Stalemate: January 1, 1980–January 20, 1981
356. Memorandum of Conversation
Source: Carter Library, Brzezinski Donated Material, Subject File, Box 37, Serial Xs—(2/1/80–4/15/80). Secret; Sensitive. The meeting took place in the Cabinet Room.
357. Memorandum of Conversation
Source: Carter Library, Brzezinski Donated Material, Subject File, Box 37, Serial Xs—(4/15/80–4/30/80). Secret; Sensitive. The meeting took place in the Cabinet Room. The memorandum of conversation was found attached to an April 25 covering memorandum from Hunter to Brzezinski upon which Brzezinski indicated his approval of the memoranda of conversation from Carter’s meetings with Begin. Also, in the covering memorandum, Hunter stated that copies of the memoranda of conversation were to be sent to Linowitz and Moses. (Ibid.) Carter’s handwritten notes related to this meeting are in the Carter Library, Plains File, President’s Personal Foreign Affairs File, Box 2, Israel, 4/79–11/81.
358. Memorandum of Conversation
Source: Carter Library, Brzezinski Donated Material, Subject File, Box 37, Serial Xs—(4/15/80–4/30/80). Secret; Sensitive. The meeting took place in the Cabinet Room. The memorandum of conversation was found attached to an April 25 covering memorandum from Hunter to Brzezinski upon which Brzezinski indicated his approval of the memoranda of conversation from Carter’s meetings with Begin. Also, in the covering memorandum, Hunter stated that copies of the memoranda of conversation were to be sent to Linowitz and Moses. (Ibid.) Carter’s handwritten notes related to this meeting are in the Carter Library, Plains File, President’s Personal Foreign Affairs File, Box 2, Israel, 4/79–11/81.
359. Memorandum of Conversation
Source: Carter Library, National Security Affairs, Staff Material, Middle East, Subject File, Box 21, Hunter: Egypt-Israel Peace Treaty Basic Briefing Book [II]. Secret; Sensitive. The meeting took place in the Cabinet Room. Carter’s handwritten notes on this meeting are in the Carter Library, Plains File, President’s Personal Foreign Affairs File, Box 3, Israel, 4/79–11/81.
361. Summary of Discussion and Conclusions of a Senior Level Meeting
Source: Carter Library, National Security Affairs, Staff Material, Middle East, Subject File, Box 5, Autonomy Talks: Senior Level 4/24/80 Meeting: 4/80. Secret; Sensitive. The meeting took place in the White House Situation Room.
362. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Israel
Source: National Archives, RG 59, Central Foreign Policy File, P880145–1843. Secret; Immediate; Nodis. Drafted by the White House; cleared by Newlin, Hunter, Vance (in substance), W. Scott Butcher (S/S–O), and Raymond G. Seitz (S/S); approved by Saunders. Sent for information Immediate to USUN and the White House. Carter initialed his approval of a draft version of this letter on an attached April 23 covering memorandum from Brzezinski. (Carter Library, National Security Affairs, Staff Material, Office, Presidential Advisory Board, Box 79, Sensitive X: 4/80)
363. Memorandum of Conversation
Source: Carter Library, Brzezinski Donated Material, Box 37, Serial Xs—(4/15/80–4/30/80). Secret; Sensitive. The meeting took place in the Oval Office.
364. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Israel
Source: National Archives, RG 59, Central Foreign Policy File, P880145–1818. Secret; Immediate; Nodis. Drafted by Korn; cleared by Edward J. Hull (NEA), Hunter, and Bremer and in S/S–O; approved by Korn. Sent for information Immediate to Jerusalem, Beirut, and the White House.
366. Summary of Conversation
Source: Carter Library, National Security Affairs, Staff Material, Office, Presidential Advisory Board, Box 85, Sensitive XX: 5/1–13/80. Secret; Sensitive. The meeting took place in the Oval Office. The summary was found attached to a May 1 covering memorandum from Hunter to Brzezinski, upon which Brzezinski wrote: “Keep it in the NSC.”
368. Memorandum From the President’s Special Representative for Middle East Peace Negotiations (Linowitz) to President Carter
Source: Carter Library, National Security Affairs, Staff Material, Middle East, Trips/Visits File, Box 119, 4/27/80–5/8/80 Linowitz Trip to Middle East. Secret. A copy of the memorandum was sent to Muskie. The memorandum was found attached to a May 10 covering memorandum from Hunter to Brzezinski in which Hunter commented on Linowitz’s report and suggested, “It may be worth drawing out Linowitz (at the Monday [May 12] meeting [with Carter on the Linowitz trip]) on what the President might usefully do in an exchange with Sadat on Monday or Tuesday—before the speech on Wednesday that Sadat is scheduled to make. They need to be thinking along similar lines.” On this point, Brzezinski added a handwritten note: “RH, let’s talk by phone Sun. p.m. ZB.” (Ibid.)
369. Summary of a Telephone Conversation Between President Carter and Egyptian President Sadat
Source: Carter Library, National Security Affairs, Brzezinski Material, Subject File, Box 38, Memcons: President, 5/80. Confidential. A transcript of this conversation is ibid.
370. Memorandum From Robert Hunter of the National Security Council Staff to the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs
Source: Carter Library, National Security Affairs, Staff Material, Middle East, Subject File, Box 5, Autonomy Talks: 4–5/80. Secret; Sensitive. Outside the System. Sent for information. In the upper right-hand corner of the memorandum, a stamped notation reads: “ZB has seen.” Under the stamped notation, Brzezinski wrote: “let’s have a PRC on all this. ZB.”
371. Telegram From the Embassy in Israel to the Department of State
Source: National Archives, RG 59, Central Foreign Policy File, D800240–0356. Confidential; Immediate. Sent for information Immediate to Amman, Cairo, and Jerusalem.
372. Telegram From the Embassy in Egypt to the Department of State and the White House
Source: Carter Library, National Security Affairs, Brzezinski Material, President’s Correspondence with Foreign Leaders File, Box 5, Egypt: President Anwar al-Sadat, 1–6/80. Secret; Flash, Nodis. Printed from a copy that indicates the original was received in the White House Situation Room. Carter initialed “C” in the upper right-hand corner of the telegram, indicating that he saw the document.
373. Telegram From the Embassy in Egypt to the Department of State, the White House, and the Embassy in Israel
Source: Carter Library, National Security Affairs, Brzezinski Material, Country File, Box 19, Egypt: 5/80. Secret; Niact Immediate; Nodis. Printed from a copy that indicates the original was received in the White House Situation Room.
374. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Jordan
Source: Carter Library, National Security Affairs, Brzezinski Material, Country File, Box 42, Jordan: 1–5/80. Secret; Special Encryption; Cherokee; Immediate; Nodis. Drafted by Ronald E. Neumann (NEA/ARN); cleared by W. Nathanial Howell (NEA/ARN), Saunders, Brzezinski, Chief of Protocol Abelardo L. Valdez, Deputy Executive Director Raymond G.H. Seitz, and Robert S. Steven (S/S–O); approved by Muskie.
375. Telegram From the Department of State to Multiple Posts
Source: Carter Library, National Security Affairs, Staff Material, Middle East, Subject File, Box 5, Autonomy Talks: 4–5/80. Secret; Immediate; Nodis. Sent Niact Immediate to Athens. Sent Immediate to Amman, Jidda, Rabat, Algiers, Tunis, Sana, Beirut, Damascus, Kuwait, Abu Dhabi, Doha, Manama, Muscat, Khartoum, and the White House. Sent for information Immediate to Baghdad, Cairo, Tel Aviv, Jerusalem, and USUN. Printed from a copy that indicates the original was received in the White House Situation Room. Drafted by Sterner; cleared by Saunders, Hunter, Jane E. Taylor (S/S–O); approved by Constable. (National Archives, RG 59, Central Foreign Policy File, P870143–0939)
376. Letter From the Israeli Ambassador to the United States (Evron) to President Carter
Source: Carter Library, National Security Affairs, Brzezinski Material, President’s Correspondence with Foreign Leaders File, Box 10, Israel: Prime Minister Menachem Begin, 3–12/80. Carter initialed “C” in the upper right-hand corner of the letter, indicating that he saw the document.
377. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Egypt
Source: National Archives, RG 59, Central Foreign Policy File, P870047–2246. Secret; Immediate; Nodis. Drafted by Sterner and Walker; cleared by Hunter and Jane E. Taylor (S/S–O); approved by Draper. Sent for information Immediate to Tel Aviv and the White House.
378. Memorandum From Secretary of State Muskie to President Carter
Source: National Archives, RG 59, Central Foreign Policy File, P860146–1165. Secret; Nodis Attachment. Carter wrote “Ed. C.” in the upper right-hand corner of the memorandum. Brzezinski returned the approved memorandum to Muskie under a May 27 covering memorandum. (National Archives, RG 59, Central Foreign Policy File, P860146–1164)
379. Memorandum From Edward S. Walker in the Office of the President’s Special Representative, Department of State, to the President’s Special Representative for Middle East Peace Negotiations (Linowitz)
Source: Carter Library, National Security Affairs, Staff Material, Middle East, Subject File, Box 5, Autonomy Talks: 6/80. Secret; Nodis. Printed from a copy that does not bear Walker’s initials.
380. Memorandum From the President’s Special Representative for Middle East Peace Negotiations (Linowitz) to President Carter
Source: Carter Library, National Security Affairs, Brzezinski Material, Country File, Box 19, Egypt: 6/80. Secret; Nodis. Copies of the memorandum were sent to Muskie and Brzezinski. The memorandum was forwarded to Carter under a June 6 covering memorandum from Brzezinski. (Ibid.)
381. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassies in Israel and Egypt
Source: Carter Library, National Security Affairs, Brzezinski Material, President’s Correspondence with Foreign Leaders File, Box 5, Egypt: President Anwar al-Sadat, 1–6/80. Secret; Niact Immediate; Nodis. Printed from a copy that indicates the original was received in the White House Situation Room. Drafted by A. Marks (S/SN); cleared by Sterner, Raymond G. Seitz (S/S) and Jane E. Taylor (S/S–O); approved by Linowitz. (National Archives, RG 59, Central Foreign Policy File, P880143–1901) The draft version of the message was forwarded to Carter for his approval under a June 6 covering memorandum from Brzezinski. Initialing his approval on the covering memorandum, which states that the message was drafted by Linowitz, Carter added a handwritten note: “It sounds like nothing. I hope it works. J.” (Carter Library, National Security Affairs, Brzezinski Material, President’s Correspondence with Foreign Leaders File, Box 5, Egypt: President Anwar al-Sadat, 1–6/80)
382. Telegram From the Department of State to Multiple Posts
Source: National Archives, RG 59, Central Foreign Policy File, D800279–1230. Confidential; Immediate; Exdis. Sent Immediate to Luxembourg, London, Paris, Bonn, Copenhagen, Brussels, and Dublin. Sent for information Immediate to all Near Eastern and South Asian posts and Khartoum. The telegram was repeated Immediate to Rome and The Hague and repeated for information Immediate to Brussels (for USEEC), USNATO, and Berlin on June 9.
383. Telegram From the Embassy in Egypt to the Department of State and the White House
Source: National Archives, RG 59, Central Foreign Policy File, P870047–2528. Secret; Immediate; Nodis.
384. Memorandum of Conversation
Source: Carter Library, Brzezinski Donated Material, Subject File, Box 37, Serial Xs—(5/80–6/80). Secret; Sensitive. The meeting took place in the Cabinet Room.
385. Memorandum of Conversation
Source: Carter Library, Brzezinski Donated Material, Box 37, Serial Xs—(5/80–6/80). Secret; Sensitive. The meeting took place in the Cabinet Room.