Talking Points memo written by Alexander Haig, <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Ronald_Reagan" title="Ronald Reagan">Ronald Reagan</a>'s <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_State" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Secretary of State">Secretary of State</a>, regarding his first trip to the Middle East, in April 1981. Historically important is his comment "It was also interesting to confirm that <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Carter" title="Jimmy Carter">President Carter</a> gave the Iraqis a green light to launch the <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Causes_of_Iran-Iraq_War" title="Category:Causes of Iran-Iraq War">war against Iran</a> through <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Fahd_of_Saudi_Arabia" title="Category:Fahd of Saudi Arabia">Fahd</a>."
Alexander Haig
<a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/National_Archives_and_Records_Administration" title="National Archives and Records Administration">National Archives and Records Administration</a>