Horn of Africa
31. Memorandum From Secretary of State Vance to President Carter
Source: Carter Library, Plains File, Subject File, Box 13, State Department Evening Reports, 10/77. Secret. The President initialed in the upper right corner and wrote, “Cy.”
32. Memorandum From Secretary of State Vance to President Carter
Source: Carter Library, Plains File, Subject File, Box 13, State Department Evening Reports, 10/77. Secret. In the upper right corner, Carter initialed and wrote, “Cy.”
33. Memorandum From the Vice President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Clift) to Vice President Mondale
Source: Carter Library, Papers of Walter F. Mondale, Box 42, Foreign Countries—Africa, 7–12/77 [2]. Limited Official Use. Sent for information.
34. Memorandum From Secretary of State Vance to President Carter
Source: Carter Library, Plains File, Subject File, Box 13, State Department Evening Reports, 11/77. Secret. Carter initialed in the upper right corner and wrote, “Cy.”
35. Memorandum From Secretary of State Vance to President Carter
Source: Carter Library, Plains File, Subject File, Box 13, State Department Evening Reports, 11/77. Secret. Carter initialed in the upper right corner and wrote, “Cy.”
36. Memorandum From the Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs (McGiffert) to Secretary of Defense Brown
Source: Library of Congress, Harold Brown Papers, Box 8, Horn of Africa. No classification marking.
37. Memorandum for the Record
Source: National Security Council, Carter Intelligence Files, Box 20, Minutes–SCC Intelligence Working Group 1977. Secret; Sensitive. The meeting took place in the White House Situation Room. No minutes of the meeting have been found.
38. Memorandum From Secretary of State Vance to President Carter
Source: Carter Library, Plains File, Subject File, Box 13, State Department Evening Reports, 12/77. Secret. Carter initialed in the upper right corner and wrote, “Merry Christmas—Cy.”
39. Memorandum of Conversation
Source: Carter Library, Plains File, Subject File, Box 36, Memcons: President, 1/78. Secret; Sensitive.
40. Telegram From the Embassy in Iran to the Department of State
Source: Carter Library, National Security Affairs, Staff Material, Office, Box 45, Horn of Africa/Cubans in Ethiopia 1–3/78. Secret; Priority; Exdis. Sent for information Priority to Cairo, Jidda, Khartoum, Mogadiscio, Addis Ababa, Nairobi, and Moscow. Carter initialed in the upper right corner.
41. Memorandum From the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Brzezinski) to President Carter
Source: Carter Library, Brzezinski Donated Material, Box 2, Ethiopia/Horn of Africa. Secret; Sensitive; Outside the System. Sent for action.
42. Message From President Carter to Ethiopian Chairman Mengistu
Source: Carter Library, Brzezinski Donated Material, Box 2, Ethiopia/Horn of Africa. No classification marking.
43. Memorandum From Paul B. Henze of the National Security Council Staff to the Deputy Director for Operations, Central Intelligence Agency (McMahon)
Source: Carter Library, National Security Affairs, Staff Material, Horn/Special, Box 1, Chron File: 1/78. Secret; Sensitive. The memorandum was also sent to the attention of [name not declassified].
44. Note From Paul B. Henze of the National Security Council Staff to the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Brzezinski)
Source: Carter Library, National Security Affairs, Staff Material, Horn/Special, Box 1, Chron File: 1/78. Confidential.
45. Memorandum From the Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Policy (Murphy) to Secretary of Defense Brown
Source: Library of Congress, Harold Brown Papers, Box 50, 1978 Africa, Horn of Africa. Secret; Noforn. Approved by McGiffert. A stamped notation indicates that Brown saw this memorandum on February 1.
46. Memorandum for the Record of a Special Coordination Committee Meeting
Source: Carter Library, National Security Council, Institutional Files 1977–1981, Box 184, SCC 055 Horn of Africa, 1/26/78. Secret; Sensitive. Prepared on January 27. The meeting took place in the White House Situation Room. No minutes of the meeting have been found.
47. Memorandum From Secretary of State Vance to President Carter
Source: Carter Library, Plains File, Subject File, Box 13, State Department Evening Reports, 1/78. Secret. Carter initialed and wrote, “Cy.”
48. Letter From President Carter to Nigerian Head of State Obasanjo
Source: Carter Library, Staff Office, Brzezinski Material, President’s Correspondence with Foreign Leaders, Box 14, Nigeria: Obasanjo, 1/77–5/78. No classification marking. Similar letters were sent to Giscard on January 27 (Carter Library, Staff Office, Brzezinski Material, President’s Correspondence with Foreign Leaders, Box 6, France: President Giscard, 2/77–11/78); Tito on January 31 (Carter Library, Staff Office, Brzezinski Material, President’s Correspondence with Foreign Leaders, Box 21, Yugoslavia: Tito); Pérez on February 1 (Carter Library, Staff Office, Brzezinski Material, President’s Correspondence with Foreign Leaders, Box 21, Venezuela: Perez, 2/77–5/78); and Desai on January 31 (Carter Library, Staff Office, Brzezinski Material, President’s Correspondence with Foreign Leaders, Box 8, India: Desai, 1–7/78).
49. Memorandum From Paul B. Henze of the National Security Council Staff to the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Brzezinski)
Source: Carter Library, National Security Affairs, Staff Material, Horn/Special, Box 2, Chron File: 2/78. Secret; Sensitive.
50. Memorandum From Secretary of Defense Brown to the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Brzezinski)
Source: Carter Library, National Security Council, Institutional Files 1977–1981, Box 184, SCC 055 Horn of Africa, 1/26/78. Secret; Sensitive.
51. Memorandum From the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Brzezinski) to Secretary of Defense Brown
Source: Carter Library, National Security Council, Institutional Files 1977–1981, Box 184, SCC 055 Horn of Africa, 1/26/78. Secret; Sensitive.
52. Memorandum From Director of Central Intelligence Turner to the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Brzezinski)
Source: Carter Library, National Security Affairs, Staff Material, Horn/Special, Box 2, Chron File: 2/78. Secret; Sensitive.
53. Briefing Memorandum From the Director of the Bureau of Intelligence and Research (Saunders) to Secretary of State Vance
Source: Carter Library, National Security Affairs, Brzezinski Material, Country File, Box 21, Ethiopia: Aaron (David) trip, 2/78. Secret; Noforn. Drafted by Randall T. Elliott (INR/PMT).
54. Record of a Special Coordination Meeting
Source: National Security Council, Carter Intelligence Files, Box 20, SCC Meetings, 1977–1980 Minutes. Secret; Sensitive. The meeting took place in the White House Situation Room. According to the Summary of Conclusions, which includes a list of participants, the meeting was held from 2:45 to 4:30 p.m. (Carter Library, National Security Council, Institutional File, 1977–1981, Box 184, SCC 056 Horn of Africa, 2/10/78)
55. Memorandum From Thomas P. Thornton of the National Security Council Staff to the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Brzezinski), the President’s Deputy Assistant for National Security Affairs (Aaron) and Paul B. Henze and Henry Richardson of the National Security Council Staff
Source: Carter Library, National Security Council, Institutional Files 1977–1981, Box 19, PD/NSC–32. Secret. Sent for information. Copies were sent to Armacost, Bartholomew, Erb, Hunter, Pastor, Sick, and Tuchman.
56. Memorandum of Conversation
Source: National Archives, RG 59, Central Foreign Policy File, P860029–2278. Secret; Nodis. Drafted by Shulman; approved by Anderson (S/S). The conversation took place at the Department of State. This memorandum of conversation is printed in full in Foreign Relations, 1977–1980, vol. VI, Soviet Union, Document 81.
57. Telegram From the Embassy in Ethiopia to the Department of State
Source: National Archives, RG 59, Central Foreign Policy File, P850104–2323. Secret; Immediate; Nodis.
58. Minutes of a Special Coordination Committee Meeting
Source: Carter Library, National Security Council, Institutional Files 1977–1981, Box 184, SCC 059 Horn of Africa, 2/21/78. Secret; Sensitive. The meeting took place in the White House Situation Room. There is no indication when the meeting ended. The minutes are incorrectly dated February 22, but the Summary of Conclusions indicates that the meeting occurred on February 21. (Ibid.)
59. Current Reports Prepared in the Bureau of Intelligence and Research
Source: Carter Library, National Security Affairs, Staff Material, Horn/Special Files, Box 2, Chron File: 2/78. Top Secret; Exdis; Codeword. Carter wrote at the top of the page, “We might go public on this. J.”
60. Memorandum From Secretary of State Vance to President Carter
Source: Carter Library, Plains File, Subject File, Box 13, State Department Evening Reports, 2/78. Secret. The President initialed the memorandum.