COLLECTION FINDING AID



NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR.

NSC EUROPE, CANADA, AND OCEAN AFFAIRS STAFF FILES, 1974-77



CONTENTS

Summary Description | Introduction | Series Descriptions | Container List

SUMMARY DESCRIPTION

Materials of A. Denis Clift and his staff concerning U.S relations with and events in specific countries in Europe and Canada, trips there by American officials, visits to the U.S. by European and Canadian leaders, and ocean policy.

QUANTITY
 30.8 linear feet (ca. 61,600 pages)

DONOR
 Gerald R. Ford (accession number 77-118)

ACCESS
 Open, but some materials continue to be national security restricted. Access is governed by the donor's deed of gift, a copy of which is available on request, and National Archives and Records Administration regulations (36 CFR 1256).

COPYRIGHT
 Gerald R. Ford donated to the United States of America his copyrights in all of his unpublished writings in National Archives collections. The copyrights to materials written by other individuals or organizations are presumed to remain with them. Works prepared by U.S. Government employees as part of their official duties are in the public domain.

Prepared by Geir Gundersen, June 2012
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INTRODUCTION

The “NSC Europe, Canada, and Ocean Affairs Staff Files” is a sub-collection of the National Security Adviser Files. The provenance of the Ford Library’s National Security Adviser Files is described in Appendix A.

The NSC Europe, Canada, and Ocean Affairs staff provided foreign policy support to the President, Vice President, and National Security Adviser on bilateral and multilateral relations in the region. This included, for example, the preparation of briefing materials, talking papers, schedule proposals, Qs and As, and courtesy messages. The staff also served as points of contact for the Legislative branch, American businesses, inter-American organizations, and the general public. It often assisted with Congressional and constituent services.

The NSC Europe, Canada, and Ocean Affairs staff was headed by NSC Senior Staff Member A. Denis Clift. Clift joined the NSC in 1971 and carried over from the Nixon administration when Gerald Ford became President in August 1974. Other staff members included Gerry Flynn and Robert Gates.

Scope and Content of the Materials
The collection is comprised of four series. The materials tend to duplicate materials found in other collections (such as those listed under Related Materials), but some of the internal memoranda and supporting materials used in creating final versions of documents prepared for the President and Vice President may be found only here.

The Country File contains strong materials on US diplomatic and economic relations with the Soviet Union, Canada, France, Great Britain, Greece, Italy, Poland, Portugal, Romania, and Spain, as well as the conflict between Greece and Turkey over Cyprus.

The General Subject File contains materials on a variety of topics including the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe, Eastern Europe, the European Community, North Atlantic Treaty Organization, trade, energy, and ocean policy.

The Trip File contains material on trips made by President Gerald Ford to the Vladivostok Summit, the NATO Summit, West Germany, Poland, Romania, Yugoslavia, and the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe.

The Visits File contains material for head of state and other visits from leaders of Austria, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Great Britain, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Poland, Spain, Turkey, West Germany, and Yugoslavia.

Related Materials (June 2012)
The most closely related materials are in the National Security Adviser’s Presidential Country Files for Europe and Canada, Trip Briefing Books and Cables of President Ford, Presidential Briefing Materials for VIP Visits, Presidential Correspondence with Foreign Leaders, Kissinger-Scowcroft West Wing Office Files, Kissinger Reports to the President on USSR, China, and Middle East Discussions, Trip Briefing Books and Cables of Henry Kissinger, and U.S. National Security Council Institutional Files. Several categories of the White House Central Files Subject File, especially “CO-Countries” files, also contain related materials. Researchers can identify the file locations of additional materials relating to Europe, Canada, and ocean policy from PRESNET search reports, which are available upon request.

SERIES DESCRIPTIONS

Country File, 1974-77.  (Boxes 1-41, 16.4 linear feet)
Memorandums, memorandums of conversations, briefing papers, reports, cables, and correspondence on U.S. diplomatic relations with countries of Eastern and Western Europe, in particular Cyprus, France, Great Britain, Greece, Italy, Poland, Portugal, Romania, the Soviet Union, Spain, and Turkey, as well as Canada. Substantive topics include arms control, East-West relations, energy, foreign aid, military assistance, military bases, North Atlantic Treaty Organization, trade, the Turkish arms embargo, and policy and security interests in the region.

Arranged alphabetically by name of country.

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General Subject File, 1974-77. (Boxes 42-67, 10.4 linear feet)
Memorandums, memorandums of conversations, briefing papers, and correspondence on a variety of topics including the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe, Eastern Europe, East-West trade, energy, the European Community, North Atlantic Treaty Organization, military exercises, SALT, Law of the Sea, Two-Hundred-Mile Limit, deep seabed mining, Svalbard, Berlin, U.S. policy and security objectives in the region, and U.S. bilateral relations with many countries in the region.

Arranged alphabetically by subject.

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Ford Trips File, 1974-77.  (Boxes 68-70, 1.2 linear feet)
Memorandums, memorandums of conversations, briefing papers, reports, cables, correspondence, press releases, biographies, and newspaper clippings regarding trips by President Gerald Ford. Included are Ford’s 1974 trip to the Vladivostok Summit and his 1975 trips to the NATO Summit, West Germany, Poland, Romania, Yugoslavia, and the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe. The materials address U.S. bilateral relations with each country and multilateral issues within the region.

Arranged chronologically by date of trip.

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Visits by Foreign Leaders File, 1974-77. (Boxes 71-77, 2.8 linear feet)
Memorandums, memorandums of conversations, briefing papers, reports, cables, correspondence, press releases, and biographies for head of state visits from Italy, Poland, Austria, Canada, West Germany, Yugoslavia, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, France, Spain, Turkey, United Kingdom, and Finland. Also included are materials on a visit by Soviet Foreign Minister Gromyko and an unofficial visit by Queen Margrethe II of Denmark. The materials address U.S. bilateral relations with each country and multilateral issues within the region.

Arranged chronologically by date of visit.

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CONTAINER LIST

Box 1 - Country File

Box 2 - Country File

Box 3 - Country File

Box 4 - Country File

Box 5 - Country File

Box 6 - Country File

Box 7 - Country File

Box 8 - Country File

Box 9 - Country File

Box 10 - Country File

Box 11- Country File

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Box 41 - Country File

Box 42 - General Subject File

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Box 68 - Ford Trips File

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Box 70 - Ford Trips File

Box 71 - Visits by Foreign Leaders File

Box 72 - Visits by Foreign Leaders File

Box 73 - Visits by Foreign Leaders File

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Box 77 - Visits by Foreign Leaders File