Global Negotiations
91. Telegram From the Mission to the United Nations to the Department of State and the White House
Source: Department of State, Bureau of Economic Affairs, Office of Economical and Agricultural Affairs Files, Official Economic Summit Files, 1975–1991, Lot 93D490: Versailles Summit—North/South 1982. Secret; Immediate; Exdis. “Action copy” is stamped on the telegram.
92. Memorandum From the Assistant Secretary of State for Economic and Business Affairs (Hormats) to the Deputy Secretary of State (Stoessel)
Source: Reagan Library, Executive Secretariat, NSC Trip File, Versailles Summit 1982—N/S; NLR–755–13–10–9–9. Secret. Drafted by Lollis (EB/SEN) and Meissner on May 27; cleared in IO, NSC, Treasury, and USUN. A copy was sent to Eagleburger.
93. Report Prepared in the National Security Council
Source: Reagan Library, Norman Bailey Files, International Economics File, Global Negotiations June–August 1982. No classification marking. Drafted by Nau on June 8. Sent under a June 14 covering memorandum from Nau to Clark, in which Nau wrote that he used the June 8 report to brief agencies on what was done at the Versailles Summit on Global Negotiations. The covering memorandum was stamped: “WPC Has Seen.”
94. Memorandum From the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Clark) to the Cabinet Council on Economic Affairs
Source: Reagan Library, Edwin Meese Files, Cabinet Council on Economic Affairs. Confidential.
95. Memorandum From Norman Bailey of the National Security Council Staff to the Military Assistant to the Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs (Poindexter)
Source: Reagan Library, Executive Secretariat, NSC Trip File, President’s Trip to Versailles Economic Summit June 4–6, 1982; NLR–755–14–15–3–9. Confidential. Sent for information. Wheeler initialed the top right-hand corner of the memorandum.
96. Minutes of a Cabinet Council on Economic Affairs Meeting
Source: Reagan Library, Ralph Bledsoe Files, Office of Policy Development, Cabinet Councils, Other Cabinet Councils, Cabinet Council on Economic Affairs IV. No classification marking. The meeting took place in the Roosevelt Room at the White House. No drafting information appears on the minutes.
97. Memorandum From Henry Nau of the National Security Council Staff to the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Clark)
Source: Reagan Library, Executive Secretariat, NSC Trip File, President’s Trip to Versailles Economic Summit June 4–6, 1982; NLR–755–14–16–1–0. Confidential. Sent for information. Wheeler initialed the top right-hand corner of the memorandum.
98. Memorandum From the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Clark) to the Counselor to the President (Meese), the White House Chief of Staff (Baker), and the White House Deputy Chief of Staff (Deaver)
Source: Reagan Library, Douglas McMinn Files, Subject Files, Global Negotiations; NLR–369–3–22–16–8. Top Secret. McFarlane initialed for Clark. Sent under a covering memorandum from Nau to Clark.
99. Telegram From Secretary of State Shultz’s Delegation at New York to the Department of State and the Embassy in the United Kingdom
Source: Department of State, Central Foreign Policy File, Electronic Telegrams, D820504–0781. Confidential; Immediate; Exdis. Shultz was in New York for the UN General Assembly meeting. Reagan named Shultz Secretary of State on June 25, after Haig’s resignation on the same day. Shultz assumed the Office of the Secretary on July 16.
100. Information Memorandum From the Assistant Secretary of State for Economic and Business Affairs (McCormack) to Secretary of State Shultz
Source: Department of State, Central Foreign Policy File, P820158–1601. Secret. Drafted by Meissner and James Landberg (EB/SEN) on October 19; cleared in E, IO and EB/ODF. Sent through Wallis. A stamped notation reading “GPS” appears on the memorandum, indicating Shultz saw it. The “Synoptic text of draft resolutions” was not attached. A copy of the “Synoptic Table of various texts proposed for UNGA resolution on Global Negotiations” is attached to a December 6 briefing paper on Global Negotiations in the Department of State, Bureau of Economic Affairs, Office of Economical and Agricultural Affairs Files, Official Economic Summit Files, 1975–1991, Lot 93D490: 1983 Williamsburg Summit Meeting of Personal Representatives December 11–13, 1982.
101. Memorandum From Henry Nau of the National Security Council Staff to the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Clark)
Source: Reagan Library, Norman Bailey Files, International Economics File, Versailles Summit [1982]. No classification marking. Sent for information. Copies were sent to Bailey, Blair, Boverie, Childress, Fontaine, Kemp, McMinn, Reed, Robinson, and Tyson. An unknown hand wrote: “will summ.” on the memorandum.
102. Memorandum From the Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs (Wallis) to Secretary of State Shultz
Source: Department of State, Files of the Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs, W. Allen Wallis, Chrons; Memo to the Secretary/Staff and Departmental/Other Agencies; Memos to the Files; White House Correspondence, 1987–1987, Lot 89D378: Memos to the Secretary 1983 #1, Jan.–July. Confidential.
103. Information Memorandum From the Chairman of the Policy Planning Council (Bosworth) to Secretary of State Shultz
Source: Department of State, Executive Secretariat, S/P Records, Memoranda/Correspondence From the Director of the Policy Planning Staff to the Secretary and Other Seventh Floor Principals, Lot 89D149: April 1–15, 1983. Confidential. Drafted by Michael Boerner (S/P).
104. Telegram From the Embassy in Algeria to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Foreign Policy File, Electronic Telegrams, D830198–0696. Secret; Immediate; Exdis; Stadis.
105. Memorandum From the Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs (Wallis) to Secretary of State Shultz
Source: Department of State, Executive Secretariat, S/S–I Records, The Executive Secretariat’s Special Caption Documents, Lot 92D630: Not for the System April 1–15, 1983. Secret. Drafted by Martin Bailey on April 12. Copies were sent to Dam, Eagleburger, and McCormack. A stamped notation on the memorandum reads: “Not for the System.” Hill initialed the memorandum on April 13.
106. Memorandum From the Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for International Affairs (Leland) to Secretary of the Treasury Regan
Source: National Archives, RG 56, Records of the Office of the Under Secretary for Monetary Affairs, Subject Files relating to Meetings, Working Groups, Trips, Summits, and Currency Talks, 1/1/1981–12/31/1985, UD–13W105, 56–89–45, Box 2, April Chron 1983. Confidential. Sent for action. Sent through Sprinkel. A stamped notation next to Sprinkel’s name reads: “(Initialed) BWS.” A stamped notation next to Leland’s name reads: “(Signed) Marc E. Leland.”
107. Memorandum From the Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs (Wallis) to Secretary of State Shultz
Source: Reagan Library, George Shultz Papers, Official Memoranda (04/21/1983). Confidential; Exdis. Hill initialed the memorandum on April 14. The date: “’83 Apr 21” is stamped on the memorandum. A stamped notation reading “GPS” appears on the memorandum, indicating Shultz saw it. Shultz wrote in the top right-hand corner of the memorandum: “AW, I agree with your approach but it seems to me we should focus on the real problems of development, as you suggest, rather than a threat to withdraw. Pls get into my North-South speech being drafted in S/P. GPS.”
108. Memorandum From the Chairman of the Policy Planning Council (Bosworth) to Secretary of State Shultz
Source: Department of State, Executive Secretariat, S/S–I Records, The Executive Secretariat’s Special Caption Documents, Lot 92D630: Not for the System April 15–30, 1983. Confidential. Drafted by Boerner. A stamped notation on the memorandum reads: “Not for the System.” A stamped notation reading “GPS” appears on the memorandum, indicating Shultz saw it. Shultz wrote: “SB, good memo. G.” on the memorandum. The initials “KS” are also written on the memorandum.
109. Memorandum From the Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs (Wallis) to Acting Secretary of State Dam
Source: Department of State, Executive Secretariat, S/S–I Records, The Executive Secretariat’s Special Caption Documents, Lot 92D630: Not for the System, April 15–30, 1983. No classification marking. Not for the system. Drafted by Martin Bailey. Dam was acting for Shultz, who was in the Middle East negotiating the withdrawal of foreign forces from Lebanon.
110. Memorandum From the Chairman of the Policy Planning Council (Bosworth) to Acting Secretary of State Dam
Source: Department of State, Executive Secretariat, S/S–I Records, The Executive Secretariat’s Special Caption Documents, Lot 92D630: Not for the System, April 15–30, 1983. Confidential. Not for the system.
111. Memorandum of Conversation
Source: Department of State, Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs, Investment Policy Files, 1981–1984, Lot 85D193: UNCTAD VI—General. Confidential. Drafted by Joseph McGhee (EUR/EEY/YO) on May 10; cleared in EUR/EEY, EUR, and E. The meeting took place at the Department of State. The date “May 16, 1983” is stamped on the memorandum to indicate when it was received in the Secretary’s office.
112. Minutes of a Senior Interdepartmental Group–International Economic Policy Meeting
Source: Reagan Library, Executive Secretariat, NSC Subject File, SIG–IEP (Senior Interdepartmental Group–International Economic Policy) (March 1983–April 1983); NLR–753–96–3–10–2. Confidential. The meeting took place in the Roosevelt Room at the White House. No drafting information appears on the minutes.
113. Information Memorandum From the Acting Assistant Secretary of State for Economic and Business Affairs (Constable) to the Deputy Secretary of State (Dam)
Source: Department of State, Files of the Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs, W. Allen Wallis, Chrons; Memo to the Secretary/Staff and Departmental/Other Agencies; Memos to the Files; White House Correspondence, 1987–1987, Lot 89D378: Chron May 1983. Confidential. Drafted by Manuel Barrera (EB/GCP) on May 24; cleared in EB/GCP, EB/OT, USTR, and IO, and in substance in EB/SEN and EB/ODF. Hill initialed the memorandum. Sent under a May 26 covering memorandum to Dam, in which Wallis wrote that the memorandum and draft resolution “cause me some concern because the resolution is not ‘optimal’ as the memo claims, but is a compromise that fails to push hard for trade liberalization by the LDC’s. We shouldn’t be doing that at this stage, or taking any risk of tipping our hands.”
114. Minutes of a Senior Interdepartmental Group–International Economic Policy Meeting
Source: Reagan Library, Roger Robinson Files, Subject File, SIG–IEP Meetings 07/01/1983–07/31/1983; NLR–487–7–2–1–1. Confidential. The meeting took place in the Roosevelt Room at the White House. No drafting information appears on the minutes.
115. Information Memorandum From the Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs (Newell), the Assistant Secretary of State for Economic and Business Affairs (McCormack), and the Chairman of the Policy Planning Council (Bosworth) to the Deputy Secretary of State (Dam)
Source: Department of State, Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs, Investment Policy Files, 1981–1984, Lot 85D193: UNCTAD VI—Outcome and Assessment. Confidential. Drafted by James Landberg (EB/SEN) on July 20; Manuel Barrera (EB/GCP), Michael Shelton (EB/ICD), Charles English (EB/ODF), Basora, and Bernard Engel (IO/E) contributed; cleared by Constable, Streeb, Boeker, and Bailey. Hill’s stamp appears on the memorandum.
116. Memorandum From the Executive Assistant to the United States Special Negotiator for Economic Matters (Landberg) to the Assistant Secretary of State for Economic and Business Affairs (McCormack)
Source: Department of State, Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs, Investment Policy Files, 1981–1984, Lot 85D193: UNCTAD VI—Outcome and Assessment. Confidential. Drafted by Landberg; cleared in IO, EB/IFD, S/P, E, EB/ODF, and IO/E.
117. Action Memorandum From the Assistant Secretary of State for Economic and Business Affairs (McCormack) and the Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs (Newell) to the Deputy Secretary of State (Dam)
Source: Department of State, Files of the Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs, W. Allen Wallis, Chrons; Memo to the Secretary/Staff and Departmental/Other Agencies; Memos to the Files; White House Correspondence, 1987–1987, Lot 89D378: Chron File—December 1983. Confidential. Drafted by Landberg on December 16; cleared in EB, EB/ODF, EB/OMA, E, IO/E, IO, and S/P, and in substance in EB/IFD. Sent through Wallis and Eagleburger. Wallis did not initial the memorandum. Hill initialed the memorandum on January 19, 1984.
118. Briefing Memorandum From the Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs (Wallis) to Secretary of State Shultz
Source: Department of State, Bureau of Economic Affairs, Office of Economical and Agricultural Affairs Files, Official Economic Summit Files, 1975–1991, Lot 93D490: London Summit—Briefing Papers 1984. Secret. Robert Morris initialed for Wallis.
119. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in India
Source: Reagan Library, Executive Secretariat, NSC Trip File, [London] Summit—May–June 1984; NLR–755–19–9–4–0. Limited Official Use; Immediate. Sent for information to Bonn, London, USUN, Ottawa, Paris, Rome, and Tokyo.
120. Action Memorandum From the Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs (Keyes) and the Assistant Secretary of State for Economic and Business Affairs (McMinn) to Secretary of State Shultz
Source: Department of State, Executive Secretariat, S/S Files, 1987 Official Office Files for (E) Economic Affairs Allen Wallis, Lot 89D155: Through Memoranda, May 1987. Confidential. Drafted by Geoffrey Wolfe (IO/E) on May 28; cleared in EB/ERP/ICD, EB/IFD/ODF, EB/OT, EB/OT/ODC, EB, IO, IO/E, ARA/ECP, EUR/RPE, EAP/ECP, AF/E, and AID/PPC/DC. Sent through Whitehead and Wallis. Whitehead did not initial the memorandum. Sent under a handwritten May 30 covering memorandum from Wallis to Whitehead.