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The Mission reported that a “large majority” of NATO political advisers accepted August 31 as a “target date for completion” of the MC study. The U.S. and Norwegian representatives “expressed reservations about [the] desirability of such an early date.” The “draft mandate has been forwarded to North Atlantic Council for final approval under silence procedure, by April 13.”
Harry S. Truman Presidential Library, Lansing Lamont Papers, box 1, Notes (Rough Research)
CIA FOIA Electronic Reading Room
John F. Kennedy Presidential Library Oral History Collection
U.S. Department of State, Foreign Relations of the United States, 1961–1963, American Republics; Cuba 1961–1962; Cuban Missile Crisis and Aftermath, Volumes X/XI/XII, Microfiche Supplement (Washington, D.C: Government Printing Office, 2021), document 353
President Carter’s dissatisfaction with the number of people on the line during the Ivory Item exercise is reflected in this directive from Brzezinski ordering that “unnecessary people” be excluded from the next simulation. He also asked that “standby communication” lines be made available with one being secure and the other open. Brzezinski also wanted to review with Brown the “new SIOP instructions format” before it went to the President.
Jimmy Carter Library through the Remote Access Capture (RAC) program
RMI Nuclear Justice Documents
RG 59, Subject-Numeric Files 1967-1969, DEF 18-6
Nuclear History Collection, box 97
RG 59, Subject-Numeric Files 1967-1969, DEF 18-6
RG 59, Subject Numeric Files, 1967-1969, BG Moscow 13
Nuclear History Collection, box 97