National Security Council / Special Assistant to President Reagan, 1983-1986
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Jack Matlock was appointed to the National Security Council as Senior Director of European and Soviet Affairs while he still served as ambassador to Czechoslovakia in 1983. The collection's materials during this period have been split according to his work responsibilities, but overlaps persist for this window of time as he travelled between Prague and Washington. There are also letters between him and Rebecca during their separation, held in this subseries.
This period includes significant materials regarding negotiations between the US and USSR, leading to the first summit between Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev in Geneva in 1985 and subsequent summit in Reykjavik in 1986. The subseries includes a wide range of Matlock's notes, memoranda, and correspondence documenting meetings between US and Soviet officials. Also included are Matlock's drafts of of potential policies, speeches for Reagan, and his thoughts on different approaches that the US might pursue.
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