1). No classification marking.
172. Telegram From the Embassy in Romania to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Records from Ambassador Thomas W. Simons, Jr., Lot 03 D 256, Chron February 1988. Confidential; Immediate; Nodis. Drafted and approved by Grossman.
173. Telegram From the Embassy in Romania to the Department of State
Source: Reagan Library, Rudolf Perina Files, Romania—MFN 1987 (1). Secret; Immediate; Nodis.
174. Telegram From the Embassy in Romania to the Department of State
Source: Reagan Library, Rudolf Perina Files, Romania—MFN 1987 (1). Confidential; Immediate; Nodis.
175. Letter From Romanian President Ceausescu to President Reagan
Source: Reagan Library, Rudolf Perina Files, Subject File, Romania—MFN (1). No classification marking. Printed from a translation prepared in the Division of Language Services, Department of State.
176. Memorandum From the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Powell) to President Reagan
Source: Reagan Library, Rudolf Perina Files, Subject File, Romania—MFN (1). Secret. Sent for information. Powell did not initial the memorandum.
177. Telegram From the Embassy in Romania to the Department of State
Source: Reagan Library, Rudolf Perina Files, Subject File, Romania—MFN (2). Confidential; Priority. Sent for information to Eastern European posts, Moscow, Beijing, and Vienna for the delegation to the CSCE.
178. Telegram From the Embassy in Romania to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Foreign Policy File, D880297–0595. Confidential. Sent for information to CSCE Collective.
179. Paper
Source: Reagan Library, Rudolf Perina Files, Hungary—Substance 1988 (2). Top Secret; Exdis; Codeword.
180. Electronic Message From the White House Situation Room to Nelson Ledsky of the National Security Council Staff
Source: Reagan Library, Rudolf Perina Files, Subject File, Hungary—Substance 1988 (2). Confidential; Priority. The message relayed telegram 6672 from Budapest, June 28, which was also sent for information to Vienna and Bucharest.
181. Telegram From the Embassy in Romania to the Department of State
Source: Reagan Library, Rudolf Perina Files, Romania–Substance 1988 (1). Confidential; Priority. Sent Priority for information to Budapest; sent for information to Eastern European posts and Vienna for the delegation to the CSCE.
182. Telegram From the Embassy in Romania to the Department of State
Source: Reagan Library, Rudolf Perina Files, Subject File, Romania—Bilateral 1988 (1). Secret; Priority. Sent for information to Bonn, London, Paris, Vienna for the delegation to the CSCE, the Department of Commerce, USIA, and Eastern European posts. Perina forwarded the telegram to Ledsky under cover of an undated note that reads, “Nelson: I agree w/ attached. We should keep in mind & use sometime, because Tom Simons will never implement. Rudy.” (Ibid.)