Trade Policy
183. Paper Prepared in the Office of the Special Representative for Trade Negotiations
Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Box 404, Subject Files, Special Assistant for Trade (Ambassador Eberle). Limited Official Use. Sent to Eberle under cover of a September 6 memorandum from Special Assistant to the Special Representative for Trade Negotiations Roger Hansen that reads: “Attached is the Options Paper on the Title V question which will be discussed in Mr. Flanigan’s office this afternoon. Copies have been distributed to the following: Secretary Shultz, Mr. Flanigan, Mr. Dam, and Mr. Scowcroft.” The attached NSC correspondence profile notes that Sonnenfeldt attended the meeting on Kissinger’s and Scowcroft’s behalf. No other record of this meeting has been found.
184. Memorandum From the President’s Deputy Assistant for National Security Affairs (Scowcroft) to the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger)
Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Box 317, Subject Files, Congressional, Vol #9, June–September 1973. Confidential.
185. Briefing Paper
Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, White House Central Files, Staff Member & Office Files, Council of Economic Advisers, Herbert Stein, Box 104, Meetings Files, Multilateral Trade Negotiations, Feb–Dec 1973. Confidential. This paper was included in a briefing book for the GATT Ministerial meeting held in Tokyo from September 12 to 14. The tabs are attached but not printed.
186. Memorandum From Helmut Sonnenfeldt of the National Security Council Staff to the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger)
Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Box 403, Subject Files, Trade, Vol. VI, April 8–December 1973. Confidential; Sensitive; Outside the System. Sent for very urgent attention. Kissinger initialed the memorandum.
187. Memorandum of Conversation
Source: Ford Library, National Security Adviser, Memoranda of Conversation, Box 2. Confidential. The meeting took place in the Cabinet Room from 9 to 10:21 a.m., and included the following Republican participants: Senate Minority Leader Hugh Scott (who arrived at 9:30 a.m.) (Pennsylvania), Senator Robert Griffin (Michigan), Senator Wallace Bennett (Utah), Senator Norris Cotton (New Hampshire), Senator John Tower (Texas), Senator William Brock III (Tennessee), Senator Strom Thurmond (South Carolina), Senator George Aiken (Vermont), Representative Leslie Arends (Illinois), Representative John Anderson (Illinois), Representative Barber Conable, Jr. (New York), Representative Robert Michel (Illinois), and Representative William Mailliard (California). Also present were Nixon, Vice President Spiro Agnew, Kissinger, Schlesinger, Ash, Counselor Bryce N. Harlow, Counselor Anne Armstrong, Haig, Executive Director of the Domestic Council Kenneth R. Cole, Jr., White House Press Secretary Ronald L. Ziegler, Timmons, Korologos, Deputy President’s Assistant for the House of Representatives Max L. Friedersdorf, Eberle, and Pearce. (National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, White House Central Files, President’s Daily Di-ary)
189. Memorandum From the President’s Assistant for International Economic Affairs (Flanigan) to Secretary of State Kissinger
Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Box 318, Subject Files, Congressional, Vol #10, September 1973 (2 of 2). No classification marking. Sent under cover of an October 10 note from Scowcroft to Kissinger that reads: “Peter asked that the attached be provided for your breakfast meeting. His facts are correct, but I think we need to push for a delay in any event, regardless of a decision on the Rule.”
190. Position Paper Prepared in the Council on International Economic Policy
Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Box 219, Agency Files, Council on International Economic Policy (CIEP) 1973 (Vol II). Secret. Attached to an October 16 memorandum from Flanigan to Scowcroft that reads: “Herewith the position on Title IV of the Trade Bill which we discussed at the 8:30 meeting this morning. I believe it fully reflects Henry’s agreement. I intend to start using this on the House members this afternoon. If you have any trouble with it, please call me immediately. I presume you will forward a copy to Henry.”
191. Minutes of a Cabinet Meeting
Source: Ford Library, National Security Adviser, Memoranda of Conversation, Box 2. Secret. The meeting took place in the Cabinet Room from 3:09 until 5:02 p.m. (National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, White House Central Files, President’s Daily Diary) All brackets, with the exception of those indicating omission of unrelated material, are in the original.
192. Memorandum From Charles Cooper of the National Security Council Staff to the President’s Deputy Assistant for National Security Affairs (Scowcroft)
Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Box 403, Subject Files, Trade, Vol. VI, April 8–December 1973. Confidential. Sent for information. Sent under cover of an undated note from Cooper to Scowcroft. The note is marked “Sent for action” and reads: “This matter will undoubtedly be up for discussion in the next couple of days. I did this memo for you rather than for Secretary Kissinger since I didn’t know whether he’ll have time to involve himself in any meetings in which this subject might come up.” Scowcroft wrote at the top of this note: “Thanks.”
193. Letter From Secretary of Agriculture Butz to Secretary of the Treasury Shultz
Source: National Archives, RG 56, Records of Secretary of the Treasury George P. Shultz, 1971–1974, Entry 166, Box 1, GPS Agriculture 1973. No classification marking.
194. Letter From the Deputy Special Representative for Trade Negotiations (Pearce) to Secretary of the Treasury Shultz
Source: National Archives, RG 56, Records of Secretary of the Treasury George P. Shultz, 1971–1974, Entry 166, Box 6, GPS Trade—Volumes I & II 1973/74. No classification marking. A copy was sent to Eberle.
195. Memorandum From Helmut Sonnenfeldt of the National Security Council Staff to Secretary of State Kissinger
Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Box 403, Subject Files, Trade, Vol. VI, April 8–December 1973. Secret; Sensitive; Exclusively Eyes Only. Sent for prompt attention. A handwritten note at the top of the memorandum reads: “OBE.” Sent under cover of an undated note from Scowcroft to Kissinger that reads: “Maybe I don’t understand this, but it seems to me to give up the fight for something which is almost indistinguishable from full Jackson–Vanik, except for a ‘freeze’ rather than a ‘ban’ on credits. Looks to me like an attempt to save the Trade Bill by throwing MFN to the wolves.”
196. Memorandum for the File by the President’s Assistant for International Economic Affairs (Flanigan)
Source: National Archives, RG 56, Records of Secretary of the Treasury George P. Shultz, 1971–1974, Entry 166, Box 6, GPS Trade—Volumes I & II 1973/74. Secret.
197. Memorandum From Helmut Sonnenfeldt of the National Security Council Staff to Secretary of State Kissinger
Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Box 403, Subject Files, Trade, Vol. VI, April 8–December 1973. Sensitive. Sent for immediate action. A handwritten notation at the top of the memorandum reads: “OBE.”
198. Message From the President’s Deputy Assistant for National Security Affairs (Scowcroft) to Secretary of State Kissinger in Rabat
Source: Ford Library, National Security Adviser, Scowcroft Daily Work Files, Box 5, 11/1–8/73. Confidential; Eyes Only. The original is the draft as approved for transmission. Kissinger was traveling in the Middle East and Asia November 5–16.
200. Memorandum From the President’s Deputy Assistant for National Security Affairs (Scowcroft) to Secretary of State Kissinger
Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Box 403, Subject Files, Trade, Vol. VI, April 8–December 1973. No classification mark-ing.
201. Memorandum From the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger) to President Nixon
Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Box 290, Agency Files, U.S. Treasury, Vol. IV, Sept. 19, 1973–Dec. 1973. Administratively Confidential. Kissinger did not initial the memorandum. A notation on the memorandum indicates the President saw it.
202. Memorandum From the Deputy Special Representative for Trade Negotiations (Pearce) to the Members of the Council on International Economic Policy
Source: National Archives, RG 429, Records of the Council on International Economic Policy, 1971–1977, Box 251, Records of Executive Committee Meetings, 1973–1974, 53179 PMF Executive Committee Meeting of CIEP on December 21, 1973 in Roosevelt Rm 12/13/73. Limited Official Use. Drafted by Jackson, who initialed the memorandum on Pearce’s behalf. It was sent under cover of a December 13 memorandum from Flanigan to the Secretaries of State, the Treasury, Agriculture, and Commerce, the OMB Director, the CEA Chairman, the Special Representative for Trade Negotiations, and the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs, outlining the agenda for a December 21 meeting of the CIEP Executive Committee.
203. Paper Prepared in the Office of the Special Representative for Trade Negotiations
Source: National Archives, RG 429, Records of the Council on International Economic Policy, 1971–1977, Box 251, Records of Executive Committee Meetings, 1973–1974, 53179 PMF Executive Committee Meeting of CIEP on December 21, 1973 in Roosevelt Rm 12/13/73. No classification marking. It was sent under cover of a December 13 memorandum from Flanigan to the Secretaries of State, the Treasury, Agriculture, and Commerce, the OMB Director, the CEA Chairman, the Special Representative for Trade Negotiations, and the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs, outlining the agenda for a December 21 meeting of the CIEP Executive Committee.
204. Memorandum for the Record
Source: National Archives, RG 429, Records of the Council on International Economic Policy, 1971–1977, Box 251, Records of Executive Committee Meetings, 1973–1974, 53179 PMF Executive Committee Meeting of CIEP on December 21, 1973 in Roosevelt Rm 12/13/73. Confidential. Drafted on December 28 by Morris.
207. Memorandum From the Counselor of the Department of State (Sonnenfeldt) to Secretary of State Kissinger
Source: National Archives, RG 59, Records of Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, Entry 5403, Box 5, Nodis Memcons, 1974. Confidential; Eyes Only. Sent for action.
208. Memorandum for the File
Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, White House Special Files, Staff Member & Office Files, President’s Office Files, Box 94, President’s Meeting File, Memoranda for the President’s File, Beginning May 19 (1974). No classification marking.
210. Memorandum From the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger) to President Ford
Source: Ford Library, National Security Adviser, Presidential Subject File, Box 23, Trade (1). Eyes Only. A stamped notation on the memorandum indicates that Ford saw it. It was sent under cover of an August 11 note from Haig to President Ford that reads: “You may wish to discuss the Jackson position on the Trade Bill in your 9:00 a.m. meeting with Secretary Kissinger tomorrow. The memorandum is lengthy primarily because of the sensitivity of the issue but well worth your detailed reading.” Gerald Ford assumed the Presidency of the United States upon the August 9 resignation of Richard Nixon.
211. Memorandum of Conversation
Source: Ford Library, National Security Adviser, Memoranda of Conversation, Box 5. Top Secret; Nodis. The meeting, held in the private dining room at the White House, began at 8:05 and concluded at 9:18 a.m. (Ibid., President’s Daily Diary) Brackets are in the original.
212. Memorandum From Robert Hormats of the National Security Council Staff to the President’s Deputy Assistant for National Security Affairs (Scowcroft)
Source: Ford Library, National Security Adviser, Presidential Files of NSC Logged Documents, Box 51, NSC “NS” Originals File, 7404004—Eberle’s Request for Guidance on Jackson Amendment. Secret. Sent for action.