VERSAILLES SUMMIT: BRIEFING MATERIALS FOR PRESIDENT S TRIP TO FRANCE, JUNE 4-6, 1982

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• Publication Date: April 14, 1982
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NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL 42502
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20506
April 14, 1982
MEMORANDUM FOR Nancy Bearg Dyke
Assistant to the Vice President
for National Security Affairs
L. Paul Bremer III
Executive Secretary
Department of State
David Pickford
Executive Secretary
Department of Treasury
Robert P. Meehan
Assistant for Interagency Matters
Office of the Secretary of Defense
Raymond Lett
Executive Assistant to the Secretary
Department of Agriculture
Jean Jones
Director, Executive Secretariat
Department of Commerce
William V. Vitale
Director, Office of the Executive Secretariat
Department of Energy
William Schneider
Associate Director for National Security and
International Affairs
Office of Management and Budget
Thomas B. Cormack, Executive Secretary
Central Intelligence Agency
Dennis Whitfield
Executive Assistant to the USTR
Roger Porter, Special Assistant to the
President for Policy Development
James Burnham, Special Assistant to the
Chairman, Council of Economic Advisers
Charles F. Stebbins, Executive Assistant to
the Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff
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STATE LIAISON: Marshall Casse, E, Room 7250 NS,
632-1089
NSC LIAISON: Henry Nau, Rm. 392, OEOB, 395-6961
S/S-S ACTION
OFFICER: Tom White, Room 7241 NS,.632-8062
The President will participate in the Summit meeting of
industrialized countries to be held June 4-6, 1982, at
Versailles, France. This memorandum assigns responsibility
for the preparation of briefing materials to be included in
the President's briefing book for the Summit.
The guiding principles for all Summit briefing material are
brevity, clarity and, most important, relevance to the issues
and level of the meeting.. Drafters should be particularly
careful to identify issues which the President's colleagues
may raise and to provide appropriate responses. Drafters
should also seek to insure that the President is informed
of the economic and political constraints influencing his
colleagues' positions on issues to be raised at the Summit.
Papers should be prepared on 8 1/2" by 11" plain white bond
paper using IBM Courier 72 typeface or its equivalent and
observing the sample formats attached. They must be letter
perfect. Drafting and clearing information for each paper
should be provided on a separate sheet. Overview papers should
not exceed three pages. Key issue papers should be as concise
,as possible and should not exceed one page. Bilateral issues
papers and country background papers should not exceed two
pages in length.
,Mr. Marshall Casse, Room 7250, State Department, T.N. 632-1089,
as the point of contact for the Department of State, will
receive all briefing materials from drafting agencies. Drafting
agencies will obtain all appropriate interagency clearances
before submission of papers to Mr. Casse. Clearances should
be at the Deputy Assistant Secretary level or higher. The
State Department Executive Secretariat (S/S-S, Mr. Tom White,
T.N. 632-8062) will assemble the briefing books.
The following timetable has been established for preparation
of briefing. materials:
April 22: Deadline for circulation of drafts among.
agencies. -
April 27: First cleared drafts of all papers due at
State (Marshall Casse). y..
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May 17: Final papers due at State (Marshall Casse).
Draft briefing books submitted to NSC
(Henry Nau, 395-6961) for circulation to
Cabinet and White House offices for comment.
.May 19: Senior WH Group Review of. Briefing Books.
May 24: Final briefing books delivered to White House.
The following table of contents designates drafting responsi-
bilities for the Versailles papers. Where. two or more agencies
are shown as co-drafting, the agency listed first has
responsibility for obtaining appropriate interagency clearances
and for final delivery of the paper to State.
"D O,UMt-&
Michael 0. Wheeler
Staff Secretary
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VERSAILLES SUMMIT
President's Briefing Book
I. SCOPE PAPER - will contain the President's objectives
in priority order,. the substantive setting for the
objectives of other participants and US strategy to
achieve our objectives.
Length: 4-5 pages Drafter: NSC/State
II. ANNOTATED SCENARIO - the "script" for the entire Summit
from Versailles arrival to Versailles departure; listing
each event. with bullets indicating the participants,. sub-
ject matter and objectives for each event; cross-referenced
with the rest of the briefing book. .
Length: As required Drafter: NSC/State
III. OVERVIEW AND KEY ISSUES PAPERS - Economic Topics
An Overview paper will be prepared for each major
substantive topic to be covered in Summit plenary
sessions. It will contain U.S. objectives, essential
background and analysis, other country positions, and a
checklist of key issues.
Length: 3 pages Drafters: See assignments
indicated below
Key issues papers, in "point/counterpoint" style, will
be prepared on all key issues raised in the "Interview"
paper and selected other topics as required by the
Summit agenda.
Length: 1 page Drafters: See assignments
maximum indicated below
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Drafting Agencies
A. Overview Paper: Macroeconomics and International
Monetary Issues (Treasury/CEA)
Key Issues Papers:
-? Interest Rates/Budget Deficits Treasury
-- Exchange Rate Policy Treasury
-- Economic Policy Coordination Treasury
-- U.S. Economic Situation CEA
-- Econ. Impact of Oil Price CEA/CIA
Decline
B. Overview Paper: Trade and Investment (USTR)
Key Issues Papers:
-- GATT Ministeral USTR
-- Trade in Services USTR
-- Investment Treasury/State/USTR
-= NTBS, Subsidies, etc. USTR
-- Sectoral Issues--Steel Commerce
--Agriculture Agriculture
-- Reciprocity USTR
-- US/Japan Trade Issues USTR
Trade in High Technology Commerce/USTR
C. Overview Paper: East/West Economic Issues (State/NSC)
Key Issues Papers:
-- COCOM/Strategic Trade State/Commerce/Defense
-- Financial Issues
- Volume of Debt State (Buckley Group)
- Subsidies State (Buckley Group)
-- Countertrade Commerce
-- E/W Trade Composition State
-- Yamal Pipeline State
-- Energy Alternatives to Yamal
Pipeline
D. Overview Paper: North/South Issues (State/NSC)
Key Issues Papers:
-- Global Negotiation
-- Global Growth Conference
-- MDB Issues--US Contributions
--Energy Affiliate
-- Caribbean Basin Initiative
-- Multilateral Food Corps
-- LDC Economic Outlook
-- Population
State/NSC
Treasury
Treasury
Treasury
USTR
AID
Treasury/CIA
State
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Overview Paper: Energy (State)
Key Issues Papers:
Drafting Agencies
-- Energy Security NSC
-- European Energy Supplies CIA
-- U.S. Supply Developments DOE
-- Surge/Stockpiling State/DOE.
-- Price Trends/Outlook DOE
-? Natural Gas - Pricing and Supplies DOE
-- Nuclear Energy DOE
-? Coal DOE
F. Overview Papers: Technology (State/NSC/Commerce)
Key Issues Papers:
High-Technology Trade Issues USTR
-- UN Code on Technology Transfer State
-- Paris Convention State
-- R&D Investment Commerce
-- International Aspects of High
Technology Commerce
IV. OVERVIEW AND KEY ISSUES PAPERS.- Political Topics
Overview Papers: Political Topics (State)
Key Issues Papers:
(East/West Issues)
Soviet Union State
-- Poland State
-- Arms Control: INF/START State
-- (Preliminary to NATO Summit) State
-- Afghanistan (contingency) State
B. (Regional Issues)
Middle East State
Lebanon (contingency) State
Central America/Caribbean
including CBI State
Southern Africa State
China (contingency) State
Southeast Asia (contingency) State
C. (Other Issues)
-- Law of the Sea State
-- Terrorism State
-- Nuclear Non-Proliferation State
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V. tILATERAL PAPERS
A. Issues Papers - will contain major issues
between the us and each Summit country, including
topics other heads of state may raise with the President.
Length: 2 pages Drafter: State
per country
B. Background Papers. - two papers on each country--
one economic, one political--provide information on
the country pertinent to issues likely to be raised
at the Summit. Papers should describe major domestic
economic and political constraints on policy, and
provide a critique of economic policy in the country.
Length: 1 page Drafters:
per paper Economic Paper - Treasury/CIA
Political Paper - State/CIA
VI. TEXTS/TALKING POINTS FOR MAJOR STATEMENTS
Presidential Statements:
First Dinner State/NSC
Opening Plenary NSC, with input from
Treasury, CEA, and
State
Closing Press Conference State
B. Summit Documents:
Draft Communique NSC/State
with USG critique
Michael O. Wheeler
Staff Secretary
Attachments:
1. Overview Guidance
2. Key Issues Guidance
3. Bilateral Issues Guidance
4. Country Background Guidance
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Format: Overview Paper (3 pages)
OVERVIEW: SUBJECT (ALL CAPS)
U.S. OBJECTIVES AND INITIATIVES
Principal U.S. Objective
The top priority U.S. objective in the subject
area, may be expanded to two items if essential.
Supplementary Objectives
Other objectives suitable for Presidential
attention and possible Summit discussion, may include
more specific objectives designed to reinforce the
principal objective.
Initiatives
Specific proposals initiated by the U.S. for which
Summit action is sought.
II.- BACKGROUND AND PRE-SUMMIT PREPARATION
A brief section indicating the "state of play" on this
subject, both in the Summit Preparatory process and in
relevant international forums, including the positions
taken by the U.S.
III. OTHER COUNTRY OBJECTIVES AND STANCE ON U.S. OBJECTIVES
Section indicating objectives of other countries at
Summit with brief comment on rationale for country's position,
e.g., domestic constraints, traditional policy, unique
features, and likely line-up of countries on issues.
IV. DISCUSSION OF OBJECTIVES
For each objective, provide brief elaboration of the
objective, if necessary, and talking points in bullet form.
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Format: Key Issues Paper (1 page)
TITLE, CENTERED (ALL CAPS)
Describe the issue succinctly and briefly state the
II.. ESSENTIAL FACTS
Provide relevant facts, including significant country
positions associated with the choices stated above. In a
second paragraph, state the rationale for U.S. position.
State in Point-Counterpoint format, i.e. the point
which the foreign head of state may make followed by the
U.S. response, or the U.S. point followed by likely foreign
retort.. Use bullet form, but not overly cryptic.
A sample Point-Counterpoint appears below:
Criticism : The U.S. auto agreement with Japan
restrains Japanese exports to the U.S. at the expense
of other industrialized trading partners. .
Response:
-- Japan assured us, and other governments, that it
will not offset restraint to the U.S. with a surge in Europe.
-- Japan's share of many European markets is only
8%, and already severely limited in key countries. Japan
has 21% of U.S. market.
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Format Guidance for
Bilateral Issues Paper (2 pages;
BILATERAL ISSUES : COUNTRY (USE ALL CAPS)
Briefly describe the overall state of bilateral re-
lations from the perspective of the U.S. and of the subject
country. Be brief.
II. KEY ISSUES
Describe the leading issues between the U.S. and
the subject country, one issue per paragraph. Underline
the key words of the issue in the lead sentence of each
paragraph. The last sentence of each paragraph should
lay out the President's approach to the issue in conver-
sation with his foreign colleague, as in the following
example. It will be important to hear Adenauer's views
out-sympathetically in view.of his political situation,
but to avoid promises of support in the OAU and to avoid
AID commitments to the Krupp steel project.
One issue. per paragraph; each paragraph to end with
guidance on how to address the issue in conversation.
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Format : Country Background Paper - (2 pages)
POLITICAL BACKGROUND : COUNTRY (ALL CAPS) or
ECONOMIC BACKGROUND : COUNTRY (ALL CAPS)
NOTE: These papers must concentrate on factors in
the country situation which are relevant to the objectives,
issues and level of the Summit. In particular,'they should,
give insights into the political/economic/social pres-
sures, and policy philosophy, which lie behind positions
the Read of State will take at Versailles.
Brief statement of the essential factors in the poli-
tical (economic situation in the subject country, bearing
on the Versailles Summit.
II. POLICY PROBLEMS AND CONSTRAINTS
Cogent statement of the domestic problems and domestic
pressures facing the Head of State which may influence his
approach to the plenary meetings and bilaterals. Include
U.S. critique of subject country policies where appropriate.
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