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Ronald Reagan Presidential Library Digital Library Collections This is a PDF of a folder from our textual collections. Collection: Executive Secretariat, National Security Council: Agency File: Records Folder Title: Secretary of State's Evening Reports (12/13/1983) Box: RAC Box 6A To see more digitized collections visit: https://www.reaganlibrary.gov/archives/digitized-textual-material To see all Ronald Reagan Presidential Library inventories visit: https://www.reaganlibrary.gov/archives/white-house-inventories Contact a reference archivist at: [email protected] Citation Guidelines: https://reaganlibrary.gov/archives/research support/citation-guide National Archives Catalogue: https://catalog.archives.gov/ WITHDRAWAL SHEET Ronald Reagan Library Collection: EXECUTIVE SECRETARIAT, NSC: Records: Archivist: kdb Agency File File Folder: Secretary of State Evening Reports Vol. IX 7/1/83-12/31/83 Date: 3/12/99 [12/13/83] Box 91375 6 DOCUMENT SUBJECT/TITLE DATE RESTRICTION NO. AND TYPE 1. memo Kenneth Dam to President (w/notations), 1p 12/12/83 P1,F1 (8338161) R 1/17/01 F97-0441, #1 32 RESTRICTION CODES Presidential Records Act [44 U.S.C. 2204(a)] Freedom of Information Act [5 U.S.C. 552(b)] P-1 National security classified information [(a)(1) of the PRA]. F-1 National security classified information [(b)(1) of the FOIA]. P-2 Relating to appointment to Federal office [(a)(2) of the PRA]. F-2 Release could disclose internal personnel rules and practices of an agency [(b)(2) of P-3 Release would violate a Federal statute ((a)(3) of the PRA]. the FOIA]. P-4 Release would disclose trade secrets or confidential commercial or financial F-3 Release would violate a Federal statue [(b)(3) of the FOIA]. information [(a)(4) of the PRA]. 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SECRET Received SS MEMORANDUM 1983 DEC 13 AM 10: 42 THE WHITE HOUSE WASHINGTON ans 3/10/99 SECRET December 13, 1983 MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT or FROM: ROBERT C. McFARLANE SUBJECT: Acting Secretary Dam's Evening Report Attached is Kenneth Dam's evening report for Monday, December 12, 1983. CC: The Vice President Ed Meese Jim Baker Mike Deaver SECRET SECRET S/S 8338161 SECRET 13 A 9 : 49 DEPARTMENT OF STATE WASHINGTON December 12, 1983 PR MEMORANDUM FOR: THE PRESIDENT FROM: Kenneth W. Dam, Acting/ KWD 1. Attack on US. Embassy in Kuwait. At approximately 0130 EST (0930 local) on December 12, the US Embassy in Kuwait was damaged by a massive bomb brought into the compound on a truck. Bombs also exploded at six other locations in the city, including the French Embassy. Our Embassy has reported five dead, one person missing, twenty US Government Foreign Service Nationals and seventeen other persons (all non-Americans who were visiting the Embassy) injured. All Americans have been accounted for, and none were seriously injured. The Embassy administrative annex was totally destroyed, and damage to the Chancery is extensive. Communications have not been disrupted. An investigative team will arrive in Kuwait on Wednesday. The Embassy is operating out of the Ambassador's residence on the compound pending necessary repairs. The "Islamic Jihad" organization has claimed responsibility for the bombings. The city is reported to be calm and security has been increased at all points. According to press reports the Government of Kuwait claims to have arrested suspects in the bombings. (S) 2. Evacuation of PLO from Tripoli. Despite Israeli refusal to give explicit public or private guarantees that Israel will not interfere with the evacuation of Arafat and his forces from Tripoli, the problem may be -moving toward resolution. The Israelis have reacted with strong emotion to the idea of the evacuation taking place under the cover of the UN flag ever since Arafat's spokesman claimed (and then fecklessly denied) responsibility for the December 6 terrorist bombing of a bus in Jerusalem. We have urged the Greeks, who are providing the ships for the evacuation, to talk to the Israelis about the details of the operation, and the Greeks have told us that they plan to take a forthcoming line with Israel on the issue. (S) SECRET DECLASSIFIED DECL: OADR NLS F97-044/, #32 BY Crs NARA, DATE 1/17/01