SUMMARY OF CONCLUSIONS OF SCC(I) MEETING, 21 DECEMBER 1977

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• Document Creation Date: December 23, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 18, 2014
• Sequence Number: 44
• Publication Date: December 27, 1977
• Content Type: MF

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27 December 1977
MEMORANDUM FOR
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SUBJECT: Summary of Conclusions of SCC (I) Meeting,
21 December 1977
Attached is the Summary of Conclusions of the SCC (I) meeting on
21 December 1977 on the Horn of Africa.
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NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL
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21 December 1977
MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD
SUBJECT: Summary of Conclusions, SCC(I) Meeting, 21 December 1977,
3: 30-4: 45 p .m., White House Situation Room
PARTICIPANTS:
State:
Cyrus Vance
Warren D. Christopher
Richard Moose
Defense:
Harold Brown
David E. McGiffert
General George Brown (JCS)
Lt. Gen. W.Y. Smith (JCS)
CIA:
William W. Wells
Robert Bowie
William Parmenter
Justice:
Frederick D. Baron
Kenneth Bass
NSC:
Zbigniew Brzezinski (Chairman)
David Aaron
Paul B. Henze (Notetaker)
The meeting was devoted entirely to discussion of the current situation in
the Horn of Africa and its 4.mplications for U.S. policy. During the first
25 minutes CIA representatives summarized currently available intelligence
on the Soviet Airlift, the military situation in Ethiopia, Ethiopian and Somali
military capabilities and the Ethiopian political situation. At the end of
this presentation, Dr. Brzezinski directed the intelligence community to
give high priority to collection of information on all these subjects and to
analysis deriving from it--in particular Somali capabilities and foreign
support.
The next 40 minutes were devoted to discussion of the implications of Horn
developments for U.S. policy, their potential impact on larger issues in
U .S . -Soviet relations, and possible courses of action the United States
could consider to keep the situation from deteriorating further and cause
developments to move in directions more favorable to our basic interests.
In anticipation of a more focused meeting on these subjects in January with,
hopefully, more information available, Dr. Brzezinski suggested that
several subjects be further studied, with discussions meanwhile at Working
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