International Debt


121. Memorandum From Norman Bailey of the National Security Council Staff to the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Allen)

Source: Reagan Library, National Security Affairs, Office of the Assistant to the President Files, Chron File, [Case file unavailable]; NLR–812–51–15–3–4. Confidential. Sent for information. Copies were sent to Rashish, Poats, Nau, Weiss, Pipes, Stearman, Dobriansky, Rentschler, Blair, Leland, and Wallich. Lenz also initialed the memorandum.


122. 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 Executive Secretaries Meeting. No classification marking. The meeting took place in the Roosevelt Room at the White House. No drafting information appears on the minutes.


123. Memorandum From Consultant to the Department of State Michael Ledeen and the Director of the Policy Planning Staff (Wolfowitz) to Secretary of State Haig

Source: Department of State, Executive Secretariat S/S, Special Handling Restrictions Memos 1979–1983, Lot 96D262: 1982 ES Sensitive. Secret; Sensitive. Sent through Eagleburger. Wolfowitz did not initial the memorandum. Bremer initialed and wrote “5/27” on the memorandum.


124. 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.


125. Information Memorandum From the Director of the Policy Planning Staff (Wolfowitz) 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: PW—August 1–10, 1982. Confidential. Drafted by David Luft (S/P) and Joseph O’Mahony on August 4. Sent under an August 5 covering memorandum from Wolfowitz to Dam.


126. Memorandum From Norman Bailey of the National Security Council Staff to the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Clark)

Source: Reagan Library, Executive Secretariat, NSC Subject Files, International Debt Situation (5/82–9/82). Confidential. Sent for action. Copies were sent to Nau, Weiss, and Robinson. Wheeler initialed the top right-hand corner of the memorandum.


127. Minutes of a Cabinet Council on Economic Affairs Meeting

Source: Reagan Library, Edwin Meese Files, Cabinet Council on Economic Affairs. No classification marking. The meeting took place in the Roosevelt Room at the White House. No drafting information appears on the minutes.


128. Memorandum From Norman Bailey and Roger Robinson 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, International Debt (January–February 1983). No classification marking. Sent for information. A copy was sent to Weiss.


129. Minutes of a Senior Interdepartmental Group–International Economic Policy Meeting

Source: Reagan Library, Roger Robinson Files, Subject File, SIG–IEP Meetings 02/25/1983–03/07/1983; NLR–487–6–38–6–8. Confidential. The meeting took place in the Roosevelt Room at the White House. No drafting information appears on the minutes. Attachments related to the omitted portion of the minutes are attached but not printed.


130. Memorandum Prepared in the Department of State

Source: 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, Williamsburg Sherpa Meeting April 15–17, 1983. Secret. Sent under a March 15 covering memorandum from Wallis to multiple recipients in which Wallis explained that the memorandum had been approved by Reagan “in general terms as instructions for the preparation of the U.S. participation in the Williamsburg Economic Summit.”


131. Minutes of a Senior Interdepartmental Group–International Economic Policy Meeting

Source: Reagan Library, Roger Robinson Files, Subject File, SIG–IEP Meetings 03/09/1983–04/06/1983; NLR–487–6–40–4–7. Secret. The meeting took place in the Roosevelt Room at the White House. No drafting information appears on the minutes.


132. National Security Study Directive 3–83

Source: National Security Council, NSC Institutional Files, Box SR–073, NSSD 3–83. Secret. Sent under a March 14 covering memorandum from Clark to multiple recipients. Reagan initialed at the top of the NSSD.


133. Memorandum From the Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs (Eagleburger) to Secretary of State Shultz

Source: Department of State, Executive Secretariat S/S, Special Handling Restrictions Memos 1979–1983, Lot 96D262: 1983 ES Sensitive March 16 thru 23. Confidential. A stamped notation reading “GPS” appears on the memorandum, indicating Shultz saw it. An illegible marking and the date “3/21” are written on the top of the memorandum.


134. Memorandum From Norman Bailey of the National Security Council Staff to the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Clark)

Source: Reagan Library, Executive Secretariat, NSC Subject Files, International Debt Situation (3/83–8/83). Secret. Sent for urgent information. A stamped notation on the memorandum reads: “WPC Has Seen.” A copy was sent to Robinson.


135. Memorandum From Secretary of the Treasury Regan to Multiple Recipients

Source: Washington National Records Center, RG 56, Executive Secretariat, Congressional Files, 1987, 56–90–29, Box 46, National Security Study Directives (NSSD) ’83. Secret. Sent to Shultz, Baldrige, Stockman, Feldstein, Harper, and Volcker. A stamped notation on the memorandum indicates that Regan initialed the original.


136. Minutes of a Summit Preparatory Meeting

Source: 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, Williamsburg Sherpa Meeting April 15–17, 1983. Confidential. The meeting took place in the afternoon in preparation for the Williamsburg Economic Summit. No drafting information appears on the minutes.


137. Memorandum From the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Clark) to President Reagan

Source: Reagan Library, Executive Secretariat, NSC Trip File, Williamsburg Summit 1983 [Too Late to File]; NLR–755–17–6–1–8. Confidential. Sent for action. Drafted by Henry Nau. A stamped notation at the top of the memorandum reads: “The President has seen.”


138. Minutes of a Senior Interdepartmental Group–International Economic Policy Meeting

Source: Reagan Library, Roger Robinson Files, Subject File, SIG–IEP Meetings 04/28/1983–05/12/1983; NLR–487–6–44–15–1. Confidential. The meeting took place in the Indian Treaty Room in the White House. No drafting information appears on the minutes. Another portion of the minutes is printed as Document 295.


139. Memorandum From Roger Robinson of the National Security Council Staff to the President’s Deputy Assistant for National Security Affairs (McFarlane)

Source: Reagan Library, Robert McFarlane Files, Chronological File, Chron—April 1983 (McFarlane); NLR–362–5–31–6–4. Secret. Sent for action. McFarlane wrote in the right-hand corner of the memorandum: “Roger, I’m sorry not to have been there. We’re making strides, particularly at IEA and NATO. You guys are fast becoming the enfants terribles of the Atlantic community. Bud.” Copies were sent to Bailey, Martin, and Nau.


140. Minutes of a Senior Interdepartmental Group–International Economic Policy Meeting

Source: Reagan Library, Roger Robinson Files, Subject File, SIG–IEP Meetings 05/13/1983–06/30/1983; NLR–487–7–l–2–1. Confidential. Sent under a May 13 covering memorandum from Pickford to multiple recipients. The meeting took place at the Department of the Treasury.


141. Minutes of a Meeting

Source: 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—Notes for Meetings; drafts of declarations; memo on final session. No classification marking. No drafting information appears on the minutes. The meeting took place at the May 30 morning plenary session of the Williamsburg Economic Summit.


142. Memorandum From the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Clark) to President Reagan

Source: National Security Council, NSC Institutional Files, Box SR–073, NSSD 3–83. Confidential. Prepared by Robinson. A stamped notation reads: “The President Has Seen.”


143. National Security Decision Directive 96

Source: National Security Council, NSC Institutional Files, Box SR–084, NSDD 96. Confidential. Sent under a June 9 covering memorandum from Clark to multiple recipients.


144. Memorandum From the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy (Ikle) to Secretary of Defense Weinberger

Source: Reagan Library, Roger Robinson Files, Subject File, International Finance: 05/01/1983–06/30/1983; NLR–487–3–23–12–0. Confidential. Robinson initialed in the top right-hand corner of the memorandum.


145. Memorandum From the National Intelligence Officer for Economics (Ernst) to Director of Central Intelligence Casey

Source: Central Intelligence Agency, National Intelligence Council, Job 85–01156R: Policy, Planning, and History Records (1981–1984), Box 2, Folder 29: International Debt/Finance—1983. Confidential.


146. Memorandum From the Special Assistant to the Deputy Secretary of State (Edson) and the Executive Assistant to the Deputy Secretary of State (Walker) to the Deputy Secretary of State (Dam)

Source: Department of State, Executive Secretariat, S/S–I Records: Deputy Secretary Dam’s Official Files, Lot 85D308: Memos To/From S 1983. Confidential. Edson initialed for Walker.


147. Memorandum From the Deputy to the Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs (Morris) to the Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs (Wallis)

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—August–December 1984. Confidential. Drafted by Morris on September 1. Printed from an uninitialed copy.


148. Action Memorandum From the Assistant Secretary of State for Economic and Business Affairs (McCormack) to Secretary of State Shultz

Source: Reagan Library, George Shultz Papers, Official Memoranda (10/14/1983). Confidential. Drafted by Paul McGonagle (EB/IFD/OMA) on October 13; cleared in EB/OFP, EB/IFD, ODF, EA/EP, EUR/EEY, ARA/ECP, EB/IFD, EB, and in substance in T. Sent through Wallis and Eagleburger, neither of whom initialed the memorandum. An unknown hand initialed for McCormack. McKinley’s stamped initials appear at the top of the memorandum.


149. Paper Prepared in the Department of the Treasury

Source: Reagan Library, Roger Robinson Files, Chronological File, Robinson Chron 1983; NLR–487–10–4–23–1. Secret. The paper was forwarded under an unsigned October 14 covering memorandum from Robinson to Feldstein.


150. Memorandum From Norman Bailey and Roger Robinson of the National Security Council Staff to the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (McFarlane)

Source: Reagan Library, Executive Secretariat, NSC National Security Decision Directives (NSDD), NSSD 84 [Safeguarding National Security Information]; NLR–751–5–32–1–6. Secret. Sent for urgent information. A stamped notation on the memorandum reads: “RCM Has Seen.” Another stamped notation on the memorandum reads: “Noted.”