WHITE HOUSE
OFFICE OF RECORDS MANAGEMENT
Subject File,
1981-1989
COUNTRIES (CO)
[CO001-CO050]
DESCRIPTION OF
SECONDARY FILE CODES
Subject
categories and sub-categories fully available for research are bolded. Closed categories and
sub-categories have a simple phrase describing their contents.
File
Code Description
CO Countries –
Geographic Areas (7 l.ft., Boxes 1-14; Boxes 1-2
Flat, Small; Boxes 1-2; Flat, Medium; Boxes 1-4; Flat-Restricted Access)
This primary subject category contains
material relating to long-term scheduling for working and official visits from
foreign heads of state and foreign ministers; defining categories of head of
state visits; presentation of diplomatic credentials; protection for diplomatic
missions in the United States and US missions abroad; fiscal responsibility for
diplomatic ceremonies and foreign mission protection; lists of head of state
correspondence; and mailing lists with correct names and addresses for heads of
state.
Secondary subject categories listed
below for individual countries often contain material relating to visits to the
White House by foreign heads of state.
These may be state visits, official working visits, working visits or
personal visits. We have not always made
the distinction clear in each case.
Material relating to these visits may include: welcoming, departure and
toast speeches by President Reagan; review of current policies with that
particular country; arrangements for air transportation; schedules for the
visit; separate meetings with the Vice President; arrangements for Mrs. Reagan
to host the first lady of the country; establishing the guest list for
dinners/lunches; the formal schedule for the visiting Head of State; Mrs.
Reagan briefings and talking points for her meetings with other First Ladies;
thank-you notes to the entertainment at dinners; thank-you notes from the
foreign heads of state and thank you notes to Mrs. Reagan from invitees to
dinners and lunches. In 1981, foreign
heads of state visits were coordinated by Craig Fuller, Director of Cabinet
Affairs and Richard Darman, Staff Secretary. In some cases, categories contain full
briefing books and background material developed under their coordination. This is relatively rare and occurs for 1981
visits only.
CO001 Continental – Geographic
Areas (.1 l.ft., Box 15)
This secondary subject category
contains material relating to geographic areas not covered by other specific
CO001 categories. The material covers problems in the East Mediterranean –
Cyprus, Turkey, Greece and Lebanon; concerns about Indo-China and relations
with Vietnam; relations with Canada and Mexico; readjustment of legality and US
diplomatic position regarding the seizure of the Baltic States, and promotion
of the National Commission on Pacific Economic Cooperation.
CO001-01 Africa (.7 l.ft.; Box 15-16)
This secondary subject category
contains material relating to African economic development; a World Bank 1981
report on African development; public/private aid and development efforts for
African nations; foreign policy strategy for the Horn of Africa, and Southern
Africa; dealing with Cuban soldiers in Angola; Namibian independence;
opposition to apartheid in South Africa; reports on African conditions from multiple
sources; US efforts to alleviate the sub-Saharan drought and widespread famine
of the mid to late 1980s; the Presidents “Initiative for Africa” to deal with
the famine, debt relief and African development; and Congressional efforts to
ease the debt burden on African nations.
Policy issues on Southern Africa were
also filed in CO141 (South Africa).
Please see CO141 for more information on Southern Africa, particularly
the situation and policy in Namibia and Angola.
CO001-02 Antarctica – Arctic (.3 l.ft.;
Box 17)
This secondary subject category
contains material relating to 1982 statements issued on United States policies
and programs in the Arctic and Antarctica; S.373, the Arctic Research Policy
Act of 1984; 1986 and 1987; reports on Arctic research and plans for research
as required by S.373; notification of research projects in Antarctica run by
the United States Geological Survey and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Agency; United States negotiating positions
for multiple meetings and consultations regarding Antarctic mineral resources
held in 1986 (Hobart, Australia & Tokyo, Japan), 1987 (Montevideo, Uruguay)
and 1988 (Wellington, New Zealand); Arctic sovereignty issues; and requests
from Alaska natives to participate in the Arctic research planning.
CO001-03 Asia (.1 l.ft.; Box 17)
This secondary subject category
contains material relating to meetings with Asian leaders; trade and economic
issues with Japan, Hong Kong and ASEAN nations; a CSIS study on south Asia and the
Pakistan/India conflict; a head of state letter to Rajiv Gandhi on regional
issues; and ongoing concerns about POW/MIAs in Southeast Asia.
CO001-04 Communist Bloc (1 folder; Box
18)
This secondary subject category
contains material relating to an editorial by Patrick Buchanan on the US
Commodity Credit Corporation paying for grain sent to Poland and Rumania; a
support letter passed on by Malcolm Forbes and his editorial on supporting
eastern Europe states and responses to the efforts of the Lithuanian-American
Community of the USA campaign to repudiate the Ribbentrop-Molotov Pact. The
Office of Records Management appears not to have widely used this category and
placed materials about the Warsaw Pact nations in CO001-05l (Europe).
CO001-05 Europe (.5 l.ft.; Box 18-19)
This secondary subject category
contains material relating to continuing efforts to gauge European public
opinion of the United States; creating a public affairs program to improve the
image of the United States in Europe; meetings with different Presidents and
members of the European Parliament; encouraging and participating in promotion
of democracy projects with the Council of Europe; suggestions for the
President’s speech to the European Parliament in 1985; messages from various liberation
groups on freeing the Captive Nations of the Baltic, Armenia, Central and
Eastern Europe; comparisons of European and US employment patterns in the
service sector; information on the European economy, agricultural trade and
European belief in the western alliance.
CO001-06 Far East (1 folder; Box 19)
This secondary subject category
contains material relating to a proposed visit to the President by multiple
heads of Pacific Island countries and territories and a letter referring to a
Charles Wick article regarding the continued problems with Kampuchean refugees
in southeast Asia. This category appears
to have been used for Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific Ocean island
nations. The Charles Wick letter is a misfile, but we are retaining it in this category. For material on all other “Far East” issues,
see CO001-03 – Asia.
CO001-07 Middle East (1.4 l.ft.;
Box 19-22)
This secondary subject category
contains material relating to the conflicts in the Middle East including the
Israeli-Arab-Palestinian conflict and the Persian Gulf/Iran-Iraq War of the
1980s. Material includes support and protest letters from various domestic
groups including Jewish advocacy groups and groups representing Arab-Americans.
Material also includes Head of State letters to Middle East leaders on the
situation in the Middle East and requests for help in establishing peace in the
region; policy and public response to arms sales to Saudi Arabia and Jordan;
establishing US Middle East policy and strategy; reviews of OPEC initiatives
and their possible behavior in the oil market; and multiple offers of
assistance in settling or negotiating Middle East peace and strategies for
peace. Most of the material from
1981-1984 relates to Lebanon and the Israeli invasion of Lebanon. Most of the
material from 1985-1989 relates to conflicts in the Persian Gulf and the US
flagging of Kuwaiti tankers.
CO001-08 North America (Empty)
The Library
currently has no case files for this secondary subject category.
See CO028 (Canada)
and CO104 (Mexico).
CO001-09 South America – Central and
Latin America (4.3 l.ft.; Box 22-36)
This secondary subject category
contains material relating to US missions to improve agriculture, trade and
industry in Central America; passing and implementing the Caribbean Basin
Initiative (CBI); the status of the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico in relation
to the CBI; head of state letters from various Caribbean nations on the CBI and
its implementation; establishing the Central America Outreach Group; editing and
publishing Central American papers covering human and civil rights violations
in Nicaragua and Cuba, Communist influence in the area in the White House
Digest and supply of arms to various groups by the Soviet Union and Cuba;
establishing the State Department’s public diplomacy program; opposition and
support for the US Central American policy; Catholic church group comments on
Central America; funding for various Central American programs; renegotiating debt for Central and Latin
American countries; Congressional inquiries to resolve the 1980 murder of
churchwomen in El Salvador; the Contadora
negotiations and letters to Contadora heads of state;
and reaction to the Contadora “Guatemala City”
agreement regarding Central America. The
majority of this material is focused on Central America and the Caribbean Basin
Initiative. South America material is usually in regards to the Contadora negotiations or economic issues.
CO002 Afghanistan, Democratic
Republic of (.8 l.ft.; Box 36-38)
This secondary subject category
contains material relating to Reagan meetings with Afghan resistance leaders in
1983 and 1986; American humanitarian aid for Afghans; Armand Hammer involvement
in assisting in Afghanistan solutions; Congressional and public support for
Afghan rebels; instructions for Geneva negotiations on the Afghan settlement;
and USIA documentaries and public relations efforts on the Afghanistan rebels.
See also: CO119
(Pakistan) for additional material relating to Afghanistan.
CO003 Albania, People’s Socialist
Republic of (3 folders.; Box 38)
This secondary subject category
contains material relating to Senator Jesse Helms urging the US government to
recognize a free Albanian government in exile after the death of Albanian
leader Enver Hoxha;
correspondence with exiled King Leka I; the Greek
minority in Albania; the Government-in-Exile ideas to free Albania; requests by
certain Albanian citizens for US help in stopping the Soviets obtaining a
Mediterranean seaport; and calls for the US to condemn human rights violations
in Albania by the Albanian American community
CO004 Algeria, Democratic and
Popular Republic of (.1 l.ft.; Box 38)
This secondary subject category
contains material relating to Algerian ambassadorial appointments to the United
States; Vice-Presidential meetings with Algerian foreign ministers; the
logistics, speeches, state dinner and schedule of the state visit of President Bendjedid in April 1985 and head of state correspondence
from Bendjedid to both the President and the Vice
President.
CO005 Andorra (1 folder; Box 38)
This secondary subject category
contains material relating to the successful petition by Andorra to join the
International Telecommunication Union
CO006 Angola, People’s Republic
of (.4 l.ft.; Box 38-39)
This secondary subject category
contains material relating to ongoing complaints from Congress and conservative
groups about Export-Import Bank loans and American oil companies involvement
with the communist-backed Angolan government; requests to the United States
government for assistance in release of various prisoners held in Angola due to
the civil war; 1986 and 1988 meetings with Jonas Savimbi,
leader of UNITA, by President Reagan, Vice President Bush, Chester Crocker and
Herman Cohen; Congressional and conservative group concern for the well-being
of UNITA and Savimbi during negotiations on
settlement of South African issues including the expulsion of Cuban soldiers
from Angola and Namibian independence.
CO007 Antigua and Barbuda, State
of (2 folders; Box 39)
This secondary subject category
contains material relating to 1981 remarks by Prime Minister Vere Bird urging the United States to provide leadership
and assistance for the Caribbean nations against Communist encroachment;
official US diplomatic relations and appointment of ambassador with newly
independent Antigua; CARICOM nation’s concerns sent via Prime Minister Bird
about United States extension of investigative procedures against illegal drug
trafficking at the expense of CARICOM nations sovereignty and the United States
response.
CO008 Argentine Republic (.4
1.ft, Box 39-40)
This
secondary subject category contains material relating to United States
relations with the Argentine Republic, correspondence between President Alfonsin and the President Reagan that are social in nature
and not substantive, drafts of remarks made during Alfonsin’s
State Visit in 1985, the Falkland Islands dispute with Great Britain, the state
of democracy in Argentina, the state of the Argentine economy, and human rights
issues.
CO009 Australia (.8 l.ft.;
Box 40-42)
This secondary subject category
contains material relating to multiple visits of Prime Minister Fraser and
Prime Minister Hawke to the United States; head of state correspondence with PM
Fraser and PM Hawke; completion of an anti-trust cooperative agreement with
Australia; Congressional testimony provided by Australian doctors on the
effects of Agent Orange on Australian Vietnam War veterans; and participation
by the United States in the 1988 Australian bicentennial.
CO010 Austria, Republic of (0.2
l. ft.; Box 42-43)
This secondary subject category
contains material relating to information and correspondence about the 1981
Cancun Summit; the visit of Austrian Chancellor Kreisky;
the visit of Austrian President Kirchschlaeger; the
visit of Libya’s Colonel Gaddafi to Austria; and the proper representation of
the United States Government at Kurt Waldheim’s presidential inauguration.
CO011 Azores (Empty)
The Library
currently has no case files for this secondary subject category.
CO012 Bahamas, Commonwealth of
the (.1 l.ft.; Box 43)
This secondary subject category
contains material relating to attempts by a private citizen to facilitate a
meeting between President Reagan and Prime Minister Lynden Pindling;
accusations of corruption against Pindling; the 1984
establishment of a Bahamian Commission of Inquiry into the corruption
allegations; head of state correspondence on US cooperation with the
Commission’s investigation; F. Lee Bailey’s request for US Grand Jury testimony
and displeasure over US relations with the Commission; reports on a 1985 trip
to the Bahamas to determine Bahamian drug abuse and illegal drug control
policies; the President’s 1988 submission to Congress of a Mutual Legal
Assistance Treaty between the United States and the Bahamas.
CO013 Bahrain, State of (.1 l.ft.;
Box 43)
This secondary subject category
contains material relating to meetings between the Vice President and the Amir of
Bahrain and other Bahrain officials; a state visit to the United States by Shaikh Hamad; head of state
correspondence on general issues of the Persian Gulf and to acknowledge visits
to Bahrain by Secretary of Defense Caspar Weinberger and Secretary of Energy
John Herrington; and comments by the Shaikh made to a
private citizen and passed on to President Reagan.
CO014 Bangladesh, Peoples
Republic of (.2 l.ft.; Box 43-44)
This secondary subject category
contains material relating to the state visit of Chief Marshal Law
Administrator General Ershad in 1983 and the 1988
Reagan meeting with President Ershad; head of state
correspondence regarding international aid institutions and aid to neediest
countries, Bangladesh’s return to democratic processes, and appreciation for US
assistance during and after the 1988 floods in Bangladesh; and human rights
violations, particularly of American Christians in Bangladesh.
CO015 Barbados (2 folders; Box
44)
This secondary subject category
contains material relating to the cancellation of the long term tax treaty
between the United States and Barbados and the negotiations for a new treaty
and concern about United States sugar quotas.
CO016 Belgium (.3 l.ft.;
Box 44)
This secondary subject category
contains material relating to the Presidential meetings with Prime Minister Wilfried Martens in 1982, 1985 and 1987; USIA Belgian
public opinion polls on security issues and the basing of ICBM missiles;
various requests from public citizens for US help with the Belgian legal system;
and a request for a NATO-based army officer regarding imposition of Belgian
customs and taxes on army personnel.
CO017 Benin, Peoples Republic of
(1 folder; Box 44)
This secondary subject category
contains material relating to the New Year’s greetings from President Mathieu Kerekou; Reagan’s letter of sympathy after an aircrash, request for help with a small Benin charity, and
appointment of the ambassador to the
United States.
CO018 Bermuda (.1 l.ft.;
Box 45)
This secondary subject category contains
material relating to visits to the United States by Premier J.D. Gibbons, and
Premier John Swan; ongoing negotiations on a tax treaty between the United
States and Bermuda; convention tax concessions; repealing the “triple tax”
penalty for insurance companies, and information about an American incarcerated
in Bermuda.
CO019 Bhutan (1 folder, Box 45)
This secondary subject category
contains material relating to New Year’s greetings from the King of Bhutan and
correspondence from Senator Larry Pressler urging a
fuller diplomatic relationship between the United States and Bhutan.
CO020 Bolivia, Republic of (.1 l.ft.;
Box 45)
This secondary subject category
contains material relating to Bolivia’s call for re-normalization of relations
at the opening of the Reagan administration; the re-installation of a US
ambassador in La Paz in late 1981; continued concerns about human and political
rights violations in Bolivia; reports on the Bolivian drug production and drug
trafficking; release of US aid after Bolivia met certain illegal drug
eradication conditions; the cooperative US/Bolivia drug eradication program
Operation Blast Furnace; and head of state letters from President Paz regarding
economic conditions in Bolivia and renegotiation of International Monetary Fund
loans.
CO021 Botswana, Republic of (3
folders; Box 45)
This secondary subject category
contains material relating to visits to the United States by President Quett Masire in 1981 and 1984; US
aid being used as a subsidy for AMAX nickel mining in Botswana; request for US
intervention for a prisoner in Botswana; placement of Voice of America relay
stations; and head of state correspondence on continued raids by South African
troops in the Botswana capital.
CO022 Brazil, Federative
Republic of (.6 l.ft.; Box 45-47)
This secondary subject category
contains material relating to meetings with officials of the Brazilian
government, the state visit of President Figueiredo,
trade, economic, and business issues with Brazil, the death of President-elect Neves, correspondence with
President Sarney, the state visit of President Sarney, and US-Brazil science and technology cooperation.
CO023 Belize (3 folders; Box 47)
This secondary subject category
contains material relating to the recognition of the newly independent state of
Belize (formally British Honduras); the official working visit of Prime
Minister George Price in 1983; public citizen efforts at private enterprise in
Belize; congratulatory messages to new Prime Minister Manuel Esquivel in 1985
and reports on assisting Belize with drug abuse prevention programs and their
cannabis spraying program.
CO024 Bulgaria, People’s
Republic of (3 folders; Box 47)
This secondary subject category
contains material relating to an international fishery governing agreement
signed with Bulgaria; Congressional resolutions and public citizen groups
against Bulgarian human rights violations, repression of the Turkish minority,
narcotics trafficking, and involvement in international terrorism; notice to
all government officials to limit travel to Bulgaria, and an appellate court
ruling on the control of the Bulgarian Christian church in America.
CO025 Burma, Socialist Republic
of the Union of [Myanmar] (.1 l.ft., Box 47)
This secondary subject category
contains material relating to the return to Burma of stolen 15th
century bronzes; appointment of ambassadors; numerous head of state letters
from San Yu thanking Reagan for kind words or assistance; United States
assistance in the opium crop eradication program; and reports on the
student/democratic uprisings of late 1988 after the military seized power in
September 1988.
CO026 Burundi, Republic of (3
folders; Box 48)
This secondary subject category
contains material relating to New Year’s greetings; appointment of an ambassador;
head of state correspondence from Major Pierrie Buyoya on the bloodless coup of August 1987 and the Hutu
uprisings in August 1988 against the ruling minority Tutsi.
CO027 Cameroon, State of (.1 l.ft.;
Box 48)
This secondary subject category contains
material relating to appointment of an ambassador; visits to the United States
by President Ahidjo in 1982 and President and Mrs. Biya in 1986; head of state correspondence thanking the Reagans for hospitality and expressions of sympathy for a
Cameroon natural disaster and an RSVP for a UN Reception in 1988.
CO028 Canada ( 1.8 l.ft. Boxes 48-53)
This secondary category contains
material relating to appointment of ambassadors; U.S.-Canadian relations;
border control; trade agreements; fishery agreements; acid rain and other
environmental issues; Canadian regulation of investments; meetings with Prime
Minister Pierre Trudeau, and the State Visits of Prime Minister Brain Mulroney
in 1986 and 1988.
CO029 Canary Islands (Empty)
The Library currently
has no case files for this secondary subject category.
CO030 Cape Verde, Republic of (1
folder; Box 53)
This secondary subject category
contains material relating to the meeting of Vice President Bush and President
Pereira in Africa; luncheon hosted by the Vice President for President Pereira;
and a possible tea for Mrs. Pereira and her daughter hosted by Mrs. Bush.
CO031 Central African Republic
(1 folder, Box 53)
This secondary subject category contains
material relating to an ambassadorial appointment and comments on the trial of
Jean-Bedel Bokassa.
CO032 Chad, Republic of (.1 l.ft.,
Box 53)
This secondary subject category
contains material relating to ambassador appointments; President Reagan’s
urging Nigeria to transfer food and oil to Chad; Reagan’s letter to France
supporting Chad’s efforts against Libyan aggression; Senator Byrd’s request for
the US to use the Organization of African Unity to assist Chad; preparations,
speeches, briefing papers and logistics for the working visit of President
Havre in June 1987; and NSDD 322 on US policy towards Chad issued in December
1988.
CO033 Chile (.3 l.ft.,
Box 53-54)
This secondary subject category
contains material relating to the appointment of ambassadors; meetings with the
Minister of Foreign Affairs and ambassadors; Chile’s social security system;
human rights; democracy in Chile; UNGA resolution toward Chile; Chile
certification; bilateral agreement between Chile and OPIC; Walter Rauff, accused Nazi war criminal; former Austrian
Chancellor Kreisky; copper industry in Chile; Chilean
Navy; World Bank loans; Letelier/Moffitt Case;
Colleen Dewhurst and death threats to actors, writers and directors in Chile;
and Generalized System of Preferences.
CO034 China (2 folders, Box 54)
This secondary subject category
contains material relating to Chinese New Year’s greetings; studies of China
policy; and suggestions for reunification of China. This category appears to have been used for
“general” China material and reunification issues. Multiple case files were transferred to
either CO034-01 (China-Taiwan) or CO034-02 (China-PRC). Material relating to Chinese reunification can
also be found in CO034-02.
CO034-01 China, Republic of (Formosa – Taiwan)
(.4 l.ft., Box 54-55)
This secondary subject category
contains material relating to economic relations and sponsored US trips to the
Republic of China by the US-Republic of China Economic Council; Maureen
Reagan’s visit to the Republic of China in 1981; various reports on Taiwanese
officials comments given to the White House via private citizens; concern for
the status of Taiwan; enforcement of the Taiwan Relations Act; support for
Taiwan to retain their position in the Asian Development Bank and Interpol;
Congressional resolutions calling for the end of martial law on Taiwan; and
requests for assistance with political prisoners held in Taiwan.
CO034-02 China, People’s Republic of
(Red China) (1.2 l.ft.; Box 55-58)
This secondary subject category
contains material relating to appointment of ambassadors; head of state
congratulations on elections, and gratitude for hospitality; visits of Premier
Zhao Zhang in 1983, President Li Xiannian in 1985 and
Vice Premier Tian Jiyun in
1988; visits and photo opportunities for various Chinese officials and groups;
requests from Chinese American citizens for help with issues in China; the
United States-People’s Republic of China Joint Commission on Commerce and
Trade; US-China Tax Treaty; human rights violations particularly religious
persecution; the incarceration of Archbishop Kung; establishment of US-PRC
Consular services; polls of Chinese attitudes regarding Americans; Chinese
abortion policies and coercive family planning; sales of arms to China; grain
sales to China; business ventures in China, and requests for help obtaining pandas from American zoos.
CO035 Colombia (.3 l.ft.;
Box 58-59)
This secondary subject category
contains material relating to ambassador appointments; the safety of Americans
in Colombia; United States assistance in narcotics policing in Colombia
including material support for herbicide eradication programs for cannabis and
coca plants; ratification of the Saccio-Vazquez
Treaty regarding Caribbean islets off the coast of Colombia; the status of the
unfinished portion of the Pan American Highway; 1985 visit of President Betancur and 1986 meeting with President Barco; ratification of an extradition treaty with Colombia
and extradition of Jeffrey Tamboer; protests against
the release of known drug trafficker Jorge Ochoa by the Colombian judicial
system; and enforcement of stricter searches of all Colombian import/export
items by the US Customs.
CO036 Congo, People’s Republic
of the (1 folder, Box 59)
This secondary subject category
contains material relating to a head of state exchange of letters on the
appointment of President Sassou-Nguesso to be
Chairman of the Organization of African Unity; and an ambassador appointment.
CO037 Costa Rica, Republic of
(.4 l.ft.,
Box 59-60)
This secondary subject category
contains material relating to ambassador appointments; Vice President Bush
meetings with Costa Rican Vice Presidents and Foreign Minister; President
Reagan meetings with President Monge in October 1982,
and President Arias in November 1986 and September 1987; economic problems in
Costa Rica; concerns for American safety in Costa Rica; the conversation of
President Reagan and Archbishop Arietta of Costa Rica; the conversation of
President Arias with members of Congress; building the tourism industry in
Costa Rica and assistance with the airline route between San Jose and Miami; Arias’s Peace Plan and the Guatemala Accord, and concerns
about countervailing tariffs on Costa Rican exports.
CO038 Cuba, Republic of (.6 l.ft.,
Box 60-62)
This secondary subject category
contains material relating to political prisoners held in Cuba; missing
Americans believed to be prisoners in Cuba; Cuban-American exile groups and
possible campaigns to overthrow Castro; Cuban-American meetings with the
President; Cuban “Mariel” boat refugees; return to Cuba of the “undesirables”
from the Mariel boat lift; penalties for private boat owners involved in the
Mariel boat lift; Reagan position on Cuban troops in Angola; Radio Marti;
United States resolution against Cuba at the Human Rights Commission; and
Cardinal O’Connor’s request to lift the economic embargo against certain
medicines needed in Cuba.
CO039 Cyprus, Republic of (.3 l.ft.;
Box 62-63)
This secondary subject category contains
material relating to bi-monthly reports to Congress on the progress of UN
negotiations to settle inter-communal issues on Cyprus; President Reagan
meetings with President Kypianou in December 1981 and
President Vassiliou in August 1988; Vice President
Bush meeting with Foreign Minister Rolandis in 1981;
multiple requests for non-recognition of the 1983 unilateral declaration of
independence by the “Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus”; Department of State
comments on various Congressional resolutions condemning Turkey’s part in the
Cyprus division; and concerns for the missing Greek Cypriots and political
repression in the Turkish controlled part of Cyprus.
See also CO163 (Turkey) for material
relating to the Turkish occupation of northern Cyprus.
CO040 Czechoslovakia, Socialist
Republic (.1 l.ft.; Box 63)
This secondary subject category
contains material relating to ambassador appointments; concerns from
Czechoslovakian-American organizations about the threat of Soviet annexation of
Czechoslovakia, and US policy towards Czechoslovakia after the meetings of
Reagan and Gorbachev; S.1946 – the Czechoslovakian Claims Settlement Act of
1981; appeals for redress in denial of claims under the Act; and requests for
assistance with individuals held as political prisoners in Czechoslovakia.
CO041 Denmark (.1 l.ft.;
Box 63)
This secondary subject category
contains material relating to visits and official meetings with Foreign
Ministers of Denmark and Prime Minister Schulter; a
recommendation for US ambassador to Denmark; a request from the Virgin Islands
to renegotiate parts of the 1916 treaty with Denmark giving the Virgin Islands
to the US; a USIA public opinion poll of Danish attitudes on defense and
nuclear issues; and the visit of Princess Benedikte.
CO042 Dominican Republic (.3;
Box 63-64)
This secondary subject category
contains material relating to ambassador appointments; meetings between the
Vice President and Foreign Secretaries; the state visits of President Jorge
Blanco and President Belaguer; United States sugar
quotas and sugar exports from the Dominican Republic; a Caribbean Basin
Initiative enterprise in the Dominican Republic by Dole Pineapple; Dominican
economic problems including liquidity and debt; request for help in obtaining
US visas and assistance needed by US citizens in the Dominican Republic.
CO043 Dominion of Fiji (3
folders; Box 64)
This secondary subject category
contains material relating to ambassador appointments; official working visit
of Prime Minister Ratu Mara in November 1988;
reactions to the military coup in May 1987; declaration of the republic in
November 1987; and comments on the Fiji political situation from Fiji-American
groups.
CO044 Ecuador (.2 l.ft.;
Box 64-65)
This secondary subject category
contains material relating to ambassador appointments; official working visits
of President Hurtado in 1983 and President Febres-Cordero in 1985; head of state exchanges of
gratitude and introductions of visitors; proposal for “baseball diplomacy” to
Ecuador; Febres-Cordero “Plan of Government” for
Ecuador; Report from the United States Task Force on Ecuadoran agriculture;
OPIC reviews of Ecuadoran economy for private investment in 1985 and 1986;
reports on the March 1987 earthquake; and appeal for US protection of a political
candidate in Ecuador.
CO045 Egypt, Arab Republic of
(.8 l.ft.; Box 65-67)
This secondary subject category
contains material relating to ambassador appointments; cancellation of
President Sadat state dinner in April 1981; visits between Mrs. Sadat and Mrs.
Reagan; State Visit of President Sadat in August 1981; commercial and business
concerns in Egypt; application of US federal aid in Egypt; urging the release
of Egyptian Christian Coptic Pope and priests from imprisonment and protection
of rights for Egyptian Christians and Jews; reports on the Sinai Multinational
Force and Observers; readjustment of US policy after the assassination of
President Sadat; ratification of a tax treaty with Egypt; President Mubarak
visits in 1982, 1983, 1985, 1986 and January 1988; 1983 Report on Human Rights
in Egypt; Export-Import Bank financing for a nuclear power plant in Egypt;
Egyptian financial crisis and FMS loans and debt relief; and the continuation
of the Camp David peace accords.
CO046 El Salvador, Republic of
(1.6 l. ft.; Box 67-71)
This secondary subject category
contains material relating to ambassador appointments; murders of US citizens
in El Salvador including four American churchwomen killed in December 1980;
elections; human rights investigations, violations, and US certification of
human rights practices in El Salvador; support or protests for US policy in El
Salvador; U.S. aid to El Salvador; coffee export quotas; FMLN insurgents and
status of civil war; government “death squads”; State Department testimony
before Congress on the situation in El Salvador; visits with President Duarte
in 1981, 1984, 1985, and 1987 visit with President Magana in June 1983; head of
state correspondence with Presidents Magana and Duarte; and US Department of
State publications including Communist
Interference in El Salvador and El
Salvador’s Presidential Elections.
CO047 Equatorial Guinea (1
folder, Box 71)
This secondary subject category
contains material relating to ambassador appointments; attempts to set up a meeting
with Vice President Bush and Vice President Florencio Maye
Ela in 1981; and head of state letters on the
National Independence Day for Equatorial Guinea.
CO048 Estonia (1 folder; Box 71)
This secondary subject category
contains material relating to requests for the United States to recognize the
independence of Estonia; and to urge the USSR to grant Estonian independence in
accord with previous international agreements.
CO049 Ethiopia (.2 l.ft.;
Box 71-72)
This secondary subject category
contains material relating to refugee information about the communist
government in Ethiopia; Ethiopian aggression towards its neighbors; multiple
concerns from the public, non-governmental relief groups and Congress on the
Ethiopian famine, delivery of food, protection of food delivery, and protection
of famine refugee camps; emigration for the Falahsha
Jews in Ethiopia; the imprisonment of Emperor Haile Selassie’s relatives still in Ethiopia; attempts by the
Eritrean Peoples’ Liberation Front to contact President Reagan and
disagreements between the Department of State, the White House, and Congress on
designating Eritrea a “communist state.”
CO050 Finland (3 folders; Box
72)
This secondary subject category
contains material relating to ambassador appointments; the visit of Prime
Minister Koivisto in September 1983; the meeting with
Prime Minister Holker in 1988; appeal from Finnish
human rights group on behalf of Soviet Jewry; and proclamation of 1988 National
Year of Friendship with Finland.