SALT II, 1972–1980
121. Message From Secretary of State Kissinger to the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Scowcroft)
Source: Ford Library, National Security Adviser, Trip Briefing Books and Cables of Henry Kissinger, Box 28, Kissinger Trip Files, January 20–25, 1976–Moscow, Brussels, Madrid, TOHAK (2). Secret; Sensitive; Eyes Only.
122. Message From the Counselor of the Department of State (Sonnenfeldt) and the President’s Deputy Assistant for National Security Affairs (Hyland) to the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Scowcroft)
Source: Ford Library, National Security Adviser, Kissinger Reports on USSR, China, and Middle East Discussions, Box 1, USSR Memcons and Reports, January 21–23, 1976, Kissinger Moscow Trip (1). Secret; Sensitive; Eyes Only.
123. Message From the White House Situation Room to Secretary of State Kissinger
Source: Ford Library, National Security Adviser, Kissinger Reports on USSR, China, and Middle East Discussions, Box 1, USSR Memcons and Reports, January 21–23, 1976, Kissinger Moscow Trip (3). Top Secret; Sensitive; Exclusively Eyes Only; Via Black Patch. Deliver immediately upon receipt.
124. Memorandum From the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Scowcroft) to President Ford
Source: Ford Library, National Security Adviser, Kissinger Reports on USSR, China, and Middle East Discussions, Box 1, USSR Memcons and Reports, January 21–23, 1976, Kissinger Moscow Trip (1). Secret; Sensitive. Sent for information.
125. Message From the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs to (Scowcroft) to Secretary of State Kissinger
Source: Ford Library, National Security Adviser, Trip Briefing Books and Cables of Henry Kissinger, Box 28, Kissinger Trip Files, January 20–25, 1976–Moscow, Brussels, Madrid, HAKTO. Secret; Sensitive; Eyes Only; Via Black Patch.
126. Paper Prepared by the Ad Hoc Interagency Working Group
Source: Ford Library, National Security Adviser, NSC Program Analysis Staff, Jan Lodal Convenience Files, Box 41, SALT General Subseries, New SALT Options. Top Secret; Sensitive. The paper was sent under a covering memorandum from Molander to the SALT Verification Panel Working Group for consideration at the Verification Panel meeting scheduled for January 31, but postponed until February 5. Draft minutes of the VP meeting are ibid., NSC Institutional Files, Box 22, Meeting Minutes, Verification Panel (Drafts), January–February 1976.
127. National Security Decision Memorandum 316
Source: Ford Library, NSC Institutional Files, Box 63, NSDM 316, Instructions for SALT Negotiations. Top Secret; Sensitive. Copies were sent to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the Director of Central Intelligence. Scowcroft sent this NSDM to Ford under a January 30 covering memorandum for the President’s approval. Scowcroft noted that the NSDM approved the compromise on silo dimension increase achieved by Kissinger in Moscow and contained “an agreed interagency throw weight definition and instructions to seek a heavy ICBM ceiling based on the same parameters, throw weight and launching weight, contained in the heavy ICBM definition.” (Ibid.) Ford initialed his approval of this NSDM.
128. Backchannel Message From the Chief of the Delegation to the Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (Johnson) to the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Scowcroft)
Source: Ford Library, National Security Adviser, Backchannel Messages, Box 8, SALT, Geneva, Incoming, 2/76. Top Secret; Eyes Only. Deliver during business hours.
129. Memorandum From the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Scowcroft) to President Ford
Source: Ford Library, National Security Adviser, NSC Meetings File, Box 2. Top Secret; Sensitive. Tabs A–C, which contain charts of SALT Options, a “No-SALT Contingency Budget,” and a list of participants, are attached but not printed.
130. Minutes of a Meeting of the National Security Council
Source: Ford Library, National Security Adviser, NSC Meetings File, Box 2. Top Secret; Sensitive. All brackets are in the original. The meeting took place in the Cabinet Room.
131. Memorandum of Conversation
Source: Ford Library, National Security Adviser, Memoranda of Conversation, 1973–1977, Box 17. Secret; Nodis. Brackets are in the original. The meeting took place in the Oval Office. Ford and Kissinger briefly discussed SALT when they met before this meeting, beginning at 9:35 a.m. The memorandum of conversation is Document 262 in Foreign Relations, 1969–1976, Vol. XVI, Soviet Union, August 1974–December 1976.
132. Note From the United States to the Soviet Union
Source: Ford Library, National Security Adviser, Memoranda of Conversation, 1973–1977, Box 17. No classification marking. Numerous drafts of the note, dated February 12–16, are ibid., Kissinger–Scowcroft West Wing Office Files, Box 29, USSR, The “D” File. Kissinger gave the note to Dobrynin on February 16 at 11:15 a.m., along with a letter from Ford to Brezhnev expressing his concern at the state of U.S.-Soviet relations and hope for a new strategic arms limitation treaty. For the letter, see Foreign Relations, 1969–1976, Vol. XVI, Soviet Union, August 1974–December 1976, Document 263.
133. Letter From Soviet General Secretary Brezhnev to President Ford
Source: Ford Library, National Security Adviser, Outside the System Chronological Files, Box 4, March 5–30, 1976. No classification marking.
134. Memorandum of Conversation
Source: Ford Library, National Security Adviser, Memoranda of Conversation, 1973–1977, Box 18. Secret; Nodis. All brackets are in the original. The meeting took place in the Oval Office. Scowcroft prepared talking points for Ford, which are ibid.
135. Memorandum of Conversation
Source: Ford Library, National Security Adviser, Memoranda of Conversation, 1973–1977, Box 18. Secret; Nodis. All brackets are in the original. The meeting took place in the Oval Office.
136. National Security Decision Memorandum 331
Source: Ford Library, NSC Institutional Files, Box 66, NSDM 331, Instructions for SALT Talks, Geneva, 6/1/76. Top Secret; Sensitive. Copies were sent to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the Director of Central Intelligence. The original memorandum is incorrectly dated June 11.
137. Paper Prepared by the National Security Council Staff
Source: Ford Library, National Security Adviser, Kissinger-Scowcroft West Wing Office Files, Box 33, USSR, Gromyko File, October 1, 1976. Top Secret; Sensitive. All annexes are attached but not printed.
138. Memorandum From Vice President Rockefeller to President Ford
Source: Ford Library, National Security Adviser, Presidential Subject File, Box 21, SALT (34)–(42), [Feb. 1976–Jan. 1977]. Secret; Eyes Only. A note on the memorandum indicates that the President saw it.
139. Minutes of a Meeting of the National Security Council
Source: Ford Library, National Security Adviser, NSC Meetings File, Box 2. Top Secret; Sensitive. The meeting took place in the Cabinet Room.
140. Memorandum From the Acting Director of the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency (Lehman) to President Ford
Source: Ford Library, National Security Adviser, Kissinger-Scowcroft West Wing Office Files, Box 21, SALT, Chronological. Secret; Sensitive.
141. Memorandum From Richard Boverie of the National Security Council Staff to the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Scowcroft)
Source: Ford Library, National Security Adviser, NSC Program Analysis Staff, Jan Lodal Convenience Files, Box 41, SALT General Subseries, Intelligence Matters. Secret; Sensitive. Sent for information. Scowcroft initialed the memorandum.
142. Memorandum From the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Scowcroft) to President Ford
Source: Ford Library, National Security Adviser, Presidential Subject File, Box 21, SALT (34)–(42), [Feb. 1976–Jan. 1977]. Secret. Sent for information. Ford initialed the memorandum.
143. Memorandum of Conversation
Source: Ford Library, National Security Adviser, Kissinger-Scowcroft West Wing Office Files, Box 29, USSR, Gromyko File (33), 9/29/76. Secret; Nodis. All brackets, except those inserted by the editor to indicate omissions in the text, are in the original. The meeting took place in the Secretary’s suite in the Waldorf Astoria Hotel. Kissinger and Gromyko were attending the UN General Assembly session.
144. Memorandum From the Director of the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency (Iklé) to Secretary of State Kissinger
Source: National Archives, RG 59, Records of the Office of the Counselor, Lot File 81D286, Box 6, SALT, July 1976–. Secret. Sent under a covering memorandum from Sonnenfeldt, who commented: “I thought the Soviets would drag their feet on this technical issue, because of the linkage with the cruise missile issue. This linkage evidently still exists, as Gromyko made clear in New York. Nevertheless, they are apparently moving to clean up the MIRV verification issue itself, by telling us that: (1) they would count all SS–17, 18, and 19 launchers in the 1320 limit, except those in two particular fields, which will have to be considered as a special case.” (Ibid.)
145. Memorandum From the Joint Chiefs of Staff to Secretary of Defense Rumsfeld
Source: Ford Library, National Security Adviser, Presidential Subject File, Box 21, SALT (34)–(42) [Feb. 1976–Jan. 1977]. Top Secret. According to a covering memorandum from Boverie to Scowcroft, December 17, Rumsfeld forwarded this memorandum to Scowcroft on December 11. Boverie noted “that these are familiar JCS views, and I believe no further action is necessary.” In his December 11 forwarding note, Rumsfeld stated that “the proposals which the US has made should be viewed as package proposals. US proposals regarding limitations on cruise missiles, as well as the Backfire bomber, should therefore be considered only in the context of the packages of which they are a part.” (Ibid.)
146. Memorandum From the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Scowcroft) to President Ford
Source: Ford Library, National Security Adviser, Presidential Subject File, Box 21, SALT (34)–(42), [Feb. 1976–Jan. 1977]. Secret. Drafted by Boverie and sent as an attachment to a memorandum to Scowcroft, November 30, with an added handwritten query: “Should we do a reply to Alex thanking him for his work, etc.” Scowcroft wrote “Sure.” (Ibid.)
147. Presidential Review Memorandum/NSC 2
Source: Carter Library, National Security Affairs, Brzezinski Material, Agency File, Box 3, Defense Department, 1–2/77. Top Secret. Also sent to the Director of the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and the Director of Central Intelligence. This copy was sent under a covering memorandum from Brzezinski to Brown indicating that he wanted to schedule an SCC meeting for February 3 to discuss SALT II. (Ibid.)
148. Memorandum of Conversation
Source: Carter Library, National Security Affairs, Brzezinski Material, Subject File, Box 55, SALT, Chronology, 1/24/77–3/24/77. Secret. Ellipsis is in the original. The meeting took place in the Oval Office. Brzezinski sent Carter a briefing memorandum on January 31, which is ibid.
149. Memorandum From the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Brzezinski) to President Carter
Source: Carter Library, National Security Affairs, Brzezinski Material, Brzezinski Office File, Subject Chron File, Box 113, SALT: 1–2/1977. Top Secret; Sensitive. The meeting was held in the White House Situation Room. At the top of the page is Carter’s handwritten note that reads: “OK, J.C.”
150. Memorandum From Senator Henry M. Jackson to President Carter
Source: Carter Library, National Security Affairs, Brzezinski Material, Subject File, Box 52, SALT, 1–2/77. No classification marking. Jackson sent the memorandum to President Carter as an enclosure to a February 15 memorandum, in which he wrote: “In accordance with our discussion at the White House breakfast on Friday, February 4, I am enclosing a memorandum to you on SALT, together with a summary comment.” Carter handwrote on the covering memorandum that copies were to be sent to Vance, Brown, and Brzezinski for their comment. On February 17, Carter sent Jackson a brief handwritten note that reads: “Your SALT memorandum is excellent, and of great help to me. I will stay in touch with you concerning future developments—Thank you!” (Ibid.) Carter and Jackson had breakfast together the morning of February 4. (Ibid., Presidential Materials, President’s Daily Diary) No record of the discussion was found.