• _S THE WHITE HOUSE SECR ET ti I 2- WASHINGTON P eti September 6 1 9 77 • MEMORANDUM FOR THE SECRETARY OF STATE f r ttJF N •J 3 G D 't s f s i v t t1r '' J 'l $' p Ii oA i sJCJ _re ' 1tJ e SUBJECT South Africa of I I f -ttf 11r ft 1 4 ' J o sst A demarche urging the SAG to 1 make an immedia te commitment 1- to the- NPT including a formal public statement of inte nt a nd 2 to s •d The President has approved the followi o g steps to be taken in reg ard · to the_ s_outb African nuclear si tion • l unilaterally submit the- Valindaba enrichment plant to IAEA safeguards as a n immediate i n t erim measure The demarche is to be m a de by Gerry Smith t o Ambassador Sole i n Vashington Once the groundwork ha s be en laid a team of proliferation e xpe rts vill visit South Africa for d etailed discussions and a pos s ible visit to Valindaba r ro• 14 'I-- - 2 Make clear that we vill continue to monitor the K a l ahari site and t h a t we will view with the ut Inost g ravity any ac tivity there which appears to be inconsistent ' vith previous as s urances 3 If our c onditions are met the US would agree to suppl y low-enriched fuel for the two French reactor s f- 4 · For the present the US vill not agre e to supply highly-enriched uranium under any conditions The Presi dent wishes t o see solid evidence of the SAG' s willingness to cooperate before any commitment is made for further supply of weapons- g ra de mate rial 5 Regarding the e -port of equipment for enrichment plants the President requests that a paper be prepared expla ining what item s w ould be considered non-sensitive in t hi s c o n t ext a n d analyz ing w h e the r t he propo sal made in t h e D e a rtment ' s Stra b • y Pc pe r is consistent with the Administration' s o v e rall n on- prol t fe r i Wn p0licy Pending a further Presidential decision lhe US p osition shall be noncommittal if this issue is raised by the SAG - - S E CRET GOS DIOnASSinClt AudmiitYftl D '6111 · t_ L - T 2 The various approaches to Paris London Bonn Moscow Ottawa and Tokyo outlined in the Strategy Paper are approved The President also directs that Lagos be kept informed 7 If negotiations with the SAG appear promising immediate consultations with members of Congress are to be undertaken conc• - ning futur nuclear cooperation with South Africa Zbigniew Brzezinski - sr cRET GDS