Confusion over Carter's Policy on International Plutonium Storage (Carter. NLC-7-46-2-2-0)

This is a collection of confidential memos and letters related to the US's stance on international plutonium storage (IPS) in the late 1970s and early 1980s. The documents discuss a news article in the Washington Post by Milton Benjamin that alleged the US had decided to strongly support the establishment of IPS. However, the documents show that the US had not made a final decision on the matter and that Benjamin's article misinterpreted statements made by Ambassador Gerry Smith. The documents also highlight that the US was participating in an IAEA study on IPS and that questions remained about how such a scheme would be implemented and affect proliferation risks.

ZB adds a hand written note: 

We need an SCC on proliferation policy. The reviews are coming to a head + Gerry Smith is making policy by himself! (dated 3 - 11 - 80)