SDI and Strategic Modernization
271. Memorandum From the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Powell) to President Reagan
Source: National Security Council, National Security Council Institutional Files, Box SR–097, NSDD 312. Secret. Sent for action. Prepared by Linhard and Heiser. Copies were sent to Bush and Duberstein. A stamped notation in the top right-hand corner of the memorandum indicates Reagan saw it on August 5.
272. National Security Decision Directive 312
Source: National Security Council, National Security Council Institutional Files, Box SR–097, NSDD 312. Secret. Powell distributed the NSDD to Bush, Shultz, Carlucci, Meese, Herrington, Webster, Crowe, and Burns under cover of an August 8 memorandum: “The President has approved the instructions for use at the third five-year ABM Treaty Review Conference as presented in the attached National Security Decision Directive (NSDD–312).” (Ibid.)
273. Letter From President Reagan to Soviet General Secretary Gorbachev
Source: Reagan Library, Executive Secretariat, NSC Head of State File, U.S.S.R.: General Secretary Gorbachev (8890725, 8890750). No classification marking. In telegram 261723 to Moscow, August 12, the Department of State transmitted Reagan’s letter to the Embassy in Moscow, along with the instructions: “Ambassador should seek meeting with Acting Foreign Minister ASAP to deliver following presidential letter on the Krasnoyarsk Radar.” (Department of State, Central Foreign Policy File, Electronic Telegrams, N880006–0138) In telegram 19507 from Moscow, August 12, the Embassy reported that Matlock had delivered the letter to Acting Foreign Minister Yuli Vorontsov that day, and that he had “explained that the letter from the President was a sincere effort on his part to find a solution to a problem that would prevent the conclusion of a Strategic Arms Control Agreement under any U.S. administration and regardless of the outcome of the November elections.” (Department of State, Central Foreign Policy File, Electronic Telegrams, N880006–0143)
274. Memorandum From William Heiser, William Tobey, and Robert Linhard of the National Security Council Staff to the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Powell)
Source: National Security Council, National Security Council Institutional Files, Box SR–097, NSDD 313. Secret. Sent for action.
275. Memorandum From the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Powell) to President Reagan
Source: National Security Council, National Security Council Institutional Files, Box SR–097, NSDD 313. Secret. Sent for action. Prepared by Linhard and Heiser. Copies were sent to Bush and Duberstein.
276. National Security Decision Directive 313
Source: National Security Council, National Security Council Institutional Files, Box SR–097, NSDD 313. Secret. Powell distributed the NSDD to Bush, Shultz, Carlucci, Richard Thornburgh, Herrington, Webster, Crowe, and Burns under cover of an August 15 memorandum: “The President has approved the U.S. Delegation instructions for use at the ABM Treaty Review Conference as outlined in the National Security Decision Directive (NSDD–313).” (Ibid.)
278. Telegram From the Delegation to the Nuclear and Space Talks in Geneva to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Foreign Policy File, Electronic Telegrams, D880810–0870. Secret; Immediate.
279. Electronic Message From Robert Linhard of the National Security Council Staff to the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Powell) and the President’s Deputy Assistant for National Security Affairs (Negroponte)
Source: National Archives, PROFS system, Reagan Administration, ID 82191. Top Secret. Copies were sent to Steiner, Tobey, Brooks, Mandel, Heiser, and Mahley. Sent through Stevens and Perito.
280. Memorandum From the Special Assistant to the President and the Secretary of State on Arms Control Matters (Nitze) to Secretary of State Shultz
Source: Department of State, Ambassador Nitze’s Personal Files 1953, 1972–1989, Lot 90D397, September 1988. Secret; Sensitive.
281. Memorandum From Secretary of State Shultz to President Reagan
Source: Reagan Library, Executive Secretariat, NSC Head of State File, U.S.S.R.: General Secretary Gorbachev (8890725, 8890750). Secret; Sensitive. According to the NSC correspondence profile, Reagan noted the memorandum and letter on September 20. (Ibid.)
282. Paper Prepared in the National Security Council
Source: Reagan Library, Robert Linhard Files, Arms Control Chronological File, ACSG (Arms Control Support Group), 09/27/1988. Secret. All brackets are in the original. An unknown hand wrote “9/20” in the upper right-hand corner of the memorandum. Linhard, Tobey, and Brooks sent the paper to Powell under cover of a September 21 memorandum. (Ibid.)
283. Memorandum of Conversation
Source: Department of State, Executive Secretariat, S/S Records, Memoranda of Conversations Pertaining to United States and USSR Relations, 1981–1990, Lot 93D188, Ministerial Memcons. Secret; Sensitive. Drafted by Vershbow and John Evans (EUR/SOV); cleared by Ridgway. Vershbow initialed for both Evans and Ridgway. The meeting took place in Shultz’s office at the Department of State. The complete memorandum of conversation is in Foreign Relations, 1981–1988, vol. VI, Soviet Union, October 1986–January 1989, Document 173.
284. Memorandum of Conversation
Source: Department of State, Executive Secretariat, S/S Records, Memoranda of Conversations Pertaining to United States and USSR Relations, 1981–1990, Lot 93D188, Ministerial Memcons. Secret; Sensitive. Drafted by Vershbow; cleared by Ridgway. Vershbow initialed for Ridgway. The meeting took place in Shultz’s office at the Department State. The complete memorandum of conversation is in Foreign Relations, 1981–1988, vol. VI, Soviet Union, October 1986–January 1989, Document 175.
285. Briefing Memorandum From the Special Advisor to the President and the Secretary of State on Arms Control Matters (Nitze) and the Special Assistant to the Deputy Secretary of State (Timbie) to Secretary of State Shultz
Source: Department of State, Executive Secretariat, S/S Records, 1988 NODIS and EXDIS Memorandums, Lot 94D433, 1988 NODIS and EXDIS Memorandums: September 16–30, 1988. Secret; Sensitive. A stamped notation at the top of the memorandum indicates Shultz saw it.
286. Memorandum for the Record
Source: Reagan Library, Frank Carlucci Files, SECDEF Carlucci’s Library, Subject—1988: Countries—USSR. Secret. Drafted on October 4 by Burns. Copies were sent to Shultz, Carlucci, Crowe, Webster, Powell, Linhard, Timbie, and David Fite, Manfred Eimer, James McNally, and Richard Toye (all in ACDA). A stamped notation indicates Carlucci saw the memorandum on October 5.
287. Memorandum From the Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy (Graham) to President Reagan
Source: Reagan Library, Frank Carlucci Files, SECDEF Carlucci’s Library Subject—1988: SDI [09/28/1988– 10/13/1988]. No classification marking.
288. Electronic Message From William Cockell of the National Security Council Staff to the President’s Deputy Assistant for National Security Affairs (Negroponte)
Source: National Archives, PROFS system, Reagan Administration, ID 83392. Secret. Copies were sent to Grant, Robert Dean, Linhard, Mandel, Fortier, Perina, Rodman, Schillaci, and Andrico. Sent through Stevens and Perito. No minutes of the meeting among Carlucci, Whitehead, and Powell were found.
289. Memorandum From Secretary of Defense Carlucci to the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Powell)
Source: Reagan Library, Frank Carlucci Files, SECDEF Carlucci’s Library Subject—1988: SDI [10/14/1988– 10/26/1988]. Secret.
290. Telegram From the Mission in Geneva to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Foreign Policy File, Electronic Telegrams, D880965–0736. Secret; Niact Immediate; Exdis. Sent Priority for information to Moscow.
291. Electronic Message From Robert Linhard of the National Security Council Staff to the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Powell) and the President’s Deputy Assistant for National Security Affairs (Negroponte)
Source: National Archives, PROFS system, Reagan Administration, ID 84367. Secret. Copies were sent to Mandel, Brooks, Heiser, Tobey, Mahley, Stevens, Pearson, and Fortier. Sent through Stevens and Perito.
292. Memorandum From Secretary of Defense Carlucci to the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Powell)
Source: National Security Council, National Security Council Institutional Files, Box SR–097, NSDD 312. Secret; Noforn; Wnintel.
293. Memorandum of Conversation
Source: Department of State, Executive Secretariat, S/S Records, Memoranda of Conversations Pertaining to United States and USSR Relations, 1981–1990, Lot 93D188, December 1988 Governor’s Island. Secret. The meeting took place in the Commandant’s Residence at Governor’s Island. Drafted by Ledsky and Simons. Stevens sent the memorandum of conversation to Levitsky under a January 9, 1989, memorandum, indicating that it was a “revised” and “reformatted” draft of the President’s luncheon with Gorbachev, which is the version printed here. (Ibid.) The complete memorandum of conversation is in Foreign Relations, 1981–1988, vol. VI, Soviet Union, October 1986–January 1989, Document 181. Documents pertaining to the December 1988 New York meeting between Reagan, Gorbachev, and Bush, as well as Shevardnadze and Shultz, are in Foreign Relations, 1981–1988, vol. VI, Soviet Union, October 1986–January 1989, Documents 178–182.