WHITE HOUSE
OFFICE OF RECORDS MANAGEMENT
Subject File,
1981-1989
COUNTRIES (CO)
[CO101-CO150]
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
CO101 Martinique (Empty)
The Library
currently has no case files for this secondary subject category.
CO102 Mauritania, Islamic
Republic of (1 folder; Box 126)
This secondary subject category
contains material relating to the Western Sahara/Morocco conflict; head of
state correspondence on holiday greetings; and a letter from a Mauritian
citizen supporting Reagan’s foreign policy.
CO103 Mauritius (2 folders; Box
126)
This secondary subject category
contains material relating to concerns about 1981 developing political
situation in Mauritius; Reagan meeting with Prime Minister Ramgoolam
in 1981 and 1988 meeting with Prime Minister Jugnauth;
ambassador appointments; and a request to name a library/school in Mauritius
after Mrs. Reagan.
CO104 Mexico (United Mexican
States) (2.2 l.ft.; Box 126-132)
This secondary subject category
contains material relating to correspondence with border states officials,
members of Congress and Governors, on immigration, maquiladora border labor/factory
arrangements and border environmental issues; USIA reports on Mexican views of
US-Mexican meetings; constructing a second San Diego border crossing at Otay Mesa; review of all US/Mexico border crossings;
embargo on import of Mexican tuna and seizure of US tuna boats; meetings of the
Interparliamentary Conference between Mexican and US
legislators; organizing an association of Caribbean nations; Southwest Border
Regulatory Commission; possible guest worker contracts; Mexican debt
crisis, peso devaluation and
nationalization of banks; economic policy statements for Mexico; annual
meetings between Reagan and the presidents of Mexico Jose Lopez Portillo and
Miguel de la Madrid; traveler safety in Mexico; the US-Mexican Bi-National
Commission; Mexican Central America policy and the Contadora
peace process; the October 1985 Mexico City earthquake; restriction of Mexican
trucker licenses for the US; the murder of DEA agent Enrique S. Camarena; Bilateral Commission on the Future of US-Mexican
Relations Report; Report of the Agricultural Trade and Development Mission to
Mexico; and ambassador appointments.
CO105 Monaco (2 folders; Box
132)
This secondary subject category
contains material relating to the death and funeral of Princess Grace; the
visit of the Rainier family at the White House for the launch of the Princess
Grace Foundation; and details of the private dinner for Prince Rainier on
October 14, 1986.
CO106 Mongolia (Outer Mongolia)
People’s Republic (1 folder; Box 132)
This secondary subject category
contains a transfer sheet. All material
within this category was regarding Morocco.
See CO107.
CO107 Morocco (.3 l.ft.;
Box 132-133)
This secondary subject category
contains material relating to ambassador appointments; 1981 Vice President’s
meeting with Foreign Minister Boucetta; President
Reagan meetings with King Hassan in 1981 and 1982; 1984 Official Working Visit
of Prime Minister Mohamed Karim-Lamrani; King Hassan
report on 1981 actions in the Nairobi meeting of the Organization of African
Unity; 1981 shoot down of two Moroccan aircraft; human rights concerns for
political prisoners in Morocco especially M’Barek Touil; the Moroccan-American Foundation; report of David
Rockefeller on Morocco trip; Caspar Weinberger trip to Morocco and the
US-Moroccan Joint Military Commission; 1984 US-Moroccan Convention on Criminal
Matters; the Oujda Treaty between Libya and Morocco of 1985; and the commemoration
of the 200th anniversary of the US-Morocco friendship treaty.
CO108 Mozambique, People’s
Republic of (.2 l. ft.; Box 133-134)
This secondary subject category
contains material relating to a 1981 and 1987 review of events in Mozambique
and US policy towards Mozambique; Reagan meeting with President Machal in 1985 and the controversy surrounding the meeting;
conservative concerns over US policies towards Mozambique and support for
RENAMO; President Machal’s death in an plane crash in
1986; 1987 Reagan meeting with President Chissano;
and various reports on RENAMO atrocities.
CO109 Nauru (1 folder, Box 134)
This secondary subject category
contains material relating to ambassador appointments and the Vice President’s
meeting with President Hammer deRoburt in July 1981.
CO110 Nepal (.1 l.ft.;
Box 134)
This secondary subject category
contains material relating to the state visit of King Birenda
in December 1983; the Vice President’s meeting with Prime Minister Thapa in February 1983 and head of state holiday greetings.
CO111 Netherlands (.3 l.ft.;
Box 134-135)
This secondary subject category
contains material relating to the official working visit of Prime Minister van Agt for March-April 1981. The Prime Minister met with the
Vice President instead due to the assassination attempt on President Reagan on
March 30, 1981. Additional material
includes the 1982 state visit of Queen Beatrix to commemorate the bicentennial
of Dutch-US relations; Queen Beatrix’s address to a Joint Session of Congress;
ambassador appointments; the working visit of Prime Minister Rudd Lubbers in
1983; meetings throughout 1983 and 1984 with Dutch cabinet ministers on the
question of INF basing in the Netherlands; and a new extradition treaty signed
in September 1983.
This secondary subject category also
contains material relating to the Netherland Antilles and the renegotiation of
a US/Netherland Antilles tax treaty.
CO112 New Caledonia (Empty)
The Library
currently has no case files for this secondary subject category.
CO113 New Zealand (.2 l.ft; Box 135)
This secondary subject category
contains material relating to the visit of Prime Minister Muldoon in July 1981
and the working visit of Muldoon in February 1984; Vice President’s dinner with
Muldoon in September 1983; maritime boundary treaties with Cook Islands and
Tokelau under New Zealand administration; proclamation of new tax convention
with New Zealand in 1983; ambassador appointments; refusal of port entry to US
ships carrying nuclear weapons starting in 1986; US protests against New
Zealand port entry policy; Congressional resolutions against New Zealand and
USIA public diplomacy efforts in New Zealand.
CO114 Nicaragua (3.6 l.ft.;
Box 135-144)
This secondary subject category
contains material relating to ambassador appointments; 1987 expulsion of
Nicaraguan diplomats from the US and later US refusal to issue non-immigrant
visas to Embassy personnel; assistance in extracting Americans imprisoned or
detained in Nicaragua; support for US policies in Nicaragua from citizens,
officials and exiled Nicaraguans; offers of assistance with US policies in
Nicaragua; general reports on the current situation in Nicaragua; concern for
the persecution of the Miskito Indians of Nicaragua;
opposition to US policies in Nicaragua primarily from church leaders and
groups, citizens and US officials; US funding for both military and
humanitarian support for the Contras/“Freedom Fighters” and Congressional
refusal of funding; private funding for the Contras; the William J. Casey
Freedom Fund for Nicaragua; linkage of drug trafficking to Nicaragua;
semi-annual reports on the “state of emergency” with Nicaragua instituted in
May 1985; pressing the State Department to call Nicaragua a communist state;
the White House Outreach Group on Central America; the publication, “White
House Digests” of the Outreach Group; the public diplomacy campaigns by the
Department of State, 1983-1989; strategic memoranda on “how to win” in
Nicaragua; polling information on US attitudes on Nicaragua and the Contras;
reaction to 1984 Nicaraguan elections; the Nicaragua harbor mining and the
World Court case; the Contadora Central American
peace process; US problems with the Contadora
process; the 1987 Guatemala City accord of the Contadora
nations; head of state letters to Contadora
countries; US bipartisan peace plan (President Reagan/Speaker of the House Jim
Wright); president’s meetings with the UNO and DNR (Democratic Nicaraguan
Resistance); statement of “beliefs and goals” of the United Nicaraguan Organization;
and multiple publications on Nicaragua from the Department of State, the
Department of Defense, and non-governmental opinion groups.
CO115 Niger, Republic of (3
folders, Box 145)
This secondary subject category
contains material relating to Vice President’s meeting with Foreign Minister Diallo and President Kountche in
1981; President’s meeting with President Kountche in
1984; ambassador appointments; aid to Sahel countries and relief for the
African drought/famine.
CO116 Nigeria, Federal Republic
of (.2 l.ft.; Box 145)
This secondary subject category
contains material relating to the Vice President’s meeting with the Vice
President of Nigeria Alex Ekweume and Alhaji Shehu Musa for the
bilateral US/Nigeria economic meetings; efforts to create a “special channel”
of communication for Nigeria and the US; ambassador appointments; US assistance
for Marie McBroom, imprisoned in Nigeria; Nigerian economic crisis and Nigerian
Central Bank problems; possible establishment of School of Economics in Nigeria;
Prairie International’s farming project in Nigeria; US visit of Chief Samuel Falae in October 1988; and possible US visit for President
and Mrs. Babangida in late 1988.
CO116-01 Biafra, Republic of (Empty)
The Library
currently has no case files for this secondary subject category.
CO117 Norway (.2 l.ft.;
Box 145-146)
This secondary subject category
contains material relating to Vice President meeting with Foreign Minister Svenn Stray in November 1981 and Norwegian foreign affairs
Parliamentary committee; ambassador appointments; President and Mrs. Reagan
social meetings with King Olav in 1982 and 1988; President Reagan 1983 meeting
with Prime Minister Kaare Willoch
and April 1987 meeting with Prime Minister Brundtland;
revision and renewal of Norway/US Cooperative Agreement on Uses of Nuclear
Energy; memorandum of conversation with Norwegian State Secretary regarding
leases in the Troll gas field; objections to Norway’s compliance with the
international whaling conventions; and negotiations on Norway’s lease of I-Hawk
missiles.
CO118 Oman, Sultanate of (3
folders; Box 146)
This secondary subject category
contains material relating to the invitation and state visit of the Sultan of
Oman to the United States in April 1983; the Vice President’s meeting with the
Sultan in 1983; the Smithsonian request to host the Sultan to view the new Near
Eastern cultural exhibits; ambassador appointments and meetings with the
National Security Advisor and the Omani Foreign Minister Yusuf bin Alawi.
CO119 Pakistan,
Islamic Republic of (.5 l.ft.; Box 146-147)
This secondary subject category
contains material relating to ambassador appointments; the state visit of
President Zia in December 1982; requests to allow Mrs. Nusrat
Bhutto to leave Pakistan for cancer treatment; human rights abuses in Pakistan
and support for political prisoners particularly academic prisoners;
establishment of the US-Pakistan Joint Committee; Vice President meetings with
President Zia and Foreign Minister Yaqub Khan; USIA
report on Kirk Douglas visit to Pakistan and Afghanistan; US efforts to assist
Pakistan in fighting the narcotics and drug trafficking in Pakistan;
establishment of US-Pakistan Working Group on Narcotics; lending our customs
assistance to Pakistan for control of drug trafficking; the state visit of
Prime Minister Mohammed Khan Junejo in July 1986;
head of state correspondence on military assistance to Pakistan, nuclear
proliferation, restoration of representative government in late 1985; and the
situation in Afghanistan; Indian and Indian-American protests against providing
Pakistan with AWACS; President Zia cancellation of June 1988 visit due to
domestic unrest; death of President Zia, Ambassador Raphel
and Brigadier General Wasson in a August 17, 1988 plane crash; and Pakistan
positions regarding the negotiations of Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan.
CO120 Palestine, Islamic
Republic of (.4 l.ft.; Box 147-148)
This secondary subject category
contains material relating to establishing a Reagan foreign policy for the West
Bank and Palestinian issues; public citizens and groups urging the US to
recognize the PLO as the legitimate representative of the Palestinian people
and to negotiate directly with them; positive and negative response to the
direct talks with the PLO in 1988; human rights violations within the occupied
territories; American Jewish organizations protesting the perceived
“rehabilitation” of Yasser Arafat by President Mubarak; reports on private
conversations with Arafat; the Anti-Terrorism Act of 1987 and the its
requirement to close the PLO Information Office in Washington, DC and the
Palestinian UN Observer’s Office; the decision not to appeal the District
Court’s over-ruling of the closure of the Palestine UN Observation Office and
opinions on the legal status of an independent Palestine state.
CO121 Panama, Republic of (.6 l.ft.;
Box 148-150)
This secondary subject category
contains material relating to Congressman Eldon Rudd’s reports on talks with
General Manuel Noriega in 1981 and his accession to head of the Panamanian
National Guard in 1984; concerns about the Canal Zone and the School of the
Americas under the 1977 Panama Canal Treaty; formal resolution of the dual wage
scales in the Canal area by US government agencies; calls for the US to support
a coup in Panama and return democracy; ambassador appointments; Reagan meeting
with President de la Espriella in 1982; Reagan
meeting with President-elect Barletta in July 1984; Barletta request to meet
President Reagan after being deposed; human rights violations and general loss
of civic rights in Panama; accusations of poor treatment of Americans and
opposition parties by the Panama National Guard; piracy of videocassettes by
Panama; resignation of Ambassador Briggs in 1986; October 1986 request for
Congressional testimony of Oliver North and Bill Perry on drug trafficking in
Panama; increasing alarm about the Panamanian situation in 1987-1988 and the
safety of Canal Zone employees; Executive Order 12635 establishing a state of
emergency with Panama and allowing the President to impose economic sanctions;
Panama Canal Commission and the business community objections to certain
aspects of EO 12635; May 1988 negotiations for the removal of General Noriega;
protests against the possible removal of
criminal drug charges against Noriega; legal opinions regarding a
General Accounting Office proposed investigation of government involvement with
Noriega and awareness of drug trafficking by foreign governments; proposed
Congressional amendment to force the White House to cooperate with the GAO
investigation; White
House press release on decision to not cooperate with the GAO and financial and
economic measures for post-Noriega Panama.
CO122 Papua New Guinea (2
folders; Box 150)
This secondary subject category
contains material relating to negotiations regarding American tuna fishing
within Papua New Guinea adjacent seas; cancelled drop-by with Prime Minister
Michael Somare; ambassador appointments; Caspar
Weinberger interest in setting up a visit for Prime Minister Somare in 1985; and pleas to President Reagan to assist the
“West Papua New Guinea” (West Irian) gain freedom
from Indonesia.
CO123 Paraguay, Republic of (1
folder; Box 150)
This secondary subject category
contains material relating to a possible Reagan meeting with President Alfredo Stroessner in May 1981; ambassador appointments; an
invitation to Reagan to visit Paraguay and Paraguay participation in
international drug abuse conferences and meetings sponsored by the White House.
CO124 Peru, Republic of (.2 l.ft.;
Box 150)
This secondary subject category
contains material relating to the Vice President’s meeting with a Peruvian
Senator in March 1981; discussion of the Peru/Ecuador border dispute; support
for Perez de Cuellar as UN General Secretary; the visit to Peru of an American
Agricultural Task Force; assistance for Americans incarcerated in Peru; Carlton
Turner involvement in drug abuse and trafficking issues in Peru; Reagan meeting
with Prime Minister Belaunde in September 1984; celebration
of 40th anniversary of the Food for Peace program; civic aviation
dispute with Peru and the suspension of AeroPeru
flights; concern about the worsening domestic situation in Peru in 1987-1988;
and President Reagan’s honoring Peruvian economist Hernando de Soto.
CO125 Philippines (1.2 l.ft.;
Box 150-153)
This secondary subject category
contains material relating to human and civil rights abuses and political
murders of Benigno Aquino and Cesar Clemaco under
the Marcos presidency; Filipino-American groups protesting the Marcos
government; support for Marcos from World War II retirees and Philippine based
American business; ambassador appointments; requests for US funding for various
projects in the Philippines; Vice-President’s meeting with Imelda Marcus in
August 1981; the State visit of President and Mrs. Marcos in September 1982;
the Philippines statehood movement; the charges and trial of Catholic priests
Niall O’Brian and Vicente Dagan; condemnation of the fraud in the February 1986
presidential elections by observer groups; Congress; and Filipino and American
citizens; the transportation of the Marcos family to Hickham
Air Force Base after his resignation; protests against costs incurred by the US
government in extracting the Marcos family; the indictment of Imelda and
Ferdinand Marcos for fraud; and support for a “Marshall Plan” for the
Philippines to help with economic problems after President Marcos resigns.
CO126 Poland, Polish People’s
Republic (1.8 l.ft.; Box 153-158)
This secondary subject category
contains material relating to U.S.-Polish relations; possible US visit by
Solidarity leader Lech Walesa; correspondence with Reagan by Lech Walesa; the
Polish economic crisis of the 1980s including Poland’s international debts and
food shortages; sending food and humanitarian relief to Poland through private
groups and the Polish Catholic Church; the imposition of economic sanctions
against Poland and the Soviet Union after martial law declared in December
1981; the Worldnet airing of USIA production, “Let
Poland be Poland”; continued contact with Solidarity support groups; 1988
Reagan meeting with Solidarity leaders; Solidarity reports on human rights
violation and political prisoners held in Poland; drafts of Presidential
statements regarding Poland; the imposition and ending of martial law in
Poland; Congressional resolutions in support of Solidarity and Polish
resistance to Soviet rule; and relaxation of immigration laws for Polish
exiles.
CO127 Portugal, Republic of (.3 l.ft.;
Box 158-159)
This secondary subject category
contains material relating to ambassador appointments; US basing negotiations;
Portuguese insight to African issues especially regarding Angola, and Mozambique; Portugal State visit of
Presidents Eanes in 1983; Reagan meeting with
President Soares in 1987; Reagan meeting with Prime
Ministers Balsemao in 1982, Prime Minster Soares in 1984 and Prime Minister Cavaco
Silva in 1986 and 1988; the Luso-American Foundation;
Reagan telephone conversation with President Soares on
his 1987 trip to Moscow; and a Congressional tribute to Dr. de Sousa Mendes,
Portuguese diplomat who helped refugees escape the Nazis in World War II.
CO128 Qatar, State of (1 folder;
Box 159)
This secondary subject category
contains material relating to the cancellation of 1983 Qatar Independence Day
celebration; reception of a gift for Chief of Staff James Baker; assistance for
Creighton, Ltd. in a contract dispute with Qatar; and head of state
correspondence on the Iran-Iraq War, Independence Day greetings, and an
invitation for the Amir to meet Reagan during a UN session.
CO129 Zimbabwe (Rhodesia) (.2 l.ft.;
Box 159)
This secondary subject category
contains material relating to ambassador appointments; submission to Congress
of required reports on Zimbabwe progress in economics and instituting democracy
as required by the International Security and Development Cooperation Act of
1980; opening of textile trade show in Zimbabwe; July 1982 kidnapping of 6
hostages in Zimbabwe; the Thornhill trial of 6 white
Air Force officers; official working visit with President Mugabe in September
1983; human rights violations in Zimbabwe; possible purchase of fighter jets;
the deportation case of Terrence Karamba; report to
President Reagan on the increase in the capitalization of the African
Development Bank; and the 1988 African Prize for Leadership in the fight
against hunger to President Mugabe.
CO130 Romania, (Rumania)
Socialist Republic of (.4 l.ft.; Box 159-160)
This secondary subject category
contains material relating to assistance with emigration cases from Romania;
using cancellation of Romania’s Most
Favored Nation trade status to encourage great human rights, religious freedom
and open emigration policies; campaigns for release of political prisoners;
Vice President’s meeting with Foreign Minister Manescu
in 1983; Congressional resolutions in 1987 to temporarily suspend MFN for
Romania; partial manuscripts from high-ranking Romanian defector Ion Pacepa; the status
of Pacepa’s daughter and son-in-law in Romania;
ambassador appointments; protection of the Hungarian minority in Romania
especially Transylvania and protests against the cultural destruction of
Romania by Nicolae Ceausescu.
CO131 Rwanda, Republic (1
folder; Box 160)
This secondary subject category
contains material relating to the Vice President’s meeting with General
Bonaventure Habimana in 1982; ambassador
appointments; the visit of Director of the Peace Corps Loret
Ruppe to Rwanda in 1985; and attempts to schedule a
Reagan and President Juvenal Habyarimana meeting for
1987-1988.
CO132 San Marino, Republic of (1
folder; Box 160)
This secondary subject category
contains material relating to possible establishment of full diplomatic
relations with the Republic of San Marino including an embassy located in San
Marino.
CO133 Sao Tome and Principe,
Democratic Republic of (1 folder; Box 160)
This secondary subject category
contains material relating to ambassador appointments; and thank-you letters
from President Pinto da Costa for US attendance at
their first “Round Table” meeting of donors to Sao Tome and to the Vice
President for meeting da Costa in 1986.
CO134 Saudi Arabia (.3 l.ft.;
Box 161-162)
This secondary subject category
contains material relating to ambassador appointments; Vice President’s
meetings with Saudi Ambassadors and Oil Ministers; requests for assistance for
Americans incarcerated or detained in Saudi Arabia; accusations of torture and
inhumane treatment for American prisoners in Saudi Arabia; commercial enterprises
in Saudi Arabia; reports on Saudi oil policy; proposal for additional arms
sales to Saudi Arabia in 1985-1986 and Congressional objections; head of state
letters with King Fahd on visiting American Cabinet Secretaries; Middle East
peace; the Iran-Iraq war; the situation in Afghanistan; Persian Gulf security; the Saudi purchase of Chinese missiles, and the
beginnings of the first Intifada; the State visit of King Fahd in February
1985; 1987 Reagan photo opportunity with Crown Prince Abdullah and resolution
of an American falcon smuggling case against Saudi royalty.
CO135 Senegal, Republic of (.1 l.ft; Box 162)
This secondary subject category
contains material relating to ambassador appointments; the Vice President’s
meeting with President Abdouf Diouf
in July 1983; the President’s meeting with Diouf in
August 1983, April 1985 (includes a memorandum of conversation), and August
1987; and Head of State correspondence from Diouf
regarding congratulatory messages from the President, holiday greetings; requests
for more food aid due to 1980s drought; concerns about African representation
on the World Bank Board of Directors, and condolences for various plane crashes
involving Americans.
CO136 Seychelles, Republic of (1
folder; Box 162)
This secondary subject category
contains material relating to the Seychelles government-in-exile and former
President James Mancham and the US non-response to
the government-in-exile.
CO137 Sierra Leone, Republic of
(2 folders; Box 162)
This secondary subject category contains
material relating to ambassador appointments; a California group promoting
business and trade with Sierra Leone; praise for the Country Director for the
Peace Corps in Sierra Leone; and a photo opportunity for President Momah with Reagan in October 1988.
CO138 Sikkim (Empty)
The Library
currently has no case files for this secondary subject category.
CO139 Singapore, Republic of (.3
l.ft.;
Box 162-163)
This secondary subject category
contains material relating to the lunch meeting for Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew with President Reagan in June 1981, the official
visit to the United States in October 1985 and a private visit with President
Reagan in April 1988; possible arms sales to Singapore; ambassador
appointments; contract dispute regarding Air Force technical restrictions;
assistance with Cambodia, the Philippines and Vietnam; Singapore disappointment
at being “graduated” from the generalized system of preferences in January
1989.
CO140 Somalia, Democratic
Republic of (.1 l.ft.; Box 163)
This secondary subject category
contains material relating to the meeting of President Reagan and President
Said Barre in March 1981 and possible June 1988
meeting; Head of State letters concerning US military assistance and conditions
in the Horn of Africa; concern for
political prisoners in Somalia; Vice President’s and Robert McFarlane’s meeting
with First Vice President and Defense Minister Mohammad Ali Samantar
in June 1983 ; and the National Academy of Sciences Report on Scientists and Human Rights in Somalia; and the NAS plea
for US assistance for scientists on trial in Somalia.
CO141 South Africa, Republic of
(4.7 l.ft.;
Box 163-175)
This secondary subject category
contains material relating to ambassador appointments; South African occupation
of Namibia, Namibian independence and coordination of US policy with allies on
Namibia; 1988 negotiations for a settlement involving removal of South African
occupation of Namibia; South Africa involvement and invasion of Angola; South
Africa raids in neighboring countries on African National Congress (ANC)
outposts; comments on apartheid policies in South Africa and the US policy of
“constructive engagement” with South Africa from citizens, interest groups
–especially religious organizations, businesses and elected officials at all
levels of government; 1985 anti-apartheid bill; declaration of state of
emergency with South Africa in 1985; Executive Orders 12532 and 12535 declaring
limited sanctions; Executive Order 12571 implementing 1986 sanctions; support for
President Reagan’s opposition to punitive sanctions against South Africa and
his veto of the Comprehensive Anti-Apartheid Act of 1986; Head of State
correspondence from other foreign leaders concerned about the situation in
South Africa and campaigning for US sanctions; Reagan meetings with Bishop
Desmond Tutu and Mangosuthu Buthelezi; concern for
human rights violations in South Africa and various political prisoners;
diplomatic status of the “homelands” within South Africa; new consular treaty
with South Africa in 1984; 1981 report from the Study Commission on US Policy
toward South Africa; business compliance with the “Sullivan Code”; guidance for
administration speakers on South Africa policy and the sanctions bill and veto;
1987 and 1988 reviews of US policy
towards South Africa; 1987 report on the affects of sanctions;
constitutionality of local and state sanctions legislation; South Africa
Working Group and their public diplomacy program; and Department of State
publications on US policy in South African and South African publications on
their efforts to expand black South African rights and their new constitution.
White House Director of
Communications, 1985-1987, Patrick Buchanan, worked extensively on US South
African policy and particularly on the public affairs campaign to stop
enactment of sanctions against South Africa and the effort to sustain President
Reagan’s veto of the Comprehensive Anti-Apartheid Act of 1986. This secondary
subject category contains numerous examples of his specific work product including
correspondence regarding South Africa, US policy and sanctions, internal memos,
strategy ideas and extensive editing for his editorial published immediately
prior to the vote on sustaining the veto entitled “Do We Have to Destroy South
Africa in Order to Save Her?”
CO142 South Pacific Islands
(Empty)
The Library
currently has no case files for this secondary subject category.
CO143 Namibia [South West
Africa] (.2 l.ft.; Box 175)
This secondary subject category
contains material relating to independence efforts for Namibia; reports from
politicians and residents on the current situation in Namibia and the fear of
SWAPO (South West Africa People’s Organization); multiple copies of a lengthy
1984 report on Namibia from the President of the National Rifle Association,
Howard Pollock, after his visit there; religious group support for Namibian
independence, particularly from the Lutheran Church; and dissatisfaction with
the US led negotiation process for independence.
For more material relating to Namibia
please see CO141 (South Africa).
CO144 Aden [Yemen, People’s Democratic
Republic of] (1 folder; Box 176)
This secondary subject category
contains material relating to South Yemen’s (PDRY) protest against US policies
in Central American and the Caribbean and an Amnesty International report on
political prisoners and human rights abuses in the PDRY.
CO145 Spain (.5 l.ft; Box 176-177)
This secondary subject category
contains material relating to the February 1981 right-wing coup attempt; the
State visit of King Juan Carlos I in October 1981 and various private meetings
and conversations with King Juan Carlos and Queen Sofia throughout the
administration; negotiations for US basing rights in Spain and the extensions
and resigning of agreements in 1981 and 1983; ambassador appointments; Reagan
meeting and photo opportunities with Prime Minister Felipe Gonzalez, opposition
party leaders and Basque representatives; Spanish participation in the
Louisiana World Expo and US participation in the Seville Expo ’92; signing of a
routine postal agreement; Spanish/US cooperation for the Christopher Columbus Quincentenary; diplomatic protocol for King Juan Carlos’
trip to Puerto Rico; and the arrest of the head of the Church of Scientology in
Spain.
CO146 Spanish Sahara [Western
Sahara] (Empty)
The Library
currently has no case files for this secondary subject category.
CO147 Sri Lanka, Democratic
Socialist Republic of (.2 l.ft.; Box 177-178)
This secondary subject category
contains material relating to Buddhist holiday Wesak
greetings from Prime Minister Premadasa; ambassador
appointments; Vice President’s meeting with Deputy Foreign Minister Tyronne Fernando in November 1981; Don Regan’s meeting with
Finance Minister Ronnie de Mel in 1985; State visit of President Jayewardene in
June 1984; Head of State correspondence primarily regarding US aid to Sri Lanka
and the Tamil uprising; human rights concerns regarding persecution of the
Tamil rebels; state restructuring in 1986 to provide power sharing to the
provinces; and the aid project, Thriposna,
administered through C.A.R.E.
CO148 Sudan, Republic of (.1 l.ft.; Box
178)
This secondary subject category
contains material relating to the Vice President’s meeting with Vice President
and Minister of Defense Abd al-Majid
Hamad Khalil in July 1981;
the Vice Presidents meeting with President Gaafar Mohamad Nimeiri in 1982; the
President’s meeting with President Nimeiri in 1983;
ambassador appointments; the Food for Peace program; human rights problems in
the developing civil war in southern Sudan; imposition of Sharia
law on non-Muslims in the south Sudan; review of Chester Crocker visit to Sudan
in 1986 and a review of problems in delivery food aid to relieve the famine in
Sudan.
CO149 Suriname, Republic of (2
folders, Box 178)
This secondary subject category
contains material relating to ambassador appointments; a possible security
contract for protection of the New York City Consulate; the Council for the
Liberation of Suriname; genocide of the Maroon population in Suriname and a
1987 report from an international visit by European, African, Caribbean and
Asian representatives on the political and economic stability of Suriname.
CO150 Swaziland, Kingdom of (1
folder; Box 178)
This secondary subject category
contains material relating to ambassador appointments; Vernon Orr’s attendance
at the silver jubilee of King Sobhuza II; the sugar
industry and export constraints; and Colonel Milton Frank’s attendance at the
coronation of King Mswati III.