1 MEMORANDUM THE WHITE HOUSE SECRET - WASHINGTON SECRET February 15 1980 MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT FROM ZBIGNIEW BRZEZINSKI NSC Weekly Report #129 SUBJECT - 1 Opinion I am attaching a paper on our China policy Tab A prepared by Mike Oksenberg who is leaving the NSC to return to the University of Michigan however he will remain available to us as a consultant 2 Fact ' 'I t I I The following decisions were reached at my meeting with Cy and Harold this week As a result of s·everal cables from Embassy Moscow Cy will send more specific guidance on your views on US-Soviet relations Cy and Harold will develop guidance for your signature on the withdrawal of 1 000 nuclear warheads from Europe On the question of land-attack SLCM Harold will make clear in his testimomy that no production decision has been made Cy now joins me in recommending that the Vice President represent you at PresideritTito's funeral assuming that Tito does not recover Cy Harold and I will be discussing further the possibi lity of a politically-oriented quick intervention capability in the Persian Gulf This issue will be held closely 3 Implementing Your Instructions February 6 In response to a report from our interests section in Havana on Cuba-Soviet relations after Afghanistan you asked for an assessment SECRET L° r- L T No Objection To Declassification 2008 06 06 N LC-128-10-3-6-9 SECRET -2- • A report from State concludes that we simply do not know enough at this point to determine whether or not the Cubans would be receptive to the initiatives contained in the report We will continue to monitor the situation In response to Cy's report in his evening notes on his meeting with Evron on Israeli oil supply you noted that we should encourage US Jews and others to put pressure on the UK • We understand that prominent US private citizens who are Jewish have approached government and political leaders in the UK who are also Jewish Also British Jewish organizations have made similar approaches The response has been uniformly negative on th oil supply question 4 National Security Affairs Calendar Attached at Tab B i I I SECRET f 'r- 'nr--r- No Objection To Declassification 2008 06 06 N LC-128-10-3-6-9 No Objection To Declassification 2008 06 06 N LC-128-10-3-6-9 t li H1 -1- NATIONAL SECURITY AFFAIRS CALENDAR _ - Ongoing MBFR Round XX in Vienna US UK USSR Negotiations on a Comprehensive Test Ban in Geneva Committee on Disarmament is meeting in Geneva Reuben Askew Special Trade Representative is visiting Cairo and Israel through February 25 United Nations Ambassador Donald McHenry is visiting the Middle East through February 21 James T McIntyre Jr Director of the Office of Management and Budget is visiting Cairo through February 18 Week of February 17 - 23 1 February 17 Autonomy Negotiations are scheduled in Cairo through February 14 Aristides Roye President of the Republic of Panama will pay a private visit to the United States February 19 sec February 19-22 Secretary of State Cyrus Vance will visit Bonn for a meeting with FRG Foreign Minister Genscher February 20 Daniel arap Moi President of the Republic of Kenya will be visiting the United States A meeting with you has been scheduled this date February 21 sec Meeting on Iran Meeting on Iran PRC Meeting on Law of the sea Looking Ahead February 26 Exchange of Ambassadors between Egypt and Israel Late February Prince Sihanouk will visit the United States L ' ·t No Objection To Declassification 2008 06 06 N LC-128-10-3-6-9 i - •' - I ' •• No Objection To Declassification 2008 06 06 N LC-128-10-3-6-9 bt lit- t I I Late February Early March Andreas van Agt Prime Minister of the Netherlands will pay a private visit to the United States March 1-3 Charles W Duncan Secretary of Energy will visit Saudi Arabia March 5 Helmut Schmidt Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany will visit Washington A meeting with you has been scheduled on this date March 9-16 Franz-Josef Strauss Minister President of Bavaria and CDU Chancellor Candidate will be visiting the United States A meeting with you has been tentatively scheduled March 13-14 Special Consultative Group on TNF in Brussels March 18 Standing Consultative Commission SCC XVII reconvenes in Geneva April 5-11 Leopold Senghor President of the Republic of Senegal will make a private visit to the United States A meeting with you has been requested r -r oc 1 No Objection To Declassification 2008 06 06 N LC-128-10-3-6-9