Office of the Historian

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

Washington, July 8, 1982

SUBJECT

  • Draft NSDD Reflecting Decisions Made At June 25 NSC Luncheon

Issue: Should you sign and document your decisions reached at the NSC luncheon on START on June 25?2

Discussion: The attached draft National Security Decision Directive reflects the decision that you announced at the NSC luncheon on START held on June 25. This would be the third NSDD on this subject. It continues the chain of documentation on decisions reached concerning the U.S. approach to the START negotiations.

Recommendation:

OK No
________ ________ That you sign the draft NSDD.3
  1. Source: National Security Council, National Security Council Institutional Files, Box SR 078, NSDD 0044 [START Negotiations III]. Secret. Sent for action. Prepared by Linhard and Kramer. A stamped notation at the top of the memorandum reads: “signed.”↩
  2. No minutes were found. See Document 26.↩
  3. Reagan did not indicate his preference. The decision directed is printed below as Document 29.↩