National Security Decision Directives (NSDDs)
On February 25, 1981 in National Security Decision Directive (NSDD) 1 President Reagan outlined the purpose of the NSDDs,
This series shall be used to promulgate Presidential decisions implementing national policy and objectives in all areas involving national security. All decision directives in this series shall be individually identified by number and signed by the President.
The Reagan Administration enacted over 300 NSDDs from 1981-1989. The National Security Council has declassified in full and in part many of these NSDDs. The Library has digitized all of the open or partially open NSDDs.
The National Security Council Executive Secreatairat maintains a collection for the institutational records of NSDDs. This collection includes drafts, information, decisions and comments from federal agencies and White House staff used while formulating National Security Decision Directives. You may view this collection's full inventory and description.
The following NSDDs were scanned in 2012. The Libary continues to update the NSDDs as more material is declassified.
NSDDs:
NSDD 1 [National
Security Council Directives]
NSDD 2
[National Security Council Structure]
NSDD 3
[Crisis Management]
NSDD 4
[Disposition of Presidential Directives]
NSDD 5
[Conventional Arms Transfer Policy]
NSDD 6
[United States Non-Proliferation and Peaceful Nuclear Cooperation Policy]
NSDD 7
[Missiles]
NSDD 8
[Space Transportation System]
NSDD 9
[Nuclear Weapons Deployment]
NSDD
10 [The Future Political Status of Micronesia]
NSDD
11 [Munitions/Technology Transfer to the People's Republic of China]
NSDD
12 [Strategic Forces Modernization Program]
NSDD
13 [Nuclear Weapons Employment Policy]
NSDD
14 [Security Considerations in Egypt and Sudan]
NSDD
15 [Theater Nuclear Forces (Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces)]
NSDD
16 [Libya]
NSDD
17 [Cuba and Central America]
NSDD
18 [United States Chemical and Biological Weapons Arms Control Policy]
NSDD
19 [Protection of Classified National Security Council and Intelligence
Information]
NSDD
20 [United States Law of the Sea Policy]
NSDD
21 [Responding to FLOGGERS in Cuba]
NSDD
22 [Designation of Intelligence Officials Authorized to Request FBI Collection
of Foreign Intelligence]
NSDD
23 [US Civil Defense Policy]
NSDD
24 [Mission to Certain European Countries Concerning Oil and Gas Equipment
Exports to the Soviet Union and Restricting Credits to the Soviet Bloc
Countries]
NSDD
25 [Preparations for the Economic and NATO Summits June 1982]
NSDD
26 [US Civil Defense Policy]
NSDD
27 [Economic Decisions for Libya]
NSDD
28 [FY 1983-1987 Nuclear Weapons Stockpile]
NSDD
29 [The Future Political Status of Micronesia: Nuclear Claims]
NSDD
30 [Managing Terrorist Incidents]
NSDD
31 [Mutual and Balanced Force Reductions (MBFR)]
NSDD
32 [U.S. National Security Strategy]
NSDD
33 [U.S. Approach to START Negotiations]
NSDD
34 [South Atlantic Crisis]
NSDD
35 [The M-X Program]
NSDD
36 [U.S. Approach to START Negotiations - II]
NSDD
37 [Cuba and Central America]
NSDD
38 [Staffing at Diplomatic Missions and Their Constituent Posts]
NSDD
39: [United States Policy on Foreign Reprocessing and Use of Plutonium Subject
to U.S. Control]
NSDD
40 [The Future Political Status of Micronesia: Nuclear Claims]
NSDD
41 [12/30/1981 Sanctions on Oil and Gas Equipment Exports to the Soviet Union]
NSDD
42 [National Space Policy]
NSDD
43 [United States Law of the Sea Policy]
NSDD
44 [U.S. Approach to START Negotiations - III]
NSDD
45 [United States International Broadcasting]
NSDD
47 [Emergency Mobilization Preparedness]
NSDD
48 [International Economic Policy]
NSDD
49 [Standing Consultative Commission (U.S.-USSR)]
NSDD
50 [Space Assistance and Cooperation Policy]
NSDD 51
[U.S. Nuclear Testing Limitations Policy]
NSDD
52 [The Future Political Status of Micronesia - Palau]
NSDD
53 [U.S. Approach to START Negotiations - IV]
NSDD
54 [United States Policy toward Eastern Europe]
NSDD
56 [Private INF Exchange]
NSDD
57 [United States Policy toward the Horn of Africa]
NSDD
58 [United States Oceans Policy and Law of the Sea]
NSDD
59 [Cuba and Central America]
NSDD
60 [Preparations for the 1983 Summit (G-7, Williamsburg, VA)]
NSDD
62 [United States-Japan Relations]
NSDD
63 10/28/1982 [Basis for Negotiation of Nuclear Test Verification Measures]
NSDD
64 [Next Steps in Lebanon]
NSDD
65 [Establishment of National Security Council Arms Control Verification
Committee]
NSDD
66 [East-West Economic Relations and Poland-Related Sanctions]
NSDD
67 11/18/1982 [Nuclear Weapons Deployment Authorization for FY 1983 and FY
1984]
NSDD
68 [FY 1983-1988 Nuclear Weapons Stockpile]
NSDD
69 [The M-X Program]
NSDD
70 [Nuclear Capable Missile Technology Transfer Policy]
NSDD
71 U.S. Policy Toward Latin America in the wake of the Falklands Crisis
NSDD
72 [United States Program for the Exercise of Navigation and Overflight Rights
at Sea]
NSDD
73 [The Peacekeeper Program Assessment] (in Research Room only)
NSDD
74 [Visit to the United States of Prime Minister Nakasone]
NSDD
75 [U.S. Relations with the USSR]
NSDD
76 [Peaceful Nuclear Cooperation with China]
NSDD
77 01/14/1983 [Management of Public Diplomacy Relative to National Security]
NSDD
78 [U.S. Approach to START Negotiations - V]
NSDD
79 [U.S. Chemical Weapons Arms Control Policy]
NSDD
80 [Shuttle Orbiter Production Capacity]
NSDD
81 02/07/1983 [Negotiation of Improved Nuclear Test Verification Measures]
NSDD
82 [U.S. Policy Initiatives to Improve Prospects for El Salvador]
NSDD
83 [United States Oceans Policy, Law of the Sea and Exclusive Economic Zone]
NSDD
84 [Safeguarding National Security Information]
NSDD
85 [Eliminating the Threat from Ballistic Missiles]
NSDD
86 [U.S. Approach to INF Negotiations]
NSDD
87 [Comprehensive US Energy Security Policy]
NSDD
88 03/30/1983 [Base Negotiations Policy]
NSDD
89 [The Export Administration Bill]
NSDD
90 04/14/1983 [United States Arctic Policy]
NSDD
91 04/19/1983 [Strategic Forces Modernization Program Changes]
NSDD
92 [Accelerating Withdrawal of Foreign Forces from Lebanon]
NSDD
93 [Refugee Policy and Processing Refugees from Indochina]
NSDD
94 [Commercialization of Expendable Launch Vehicles]
NSDD
95 [Crisis Information and Management System (CIMS): Project Medusa]
NSDD
96 [US Approach to International Debt Problem]
NSDD
97 [National Security Telecommunications Policy]
NSDD
98 [U.S. Approach to START Negotiations - VI]
NSDD
99 [United States Security Strategy for the Near East and South Asia]
NSDD
100 [Enhanced U.S. Military Activity and Assistance for the Central American
Region]
NSDD
101 [United States Strategy toward Liberia]
NSDD
102 [U.S. Responses to Soviet Destruction of KAL Airliner]
NSDD
103 [Strategy for Lebanon]
NSDD
104 [U.S. Approach to INF Negotiations - II]
NSDD
105 [Eastern Caribbean Regional Security]
NSDD
106 [U.S. Approach to START Negotiations - VII]
NSDD
107 [Foreign Aircraft Overflight Security Program]
NSDD
109 [Responding to the Lebanon Crisis]
NSDD
110 [Grenada: Contingency Planning]
NSDD
110A [Response to Caribbean Governments’ Request to Restore Democracy in
Grenada
NSDD
111 [Next Steps Toward Progress in Lebanon and the Middle East]
NSDD
112 [Processing and Disposition of Documents Acquired by US Forces in Grenada]
NSDD
113 11/17/1983 Security of Communications Systems used by Key Government Officials
NSDD
114 [U.S. Policy toward Iran-Iraq War]
NSDD
115 [Visit of Prime Minister Shamir]
NSDD
116 [Strategic Defense Initiative: Congressional and Allied Consultation]
NSDD
117 [Lebanon]
NSDD
118 [Preparations for the 1984 Economic Summit]
NSDD
119 [Strategic Defense Initiative]
NSDD
120 [Visit to the United States of Premier Zhao Ziyang]
NSDD
121 [Soviet Noncompliance with Arms Control Agreements]
NSDD
122 [MBFR (Mutual and Balanced Force Reductions)]
NSDD
123 [Next Steps in Lebanon]
NSDD
124 [Central America: Promoting Democracy, Economic Improvement, and Peace]
NSDD
125 [FY 1984-1989 Nuclear Weapons Stockpile]
NSDD
126 02/20/1984 [Mutual and Balanced Force Reductions]
NSDD
127 02/23/1984 Nuclear Weapons Master Plan - Phase III]
NSDD
128 [Lebanon]
NSDD
130 [US International Information Policy]
NSDD
131 [United States Goals and Objectives for the 1984 Economic Summit]
NSDD
132 [Disposition of Presidential Directives]
NSDD
133 [United States Policy toward Yugoslavia]
NSDD
134 03/27/1984 [US International Energy Policy Goals and Objectives]
NSDD
135 [Los Angeles Olympic Games Counterintelligence and Security Precautions]
NSDD
136 [US Initiative to Ban Chemical Weapons]
NSDD
137 03/31/1984 [US Nuclear Arms Control Strategy for 1984]
NSDD
138 [Combating Terrorism]
NSDD
139 [Measures to Improve U.S. Posture and Readiness to Respond to Developments
in the Iran-Iraq War]
NSDD
140 [The President’s Visit to the People’s Republic of China]
NSDD
141 [Responding to Escalation in the Iran-Iraq War]
NSDD
142 [Arms Limitation Talks, September 1984]
NSDD
143 [U.S. Third World Hunger Relief: Emergency Assistance]
NSDD
145 [National Policy on Telecommunications and Automated Information Systems
Security]
NSDD
146 [The FY 1985 GRENADIER Nuclear Test Program]
NSDD
147 [U.S. Policy Toward India and Pakistan]
NSDD
148 [The U.S. Umbrella Talks Proposal]
NSDD
150 [The Annual Report on Nuclear Weapons Surety]
NSDD
151 [Preparatory Process for the Visit of Prime Minister Nakasone and the U.S.
- Japan Follow-Up Effort]
NSDD
152 [Preparations for the 1985 Economic Summit]
NSDD
153 [Shultz-Gromyko Meeting in Geneva, 01/01/1985]
NSDD
154 [US-Japan trade Policy Relations]
NSDD
155 01/04/1985 [US-Soviet Economic and Commercial Relations]
NSDD
156 ["Food for Progress"]
NSDD
158 [United States Policy in Southeast Asia (The Kampuchea Problem)]
NSDD
159 [No Reagan Library copy, copy from NSC only in Research Room) [Covert
Action Policy Approval and Coordination Procedures]
NSDD
160 [Preparing for Negotiations with the Soviet Union]
NSDD
161 [Soviet Noncompliance with Arms Control Agreements]
NSDD
162 [FY 1985-1990 Nuclear Weapons Stockpile]
NSDD
163 [United States Policy toward the Philippines]
NSDD
164 [National Security Launch Strategy]
NSDD
165 [Instructions for the First Round of US/Soviet Negotiations in Geneva]
NSDD
166 [No Reagan Library copy, copy from NSC only in Research Room] [US Policy,
Programs, and Strategy in Afghanistan]
NSDD
167 [Food for Progress Program Implementation]
NSDD
168 [U.S. Policy toward North Africa]
NSDD
169 05/17/1985 [US-USSR Joint Commercial Commission Meetings]
NSDD
170 [Radio Marti]
NSDD
172 [Presenting the Strategic Defense Initiative]
NSDD
173 [Building an Interim Framework for Mutual Restraint]
NSDD
174 [U.S. National Defense Stockpile Goals, Mobilization Planning Factors and
Implementation Measures]
NSDD
175 [Establishment of a Blue Ribbon Commission on Defense Management]
NSDD
176 [no Reagan Library copy, copy from NSC only in Research Room] [Combating
Terrorism in Central America]
NSDD
178 07/10/1985 [Strategic Forces Modernization]
NSDD
179 [Task Force on Combating Terrorism]
NSDD
180 [Civil Aviation Anti-Terrorism Program]
NSDD
181 [Shuttle Pricing for Foreign and Commercial Users]
NSDD
183 [Meeting with Soviet Leader in Geneva]
NSDD
185 [Private Sector Cooperation in the Pacific Basin]
NSDD
186 [Installation and Operation of the Direct Communications Link
(DCL)/"Hotline" Between Washington and Moscow]
NSDD
187 [United States Policy toward South Africa]
NSDD
188 [Government Coordination for National Security Emergency Preparedness]
NSDD
189 [National Policy on the Transfer of Scientific, Technical and Engineering
Information]
NSDD
190 [The FY 1986 CHARIOTEER Nuclear Test Program]
NSDD
192 [The ABM Treaty and the SDI Program]
NSDD
193 [U.S. Policy on the New Zealand Port Access Issue]
NSDD
194 [Meeting with Soviet Leader in Geneva: Themes and Perceptions]
NSDD
195 [The U.S. Position: Nuclear and Space Talks]
NSDD
196 [Counterintelligence/Countermeasure Implementation Task Force]
NSDD
197 (no Reagan Library copy, copy from NSC only in Research Room) [Reporting
Hostile Contacts and Security Awareness]
NSDD
198 [Preparations for the 1986 Economic Summit]
NSDD
199 [Review by PFIAB of Implications of Yurchenko Defection and Related
Espionage Cases]
NSDD
200 [U.S. Port Security Program]
NSDD
201 [National Security Emergency Preparedness (NSEP) Telecommunications
Funding]
NSDD
202 [Soviet Noncompliance with Arms Control Agreements]
NSDD
203 [Nuclear Testing Limitation: Responding to the Soviet Proposal of December
5]
NSDD 204
[Transfer of National Intelligence Collection Tasking Authority]
NSDD
205 01/18/1986 [Acting Against Libyan Support of International Terrorism]
NSDD
206 [Instructions for the Fourth Round of the US/Soviet Negotiations in Geneva]
NSDD
207 (no Reagan Library copy, copy from NSC only in Research Room) [The National
Program for Combating Terrorism]
NSDD
208 [United States Policy toward the Southwest Indian Ocean]
NSDD
209 [Implementing Decisions of the Geneva Summit]
NSDD
210 [Allied Consultations on the US Response to General Secretary Gorbachev’s
01/14/1986, Arms Control Proposal]
NSDD
212 [United States Policy toward Angola]
NSDD
213 [U.S. Policy toward Malta]
NSDD
214 [U.S. Response to Gorbachev’s January Arms Control Proposals]
NSDD
215 [Philippines]
NSDD
216 [FY 1986-1991 Nuclear Weapons Stockpile]
NSDD
219 [Implementation of the Recommendations of the President’s Commission on
Defense Management]
NSDD
220 [Haiti]
NSDD
221 04/08/1986 [Narcotics and National Security]
NSDD
222 [Consultations on U.S. Interim Restraint Policy]
NSDD
223 [Implementing the Geneva Exchanges Initiative]
NSDD
224 [Counter-Terrorist Operations Against Libya]
NSDD
225 [Central America: U.S. Policy on the Search for a Negotiated Solution]
NSDD
226 [Machine Tools and National Security]
NSDD
227 [U.S. Interim Restraint Policy]
NSDD
229 [U.S./Australian Relations: Policy for the Official Working Visit to the
United States of Australian Prime Minister Bob Hawke, 04/17/1986]
NSDD
230 [The Annual Report on Nuclear Weapons Surety]
NSDD
232 (no Reagan Library copy, copy from NSC only in Research Room) [Preparations
for the Next NST Negotiating Round]
NSDD
233 (no Reagan Library copy, copy from NSC only in Research Room)
[Consultations on a Response to General Secretary Gorbachev]
NSDD
234 (Not in Box) [Libya Policy]
NSDD
235 (no Reagan Library copy, copy from NSC only in Research Room)
[Strengthening U.S. Policy toward Cuba]
NSDD
236 (no Reagan Library copy, copy from NSC only in Research Room) [Interim
Restraint Policy]
NSDD
238 [Revised National Security Strategy]
NSDD
240 [Instructions for NST Round VI]
NSDD
241 [Preparations for the 1987 Economic Summit]
NSDD
242 [The FY 1987 MUSKETEER Nuclear Test Program]
NSDD
243 [Standing Consultative Commission]
NSDD
244 [Meetings with General Secretary Gorbachev]
NSDD
245 [Reagan-Gorbachev Preparatory Meeting]
NSDD
246 [The Political Status of Micronesia]
NSDD
247 [Ratification of Existing Treaties Limiting Nuclear Testing]
NSDD
248 (no Reagan Library copy, copy from NSC only in Research Room) [Central
America]
NSDD
249 [Additional Instructions for the Current NST Negotiating Round]
NSDD
250 [Post-Reykjavik Follow-Up]
NSDD
251 [Arms Control Discussions]
NSDD
252 [ICBM Modernization]
NSDD
254 [United States Space Launch Strategy]
NSDD
255 [FY 1987-1992 Nuclear Weapons Stockpile]
NSDD
256 [Instructions for the Seventh NST Round]
NSDD
257 [Guidance to the U.S. Delegation for Negotiations with Western Europe,
Japan and Canada on the Space Station]
NSDD
258 [Anti-Satellite (ASAT) Program]
NSDD
259 [U.S. Civil Defense]
NSDD
260 [Soviet Noncompliance with Arms Control Agreements]
NSDD
261 02/18/1987 [Consultations on the SDI Program]
NSDD
263 [Revision to NSDD 248 re Central America]
NSDD
264 [Central America]
NSDD
265 [Freedom of Navigation Program (FON)]
NSDD
266 (no Reagan Library copy, copy from NSC only in Research Room)
[Implementation of the Recommendations of the President’s Special Review Board]
NSDD
267 (no Reagan Library copy, copy from NSC only in Research Room) [Review of
U.S. Arms Reductions Negotiating Positions]
NSDD
268 [PFIAB Worldwide Evaluation of the Procedures and Practices by which our
Foreign Missions Protect Classified Information and Facilities]
NSDD
269 [Nuclear Weapons Deployment Authorization for FY 1987 and FY 1988]
NSDD
270 [Afghanistan] (1)(2)
NSDD
271 [Instructions for the Eighth NST Negotiating Round]
NSDD
272 [United States Objectives in Southern Africa]
NSDD
273 [United States Policy toward South Africa]
NSDD
274 [United States Policy toward Angola]
NSDD
276 [National Security Council Interagency Process]
NSDD
277 [National Policy and Strategy for Low Intensity Conflict]
NSDD
278 [Establishing a U.S. Negotiating Position on SRINF Missiles]
NSDD
279 [The Annual Report on Nuclear Weapons Surety]
NSDD
280 [National Airlift Policy]
NSDD
281 [United States Nuclear Weapons Command and Control]
NSDD
282 [Continuing Authority to Deliver Nuclear Materials and to Acquire
Utilization Facilities]
NSDD
283 [The FY 1988 TOUCHSTONE Nuclear Test Program]
NSDD
284 [U.S. Military Capabilities in Support of NATO]
NSDD
286 [re: Covert Operations]
NSDD
287 [Organizing for the Summit with General Secretary Gorbachev
NSDD
288 [My Objectives at the Summit]
NSDD
289 [U.S. Policy toward Malta]
NSDD
290 [Instructions for the Arms Reductions Discussions at the Washington Summit
(12/08/1987-12/10/1987)]
NSDD
291 [U.S. Policy toward Mexico]
NSDD
292 [Organizing for the INF Ratification Effort]
NSDD
295 [Instructions for the Ninth NST Negotiating Round]
NSDD
297 [Preparations for the 1988 Economic Summit]
NSDD
298 [National Operations Security Program]
NSDD
299 [Restoring Normal Immigration Procedures for Cuban Nationals]
NSDD
300 [U.S. Policy toward Mexico]
NSDD
301 [Establishment and Operation of the United States Nuclear Risk Reduction
Center]
NSDD
302 [United States Policy on Special Nuclear Material]
NSDD
304 [Organizing for the Moscow Summit]
NSDD
305 [Objectives at the Moscow Summit]
NSDD
306 [National Coordination of Emergency Relocation Sites]
NSDD
307 [Review of United States Arms Reduction Positions in Preparation for the
Moscow Summit]
NSDD
308 [FY1988-1991 Nuclear Weapons Stockpile]
NSDD
309 [Nuclear Weapons Safety, Security, and Control]
NSDD
310 [Instructions for the Tenth NST Negotiating Round]
NSDD
311 [US-Soviet Defense and Military Relations]
NSDD
314 The National Security Information and Situation Management System
NSDD
315 Strenthening U.S. Efforts to Limit Global Missile Proliferations
NSDD
316 [The FY 1989 Cornerstone Nuclear Test Program]
NSDD
317 [Amendment to Nuclear Weapons Deployment Authorization for FY 1988 and FY
1989]
NSDD
319 [United State Policy toward Indochina]
NSDD
320 [National Policy on Strategic Trade Controls]
NSDD
321 [Disposition of National Security Decision Directives]
NSDD
322 [U.S. Interests and Policy in Chad]
NSDD
323 [Disposition of Pre-Reagan Policy Papers]
NSDD
324 [Special Verification Commission]
NSDD
325 [FY 1989-1994 Nuclear Weapons Stockpile Plan]