Foreign Affairs, 1981-1982

File — Box: LG 110, Folder: 10

Identifier: CAC_CC_109_7_110_10_0000

Staff Only

Letters to and responses from James R. Jones regarding the U.S. contributions to the U.N.; economic policies; hostages in Iran; the settlement of claims against East Germany; foreign aid funds in foreign countries; "Thatcher experiment"; a concurrent resolution declaring that the President's decision to commit United States military personnel to El Salvador requires that he comply with section 4(a) of the War Powers Resolution (H Con Res 87); a concurrent resolution calling upon the Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics and other not to intervene in the domestic affairs of the Polish Peoples Republic (H Con Res 91); a joint resolution proclaiming Raoul Wallenberg to be an honorary citizen of the United States, and requesting the President to ascertain from the Soviet Union the whereabouts of Raoul Wallenberg and to secure his return to freedom (HJR 220); violations of basic human rights by the Soviet Union; a concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress with respect with the Syrian aggression (H Con Res 134); a resolution expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the United States could not remain indifferent to any internal repression or external aggression against the people of Poland such that developments would have serious consequences with East-West relations (H Res 124); hunger strike in Northern Ireland; an Israeli attack on an Iraqi nuclear reactor; a concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress that Philip Habib, special envoy to the Middle East, should be commended for his tireless efforts to maintain the peace between Syria and Israel (H Con Res 147); a resolution expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that negotiations pursuant to the 1979 NATO decision concerning the deployment of nuclear weapons in Europe should be vigorously pursued by the United States and that the United States should commit itself to a clearly defined timetable for completing such negotiations (H Res 153); world peace; the limiting of the promotion of infant formula; a resolution expressing the sense of the Senate with respect to the scheduled meeting of the Interdisciplinary Union in Havana Cuba in September, 1981 (S Res 200); Foreign Assistance Act of 1961; a concurrent resolution expressing the sense of Congress that nuclear war represents the world's greatest potential health hazard and that all nuclear weapons in the world should be eliminated (H Con Res 151); Lehman-Fish Revolution; a concurrent resolution expressing the sense of Congress that the United States should not participate in the Yamal natural gas pipeline project, and urging the President to secure the cooperation of the nations of Western Europe and Japan in developing alternative Free World energy sources (H Con Res 159); South Africa Investment Prohibition Act (HR 3597); El Salvador Assistance Act of 1981 (HR 3009); a bill requiring United States persons who control enterprises in South Africa to comply with certain fair employment principles, prohibiting any new loans by United States financial or lending institutions to the South African Government or to South African Corporations or other entities owned or controlled by the South African Government, requiring reports with respect to loans to other South African entities, and prohibiting the importation of South African Krugerrands or other South African gold coins (HR 3008); United States Academy of Peace and Conflict Resolution Act (HR 5088); Hunger Prevention and African Food Security Act (HR 4588); arm sales to Taiwan; a join resolution calling for a mutual and verifiable freeze and reduction in nuclear weapons (H J Res 433, H J Res 434); The Hunger Project; International Security and Development Cooperation Act of 1982 (HR 6370); Extradition Act of 1981 (S 1940); a joint resolution calling for a mutual verifiable freeze on and reductions in nuclear weapons and for approval of the SALT II agreement (H J Res 521); International Claims Settlement Act Amendments of 1981 (HR 2619);

Dates

1981-1982

Language of Materials

English

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