Algeria


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

Source: Department of State, Central Foreign Policy File, Electronic Telegrams, D830251–0912. Confidential; Priority. Sent for information to Amman, Cairo, Damascus, Jerusalem, Jidda, London, Rabat, Riyadh, Tel Aviv, and Tunis.


128. Letter From President Reagan to Algerian President Bendjedid

Source: Reagan Library, Executive Secretariat, NSC Head of State File, Algeria: President Bendjedid (8105773–8407957). No classification marking.


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

Source: Department of State, Central Foreign Policy File, Electronic Telegrams, D830452–0491. Confidential. Drafted by James Vincent (AF/I); cleared by Sebastian and Kenneth Scott (AF/W); approved by Vincent. Sent for information to Bamako, Dakar, Conakry, and Nouakchott.


130. Telegram From the Embassy in Algeria to the White House and the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Foreign Policy File, Electronic Telegrams, D830573–0711. Secret; Immediate; Exdis. Sent for information to Rabat and Tunis.


132. 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. No classification marking. Dictated by Dam on January 6.


133. Action Memorandum From the Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs (Murphy) to Secretary of State Shultz

Source: Reagan Library, George Shultz Papers, Official Memoranda (02/23/1984). Secret. Sent through Eagleburger. Drafted by Ann Korky (MEA/AFN) on February 22; cleared by Sebastian, David Schneider, and in substance by Loustonou (USDOC). A stamped notation at the top of the memorandum dated February 27 reads: “GPS.” Hill initialed the top right hand corner of the memorandum and wrote: “2/27.” Tab 2, telegram 887 from Algiers, February 20, is not attached. In the telegram, Newlin reported that Kerroum had informed him that “Bendjedid wished to send Minister of Commerce Khellef to the United States between March 12–17 carrying a message to the President.” (Department of State, Central Foreign Policy File, Electronic Telegrams, D840111–0568)


134. Memorandum From Secretary of State Shultz to President Reagan

Source: Reagan Library, George Shultz Papers, President’s Evening Reading January–March 1984. Secret.


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

Source: Department of State, Central Foreign Policy File, Electronic Telegrams, D840177–0244. Secret; Immediate; Exdis. Drafted by David Schneider; cleared by Teicher, Covey, and Gregg; approved by Schneider. Sent for information to Rabat, Tunis, Nouakchott, and Paris.


136. Telegram From Secretary of State Shultz to the White House

Source: Reagan Library, Executive Secretariat, NSC National Security Decision Directives, NSDD 72 [United States Program for the Exercise of Navigation and Overflight Rights at Sea]. Confidential; Niact Immediate. Sent for information Immediate to the Department of State. Printed from a copy that indicates the original was received in the White House Situation Room. Shultz was in Seoul May 1–2 for meetings with South Korean President Chun Doo-hwan.


137. Memorandum From the Vice President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Gregg) to Vice President Bush

Source: George H.W. Bush Library, Vice Presidential Records, Office of National Security Affairs, Donald P. Gregg Files, Country Files, OA/ID 19778, Folder 19778–003, Algeria—1984. Confidential. Sent through Murphy. Printed from an uninitialed copy. In the top right-hand corner of the memorandum, on a copy printed for Kemp, Gregg wrote: “Sorry you weren’t there. DG.”


138. Telegram From the Embassy in Algeria to the White House

Source: Reagan Library, Executive Secretariat, NSC Country File, Africa, Algeria (06/15/1984–12/22/1984). Secret. Sent via Privacy Channels. Also sent Immediate for the Vice President. Printed from a copy that indicates the original was received in the White House Situation Room.


139. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassies in Algeria, Morocco, Mauritania, Tunisia, Chad, and France

Source: George H.W. Bush Library, Vice Presidential Records, Office of National Security Affairs, Donald P. Gregg Files, Meetings with Foreigners Files, OA/ID 19777, Folder 19777–129, Meetings with Foreigners—September 1984: Breakfast with Algerian Foreign Minister Taleb Ibrahimi, September 28, 1984. Secret; Immediate; Exdis. Printed from a copy that indicates the original was received in the White House Situation Room.


140. Letter From President Reagan to Algerian President Bendjedid

Source: Reagan Library, Near East and South Asia Affairs Directorate, Algeria 1984 (1). No classification marking.


141. Memorandum From the Vice President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Gregg) to Vice President Bush

Source: George H.W. Bush Library, Vice Presidential Records, Office of National Security Affairs, Donald P. Gregg Files, Country Files, OA/ID 19778, Folder 19778–003, Algeria—1984. Confidential. Sent through Murphy. Bush initialed the top right-hand corner of the memorandum and wrote: “12–1.”


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

Source: Department of State, Central Foreign Policy File, Electronic Telegrams, D860011–0371. Confidential; Immediate. Sent for information to USDOC and USDA.


143. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassies in Lebanon and Algeria

Source: Department of State, Central Foreign Policy File, Electronic Telegrams, N850001–0457. Secret; Immediate; Nodis. Drafted by Stanton (NEA/ARN); cleared by Murphy, Raphel, Mack, Oakley, McNeil, Twetten (CIA), Samuel Krys (M), Poindexter, Platt, Cassius Johnson (S/S–O), and Pelletreau; approved by Armacost. Sent for information Immediate to Kuwait City, Bern, Damascus, and Riyadh.


144. Memorandum From Secretary of State Shultz to President Reagan

Source: Reagan Library, George Shultz Papers, Official Memoranda (01/22/1985) (2). Confidential. Sent to Shultz under cover of a January 22 memorandum from Chain, in which Chain recommended Shultz sign the memorandum.


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

Source: Department of State, Executive Secretariat, S/S Records, 1985 Nodis Telegrams: Lot 95D025, Algiers #1, Nodis 1985, Jan. 5 thru Sept. 22. Secret; Priority; Nodis. Drafted by Mack; cleared by Johnson (P), David Long (M/CTP), McKinley, Ruth Van Heuven (S/S–O), and Miles Pendleton (P); approved by Raphel. Sent for information Priority to Beirut and Damascus.


146. Intelligence Memorandum Prepared in the Central Intelligence Agency

Source: Washington National Records Center, OSD Files, FRC 330–87–0008, 1985 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 3, Algeria (Jan–Dec). Secret; [handling restriction not declassified]. Prepared in the Maghreb Branch, Arab-Israeli Division, Office of Near Eastern and South Asian Analysis, Central Intelligence Agency. Information as of April 1 was used in its preparation.


147. Memorandum of Conversation

Source: Reagan Library, Near East and South Asia Affairs Directorate, President Bendjedid of Algeria Visit 4/17/15. Secret. Drafted by Teicher. The meeting took place in the Oval Office.


148. Memorandum From Secretary of State Shultz to President Reagan

Source: Reagan Library, George Shultz Papers, President’s Evening Reading April–June 1985. Secret; Sensitive.


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

Source: Department of State, Executive Secretariat, A Bureau, Department of State Central Foreign Policy Files: Lot 12D215, Top Secret Hardcopy Telegrams. Top Secret; Immediate; Eyes only for the Secretary.


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

Source: Department of State, Central Foreign Policy File, Electronic Telegrams, D850276–0344. Secret; Exdis; Niact Immediate. Drafted by Casey; cleared by Poindexter, Oakley, Pelletreau, and Sheldon Krebs (S/S–O); approved by Quinn (S/S).


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

Source: Department of State, Central Foreign Policy File, Electronic Telegrams, [no N number]. Secret; Flash; Nodis. Drafted by the TWA Task Force; cleared by Kenneth Quinn, Ruth Van Heuven (S/S–O), and Raphel; approved as text received from the White House.


152. Memorandum From the Vice President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Gregg) to Vice President Bush

Source: George H.W. Bush Library, Vice Presidential Records, Office of National Security Affairs, Donald P. Gregg Files, Country Files, OA/ID 19796, Folder 19796–005, Algeria—1985. Confidential. Copies were sent to Fuller and Fortier. At the top of the memorandum, Bush wrote: “Good report. GB.”


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

Source: Department of State, Executive Secretariat, S/S Records, 1985 Nodis Telegrams: Lot 95D025, Algiers #1, Nodis 1985, Jan 5 thru Sept. 22. Secret; Niact Immediate; Nodis. Drafted by Richard Fisher (NEA/AFN); cleared by Roger Merrick (NEA/AFN), Gary Dietrich (INR/NESA), Quinn (S/S), Ryan Crocker (NEA/IAI), Robert Pace (S/S–O), and Johnson; approved by Raphel. The document is misnumbered in the original.


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

Source: Department of State, Central Foreign Policy File, Electronic Telegrams, D850717–0517. Secret; Immediate; Exdis. Drafted by Raphel; cleared by Gregg, McKinley, Pearson, and Ruth Van Heuven (S/S–O); approved by Raphel. Sent for information Immediate to Rabat. Sent for information to Tunis, USUN, and Paris.


155. Letter From Vice President Bush to Algerian President Bendjedid

Source: George H.W. Bush Library, Vice Presidential Records, Office of National Security Affairs, Donald P. Gregg Files, Country Files, OA/ID 19796, Folder 19796–005, Algeria—1985. No classification marking.


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

Source: Department of State, Central Foreign Policy File, Electronic Telegrams, D860038–0924. Secret; Immediate; Exdis.