Ronald Reagan Presidential Library Digital Library Collections This is a PDF of a folder from our textual collections. Collection: European and Soviet Affairs Directorate, NSC: Records Folder Title: Canada 1984 [January 1984] Box: RAC box 1 To see more digitized collections visit: https://reaganlibrary.gov/archives/digital-library To see all Ronald Reagan Presidential Library inventories visit: https://reaganlibrary.gov/document-collection Contact a reference archivist at: [email protected] Citation Guidelines: https://reaganlibrary.gov/citing National Archives Catalogue: https://catalog.archives.gov/ WITHDRAWAL SH 1EET Ronald Reagan Library Collection Name EUROPEAN AND SOVIET AFFAIRS DIRECTORATE, NSC Withdrawer :RECORDS CAS 1/6/2005 File Folder CANADA 1984 [JANUARY 1985] FOIA F00-094 Box Number RAC BOX 1 MUNTON 16 . ID Doc Type Document Description No of Doc Date Restrictions Pages 1728 CABLE 212352Z 4 112111985 Bl R 3/11/2008 F00-094 1729 MEMO TY COBB TO MCFARLANE RE YOUR 1/23/1985 B 1 . MEETING WITH GOTLIEB 1 730 TALKING FOR MEETING (ATTACHMENT TO DOC 2 ND Bl POINTS #1729) R 7/6/2006 1731 LETTER PM MULRONEY TO RR 3 12/19/1984 Bl R 2/27/2018 F00-094/1 1732 LETTER RR TO MULRONEY 3 1/14/1985 Bl R 7/6/2006 1810 LETTER J.A. DOUCET TO MICHAEL DEAVER 1/18/1985 B 1 R 2/27/2018 F00-094/1 1733 MMEO COBB TO MCFARLANE RE YOUR MEETING 1/16/1985 Bl WITH GOTLIEB 1734 TALKING FOR MEETING WITH GOTTLIEB 1 ND Bl POINTS R 7/6/2006 1735 MEMO WILLIAM CLARK TO RR RE REPLY TO 4/9/1982 Bl LETTER FROM PRESIDENT PORTILLO OF MEXICO Freedom of lnfonnation Act· [5 U.S.C. 552(b)] B-1 National security classified infonnatlon [(b)(1) of the FOIA] B-2 Release would disclose Internal personnel rules and practices of an agency [(b)(2) of the FOIA] B-3 Release would violate a Federal statute [(b)(3) of the FOIA] B-4 Release would disclose trade secrets or confidential or financial lnfonnation [(b)(4) of the FOIA] B-6 Release would constitute a clearly unwarranted Invasion of personal privacy [(b)(6) of the FOIA] B-7 Release would disclose infonnation compiled for law enforcement purposes [(b)(7) of the FOIA] B-8 Release would disclose infonnation concerning the regulation of financial Institutions [(b)(8) of the FOIA] B-9 Release would disc lose geological or geophysical infonnation concerning wells [(b)(9) of the FOIA] C. Closed In accordance with restrictions contained in donor's deed of gift. WITHDRAWAL SHEET Ronald Reagan Library Collection Name EUROPEAN AND SOVIET AFFAIRS DIRECTORATE, NSC Withdrawer :RECORDS CAS 1/6/2005 File Folder CANADA 1984 [JANUARY 1985] FOIA F00-094 Box Number RAC BOX 1 MUNTON 16 ID Doc Type Document Description No of Doc Date Restrictions Pages 1736 DRAFT LETTER RR TO PORTILLO 3 ND Bl R 7/6/2006 Freedom of Information Act - (5 U.S.C. 552(b)] B-1 National security classified information [(b)(1) of the FOIA) B-2 Release would disclose internal personnel rules and practices of an agency [(b)(2) of the FOIA] B-3 Release would violate a Federal statute ((b)(3) of the FOIA] B-4 Release would disclose trade secrets or confidential or financial information [(b)(4) of the FOIA] B-6 Release would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy ((b)(6) of the FOIA] B-7 Release would disclose information compiled for law enforcement purposes ((b)(7) of the FOIA] B-8 Release would disclose Information concerning the regulation of financial institutions [(b)(S) of the FOIA] B-9 Release would disclose geological or geophysical information concerning wells [(b)(9) of the FOIA] C. Closed in accordance with restrictions contained in donor's deed of gift. January 21, 1985 Mr. President: At the beginning of your second term as President of the United States of America, it is a great pleasure for me to extend to you my best wishes and those of the people of Canada. Americans and Canadians continue to provide to the world a remarkable example of mutually beneficial cooperation between nations. I am confident that the future will bring new and exciting opportunities for us to work together for the advancement of our many common values and aspirations. Yours sincerely, (signed) Jeanne Sauve Governor General of Canada The President of the United States of America lllllll,llllllllllllllllllllllll5111111111 CONr\QENTIAL NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL ~-·.; ~ SECRETARIAT ? , ~ PAGE 01 OF 02 DTG: 212352Z JAN 85 PSN: 022557 EOB839 AN TOR: 022 / 0347Z CSN: HCE384 DIS TR I BUT ION: STEI-0 1 MAL Y-01 SOMM-0 1 MAT-01 COBB-01 ...... E /005 Al ,. '(>(/ x WHTS ASSIGNED DISTRIBUTION: SIT: D EOB: I / s OP IMMED VSlC:IZ · 3 STU9523 DE RUEHOT #0515/01 0212354 0 212352Z JAN 85 FM AMEMBASSY OTTAWA E TO SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 0480 x INFO NATO COLLECTIVE PRIORITY D AMEMBASSY MOSCOW PRIORITY 1498 I ZEN/ALL AMCONSULS CANADA POUCH s C 0 N F ~ NT I AL SECTION 01 OF 1212 OTTAWA 1210515 EXDIS NOFORN E x 5 D REF: A. OTTAWA 283, B. 84 OTTAWA 8996, OTTAWA 514 sI 1. <CbN~ENTIAL - NOFORN) - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. R JOE CL ARK MADE EFENSE INITIATIVE ~DI), ON THE FIRST DAY OF PARLIAMENT FOLLOWING THE CHRISTM'.li!"S" RECESS. E BY PERSONALLY ALERTING THE EMBASSY IN ADVANCE AND BY x STATING GENERAL GOC SUPPORT FOR THE SDI AS A ~;:S,fARCH ... FRescci , {'.![~~ f!'IAS OF 1!2' lO'"A~F r '""'" P'5Lf'r! L RISKS D SE IDENTIFICATION WITH THE U RMS ERAL LEADER TURNER .a: I NDI ATE THAT HE AND HIS PARTY SEE POLITICAL MILEAGE s IN DIFFERENTIATING THEMSELVES FROM US IN THIS AREA. 5 COMPLETE TEXT OF CLARK' S STATEMENT CONT AI NED REF C. z END SUMMARY. 3. EXTAFF MINISTER CLARK TELEPHONED CHARGE ABOUT AN HOUR BEFORE HIS JANUARY 21 STATEMENT TO THE COMMONS ON ARMS CONTROL ITEXT CONTAINED SEPTEL) WAS DELIVERED TO ALERT THE USG. WHILE SAYING THAT HE WAS OBLIGED TO INFORM PAR LI AMENT FIRST, CL ARK SUMMAR I ZED MAIN POINTS HE PLANNED TO MAKE. CLARK SAID THAT HE WAS MAKING STATEMENT TO PUT TO REST APPARENT PUBLIC DISAGREEMENT WHICH HAD EMERGED FROM UNCOORDINATED STATEMENTS FROM WITHIN GOVERNMENT. HE SAID HE WANTED US TO KNOW OF HIS STATEMENT IN ADVANCE AND INDICATED HE WOULD WELCOME ANY REACTION. CHARGE EXPRESSED APPRECIATION FOR ADVANCE NOTICE BUT SAID THAT MEANINGFUL REACTION WOULD BE DIFFICULT IN VIEW OF SHORTNESS OF TIME AND ON BASIS OF BRIEF SUMMARY. HE INDICATED THAT IN HIS PERSONAL VIEW CONF1'DENTIAL CONF~NT I AL NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL SECRETARIAT PAGE 02 OF 02 OTTAWA 0515 DTG: 212352Z JAN 85 PSN: 02255.7 ELEMENTS SEEMED IN LINE WITH US POSITION AND GENERALLY SUPPORTIVE. CHARGE NOTED EMBASSY WOULD REPORT FULL TEXT TO WASHINGTON AS WELL AS CLARK'S EFFORT TO ALERT US IN xE ADVANCE. 4. REACTION TO CLARK'S STATEMENT BY TWO OPPOSITION D PARTIES, BOTH OF WHOM WERE GIVEN ADVANCE NOTICE THAT IT WOULD BE MADE, WAS CRITICAL AND BASED ON PREDICTABLE I ARGUMENTS. LEADER OF THE OPPOSITION AND LIBERAL PARTY s LEADER JOHN TURNER CHARGED CLARK WITH "HAVING DONE LITTLE MORE THAN RESTATE" THE USG'S POSITION ON SDI, AND ARGUED THAT CLARK HAD GIVEN GOC' S SUPPORT TO THIS "DESTABILIZING" PROGRAM. TURNER CLAIMED THAT THE MULRONEY GOVERNMENT WAS ABANDONING THE CANADIAN TRADITION OF TAKING AN "ACTIVE, INTERVENTIONIST" ROLE ON ARMS CONTROL ISSUES AND OF TELLING OUR FRIENDS THE E TRUTH. HE CITED THE DEC. 10 RESOLUTION WHICH THE LIBERALS INTRODUCED IN PARLIAMENT, CALLING ON THE US AND x USSR TO INCLUDE A MUTUALLY VERIFIABLE NUCLEAR FREEZE AND AN ANTI-SATELLITE WEAPONS BAN ON THEIR NEGOTIATING D AGENDA, AS AN EXAMPLE OF THE ACTIVIST ROLE HIS PARTY IS I PROPOSING FOR CANADA ~EF Bl. IN AN ATTEMPT TO SEIZE THE MIDDLE GROUND FOR THE LIBERALS, TURNED ARGUED THAT s THE CONSERVATIVES AND THE NEW DEMOCRATS HAD REJECTED ,-- THE RESOLUTION BECAUSE THEY WERE "LOCKED IN" TO THEIR RESPECTIVE "RIGHT AND LEFT IDEOLOGIES." TURNER ASSERTED THAT IT WAS NOT ANTI-AMERICAN TO INSIST ON AN INDEPENDENT FOREIGN POLICY, AND DECLARED THAT WHILE CANADA MIGHT BE OPEN FOR BUSINESS, "WE ' RE NOT UP FOR SALE. " LIBERAL SHADOW MI NI STER FOR REGIONAL INDUSTRIAL E EXPANSION LLOYD AXWORTHY ALSO CLAIMED THAT CLARK ' S x REMARKS REPRESENTED A "SHOCKING REVERSAL" OF THE CANADIAN TRADITION OF ADVOCATING ARMS CONTROL. AXWORTHY, WHO D FREQUENTLY SPEAKS FOR THE LIBERALS ON ARMS CONTROL ISSUE I ASSERTED THAT THE SDI WOULD INEVITABLY BE DESTABILIZING, s SINCE THE HISTORY OF THE ARMS RACE HAS BEEN MARKED BY THE ATTEMPTS OF ONE SIDE TO "CATCH UP" WITH ANY TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCES MADE BY THE OTHER . 5. NEW DEMOCRATIC CSOCIALISTl PARTY EXTERNAL AFFAIRS CRITIC PAULINE JEWETT DECLARED THAT CLARK HAD ADDRESSED THE SDI IN "AN EXTRAORDINARILY CONVOLUTED WAY." IN E THE SAME BREATH, SHE CLAIMED THAT THE SDI WAS UNWORKABLE x THAT IT WOULD SPARK A NEW ROUND IN THE ARMS RACE ; AND THAT, ACCORDING TO US MILITARY SOURCES, THE SOVIETS D CANNOT MATCH THE US IN DEVELOPMENT OF DEFENSIVE TECHNOL- I OGIES. SHE CHARGED THAT CLARK ERRED IN BELIEVING THAT s THE US WOULD ONLY ENGAGE IN RESEARCH ON THE SDI AND NOT BY OC / T: MESSAGE UPGRADED TO EXDIS PER V. M . ROCHA, S / S-0. BT CONF'fMNT I AL 111111111111111111111111111111111111111111 CONFOOTIAL NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL SECRETARIAT -----·-·· - - - · - - PAGE 1211 OF 02 OTTAWA 121515 DTG: 2 1 2 3 5 2 Z JAN 8 5 PSN: 022558 EOB84121 AN1211215701 TOR: 0 2 2 / 121 3 4 8 Z CSN: HCE385 DISTRIBUTION: STEI-1211 MALY-01 SOMM-01 MAT-01 COBB-01 /12105 Al E x WHTS ASSIGNED DISTRIBUTION: SIT: D EOB: sI OP I MME D VSK12126 633 UTS7521 DE RUEHOT •121515/02 121212355 0 2123522 JAN 85 FM AMEMBASSY OTTAWA E TO SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 121481 x INFO NATO COLLECTIVE PRIORITY D AMEMBASSY MOSCOW PRIORITY 1499 I ZEN/ALL AMCONSULS CANADA POUCH s C 0 N F I~ N T I A L SECTION 02 OF 1212 OTTAWA 0121515 EXDIS NOFORN E.