61. Telegram From the Embassy in Tunisia to the Department of State and Multiple Recipients

Source: Department of State, Central Foreign Policy File, Electronic Telegrams, D850689–0183. Confidential; Immediate. Sent Priority to the Arab League Collective, London, Paris, Rome, USUN, and USCINCEUR.

62. Interagency Intelligence Assessment

Source: Reagan Library, Near East and South Asia Affairs Directorate, Morocco 1985 (10/01/1985). Secret; [handling restrictions not declassified]. Prepared under the auspices of the National Intelligence Officer for Near East and South Asia, and coordinated within the Central Intelligence Agency, the Department of State, and the Department of Defense. Information available as of October 9 was used in its preparation.

63. Telegram From the Embassy in Tunisia to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Foreign Policy File, Electronic Telegrams, D850907–0347. Secret; Immediate. Sent for information to Accra, Algiers, Cairo, Moscow, Ouagadougou, Paris, Rabat, Warsaw, and USCINCEUR.

64. Intelligence Memorandum Prepared in the Central Intelligence Agency

Source: Reagan Library, Elaine L. Morton Files, North Africa. Secret; [handling restriction not declassified]. Prepared in the Maghreb Branch, Arab-Israeli Division, Office of Near Eastern and South Analysis, based on information received as of January 10.

65. Memorandum From the Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs (Armitage) to Secretary of Defense Weinberger

Source: Washington National Records Center, OSD Files, FRC 330–88–0039, 1986 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 36, Morocco 1986. Secret; Noforn. Sent through Iklé. Drafted by Charles (ISA/NESA). A stamped notation at the top of the letter reads: “SECDEF HAS SEEN JAN 24 1985.” Taft also initialed the memorandum.

66. Telegram From the Embassy in Algeria to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Foreign Policy File, Electronic Telegrams, [no N number]. Secret; Niact Immediate, Nodis.

67. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Morocco

Source: Department of State, Executive Secretariat, S/S Records, 1986 Nodis Telegrams: Lot 95D23, Rabat 1986 Nodis. Secret; Immediate; Nodis. Drafted by Roger Merrick (NEA/AFN); cleared by Zweifel, Ussery, Teicher, Pearson, Tracy, and McKinley; approved by Armacost.

68. Intelligence Memorandum Prepared in the Central Intelligence Agency

Source: Reagan Library, Elaine L. Morton Files, North Africa. Secret; [handling restriction not declassified]. Prepared in the Maghreb Branch, Arab-Israeli Division, Office of Near Eastern and South Analysis, based on information received as of April 15.

69. Information Memorandum From the Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs (Raphel) to Secretary of State Shultz

Source: Department of State, Executive Secretariat, S/S Records, 1 January 1984–21 January 1989 Sensitive and Super Sensitive Documents: Lot 92D52, ES Sensitive April 1–30, 1986. Secret; Sensitive; Nodis. Drafted by Zweifel; cleared by Ussery and Rand Beers (LTF). A copy was sent to INR. Raphel sent the memorandum in his capacity as Chairman of the Libya Task Force. A stamped notation at the top of the memorandum reads: “GPS.” Later that day, Platt, under a covering memorandum, forwarded a summary of the memorandum to Poindexter. (Reagan Library, Near East and South Asia Affairs Directorate, Burns/Ross Subject Files, Morocco 1986)

70. Telegram From the Embassy in Morocco to the Department of State

Source: Reagan Library, Near East and South Asia Affairs Directorate, Burns/Ross Subject Files, Morocco 1986. Secret; Immediate; Nodis. Printed from a copy that indicates the original was received in the White House Situation Room. At the top of the telegram, an unknown hand wrote: “Save—Have Elaine Morton come & read this—thanks.” Below this note, Morton initialed the telegram.

71. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Algeria

Source: Department of State, Executive Secretariat, S/S Records, 1986 Nodis Telegrams: Lot 95D23, Algiers 1986 Nodis. Secret; Immediate; Nodis. Drafted by Fisher; cleared by Zweifel, Andrew Steinfeld (P), Pascoe, Maura Harty (S/S–O), and Ussery; approved by Armacost. Sent for information Priority to Rabat and Tunis.

72. Telegram From the Embassy in Algeria to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, INR/IL Historical Records, [text not declassified], Algiers, 1986–88. Secret; Immediate; [handling restriction not declassified].

73. Telegram From the Embassy in Morocco to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Foreign Policy File, Electronic Telegrams, D860661–0613. Confidential; Niact Immediate. Sent for information Immediate to DOD, the White House, Algiers, Tunis, Paris, Madrid, Damascus, Riyadh, Amman, and Cairo.

74. Intelligence Memorandum Prepared in the Central Intelligence Agency

Source: Washington National Records Center, OSD Files, FRC 330–88–0039, 1986 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 36, Morocco 1986. Secret; [handling restriction not declassified]. Information available as of September 11 was used in the memorandum’s preparation.

75. Memorandum From James Stark of the National Security Council Staff to the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Poindexter)

Source: Reagan Library, Elaine L. Morton Files, Algeria. Secret. Sent for information. Copies were sent to Teicher, Ross, Morton, Saunders, and Bohn.

76. Telegram From the Embassy in Tunisia to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Foreign Policy File, Electronic Telegrams, D880143–0505. Secret; Immediate. Sent for information to Algiers, Cairo, London, Madrid, Nouakchott, Paris, Rabat, Rome, USUN, and USCINCEUR.

77. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Tunisia

Source: Department of State, Executive Secretariat, S/S Records, 1987 Nodis Telegrams: Lot 95D26, Tunis Nodis 1987. Secret; Immediate; Nodis. Drafted byO’Neill; cleared by Zweifel, Denis Kiely (PM), Robert Ayling (AF/C), Elen Laipson (S/P), Steinfeld, Robert Downey (S/S–O), Ussery, and Quinn; cleared for information by Jay Bruns (D); approved by Murphy. Sent for information to USCINCEUR.

78. Telegram From the Embassy in Morocco to the Department of State

Source: George H.W. Bush Library, Vice Presidential Records, Office of National Security Affairs, Donald P. Gregg Files, Country Files, OA/ID 19874, Folder 19874–017, Western Sahara [Morocco, Algeria] 1987. Secret; Immediate; Nodis. In the right-hand margin, Gregg wrote: “This is very helpful.” Underneath this notation, Bush wrote: “agree GB 6–2.”

79. Information Memorandum From the Director of the Policy Planning Staff (Solomon) to the Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs (Armacost)

Source: Department of State, S/P Records, Memoranda/Correspondence from the Director of the Policy Planning Staff, Director’s Correspondence Files: Lot 89D149, S/P Chron, July 1987. Secret. Drafted on July 21 by Laipson. Solomon signed “Dick” next to his name in the “from” line.

80. Telegram From the Department of State to IntSum Collective and the Embassy in Lebanon

Source: Department of State, Central Foreign Policy File, Electronic Telegrams, D870621–0110. Secret; Priority; Noforn; Nocontract. Sent for information Priority to the Treasury Department. Drafted by Charles Dunne (INR/NESA); cleared by Richard Whitaker (INR/NESA); approved by Gary Dietrich (INR/NESA). Sent for information to DOD, Joint Chiefs of Staff, NSC, the Mission in Vienna, CINCUSNAVEUR, USCENTCOM, USDOCOSOUTH, COMSXTHFLT, USCINCEUR, USIA, the Delegation to the MBFR in Vienna, London, Paris, Rome, DOD/ISA, CINCEUR, and CINCUSNAVEUR for INTAF.

81. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Tunisia

Source: Department of State, Central Foreign Policy File, Electronic Telegrams, D870753–0464, D870680–0214. Secret; Priority; Exdis. Sent for information to Algiers, Cairo, Ndjamena, Nouakchott, DOD, and USCINCEUR. Drafted in NEA/AFN; cleared by Casey, Eastham, Laipson, Long, Sharon Wiener (NEA/AFN), Michael Minton (S/S–O), and Mueller; approved by Ussery.

82. Telegram From the Embassy in Morocco to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Foreign Policy File, Electronic Telegrams, D870830–0685. Secret; Immediate; Exdis. Sent for information to Algiers, Cairo, Nouakchott, Paris, Rome, USCINCEUR, and USUN.

83. Editorial Note

84. Telegram From the Embassy in Morocco to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Foreign Policy File, Electronic Telegrams, D870971–0161. Secret; Immediate. Sent for information to Algiers, Tunis, Nouakchott, London, Paris, Casablanca, USCINCEUR, and USUN.

85. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Egypt

Source: Department of State, Central Foreign Policy File, Electronic Telegrams, D880041–0790. Secret; Priority. Drafted by Whitaker; cleared by Janean Mann (INR/NESA), Judy Bird (INR/NESA), Donald Mulligan (INR/AA), Charles Jefferson (INR/PMA), Gary Dietrich (INR/NESA), and George Harris (INR/NESA); approved by Harris.

86. Telegram From the Embassy in Morocco to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Foreign Policy File, Electronic Telegrams, D880120–0439. Confidential; Immediate. Sent for information to Algiers, Casablanca, Nouakchott, Paris, and Tunis.

87. Telegram From the Embassy in Morocco to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Foreign Policy File, Electronic Telegrams, D880243–0287. Confidential. Sent for information to Algiers, Nouakchott, Tunis, and USUN.

88. Telegram From the Embassy in Morocco to the Department of State and Multiple Diplomatic and Consular Posts

Source: Department of State, Central Foreign Policy File, Electronic Telegrams, D880424–0613. Confidential; Immediate. Sent Immediate to Algiers, Tunis, and Nouakchott. Also sent to Cairo, Riyadh, Paris, London, Casablanca, USUN, and USCINCEUR.

89. Telegram From the Embassy in Tunisia to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Foreign Policy File, Electronic Telegrams, D880441–0225. Secret; Immediate; Noforn. Sent for information Priority to Algiers, Cairo, Nouakchott, Paris, Rabat, and Rome.

90. Telegram From the Embassy in Algeria to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Foreign Policy File, Electronic Telegrams, D880503–0454. Confidential; Immediate. Sent for information Immediate to the Arab League Collective. Sent for information to Paris and USCINCEUR.