India


89. Telegram From the Embassy in India to the Department of State

Source: National Archives, RG 59, Central Foreign Policy File, D770481–1288. Confidential; Immediate; Exdis.


90. Memorandum of Conversation

Source: Carter Library, National Security Affairs, Brzezinski Material, Subject File, Box 36, Memcons: President: 1/78. Secret; Sensitive. The meeting took place at Rashtrapati Bhavan, the official residence of the President of India. Carter was in India January 1–3.


91. Telegram From the Embassy in India to the Department of State

Source: National Archives, RG 59, Central Foreign Policy File, D780004–1224. Limited Official Use; Immediate.


92. Telegram From the Embassy in India to the Department of State

Source: National Archives, RG 59, Central Foreign Policy File, D780009–0220. Confidential. Sent for information to Brussels, Colombo, Dacca, Islamabad, Kabul, Kathmandu, London, Moscow, Paris, Tehran, Warsaw, Beijing, Bombay, Calcutta, Madras, and CINCPAC.


93. Letter From President Carter to Indian Prime Minister Desai

Source: National Archives, RG 59, Central Foreign Policy File, P780032–0527. Confidential.


94. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in India

Source: National Archives, RG 59, Central Foreign Policy File, P840142–2212, N780002–0599. Secret; Priority; Nodis. Sent for information Priority to the White House. Drafted by Dubs; cleared by Thornton and in S/S; approved by Dubs.


95. Memorandum From the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Brzezinski) to the President’s Special Assistant for Appointments (Kraft)

Source: Carter Library, National Security Affairs, Brzezinski Material, VIP Visit File, Box 5, India: Prime Minister Desai, 6/12–15/78: Cables and Memos, 2/27/78–6/8/78. Confidential.


96. Letter From Thomas Thornton of the National Security Council Staff to the Ambassador to India (Goheen)

Source: Carter Library, National Security Affairs, Staff Material, North/South, Thornton Country File, Box 94, India: President’s Trip (1978) Follow Up: 12/77–3/78. Secret.


97. Letter From Indian Prime Minister Desai to President Carter

Source: National Archives, RG 59, Central Foreign Policy File, P780087–2173. Secret.


98. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in India

Source: National Archives, RG 59, Central Foreign Policy File, N780004–0355. Secret; Immediate; Nodis. Sent for information Immediate to Bombay. Sent for information to Islamabad, London, Paris, and Stockholm. Drafted by Lande; cleared in S/S; approved by Atherton.


99. Memorandum From Acting Secretary of State Christopher to President Carter

Source: Carter Library, National Security Affairs, Brzezinski Material, Subject File, Box 20, Evening Reports (State): 4/78. Secret. Carter initialed at the top of the memorandum.


100. Telegram From the Embassy in India to the Department of State

Source: National Archives, RG 59, Central Foreign Policy File, D780164–0251. Confidential; Immediate. Sent for information Immediate to Bombay, Calcutta, CINCPAC, Dacca, Hong Kong, Islamabad, Kabul, Kathmandu, London, Moscow, and Beijing. Sent for information to Colombo and Madras.


101. Memorandum From Jessica Tuchman Mathews of the National Security Council Staff to the President’s Deputy Assistant for National Security Affairs (Aaron)

Source: Carter Library, National Security Affairs, Brzezinski Material, Subject File, Box 45, Nuclear Proliferation: 9/77–4/78. Secret. Aaron initialed at the top of the memorandum.


102. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in India

Source: National Archives, RG 59, Central Foreign Policy File, D780196–1126. Secret; Immediate; Exdis. Drafted in the White House; cleared in S/S; approved by Lande.


103. Memorandum of Conversation

Source: Carter Library, National Security Affairs, Brzezinski Material, Subject File, Box 36, Memcons: President: 6–7/78. Secret. The meeting took place in the Cabinet Room. Desai was in Washington June 12–15 after visiting New York, San Francisco, and Omaha. Vance’s June 7 memorandum to Carter briefing him for Desai’s visit is in the Carter Library, National Security Affairs, Brzezinski Material, VIP Visit File, Box 5, India: Prime Minister Desai, 6/12–15/78: Briefing Book.


104. Memorandum of Conversation

Source: Carter Library, National Security Affairs, Brzezinski Material, Subject File, Box 36, Memcons: President: 6–7/78. Secret. The meeting took place in the Cabinet Room.


105. Memorandum From the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Brzezinski) to President Carter

Source: Carter Library, National Security Affairs, Staff Material, North/South, Thornton Country File, Box 93, India: Desai (Prime Minister) Visit to US: 6–9/78. Confidential. Sent for action.


106. Telegram From the Embassy in India to the Department of State

Source: National Archives, RG 59, Central Foreign Policy File, D780286–1122. Confidential; Immediate. Sent for information Immediate to Kabul.


107. Telegram From the Embassy in India to the Department of State

Source: National Archives, RG 59, Central Foreign Policy File, P850067–2340. Secret; Priority; Exdis Handle as Nodis. Sent for information to Islamabad, Kabul, London, Paris, and Tehran.


108. Telegram From the Embassy in India to the Department of State

Source: National Archives, RG 59, Central Foreign Policy File, D780292–0918. Confidential; Immediate. Sent for information to Bombay, Calcutta, Madras, Islamabad, and London.


109. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in India

Source: National Archives, RG 59, Central Foreign Policy File, D780316–0945. Secret; Immediate; Exdis. Drafted by Albert A Thibault (NEA/INS); cleared in S/S and NEA/INS; approved by Miklos.


110. Telegram From the Embassy in India to the Department of State

Source: National Archives, RG 59, Central Foreign Policy File, D780321–0938. Confidential. Sent for information to Bombay, Calcutta, Islamabad, London, Madras, Moscow, and Paris.


111. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in India

Source: National Archives, RG 59, Central Foreign Policy File, D780334–0415. Secret; Immediate; Exdis. Drafted in the White House; cleared in S/S–O and NEA/INS; approved by Miklos.


112. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in India

Source: National Archives, RG 59, Central Foreign Policy File, D780395–0422. Secret; Immediate; Exdis. Drafted by John R. Malott (NEA/INS); cleared in S/S–O and by Lande; approved by Miklos. A copy of Desai’s original letter is in the National Archives, RG 59, Central Foreign Policy File, P840131–1406.


113. Telegram From the Embassy in India to the Department of State

Source: National Archives, RG 59, Central Foreign Policy File, D780430–0974, D780398–0913. Confidential. Sent for information to Bombay, Calcutta, Madras, Islamabad, Dacca, Tehran, Kabul, Colombo, Kathmandu, Moscow, Beijing, Hong Kong, CINCPAC, and London.


114. Letter From President Carter to Indian Prime Minister Desai

Source: National Archives, RG 59, Central Foreign Policy File, P840145–1912. Secret; Exdis. Sent to Carter for his signature under cover of an October 10 memorandum from Brzezinski, who commented: “Your correspondence with Desai continues to be warm personally but without much give on the substantive side.” (Carter Library, National Security Affairs, Staff Material, North/South, Thornton Country File, Box 93, India: Presidential Correspondence: 5–12/78)


115. Telegram From the Embassy in India to the Department of State

Source: National Archives, RG 59, Central Foreign Policy File, D780467–0026. Confidential; Immediate; Exdis. Also sent Immediate to Vienna and to Bombay and Islamabad.


116. Paper Prepared in the National Foreign Assessment Center, Central Intelligence Agency

Source: Central Intelligence Agency, Office of Support Services (DI), Job 80T00634A: Production Case Files (1978), Box 13, Folder 1: Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Policy. Secret; [handling restriction not declassified]. A note on the first page of this section of the paper reads in part: “This paper was prepared by the South Asia Division of the Office of Regional and Political Analysis and coordinated with the Office of Economic Research.”


117. Telegram From the Embassy in India to the Department of State

Source: National Archives, RG 59, Central Foreign Policy File, D780497–0591. Limited Official Use; Immediate. Sent for information to Moscow.


118. Letter From Indian Prime Minister Desai to President Carter

Source: National Archives, RG 59, Central Foreign Policy File, P840153–0242. No classification marking. William Brown forwarded the letter to Dodson under a December 15 covering memorandum. (National Archives, RG 59, Central Foreign Policy File, P840153–0240)