Chapter 1, July 1981–January 1985


91. Personal Note Prepared by the Deputy Secretary of State (Dam)

Source: Department of State, Executive Secretariat, S/S–I Records: Deputy Secretary Dam’s Official Files, Lot 85D308, Personal Notes of Deputy Secretary—Kenneth W. Dam—Oct. 1983–Sept. 1984. Secret. Dictated on March 30.


92. National Security Decision Directive 137

Source: Reagan Library, Executive Secretariat: National Security Council, National Security Directive Decisions, NSDD 137. Secret.


93. Memorandum From Ronald Lehman of the National Security Council Staff to the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (McFarlane)

Source: Reagan Library, Intelligence Files, System II files—INT 8490035–88902478. Secret; Sensitive. Eyes Only. Sent for information. 2 pages not declassified.


94. Personal Note Prepared by the Deputy Secretary of State (Dam)

Source: Department of State, Executive Secretariat, S/S–I Records: Deputy Secretary Dam’s Official Files, Lot 85D308, Personal Notes of Deputy Secretary—Kenneth W. Dam—Oct. 1983–Sept. 1984. Secret. Dictated on June 14.


95. National Security Decision Directive 142

Source: Reagan Library, Executive Secretariat: National Security Council, National Security Directive Decisions, NSDD 142. Confidential.


97. Memorandum From the Deputy Secretary of State (Dam) to Secretary of State Shultz

Source: Department of State, Bureau of Arms Control and Disarmament, Lot 01D127, 1969–1990 Subject Records of James P. Timbie, Box 2, Papers for DepSec Ken Dam, 1983–1985. Secret. Not for the System.


98. Personal Note Prepared by the Deputy Secretary of State (Dam)

Source: Department of State, Executive Secretariat, S/S–I Records: Deputy Secretary Dam’s Official Files, Lot 85D308, Personal Notes of Deputy Secretary—Kenneth W. Dam—Oct. 1983–Sept. 1984). Secret. Dictated on September 18.


100. Memorandum of Conversation

Source: Reagan Library, Shultz Papers, 1985 Arms Control, Geneva. No classification marking. Shultz spoke to Reagan, who was in Washington, by telephone. According to the President’s Daily Diary, the conversation began at 3:04 p.m. EST and ended at 3:20 p.m. EST.


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

Source: National Security Council, National Security Council Institutional Files, Box SR–088, NSDD 160. Secret. Sent for action. Prepared by Linhard and Kraemer. Reagan wrote his initials in the upper right-hand corner of the memorandum. A stamped notation at the top of the memorandum reads: “Signed.”


102. National Security Decision Directive 160

Source: National Security Council, Box SR–088, NSDD 160. Secret. McFarlane distributed the decision directive to Bush, Shultz, Weinberger, Stockman, Casey, Vessey, Adelman, Rowny, Nitze, Kampelman, Tower, and Glitman under cover of a January 24 memorandum: “The President has decided upon the following guidance concerning US preparations for upcoming negotiations with the Soviet Union.” (Ibid.)