NATIONAL SECURITY DECISION DIRECTIVE NUMBER 27: ECONOMIC DECISIONS FOR LIBYA

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• Publication Date: March 9, 1982
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THE WHITE HOUSE
March 9, 1982
MEMORANDUM FOR THE VICE PRESIDENT
THE SECRETARY OF STATE
THE SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY
THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE
THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
THE SECRETARY OF COMMERCE
THE SECRETARY'OF ENERGY
THE COUNSELOR TO THE PRESIDENT
THE DIRECTOR, OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET
THE DIRECTOR OF CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE
THE UNITED STATES REPRESENTATIVE TO THE
UNITED NATIONS
THE UNITED STATES TRADE REPRESENTATIVE
THE CHIEF OF STAFF TO THE PRESIDENT
THE DEPUTY CHIEF OF STAFF TO THE PRESIDENT
THE CHAIRMAN, JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF
SUBJECT: National Security Decision Directive Number 27:
Economic Decisions for Libya
The attached National Security Decision Directive Number 27 of
March 9, 1982 lists the President's economic decisions for Libya.
FOR THE PRESIDENT:
William P. Clark
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Review on March 9, 1988
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March 9, 1982
NATIONAL SECURITY DECISION
DIRECTIVE NUMBER 27
ECONOMIC DECISIONS FOR LIBYA
After consultation with the National Security Council and
in accordance with applicable law, I have decided on the following
steps to reduce the threat posed by Libyan policies and actions.
1. To prohibit the import into the United States of
crude oil from Libya.
2. To require for foreign policy reasons validated licenses
for all exports of U.S. goods and technology to Libya, except for
medicine, medical supplies, food and other agricultural commodities.,
3. The general policy of the
for export to Libya of
a. Goods and technology
security purposes, and
U.S. shall be to deny licenses
controlled for national
b. Oil and gas technology and equipment not readily
available from sources outside the United States.
For all other newly controlled exports of goods and technology,
there is no presumption of denial.
4. To the extent feasible, the administrative steps taken
to implement these decisions shall be designed to minimize the
extraterritorial impact of new export controls, bearing in mind
the basic purposes of these restrictions. In particular, the
United States will follow a flexible policy where third country
companies are involved. Reexports of nonstrategic goods and
technical data already outside of the United States at the time
the new controls are imposed, although subject to licensing,
will not be precluded under these controls; strategic goods
already outside the United States will be considered on a case-
by-case basis; foreign products of a nonstrategic nature derived
from United States technical data will not be affected by the
new controls. The United States will be prepared to show some
flexibility with respect to the licensing of items generally
to be prohibited from export or reexport under the new controls,
where the items are required to fulfill preexisting contracts
or are components representing a minor percentage of products
to be produced abroad. Previously existing export controls
on Libya will not be weakened.
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5.' These decisions shall not preclude the export or
reexport of items for which validated licenses have previously
been issued or where necessary to avoid breach of performance
of preexisting contracts.
6. In light of these decisions, the Secretary of Defense,
the Director of Central Intelligence, the Chairman of the Joint
Chiefs of Staff, shall keep under review contingency planning
regarding possible Libyan reactions and Soviet moves.
7. The Secretary of State and the Assistant to the
President for National Security Affairs shall continue to co-
chair a Task Force on Libya to coordinate, to implement, and to
recommend additional options as necessary.
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THE WHITE HOUSE
IMPORTS OF PETROLEUM
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BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
A PROCLAMATION
The secretaries of commerce and Energy have advised me
that the threat to the national security posed by imports of
petroleum continues. The Secretaries, in conjunction with
the secretaries of State, Defense, and Treasury, advise that
we no longer consider Libya to be a reliable supplier of
United States energy needs, and that we must ensure we are not
vulnerable to Libyan action in this area. Libyan policy and
action supported by revenues from the sale of oil imported into
the-United States are. inimical to United States national security.
The Secretaries recommend that I take steps immediately to
eliminate the dependence of the United States on Libya as a
source of crude oil.
I agree with the recommendation and believe that the changes
proposed are consistent with the purposes of Proclamation 3279, as
amended, and. the national security findings on which it is based.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, RONALD REAGAN, President of the United
States of America, by the authority vested in me by the Constitution
and the laws of the United States, including Section 232 of the
Trade Expansion Act of 1962, as amended (19 U.S.C. 1862), do hereby
proclaim that:
Section 1. Section 1 of the Proclamation 3279, as amended, is
further amended by the revision of paragraph (e) to read as follows:
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Sec. 1(e). Notwithstanding any other provision of the
Proclamation, no crude oil produced in Libya (except crude oil
loaded aboard maritime vessels at any time prior to March 12, 1982/
may be imported into the United States, its territories or
possessions.
Sec. 2. Section 11 of Proclamation 3279, as amended,. is
further amended by the revision of paragraph (1) to read as follows:
Sec.11(1) The term "imports", when applied to crude oil other
than that produced in Libya, 'includes both entry for consumption
and withdrawal from warehouse for consumption, but excludes
unfinished oils and finished products processed in the United
States territories and foreign trade zones from crude oil produced
in the United States.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this tenth
day of. March, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and eighty-two
and of the Independence of the United States of America the two
hundred and sixth.
Ronald Reagan
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