88GRET - - -·- - --- Bill This is Summary of add on meeting Are you going distribute it What are __y_ou __g_oing _to _call it Meeting of NSC Deputies Committee DATE October 17 1989 LOCATION Situation Room 5 00 p m TIME SUBJECT DECLASSIFIED IN PART PER E 0 13526 '2 010-'l 01 - M v'-1-' Summary of Deputies Committee Meeting on Panama 8 i 1 01 t c - •••· • • - PARTICIPANTS The Vice Pre dent's Office Carnes Lord CIA Richard Kerr r 4 c state Robert Kimmitt Bernard Aronson DOD Paul Wolfowitz Richard Brown ✓ White House Robert M Gates ✓ N S C_ William Pryce Justice William Barr v' Michael Luttig JCS Howard Graves David Meade Summary of NSC Deputies Committee Meeting of October 17 meeting to discuss response to Embassy Panama's report of a possible new coup attempt against Noriega The Committee agreed that if the coup plotters should seek a meeting with U S Military officials the Embassy Defense Attache and a mid-level officer designated by USSOUTHCOM would be the appropriate interlocutors LtG Graves and Assistant Secretary Aronson would each communicate this decision telephonically to the acting CINC and the Charge The basic 3 b 6 The Chairman asked that State and Defense lawyers confer on how the U S military could legally provide weapons to the coup plotters if that were determined to i n the U S interest It was also agreed that if there seemed to be an indication of a need for early action in response to a meeting with the coup plotters this evening the principals would designate an appropriate officer to come to the White House Situation Room to The be available for immediate coordination of information first information to come in after any meeting in Panama this evening would be transmitted by a NOIWON telephone call The 'individual operations centers would inform their principals as appropriate who would decide whether further action this evening is called for