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Libya: Poindexter memo for President Reagan ("Response to Libyan Terrorist Attacks") [recommendations of Terrorist Operations Sub-Group after Berlin disco bombing] [declassified 2005]

Document type: Declassified documents
Source: Reagan Library: Box 91747 (James Stark Files) Libya - El Dorado Canyon [7 of 10]
Editorial comments: Undated, but listed as 6 April because refers to the disco bombing as ’yesterday’. Talking Points follow the memorandum.
Importance ranking: Major
Word count: 7pp
Themes: Commonwealth (South Africa), Defence (general), Defence (arms control), Trade, Foreign policy - theory and process, Foreign policy (Asia), Foreign policy (Middle East), Foreign policy (USA), Foreign policy (USSR & successor states), Foreign policy (Western Europe - non-EU), Leadership, Northern Ireland, Security services & intelligence, Terrorism