North Africa Region
1. Memorandum From Secretary of State Haig to President Reagan
Source: Reagan Library, Executive Secretariat, NSC Agency File, Secretary Haig’s Evening Report (06/06/1981–07/02/1981). Secret.
2. Telegram From the Embassy in Tunisia to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Foreign Policy File, Electronic Telegrams, D810048–0591. Confidential. Sent for information to Algiers, Cairo, Dakar, Khartoum, Lagos, Niamey, Paris, Rabat, COMSIXTHFLT, CINCUSNAVEUR, USDOCOSOUTH, CINCUSAFE Ramstein, USCINCEUR.
3. Memorandum From Frederick Wettering of the National Security Council Staff to the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Allen)
Source: Reagan Library, Executive Secretariat, NSC Country File, Africa, Morocco (01/24/1981–04/17/1981). Secret. Sent for information. Sent through Kemp. An unknown hand initialed for Kemp. Copies were sent to Schweitzer and Shoemaker. A stamped notation at top of the memorandum reads: “RVA has seen.”
4. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassies in Morocco, Mauritania, and Algeria
Source: Department of State, Central Foreign Policy File, Electronic Telegrams, D810044–0751. Secret; Immediate; Exdis. Drafted by Edmund Hull (NEA/AFN) and Edward Brynn (AF/W); cleared by Coon, Veliotes, George Harris (INR), Draper, Morton, Seitz, Borg, and W. Scott Butcher (S/S–O); approved by Stoessel. Sent for information Immediate to Tunis, Dakar, and Paris.
5. Memorandum for the Record
Source: Library of Congress, Alexander Haig Papers, Day File, Box 36, April 28, 1981. Secret; Nodis.
6. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassies in Algeria and Tunisia
Source: Department of State, Central Foreign Policy File, Electronic Telegrams, D810044–0751. Confidential. Drafted by Edmund Hull (NEA/AFN); cleared by John Hamilton (NEA/AFN) and for information by Lillian Harris (INR); approved by Flaten. Sent for information to Rabat.
7. Telegram From the Embassy in Mauritania to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Foreign Policy File, Electronic Telegrams, D810306–0344. Confidential; Priority. Sent for information Priority to Algiers, Jidda, Riyadh, Nairobi, and Rabat. Sent for information to Bamako, Conakry, Dar es Salaam, Freetown, Khartoum, Paris, Tunis, USCINCEUR, and Lagos.
8. Memorandum From Secretary of State Haig to President Reagan
Source: Reagan Library, Executive Secretariat, NSC Agency File, Secretary Haig’s Evening Report (07/03/1981–07/29/1981). Secret; Sensitive.
9. Memorandum From the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Allen) to President Reagan
Source: Reagan Library, Executive Secretariat, NSC Country File, Africa, Algeria (01/22/1981–01/22/1982). Secret. Sent for information. At the top of the memorandum, a stamped notation reads: “The President has seen.” Underneath this, Reagan wrote: “OK RR.” Carlucci’s trip took place during the third week of June.
10. Telegram From the Embassy in Algeria to the Department of State
Source: Library of Congress, Alexander Haig Papers, Day File, Box 51, August 13, 1981. Secret; Immediate; Exdis. Sent for information Priority to Cairo, Khartoum, and Tunis. Sent for information to Damascus, Jidda, Lagos, London, and Paris. Sent for information Immediate to Rabat. A stamped notation at the top of the telegram reads: “AMH.” Below the notation, Haig wrote and circled “8/13/81.”
11. Telegram From the Embassy in Tunisia to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Foreign Policy File, Electronic Telegrams, D810493–0116. Secret; Exdis. Sent for information to Algiers and Rabat.
12. Telegram From the Embassy in Morocco to the Department of State and the Embassy in Turkey
Source: Washington National Records Center, OSD Files, FRC 330–83–0104, 1981 Official Records (Secret & Below) of the Secretary and Deputy Secretary of Defense, and the Executive Secretary to the Secretary and Deputy Secretary of Defense, Box 13, Morocco (Jun–Dec 1981). Secret; Niact Immediate; Exdis. At the top of the telegram, an unknown hand wrote: “Sec Def has seen ca 12/6.” Underneath the note, a stamped notation reads: “13 DEC 1981 SECDEF HAS SEEN.”
13. Telegram From the Embassy in Algeria to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Foreign Policy File, Electronic Telegrams, D820040–1039. Confidential; Immediate. Sent for information Immediate to Cairo. Sent for information to Amman, Beirut, Damascus, Jerusalem, Jidda, Niamey, Rabat, Tel Aviv, and Tunis.
14. Memorandum for the Record
Source: Central Intelligence Agency, Office of the Director of Central Intelligence, Job 83M00914R: Box 17, C–384, Tunisia. Secret. Prepared on May 4 by [name not declassified].
15. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Mauritania
Source: Department of State, Central Foreign Policy File, Electronic Telegrams, D820294–0224. Confidential; Priority. Drafted by Melinda Kimble (AF/W); cleared by Bruce, Bishop, and Bremer; approved by Stoessel. Sent for information to Rabat, Addis Ababa, Nairobi, Paris, Abidjan, Algiers, and Cairo.
16. Telegram From the Embassy in Tunisia to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Foreign Policy File, Electronic Telegrams, D820399–0627. Confidential; Priority. Sent for information to Algiers, Cairo, Paris, and Rabat.
17. Telegram From the Embassy in Morocco to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Foreign Policy File, Electronic Telegrams, D820447–0499. Secret; Limdis. Sent for information to Algiers, Paris, and Tunis. The document is misnumbered in the original.
18. Telegram From the Embassy in Morocco to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Foreign Policy File, Electronic Telegrams, D820642–0330. Confidential; Immediate. Sent for information to Addis Ababa, Algiers, Amman, Beirut, Cairo, Damascus, Jidda, London, Nairobi, Paris, USLO Riyadh, Tel Aviv, Tunis, and USUN.
19. Telegram From the Embassy in Morocco to the Department of State
Source: Reagan Library, Executive Secretariat, NSC Country File, Africa, Morocco (02/16/1983–04/28/1983). Secret; Nodis.
20. Telegram From the Embassy in Algeria to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Foreign Policy File, Electronic Telegrams, D830158–0037. Confidential; Priority. Sent for information to Bamako, Niamey, Nouakchott, Paris, Rabat, and Tunis.
21. Telegram From the Embassy in Algeria to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Foreign Policy File, Electronic Telegrams, D830313–0902. Secret; Immediate. Sent for information Priority to Addis Ababa, Bamako, Nouakchott, Paris, Rabat, and Tunis.
22. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Chad
Source: Department of State, Central Foreign Policy File, Electronic Telegrams, D830399–0442. Secret; Exdis. Repeat of telegram 5283 from Rabat, July 6, which has not been found. Drafted by Terrell Otis (NEA/AFN); cleared by Sebastian, Bishop, and William Garland (S/S–O); approved by Schneider. All asterisks are in the original.
23. Telegram From the Embassy in Tunisia to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Foreign Policy File, Electronic Telegrams, D830409–1130. Confidential; Immediate. Sent for information to Algiers, Cairo, Paris, Rabat, and USCINCEUR.
24. Telegram From the Embassy in Mauritania to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Foreign Policy File, Electronic Telegrams, D830421–1051. Confidential; Priority. Sent for information Priority to Algiers, Cairo, Dakar, Paris, Rabat, and Tunis.
25. Telegram From the Embassy in Algeria to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Foreign Policy File, Electronic Telegrams, D830428–1045. Confidential; Priority. Sent for information Priority to Nouakchott, Paris, Rabat, and Tunis.
26. Telegram From the Embassy in Algeria to the Department of State and the White House
Source: George H.W. Bush Library, Vice Presidential Records, Vice Presidential Daily Files, OA/ID 20652. Secret; Niact Immediate; Via Privacy Channel. Printed from a copy that indicates the original was received in the White House Situation Room. Bush visited North Africa September 11–16, Yugoslavia September 16–18, Romania September 18–19, Hungary September 19–20, and Austria September 20–21.
27. Telegram From the Embassy in Yugoslavia to the Department of State and the White House
Source: George H. W. Bush Library, Vice Presidential Records, Vice Presidential Daily Files, OA/ID 20652. Secret; Eyes Only; Via Privacy Channel. Printed from a copy that indicates the original was received in the White House Situation Room.
28. Telegram From Vice President Bush to President Reagan
Source: George H.W. Bush Library, Vice Presidential Records, Vice Presidential Daily Files, OA/ID 20652. Secret; Via Privacy Channels. Printed from a copy that indicates the original was received in the White House Situation Room.
29. Memorandum From Paula Dobriansky of the National Security Council Staff to the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Clark)
Source: Reagan Library, Executive Secretariat, NSC Country File, Africa, Africa General (07/20/1983–10/01/1983). Secret; Sensitive. Sent for information. Printed from an initialed copy. A copy was sent to Bush.
30. Telegram From the Embassy in Algeria to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Foreign Policy File, Electronic Telegrams, D830733–0734. Confidential; Immediate. Sent for information Priority to Nouakchott and Tunis. Sent for information to Bamako, Niamey, Paris, and Rabat.