Author:Richard Milhous Nixon/National Security Decision Memorandums

National Security Decision Memorandums

National Security Decision Memorandums
Number	Document Title	Date
NSDM 1	Establishment of NSC Decision and Study Memoranda Series	20 Jan 69
NSDM 2	Reorganization of the National Security Council System	20 Jan 69
NSDM 3	The Direction, Coordination,and Supervision of Interdepartmental Activities Overseas	20 Jan 69
NSDM 4	Program Analysis Studies	4 Sept 69
NSDM 5	Disposition of National Security Action Memoranda	03 Feb 69
NSDM 6	Presidential Decision to Ratify Non-proliferation Treaty	05 Feb 69
NSDM 7	Direction, Coordination,and Supervision of Interdepartmental Activities Overseas -- Interdepartmental Groups	07 Feb 69
NSDM 8	Crisis Anticipation and Management	21 Mar 69
NSDM 9	Vietnam	01 Apr 69
NSDM 10	Aid and Pl-480 Commitments	11 Apr 69
NSDM 11	Peru	11 Apr 69
NSDM 12	NATO	14 Apr 69
NSDM 13	Policy Toward Japan	28 May 69
NSDM 14	Policy Toward Post-de Gaulle France	29 May 69
NSDM 15	East-west Trade	28 May 69
NSDM 16	Criteria for Strategic Sufficiency	24 Jun 69
NSDM 17	Relaxation for Economic Controls Against China	26 Jun 69
NSDM 18	Review of Underground Nuclear Tests	27 Jun 69
NSDM 19	Washington Special Actions Group	03 Jul 69
NSDM 20	Us Foreign Internal Defense Policy	10 Jul 69
NSDM 21	Peru	22 Jul 69
NSDM 22	Interdepartmental Organization for Panamanian Affairs	27 Aug 69
NSDM 23	Vietnam Special Studies Group	16 Sep 69
NSDM 24	Vietnam	17 Sep 69
NSDM 25	Disposition of Outdated NSC Policy Papers	17 Sep 69
NSDM 26	Defense Program Review Committee	11 Oct 69
NSDM 27	US Military Posture	11 Oct 69
NSDM 28	Untying of Aid	20 Oct 69
NSDM 29	Tariff Preferences for Developing Countries	31 Oct 69
NSDM 30	US Position for Special Mtgs of Inter-american Economic and Social Council	05 Nov 69
NSDM 31	Rockefeller Recommendations on Debt Service	05 Nov 69
NSDM 32	Water Development and Middle East Policy	06 Nov 69
NSDM 33*	Preliminiary Strategic Arms Limitation Talks	12 Nov 69
NSDM 34	US Policy Toward Greece: Military Assistance	14 Nov 69
NSDM 35	US Policy on Chemical Warfare Program and Bacteriological/biological Research Program	25 Nov 69
NSDM 36	Holiday Truces,cease-fire and Troop Withdrawls	03 Dec 69
NSDM 37	US Position for Special Mtgs of Inter-american Economic and Social Council	27 Jan 70
NSDM 38	US Policy Toward Southern Africa	28 Jan 70
NSDM 39	US Position for Special Mtgs of Inter-american Economic and Social Council	29 Jan 70
NSDM 40*	Responsibility for Conduct, Supervision, and Coordination of Covert Action Operations	17 Feb 70
NSDM 41	Debt Service	18 Feb 70
NSDM 42	Jet Aircraft for Argentina	19 Feb 70
NSDM 43	US Policy Toward Spain: Base Negotiations	20 Feb 70
NSDM 44	US Policy on Toxins	20 Feb 70
NSDM 45	US Policy Toward Spain: Proposed Spanish Trade Agreement with the European Community	02 Mar 70
NSDM 46	Jet Aircraft for Latin America	05 Mar 70
NSDM 47	US Policy Toward Rhodesia	09 Mar 70
NSDM 48	US Programs in Korea	20 Mar 70
NSDM 49*	Preparation of Detailed Salt Options	27 Mar 70
NSDM 50	Release of Public Information Concerning Foreign Nuclear Tests	06 Apr 70
NSDM 51*	Vienna Strategic Arms Limitation Talks	10 Apr 70
NSDM 52	Quarterly Report on the State of the War and Vietnamization	10 Apr 70
NSDM 53	Draft Reform and the Elimination of Draft Calls	14 Apr 70
NSDM 54	Inter-American Development Bank Replenishment	16 Apr 70
NSDM 55	South West Africa	17 Apr 70
NSDM 56	Actions in Support of Cambodian Govt	22 Apr 70
NSDM 57	Actions to Protect US Forces in South Vietnam	26 Apr 70
NSDM 58	Actions to Protect US Forces in South Vietnam	28 Apr 70
NSDM 59*	Fy 1971-1972 Nuclear Weapons Stockpile	09 May 70
NSDM 60**	Nuclear Weapons Deployment Authorization for Fy 1971	09 May 70
NSDM 61	Jordan Arms Package	19 May 70
NSDM 62	Convention on Continental Shelf and Seabeds	22 May 70
NSDM 63	Psychological Warfare Operations Against the Vietnamese Communists	02 Jun 70
NSDM 64	Panama Canal	05 Jun 70
NSDM 65	Tariff Preferences for Developing Countries	12 Jun 70
NSDM 66	Next Steps in the Middle East	18 Jun 70
NSDM 67	Military Supply Policy Toward Greece	25 Jun 70
NSDM 68	US Policy Toward the European Community	03 Jul 70
NSDM 69*	Strategic Arms Limitation Talks	09 Jul 70
NSDM 70	International Space Cooperation: US-USSR Activities	10 Jul 70
NSDM 71	US Antarctic Policy and Program	10 Jul 70
NSDM 72	Exchange of Technical Data Between the US and the International Space Community	17 Jul 70
NSDM 73*	Supplemental Guidance for Strategic Arms Limitation Talks	22 Jul 70
NSDM 74	Detailed Statement of Provisions of US Salt Position	31 Jul 70
NSDM 75	Rhodesia Sanctions	07 Aug 70
NSDM 76	New US Foreign Assistance Programs	10 Aug 70
NSDM 77	Air Activity in Southeast Asia over Fy 1971	12 Aug 70
NSDM 78	Authorization for Use of Riot Control Agents and Chemical Herbicides in War	11 Aug 70
NSDM 79	Establishment of Special Review Group for Southeast Asia	13 Aug 70
NSDM 80	Vietnam Economic Policy	13 Aug 70
NSDM 81*	Implementation of Arms Embargo on South Africa and Portugese African Territories	17 Aug 70
NSDM 82	Revision of US Port Security Program	01 Sep 70
NSDM 83	IA-ECOSOC / US Position for Fall Mtgs of Special Committee for Consultation and Negotiation	07 Sep 70
NSDM 84	Defense Program Fy 72-76	11 Sep 70
NSDM 85	NSC Senior Review Group	14 Sep 70
NSDM 86	Tariff Preferences for Developing Countries	14 Oct 70
NSDM 87	Military and Financial Assistance to Israel	15 Oct 70
NSDM 88*	US Force Levels in Europe and "Burden-sharing"	15 Oct 70
NSDM 89*	Cambodia Strategy	26 Oct 70
NSDM 90	Instructions for Strategic Arms Limitation and Talks at Helsinki (SALT III)	02 Nov 70
NSDM 91	US Policy on Germany and Berlin	06 Nov 70
NSDM 92	US Policy Toward Persian Gulf	07 Nov 70
NSDM 93	Policy Towards Chile	09 Nov 70
NSDM 94	US Policy Toward Haiti	13 Nov 70
NSDM 95	US Strategy and Forces for Nato	25 Nov 70
NSDM 96	Nuclear Weapons Safety Rules	14 Dec 70
NSDM 97	Safeguard Review	08 Feb 70
NSDM 98	Coordination of Foreign Affairs Research Sponsored by Federal Government	09 Feb 70
NSDM 99	East-west Trade	01 Mar 71
NSDM 100	Military Equipment Package for Jordan	01 Mar 71
NSDM 101	Fy 1971 Economic Assistance Program for India	02 Mar 71
NSDM 102	Instructions for Strategic Arms Limitations Talks at Vienna (Salt IV)	11 Mar 71
NSDM 103*	Military Cooperation with France	29 Mar 71
NSDM 104	Cooperation with France on Nuclear Safety	29 Mar 71
NSDM 105	Steps Toward Augmentation of Travel and Trade Btw PRC and US	13 Apr 71
NSDM 106	Berlin Negotiations	22 Apr 71
NSDM 107	Indonesian Military Assistance	05 May 71
NSDM 108	Guidance on Mutual and Balanced Force Reductions	21 May 71
NSDM 109	Pan Amer Highway and the Darien Gap	25 May 72
NSDM 110	Us-soviet Incidents at Sea	26 May 71
NSDM 111	Brazilian Territorial Sea Claims and Related Fisheries Problem	29 May 71
NSDM 112	Country Programming	24 Aug 71
NSDM 113	Republic of Korea Forces in South Vietnam	23 Jun 71
NSDM 114	Bolivia	23 Jun 71
NSDM 115	Panama Canal Treaty Negotiations	24 Jun 71
NSDM 116	US Policy on Mutual Force Reductions in Europe (MBFR)	28 Jun 71
NSDM 117	Instructions for Strategic Arms Limitation Talks at Helsinki (Salt V)	02 Jul 71
NSDM 118	Improvements in South Vietnamese Forces	03 Jul 71
NSDM 119	Disclosure of Classified US Military Information to Foreign Govts and International Organizations	20 Jul 71
NSDM 120	Further Instructions for the Strategic Arms Limitations Talks at Helsinki (Salt V)	20 Jul 71
NSDM 121*	Nuclear Weapons Deployment Authorization for Fy 1972	21 Jul 71
NSDM 122	US Oceans Policy	22 Jul 71
NSDM 123	Participation by Secretary of Treasury and Attorney General in Mtgs of NSC	27 Jul 71
NSDM 124*	US-UK Nuclear Relations	29 Jul 71
NSDM 125	Berlin Negotiations: Issue of Soviet Consulate General	11 Aug 71
NSDM 126	Additional Assistance to Thailand	11 Aug 71
NSDM 127	Further Instructions for the Strategic Arms Limitation Talks at Helsinki (Salt V)	12 Aug 71
NSDM 128*	Fy 1972-1974 Nuclear Weapons Stockpile	16 Aug 71
NSDM 129	ROK Force Structure and Modernization Program	02 Sep 71
NSDM 130	US-Japan Joint Economic Committee Mtg	07 Sep 71
NSDM 131	Panama Canal Treaty Negotiations	13 Sep 71
NSDM 132	Modification of SSBN Commitments to Nato	13 Sep 71
NSDM 133	US Strategy and Forces for Nato;allied Force Improvements	22 Sep 71
NSDM 134*	Policy Guidance on Mutual and Balanced Force Reductions	02 Oct 71
NSDM 135	Fy 1972 Underground Nuclear Test Program (Grommet)	06 Oct 71
NSDM 136	Policy in Cases of Expropriation	08 Oct 71
NSDM 137	Policy Toward Iceland	13 Oct 71
NSDM 138	Policy Toward Malta	13 Oct 71
NSDM 139*	Fishing Negotiations with Chile, Ecuador and Peru re Response to NSDM 122	05 Nov 71
NSDM 140	Instructions for the Strategic Arms Limitation Talks at Vienna (Salt VI)	15 Nov 71
NSDM 141	Herbicides in Vietnam	26 Nov 71
NSDM 142	Presidential Guidance on Mutual and Balanced Force Reductions and a European Conference	02 Dec 71
NSDM 143	US International Exchange Programs	17 Dec 71
NSDM 144	US Arctic Policy and Arctic Policy Group	22 Dec 71
NSDM 145	Additional Instructions for the Strategic Arms Limitation Talks at Vienna (Salt VI)	03 Jan 72
NSDM 146	Us-Soviet Maritime Talks	03 Jan 72
NSDM 147	Fisheries Dispute with Ecuador, Peru and Chile	04 Jan 72
NSDM 148	Expropriation Policy in Multilateral Development Institutions	18 Jan 72
NSDM 149	Additional Authorities for Southeast Asia	04 Feb 72
NSDM 150	NSSM 140 - Us-soviet Talks on Preventing Incidents at Sea	11 Feb 72
NSDM 151	Next Steps with Respect to Us-soviet Trading Relationships	14 Feb 72
NSDM 152	Herbicides in Vietnam and NSDM 141	14 Feb 72
NSDM 153	Review of US-USSR Negotiations	17 Feb 72
NSDM 154	Vietnam Economic Policy	17 Feb 72
NSDM 155	Relaxation of Restrictions on Trade with PRC	17 Feb 72
NSDM 156	Second Half Fy 1972 Nuclear Test Program	08 Mar 72
NSDM 157	Preparatory Mtg for the Law of the Sea Conference	13 Mar 72
NSDM 158	Instructions for the Strategic Arms Limitation Talks at Helsinki (Salt VII)	23 Mar 72
NSDM 159	Integrated Circuit Technology Exports to Poland and Romania	29 Mar 72
NSDM 160	Situation and Outlook in Bolivia	04 Apr 72
NSDM 161	Republic of Korea Forces in South Vietnam	05 Apr 72
NSDM 162	Presidential Guidance on Mutual and Balanced Force Reductions and Conference on Cooperation And Security in Europe	05 Apr 72
NSDM 163	Statement of US Policy Relative to US Action in Event of Unprovoked Communist Attacks Against US Aircraft or Vessels Outside of Communist erritory	06 Apr 72
NSDM 164	Additional Instruction for the Strategic Arms Limitation Talks at Helsinki (Salt VII)	01 May 72
NSDM 165	International Aspects of Weather Modification	02 May 72
NSDM 166	Instructions for Strategic Arms Limitations Talks at Helsinki (Salt Vii): Amplification of NSDM 164	12 May 72
NSDM 167	Additional Instructions for Strategic Arms Limitations Talks at Helsinki (Salt VII)	17 May 72
NSDM 168	Military Assistance to the RVN	19 May 72
NSDM 169	International Environmental Negotiations	29 May 72
NSDM 170	US-PRC Trade	10 Jun 72
NSDM 171	Russian Request for Samples of the Lassa Virus	15 Jun 72
NSDM 172**	Fy 73 DOD Budget Amendment	27 Jun 72
NSDM 173	Polish-US Economic Relations	07 Jul 72
NSDM 174**	Fy 1973 - 1975 Nuclear Weapons Stockpile	07 Jul 72
NSDM 175	Review of NSSM 139 -- US Policy Governing Release of Components or Technology for Inclusion in Foreign Military Exports to Third Countries	10 Jul 72
NSDM 176	Bilateral Aid for Malta	14 Jul 72
NSDM 177	July-August Preparatory Mtg for Law of the Sea Conference	18 Jul 72
NSDM 178**	Fy 1973 Nuclear Weapons Deployment Authorization	18 Jul 72
NSDM 179	CCC Regulations Affecting Us-soviet Grain Sale and Maritime Agreement	18 Jul 72
NSDM 180**	Lend-lease Negotiations with Ussr	20 Jul 72
NSDM 181	Commercial Commission Negotiations and Related Matters	20 Jul 72
NSDM 182	Continuing Authority to Deliver Nuclear Materials and to Acquire Utilization Facilities	31 Jul 72
NSDM 183	Nuclear Test Program for Fy 1973 (Toggle)	31 Jul 72
NSDM 184	US Civil Defense Policy	14 Aug 72
NSDM 185**	Assistance to UK Missile Program	15 Aug 72
NSDM 186	US Military Supply Policy for Lower Persian Gulf States and Oman	18 Aug 72
NSDM 187	Intl Space Cooperation - Technology and Launch Assistance	30 Aug 72
NSDM 188	PRC Blocked Assets and Private Claims	30 Aug 72
NSDM 189	GE-SNECMA Jet Engine Joint Venture	19 Dec 72
NSDM 190**	Lend-lease Negotiations with USSR	20 Sep 72
NSDM 191	Commercial and Related Negotiations with USSR	20 Sep 72
NSDM 192**	Lend-lease Negotiations with USSR	18 Oct 62
NSDM 193	RVNAF Force Structure	24 Oct 72
NSDM 194*	Fisheries Negotiations with Ecuador	27 Oct 72
NSDM 195	Amendment to Transportation Order T-2 Affecting the PRC	30 Oct 72
NSDM 196	Law of Sea Instructions, 27 Session UN General Assembly	31 Oct 72
NSDM 197	Instructions for Strategic Arms Limitation Talks, Geneva, November 21, 1972	18 Nov 72
NSDM 198	SALT Standing Consultative Commission	18 Nov 72
NSDM 199	US Policy Toward Peru	26 Dec 72
NSDM 200	Policy Toward Morocco	05 Jan 73
NSDM 201	Contingency Planning	05 Jan 73
NSDM 202	Arctic Program Review and Recommendations	22 Jan 73
NSDM 203	Revised Guidelines for Stockpile Planning	06 Feb 73
NSDM 204*	Sale of Inertial Guidance Navigational Systems to People's Republic of China	06 Feb 73
NSDM 205	Nuclear Test Program for Second Half Fy 1973 (Toggle II)	07 Feb 73
NSDM 206	Instructions for the Strategic Arms Limitations Talks, Geneva, March 12, 1973	11 Mar 73
NSDM 207	Procedures for Dealing with Various Types of Non- Military Incidents	13 Mar 73
NSDM 208	Standby Draft	16 Mar 73
NSDM 209	US Policy Toward the Philippines	27 Mar 73
NSDM 210	South Vietnam Economic Support	11 Apr 73
NSDM 211	Mutual and Balanced Force Reductions	16 Apr 73
NSDM 212	Economic Policies for Eastern European Countries	02 May 73
NSDM 213	Instructions for the SALT Talks	03 May 73
NSDM 214	Balance of Payments Offset and Burden-sharing Negotiations with NATO	03 May 73
NSDM 215	US-USSR Bilateral Issues	03 May 73
NSDM 216	Instruction for SALT Talks	07 May 73
NSDM 217	SALT Standing Consultative Commission	16 May 73
NSDM 218	Salinity Problem with Mexico	28 May 73
NSDM 219*	Implementation Procedures for Agreement on Measures to Reduce the Risk of Outbreak of Nuclear War Btw the USA and the USSR	04 Jun 73
NSDM 220	GE-SNECMA, CFM-56 Jet Engine Joint Development	04 Jun 73
NSDM 221	US Policy Toward the Bahama Islands	05 Jun 73
NSDM 222	COCOM	11 Jun 73
NSDM 223	Private International Exchange Council	22 Jun 73
NSDM 224	Natl Net Assessment Process re NSSM 178	28 Jun 73
NSDM 225	July-Aug 1973 Preparatory Mtg for Law of the Sea Conference	16 Jul 73
NSDM 226*	Nuclear Weapons Deployment Authorization for Fy 1974	18 Jul 73
NSDM 227	Korean Force Modernization Plan	27 Jul 73
NSDM 228*	FY 1974-1976 Nuclear Weapons Stockpile	08 Aug 73
NSDM 229*	Fy 1974 Underground Test Program (Arbor)	08 Aug 73
NSDM 230*	US Strategy and Forces for Asia	09 Aug 73
NSDM 231	Ethiopia-Kagnew Station and Military Assistance	14 Aug 73
NSDM 232	Maritime Access to Charleston South Carolina for Vessels of Warsaw Pact and PRC	01 Sep 73
NSDM 233	Instructions for SALT, Geneva, September 24, 1973	28 Sep 73
NSDM 234	US-Icelandic Defense Negotiations	02 Oct 73
NSDM 235	US Policy on Transfer of Highly Enriched Uranium for Fueling Power Reactors	04 Oct 73
NSDM 236	Instructions for IMCO Marine Pollution Conference	09 Oct 73
NSDM 237	Instructions for US Commissioner, SALT Standing Consultative Commisssion, Geneva, on Sept 24, 1973	15 Oct 73
NSDM 238*	Implementation Procedures for Agreement on Measures to Reduce Risk of Outbreak of Nuclear War Btw US and USSR	19 Nov 73
NSDM 239	National Net Assessment Process	27 Nov 73
NSDM 240	Organizational Session of UN Law of the Sea Conference	03 Dec 73
NSDM 241	Mutual and Balanced Force Reductions	10 Jan 74
NSDM 242	Policy for Planning the Employment of Nuclear Weapons	17 Jan 74
NSDM 243	Second Half Fy 1974 Underground Nuclear Test Program (Arbor II)	31 Jan 74
NSDM 244	Intl Energy Review Group	08 Feb 74
NSDM 245	Instructions for the SALT Talks, Geneva, February 19, 1974	19 Feb 74
NSDM 246	End-use Information Required by US and COCOM Export Controls	07 Mar 74
NSDM 247	US Policy on the Export of Computers to Communist Countries	14 Mar 74
NSDM 248*	Changes in US Force Levels on Taiwan	14 Mar 74
NSDM 249	US Deployments in Thailand	23 Mar 74
NSDM 250	US Policy Toward Purchase of Soviet Uranium Enrichment Services	29 Mar 74
NSDM 251	Termination of the UN Command in Korea	29 Mar 74
NSDM 252	Instructions for US Commissioner, SALT Standing Consultative Comission, Geneva, April 2, 1974	18 Apr 74
NSDM 253	Membership of the National Security Council Intelligence Committee	24 Apr 74
NSDM 254	Domestic Safeguards	27 Apr 74
NSDM 255	Security and Other Aspects of the Growth and Dissemination of Nuclear Power Industries	03 Jun 74
NSDM 256	Nuclear Test Ban Treaty	10 Jun 74
NSDM 257	Latin American Initiatives	10 Jun 74
NSDM 258*	Nuclear Weapon Yield: Amendment to NSAM 143 and NSAM 199	20 Jun 74
NSDM 259*	Programs of Cooperation for Nuclear Bomb Support of Non-US NATO Nations	20 Jun 74
NSDM 260	Third UN Conference on the Law of the Sea	24 Jun 74
NSDM 261	Nuclear Sales to the PRC	22 Jul 74
NSDM 262	Use of US Bases in Japan in the Event of Aggression Against South Korea	29 Jul 74
NSDM 263	US Policy on Antarctic Mineral Resources	29 Jul 74
NSDM 264	Nuclear Test Program for Fy 1975 (Bedrock)	06 Aug 74