Here’s a list of all the official National Security Council meetings during the Carter administration.1
| Meeting Date | Agenda Topics |
|---|---|
| 1/22/1977 | Vice President’s Trip |
| Presidential Use of National Security Council | |
| Europe | |
| Japan | |
| 1/27/1977 | Defense Issues – Fiscal Year 1978 Budget |
| 2/23/1977 | Middle East – Results of Secretary Vance’s Trip |
| Israel | |
| 3/3/1977 | Southern Africa – US Policy and Presidential Directive 5 |
| Namibia | |
| Rhodesia | |
| South Africa | |
| 3/22/1977 | Strategic Arms Limitation Talks – Negotiating Options and Issues |
| National Security Council Intelligence Community | |
| USSR | |
| 4/27/1977 | Korea – US Troop Withdrawals and Presidential Directive 12 |
| 9/6/1977 | Strategic Arms Limitation Talks – Negotiating Options and Issues |
| USSR | |
| 2/23/1978 | Horn of Africa – Foreign Policy Decisions |
| Ethiopia | |
| Somalia | |
| 4/11/1978 | Strategic Arms Limitation Talks – Secretary Vance’s Trip to Moscow |
| USSR | |
| NATO | |
| 5/10/1978 | Department of Defense Consolidated Guidance |
| Cuba | |
| Indian Ocean | |
| Defense Budget | |
| Intelligence | |
| Military Posture | |
| 8/15/1978 | US-Soviet Relations |
| 9/1/1978 | Middle East – Camp David Summit Options |
| Israel | |
| Egypt | |
| 9/2/1978 | Strategic Arms Limitation Talks – Negotiating Options and Issues |
| USSR | |
| National Security Council Intelligence Community | |
| 10/6/1978 | Africa – Overall US Policy |
| Rhodesia | |
| 12/18/1978 | Strategic Arms Limitation Talks |
| USSR | |
| 1/3/1979 | Iran |
| 2/16/1979 | Sino-Vietnamese Conflict |
| Iran | |
| China Peoples Republic | |
| 2/19/1979 | Middle East Issues – Camp David II |
| Egypt | |
| Israel | |
| 3/5/1979 | Yemen |
| 6/4/1979 | Strategic Arms Policy and US-USSR Relations |
| Strategic Forces | |
| 6/5/1979 | Strategic Arms Policy and US-USSR Relations |
| Strategic Forces | |
| 9/5/1979 | MX Missile Basing Issues |
| Strategic Forces | |
| Nuclear Weapons | |
| 9/17/1979 | Soviets in Cuba Military Posture |
| 10/19/1979 | Iran |
| Central America | |
| Caribbean | |
| 11/20/1979 | Iran |
| Military Operations | |
| 12/4/1979 | Iran |
| 12/4/1979 | Iran |
| 12/19/1979 | Iran |
| 12/28/1979 | Iran |
| Afghanistan | |
| Pakistan | |
| Nuclear Matters | |
| Peoples Republic of China | |
| India | |
| 1/2/1980 | Iran |
| Christopher Mission to Afghanistan | |
| Brown Trip to China | |
| Strategic Arms Limitation Talks | |
| Pakistan | |
| Foreign Travel | |
| Military Assistance | |
| USSR | |
| China Peoples Republic | |
| 3/18/1980 | Iran |
| 3/22/1980 | Iran – Held at Camp David |
| 3/31/1980 | Iran |
| 4/7/1980 | Iran |
| 4/11/1980 | Iran Rescue Mission |
| 4/15/1980 | Iran Rescue Mission |
| 9/12/1980 | Security Framework Issues |
| Iran | |
| Persian Gulf | |
| 9/24/1980 | Iran |
| Iraq | |
| 9/29/1980 | Iran |
| Iraq | |
| Saudi Request for Military Assistance | |
| 12/7/1980 | Poland |
| USSR | |
| 12/17/1980 | Basic Strategies |
| Military Posture |
- The topics listed were those designated by the NSC itself and may not reflect the full breadth of any particular discussion during a meeting. ↩