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23. Memorandum From the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Clark) to President Reagan1

Washington, May 24, 1982

SUBJECT

  • Additional Guidance on START

Issue

Should you issue an NSDD reflecting the decisions reached as a result of the May 21 NSC meeting2 on START?

Facts

The NSC meeting on May 21 provides the basis for you to issue additional guidance on the U.S. START position.

Discussion

Formalizing your decisions as a result of that meeting in an NSDD, will best ensure their clear transmission and timely implementation.

Recommendation

OK NO
________ ________ That you approve and sign for release the proposed NSDD at Tab A.3
  1. Source: National Security Council, National Security Council Institutional Files, Box SR 078, NSDD 36 [START Negotiations II]. Secret. Sent for action. Prepared by Kraemer and Linhard. A stamped notation at the top of the memorandum reads: “signed.”↩
  2. See Document 21.↩
  3. Reagan initialed his approval. The NSDD is printed below as Document 24.↩