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. ↩