71. Editorial Note
Following an October 4, 1979, meeting with the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs, Zbigniew Brzezinski, Director of Central Intelligence Stansfield Turner wrote in a memorandum for the record:
“We discussed the Afghan situation and reported that we have disbursed the funds authorized.” Brzezinski “suggested we come in for more. I said no. I said that all the signs were that only arms were really wanted at this point. He then indicated that he was really the one who advised Mubarak that he would try to get the Paks to buy Russian arms from the Egyptians to give to the Afghans. I didn’t make any real progress on where that left us from a legal point of view.” (Central Intelligence Agency, Office of the Director of Central Intelligence, Job 81B00112R: Subject Files, Box 15, DCI/DDCI Memrecs/Memos, Agendas of Brzezinski/Aaron Meetings, January–December 1979)
The disbursement of funds mentioned by Turner was approved at the Special Coordination Committee meeting of June 26 and subsequently authorized by the Presidential Findings of July 3. See Document 53.