Office of the Historian

Sources

Sources for Foreign Relations, 1981–1988, Volume XXXVIII, International Economic Development; International Debt; Foreign Assistance

The records of the White House, the Department of State, and the Department of the Treasury provided the bulk of the key documentation for this volume. At the Reagan Presidential Library, the Executive Secretariat National Security Council (NSC) Trip File provided helpful documentation on the G–7 Economic Summits and the 1981 Cancun Summit, and was an essential source for high-level meeting notes. The Executive Secretariat NSC Subject File provided documentation on international debt, foreign economic assistance, and relevant meeting minutes. A number of NSC International Economic Affairs Directorate staff files proved to be important collections, including: the Roger Robinson Files, Norman Bailey Files, Stephen Danzansky Files, David Wigg Files, Stephen Farrar Files, and, in particular, the Douglas McMinn Files, which provided critical documentation for each chapter in the volume. The Ralph Bledsoe Files contained meeting minutes of the Cabinet Council on Economic Affairs (CCEA) and other relevant cabinet council meeting records. The George Shultz Papers housed at the Reagan Library also contained important documentation.

The Department of State records most vital for this volume include those of the Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs (E) and the Department of State’s Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs (EB). In particular, the Department’s Official Economic Summit Files, 1975–1991 (Lot 93D490) and the Files of the Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs, W. Allen Wallis, (Lot 89D378) provided essential documentation for the entire volume across its range of issues. The Official Office Files for E for 1986 (Lot 89D156), for 1987 (Lot 89D155), and for 1988–89 (Lot 89D154) also provided important material. EB’s Office of International Finance and Development Investment Policy Files, 1981–1984 (Lot 85D193) provided key documentation for the first chapter on Global Negotiations and related issues. In addition, the files of the Executive Secretariat Sensitive and Super Sensitive Documents 1984–1989 (Lot 92D630), the Official Correspondence of Deputy Secretary John C. Whitehead (Lot 89D139), and the high-level memoranda and correspondence files of the Policy Planning Staff Director memoranda (Lot 89D149) provided key documents, especially on international debt and foreign assistance issues. The Department’s Central Foreign Policy File was a critical source for important telegrams and cable traffic.

Records of the Department of the Treasury contributed essential documentation to the volume, particularly related to the international [Page XVI] debt crisis. Valuable collections include the Records of the Office of the Secretary of the Treasury; Records of the Office of the Under Secretary for Monetary Affairs; Records of the Office of the Assistant Secretary for International Affairs; and the Executive Secretariat, Congressional Files, 1987. Records of the Central Intelligence Agency also provided important perspectives and helpful documents, particularly related to the international debt crisis.

In addition to the paper files cited below, a growing number of documents are available on the Internet. The Office of the Historian maintains a list of these Internet resources on its website and encourages readers to consult that site on a regular basis.

Unpublished Sources

Department of State

  • Central Foreign Policy File:
  • These files have been transferred or will be transferred to the National Archives and Records Administration in College Park, Maryland.
    • P Reels
    • D Reels
    • N Reels
  • Lot Files.
  • These files have been transferred or will be transferred to the National Archives and Records Administration in College Park, Maryland.
  • Lot 83D288: Executive Secretariat, S/S–I Records: Haig’s Correspondence and Meetings with Weinberger, Casey, and the President
  • Lot 84D247: Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs, General Commodity Subject Files, 1965–83
  • Lot 85D193: Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs, Investment Policy Files, 1981–1984
  • Lot 85D308: Executive Secretariat, S/S–I Records: Deputy Secretary Dam’s Official Files
  • Lot 86D76: Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs, Office of International Commodities
  • Lot 86D112: Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs, Office of International Finance and Development Files
  • Lot 87D73: Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs, Files of the Planning and Economic Analysis Staff
  • Lot 87D327: Executive Secretariat, S/S Files, Secretary Haig Memcons and Whitehead Briefing
  • Lot 88D99: Executive Secretariat, S/S–I Records, Exdis Memorandum of the Secretariat 1981 and 1981 Nodis Memorandum
  • Lot 88D345: Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs, Office of Developing Countries and Trade Organizations, General UNCTAD Country and Subject Files, 1975–1987
  • Lot 89D139: Executive Secretariat, S/S–I Records, Official Correspondence of Deputy Secretary John C. Whitehead, July 1982–Jan 1989
  • Lot 89D149: Executive Secretariat, S/P Records, Memoranda/Correspondence From the Director of the Policy Planning Staff to the Secretary and Other Seventh Floor Principals
  • Lot 89D154: Executive Secretariat, S/S Files, 1988–1989 Official Office Files for (E) Economic Affairs Allen Wallis
  • Lot 89D155: Executive Secretariat, S/S Files, 1987 Official Office Files for (E) Economic Affairs Allen Wallis
  • Lot 89D156: Executive Secretariat, S/S Files, 1986 Official Office Files, Action/Briefing/Information/Through Memoranda/Chron Files/Memoranda to the Secretary Handled by (E) Economic Affairs Allen Wallis
  • Lot 89D378: 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 92D630: Executive Secretariat, S/S–I Records, The Executive Secretariat’s Special Caption Documents
  • Lot 93D490: Bureau of Economic Affairs, Office of Economical and Agricultural Affairs Files
  • Lot 95D334: Executive Secretariat, S/S–I Records, Files of the Deputy Secretary of State (D)
  • Lot 96D262: Executive Secretariat, S/S, Special Handling Restrictions Memos 1979–1983

National Archives and Records Administration, College Park, Maryland

RG 56, Records of the Department of Treasury

  • Records of the Office of the Secretary of the Treasury
    • Congressional Correspondence, 1988
    • Correspondence Files, 1986
    • Executive Secretariat Official Files, 1984
    • Official Files, 1981
    • Official Files, 1983
    • Official Files of the Executive Secretariat, 1985
    • Subject Files, 1982
    • Subject (official) Files, 1982
  • 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

RG 59, General Records of the Department of State

  • Lot 82D352: Files of the Office of Under Secretary for Security Assistance, Science and Technology, James L. Buckley
  • Lot 82D370: Files of Alexander M. Haig, Jr., 1981–1982

Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, Simi Valley, California

  • White House Staff and Office Files
    • Files of the Executive Secretariat, National Security Council
      • Agency File
      • Meeting File
      • NSC National Security Decision Directives (NSDD) File
      • Subject File
      • Trip File
    • Files of the Office of Cabinet Affairs
    • Martin Anderson Files
    • Norman Bailey Files
    • Ralph Bledsoe Files
    • Stephen Danzansky Files
    • Richard Darman Files
    • Stephen Farrar Files
    • Roger Fontaine Files
    • Alison Fortier Files
    • James Jenkins Files
    • William Martin Files
    • Eugene McAllister Files
    • Robert McFarlane Files
    • Douglas McMinn Files
    • Edwin Meese Files
    • Henry Nau Files
    • National Security Affairs, Office of the Assistant to the President Files
    • Alexander Platt Files
    • Nancy Risque Files
    • Roger Robinson Files
    • Donald Tice Files
    • David Wigg Files
    • George Shultz Papers
    • President’s Daily Diary
    • White House Office of Records Management
      • Subject File
        • Commodities (CM)

Central Intelligence Agency

  • History Staff Files
  • National Intelligence Council
    • Job 85–01156R: Policy, Planning, and History Records (1981–1984)
  • Office of the Director of Central Intelligence
    • Job 84B00049R: Subject Files (1981–1982)

Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

  • Manuscript Division
  • Papers of Alexander M. Haig, Jr., Department of State Files

National Security Council, Washington, D.C.

  • National Security Council Institutional Files

Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey

  • Mudd Manuscript Library, Department of Special Collections
  • James A. Baker III Papers

Washington National Records Center, Suitland, Maryland

  • RG 56, Records of the Department of the Treasury
    • Records of the Executive Secretariat
      • Congressional Files, 1987
      • Secretaries Miller, Regan, and Baker Files, January 1979–December 1988
    • Records of the Office of the Assistant Secretary for International Affairs, 1950–1985
    • Meeting and Policy Files, 1979–1992
    • Records of the Under Secretary for International Affairs (Mulford), Subject Files, 1985, 1991
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Published Sources

  • Commentary Magazine.
  • Foreign Affairs.
  • International Monetary Fund. International Monetary Fund: Annual Report 1987.
  • New York Times.
  • United States, Department of State. Bulletin, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1987. Washington: U.S. Government Printing Office.
  • _____, National Archives and Records Administration. Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Jimmy Carter, 1979. Washington: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1980.
  • _____, National Archives and Records Administration. Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Ronald Reagan, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988. Washington: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1982–1991.
  • Washington Post.