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862 """' THE WH ITE HOUSE WASHINGTON February 28, 1 98 1 MEMORANDUM FOR: THE VICE PRESIDENT SUBJECT: THE SECRETARY OF STATE THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE THE ATTORNEY GENERAL THE UNITED STATES REPRESENTATIVE TO THE UNITED NATIONS THE DIRECTOR OF CENTRAL INTELL IGENCE COUNSELLOR TO THE PRESIDENT CHIEF OF STAFF TO THE PRE SIDENT THE CHAIRMAN, JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF Summary of Conclusi ons of NSC Meeting, Fe bru ary 27, 1981 Following for your infonnation is the - Summary of Con c lu sions of th e NSC meeting on El Salvador: Deploy a single five-man Operational Plann ing Assistance Team (OPAT) and three five-man Small Unit Training Teams (S UT ), for a total of 20 additional personnel, as requested by the Government of El Salvador and approved by our Ambassador with support of his entire country team. Teams may be deployed to garriso ns outsi de of San Salvador as the Ambassa dor (Chief of M ission) may direct. ts.) Reprogram $SM in FY 81 FMS for El Sal vador. ('s..) Provide $20M in FY 81 under Se ction 50 6a, For e i gn Assis tance Act, for El Sal va dor. Deploy a military survey team to Honduras to de termine requirements. ('s.) Integrate the CIA and DOD plan s and pro grams . Consult informally with Congres s; War Powers R esolu tion does not apply to present circums tance s. ('$) cc: Wm Schneider 1987 ' .. 1 . I 1 .. tV. u.___ '<- Richard V. Allen Assistant to the President f or National Se curity Af fairs v DECLASSIFIED NLRR RV

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S~NSITIVE

"""' THE WH ITE HOUSE

WASHINGTON

February 28, 198 1

MEMORANDUM FOR: THE VICE PRESIDENT

SUBJECT:

THE SECRETARY OF STATE THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE THE ATTORNEY GENERAL THE UNITED STATES REPRESENTATIVE TO

THE UNITED NATIONS THE DIRECTOR OF CENTRAL INTELL IGENCE COUNSELLOR TO THE PRESIDENT CHIEF OF STAFF TO THE PRE SIDENT THE CHAIRMAN, JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF

Summary of Conclusions of NSC Meeting, February 27, 1981

Following for your infonnation is the - Summary of Conclusions of the NSC meeting on El Salvador:

Deploy a single five-man Operational Planning Assistance Team (OPAT) and three five-man Small Unit Training Teams (SUT ), for a total of 20 additional personnel, a s requested by the Government of El Salvador and approved by our Ambassador with support of his entire country team. ~

Teams may be deployed to garrisons outside of San Salvador as the Ambassador (Chief of Mission) may direct. ts.)

Reprogram $SM in FY 81 FMS for El Sal vador. ('s..)

Provide $20M in FY 81 under Section 506a, Fore i gn Assis tance Act, for El Salvador. ~

Deploy a military survey team to Honduras to de termine requirements. ('s.)

Integrate the CIA and DOD plans and programs . ~)

Consult informally with Congres s ; War Powers Resolution does not apply to present circums tances . ('$)

cc: Wm Schneider

1987

' ~A .. 1 . I 1 . . !.~ tV. u.___ '<-

Richard V. Allen Assistant to the President f or National Security Affairs

v DECLASSIFIED NLRR

RV

SUMMARY OF CONCLUSIONS

(El Salvador)

It was concluded that prompt action needed to be taken to shore up the GOES. It was also concluded that training personnel would be in uniform and would be deployed in garrisons outside San Salvador. The MTTs, however, would be there in a strictly training capacity and specific prohibitions against any combat advisory role were agreed on.

It was decided that Congress be consulted informally a nd on as routine a basis as possible.

It was also decided to continue work on a longer-term strategy which would carefully blend both covert and overt actions.

The short-term decisions were:

sending the additional MTTs;

funding additional military assistance from $5 million of reprogrammed aid and $20 mi~lion under Sec tion 506;

sending in a MTT survey team to Honduras.

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Summary o f Conc lusions

(Saudi Arabia )

Saudi F-15 Enhancement

The President gave final appr ova l to t he February 6 , 1981 proposal of the Secretarie s of St ate a nd Defense to provide selected F-15 enhancem~nt items t o Saudi Arabia and to provide additional sec urity a s sista nce to Israel.

As reflected in the Secretaries' p roposal , t he USG will be supportive of Israeli sa l e s of Kf i r a ircraft in the context of our more for t hcoming a r ms s ales policy. The Israelis stil l will have to compete for sale s on an even b a sis with US aer ospace c ompanie s.

This favorable deci sio~ on t he Saudi request for F-15 enhancement should form the bas i s for an i mproved dialogue with the Saud~ s on a broa d r a nge o f security issues of mutual concern. The c able s f r om the Secretaries of State and De fens e to t heir Saudi counterparts should make this point.

The National Security Council Staff will prepare and circulate a draft talking paper fo r u s e with key leaders of the American Jewish communi ty . The p a per will stress the President's commitme nt t hat t he USG will take no action in t his are a that would be harmful t o Israe l' s security i n t erests.

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