Afghanistan
121. Memorandum From Stephen Larrabee of the National Security Council Staff to the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Brzezinski)
Source: Carter Library, National Security Affairs, Brzezinski Material, General Odom File, Box 1, Afghanistan: 8–12/79. Confidential. Sent for information. Copies were sent to Brement, Thornton, Odom, Ermarth, Griffith, and Henze.
122. Memorandum From Thomas Thornton of the National Security Council Staff to the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Brzezinski) and the President’s Deputy Assistant for National Security Affairs (Aaron)
Source: Carter Library, Donated Historical Material, Brzezinski Collection, Brzezinski’s Subject Files, Box 36, Serial Xs—(10/79—12/79). Secret; Sensitive. Sent for information. In the top right corner, Brzezinski wrote to Thornton: “TT, we need to know what Pakistan will need in terms of aid—and what it will take to get them to do what is needed. ZB”
123. Telegram From the Embassy in the Soviet Union to the Department of State
Source: National Archives, RG 59, Central Foreign Policy File, D800004–0424. Secret; Niact Immediate; Exdis. Sent for information Immediate to London and USNATO. Also sent for information to Warsaw, Amman, Baghdad, Beijing, Belgrade, Berlin, Bonn, Bucharest, Cairo, Damascus, Islamabad, Jidda, Kabul, Leningrad, New Delhi, Paris, Prague, Rome, Sofia, Tel Aviv, Tokyo, Beirut, U.S. Mission Geneva, U.S. Mission Berlin, and USDel MBFR Vienna.
124. Intelligence Assessment Prepared in the Central Intelligence Agency
Source: Central Intelligence Agency, Office of the Director of Central Intelligence, Job 82M00501R: 1980 Subject Files, Box 12, C–367, 01 Jan–30 Jun 80. Secret. A statement attached to the cover page reads: “Information as of 16 October 1979 has been used in preparing the major part of this report. Information concerning the recent coup is reflected but does not change the basic judgments. The author of this paper is [name not declassified], Center for the Analysis of Personality and Political Behavior, Office of Scientific Intelligence. It has been coordinated with the Offices of Political Analysis, Geographic and Cartographic Research, and Central Reference, the Directorate of Operations, and the National Intelligence Officer for the Near East and South Asia.” Also attached to the cover page is a handwritten note that reads: “[name not declassified]: This is super—I want to get it to Pres., etc., ASAP,” signed “Stan Turner.” Turner forwarded the assessment under a January 3 covering memorandum to Carter, Mondale, Vance, Brown, and Brzezinski, in which he wrote: “I believe it provides excellent background perspective to political events in Afghanistan today.” (Ibid.)
125. Intelligence Memorandum Prepared in the Central Intelligence Agency
Source: Central Intelligence Agency, Job 09–00438R, Box 1, Iran: Views on Afghanistan; An Intelligence Memorandum, PA 80–10003C. Top Secret; [codeword and handling restriction not declassified]. A typed note at the bottom of the page reads: “This paper was prepared by [name not declassified] of the Office of Political Analysis. It was coordinated with the National Intelligence Officer for the Near East and South Asia. Comments and queries are welcome and may be addressed to the Chief, Iran Task Force, on [less than 1 line and classification marking not declassified].
126. Letter From the Former Afghan Ambassador to the United States (Malikyar) to President Carter
Source: National Archives, RG 59, Central Foreign Policy File, P800018–0746. No classification marking. Attached but not printed is a January 2 covering memorandum from Malikyar to Brzezinski. Malikyar wrote: “Your support of this cause which has worldwide implications would be greatly appreciated by the people of Afghanistan. My prayers and thoughts are with the American people for the quick and safe release of the American hostages.”
127. Memorandum From the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Brzezinski) to President Carter
Source: Carter Library, National Security Affairs, Brzezinski Material, Office File, Country Chron File, Box 1, Afghanistan: 1980. Confidential. Sent for information. Carter initialed “C” in the top right corner. The memorandum was attached as Tab I to a January 2 memorandum from Blackwill and Larrabee to Brzezinski recommending that Brzezinski sign the memorandum to Carter. An unknown hand wrote “1–2–80 ZB signed memo to Pres,” at the bottom of the page.
128. Memorandum From the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Brzezinski) to Secretary of State Vance
Source: Department of State, Executive Secretariat (ES), Sensitive and Super Sensitive File, 1979–1983, Lot 96D262, Box 4, 1980 ES Sensitive, Jan 1–31. Top Secret. Copies were sent to Brown and Turner.
129. Article in the President’s Daily Brief
Source: Central Intelligence Agency, Office of the Director of Central Intelligence, Job 81B00401R: Subject Files of the Presidential Briefing Coordinator for DCI (1977–81), Box 8, Afghanistan Crisis—January 1980, PDBs. Top Secret; For the President Only. The full version of this President’s Daily Brief was not filed with this collection. The article printed here was found in this form.
130. Summary of Conclusions of a Special Coordination Committee Meeting
Source: Carter Library, National Security Affairs, Staff Material, Office File, Meetings File, Box 18, SCC Meeting #241A, Held 1/2/80, 1/80. Secret; Sensitive. The meeting took place in the White House Situation Room.
131. Memorandum From Stephen Larrabee of the National Security Council Staff to the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Brzezinski)
Source: Carter Library, National Security Affairs, Staff Material, Office File, Outside the System File, Box 45, Afghanistan Invasion: U.S./Allied Relations, Olympics, Grain Embargo: 1/80. Confidential; Outside System. Sent for information. Brzezinski wrote: “agree, ZB” in the top right corner, and drew an arrow pointing to the edge of the page. See footnote 7, below.
132. Memorandum From Marshall Brement of the National Security Council Staff to the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Brzezinski) and the President’s Deputy Assistant for National Security Affairs (Aaron)
Source: Carter Library, National Security Affairs, Brzezinski Material, Country File, Box 1, Afghanistan: 1/1–8/80. Secret. Sent for information. Copies were sent to Thornton, Sick, Odom, Albright, Schecter, Henze, Griffith, Larrabee, Ermarth, and Hunter. Brzezinski wrote: “I agree” at the top right of the memorandum. An unknown hand wrote: “1/3/80” beneath Brzezinski’s note.
133. Memorandum From Fritz Ermarth of the National Security Council Staff to the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Brzezinski)
Source: Carter Library, National Security Affairs, Staff Material, Defense/Security, Ermarth, Box 1, Afghanistan. Secret; Outside the System. Sent for information.
134. Memorandum From the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Brzezinski) to President Carter
Source: Carter Library, National Security Affairs, Brzezinski Material, General Odom File, Box 1, Afghanistan: 1–2/80. Secret; Outside the System. Printed from an unsigned copy.
135. Minutes of a National Security Council Meeting
Source: Carter Library, National Security Affairs, Staff Material, Office File, Meetings File, Box 2, NSC Meeting #26 Held 1/2/80, 1/80. Top Secret; Sensitive. The meeting took place in the White House Cabinet Room. A portion of the summary of conclusions of this NSC meeting is printed in Foreign Relations, 1977–1980, vol. VI, Soviet Union, Document 251.
136. Memorandum From the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Brzezinski) to Vice President Mondale, Secretary of State Vance, and Secretary of Defense Brown
Source: Carter Library, National Security Council Institutional Files, 1977–1981, Box 57, NSC–026, 01/02/80, Afghanistan Invasion, Christopher/Brown, Pakistan/Afghanistan/China. Secret. Also sent to Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Brown, and Director of Central Intelligence Turner. Also printed in Foreign Relations, 1977–1980, vol. VI, Soviet Union, Document 252.
137. Memorandum From Marshall Brement of the National Security Council Staff to the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Brzezinski)
Source: Carter Library, National Security Affairs, Brzezinski Material, Brzezinski Office File, Country Chron File, Box 1, Afghanistan: 1/80. Secret. Sent for information. In the top right corner, Brzezinski wrote: “I agree and am pushing for more items. ZB.” The memorandum is incorrectly dated January 3, 1979.
138. Intelligence Information Cable Prepared in the Central Intelligence Agency
Source: Carter Library, National Security Affairs, Brzezinski Material, Cables File, Box 2, Afghanistan: 1/3/80. Secret; [handling restriction not declassified]. Printed from a copy received in the White House Situation Room.
139. Memorandum From Special Assistant [name not declassified] to Director of Central Intelligence Turner
Source: Central Intelligence Agency, Office of the Director of Central Intelligence, Job 81B00112R: Subject Files, Box 12, [folder title not declassified]. Confidential; [handling restriction not declassified]. Turner initialed at the top of the memorandum on January 15.
140. Memorandum From the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Brzezinski) to President Carter
Source: Carter Library, President’s Files, Plains File, President’s Personal Foreign Affairs File, Box 1, Afghanistan, 3/78–2/80. Secret. Carter initialed “C” in the top right corner. Next to the subject line, Brzezinski wrote: “(This was drafted before your very eloquent statement this afternoon. But the recommendations still stand.)” This was a possible reference to the White House statement read by Jody Powell on January 3. See footnote 2, Document 136.
141. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in China
Source: Carter Library, National Security Affairs, Brzezinski Material, Cables File, Box 2, 1/5/80. Secret; Immediate; Sensitive; Nodis. Sent for information to USNATO, Tokyo, and CINCPAC. Printed from a copy that was received in the White House Situation Room.
142. Telegram From the Embassy in Pakistan to the Department of State
Source: National Archives, RG 59, Central Foreign Policy File, D800009–0322. Confidential; Immediate; Limdis. Sent for information to Colombo, Dacca, Kathmandu, Karachi, Lahore, New Delhi, Moscow, Beijing, London, USNATO, and Kabul.
143. Article in the President’s Daily Brief
Source: Central Intelligence Agency, Office of the Director of Central Intelligence, Job 81B00401R: Subject Files of the Presidential Briefing Coordinator for DCI (1977–81), Box 8, Afghanistan Crisis—December 1979, PDBs. Top Secret; For the President Only. The full version of this President’s Daily Brief was not filed with this collection. The article printed here was found in this form.
144. Memorandum of Conversation
Source: Carter Library, National Security Affairs, Staff Material, North/South, Thornton, Country File, Box 95, Pakistan: 1/79–1/80. Secret. The meeting took place in Brzezinski’s office.
145. Telegram From the Embassy in Pakistan to the Department of State and the White House
Source: Carter Library, National Security Affairs, Brzezinski Material, President’s Daily CIA Brief File, Box 24, 1/1/80–1/6/80. Secret; Immediate; Nodis. Printed from a copy that was received in the White House Situation Room. In the upper right corner, Carter wrote: “Cy, Zbig: Pak←U.S. Commitments should be spelled out clearly & approved personally by me. C.”
146. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassies in NATO Capitals, the Mission to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, and the Embassies in the Soviet Union, New Zealand, Australia, and Japan
Source: National Archives, RG 59, Central Foreign Policy File, D800011–0876. Confidential; Immediate; Exdis. Sent for information Immediate to Belgrade, Bucharest, Budapest, Prague, Sofia, Warsaw, Riyadh, New Delhi, Islamabad, Jakarta, Beijing, Seoul, Cairo, Tel Aviv, Buenos Aires, Bangkok, Kabul, and Manila. Drafted by Barry; cleared in A/O, S/REM, NSC, and S; and approved by Christopher.
147. Intelligence Assessment Prepared in the Central Intelligence Agency
Source: Central Intelligence Agency, Office of the Director of Central Intelligence, Job 81B00401R: Subject Files of the Presidential Briefing Coordinator for DCI (1977–81), Box 6, Afghan Crisis—Pubs Soviet Moves/Options. Top Secret; [codeword and handling restriction not declassified]. A statement on the cover page reads: “This assessment was written by [less than 1 line not declassified] based on contributions from members of the NFAC USSR-Afghan Task Force, and the Office of Strategic Research. It has been coordinated with the Office of Political Analysis, the Office of Strategic Research, and with the National Intelligence Officers for the USSR and for the Middle East.”
148. Intelligence Memorandum Prepared in the Central Intelligence Agency
Source: Central Intelligence Agency, National Intelligence Council Files, Job 82B00561R, Box 1, Western Europe: Responses to US-Soviet Tension in Wake of Afghan Crisis, NI 80–10001, January 1980. Secret; [handling restriction not declassified]. A typed note at the bottom of the page reads in part: “This memorandum, requested by the staff of the National Security Council, was prepared by [name not declassified] in the office of the National Intelligence Officer for Western Europe. It was coordinated with the NFAC Office of Political Analysis and takes into account comments received from Robert Blackwill, NSC; Jenonne Walker, State S/P; Sandra Vogelgesang, State/EUR; and Paul Cassidy, DOD/ISA.”
149. Memorandum of Conversation
Source: Carter Library, National Security Affairs, Staff Material, North/South, Thornton, Country File, Box 95, Pakistan: 1/79–1/80. Top Secret; Sensitive. The meeting took place in the Great Hall of the People. The original is an extract of the January 7 memorandum of conversation, the full text of which is printed in Foreign Relations, 1977–1980, vol. XIII, China, Document 290. The omissions in the original are noted in brackets.
150. Memorandum of Conversation
Source: Carter Library, National Security Affairs, Staff Material, North/South, Thornton, Country File, Box 95, Pakistan: 1/79–1/80. Top Secret; Sensitive. The meeting took place in the Great Hall of the People. An alternate version of this memorandum of conversation is printed in Foreign Relations, 1977–1980, Vol. XIII, China, Document 292.