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Identifier: e_cle_012395
Title: Group of documents regarding the "Clements Clause" in the 1977 Panama Canal Treaties, May 1983-December, 1986
Description: Group of documents regarding the "Clements Clause" in the 1977 Panama Canal Treaties, May 1983-December 1986, primarily correspondence between William P. Clements, Jr., and Phillip Harman, chair of the Committee for Better Panama and United States Relations. Harman requests information about Clements' participation in the Panama Canal Treaty while serving as United States Deputy Secretary of Defense and introducing a clause, later removed, that would allow the United States to intervene in Panama to protect the Panama Canal. Other correspondents include Jeb Bush, Bob Dole, and Zbigniew Brzezinski. Included in correspondence are newspaper clippings, excerpts from William J. Jorden's "Panama Odyssey" and Admiral Thomas Moorer's introduction to Capt. G. Russell Evans' book "The Panama Canal Swindle." Also included is an excerpt of Harman's screenplay "The Great Panama Canal Ripoff."
Page Count: 63
Creator: Harman, Phillip, Clements, William P., 1917-2011, Harris, Janie, Moorer, Thomas
Contributor: Clements, William P., 1917-2011, Harman, Phillip, Harris, Janie
Subject Topic: International relations, Panama Canal (Panama), Panama Canal Treaty
Time Period: "White Interregnum, 1983-1986"
Themebook Term(s): Republican Party of Texas, Jimmy Carter

Identifier: e_cle_000900
Title: Memo from Fred Meyer to Precinct Chairmen, August 26, 1981
Description: Memo from Fred Meyer to Precinct Chairmen, August 26, 1981, regarding redistricting and the Republican party.
Page Count: 1
Creator: Meyer, Fred
Subject Topic: Election districts, Appointment to office
Time Period: "Texas Governor Term 1, 1979-1982"
Themebook Term(s): Republican Party of Texas

Identifier: e_cle_001821
Title: Correspondence between William P. Clements, Jr. and James Bliwas, June 1982
Description: Correspondence between William P. Clements, Jr. and James Bilwas, June 1982. The letter pertains to an "irate" filmmaker relating unpleasant experiences in the Dallas/Fort Worth area.
Page Count: 3
Creator: Clements, William P., 1917-2011
Contributor: Bliwas, James
Time Period: "Texas Governor Term 1, 1979-1982"

Identifier: e_cle_014503
Title: Group of documents regarding financing and construction of Texas Department of Corrections facilities, December 1987- July 1988
Description: Group of documents regarding financing and construction of Texas Department of Corrections facilities, December 1987- July 1988. Documents include minutes of a Texas Department of Corrections board meeting discussing Brown and Root's construction estimates, as well as correspondence related to requests for financing and approval of state bonds for prison construction.
Page Count: 22
Creator: Texas. Department of Corrections, Scott, Rider
Contributor: Whittington, Harry, Clements, William P., 1917-2011
Subject Topic: Prisons--Overcrowding--Law and legislation, Construction projects
Time Period: "Texas Governor Term 2, 1987-1991"
Themebook Term(s): Criminal Justice Reform, Ruiz v Estelle

Identifier: e_cle_013576
Title: Memo from David A. Dean, to William P. Clements, Jr., November 25, 1980
Description: Memo from David A. Dean, to William P. Clements, Jr., November 25, 1980, regarding possible closure of Dallas Love Field airport. Dean cites support of Southwest Airlines flights in Dallas.
Page Count: 2
Creator: Dean, David A. (David Allen), 1948- ‎
Contributor: Clements, William P., 1917-2011
Subject Name: Southwest Airlines Co., Love Field (Dallas, Tex.)
Subject Topic: Airlines
Time Period: "Texas Governor Term 1, 1979-1982"

Identifier: e_cle_000910
Title: Annotated memo from Jim Francis to William P. Clements regarding state republican party, June 14, 1979
Description: Annotated memo from Jim Francis to Clements, June 14, 1979, regarding invitations sent to the state republican party presidential candidates.
Page Count: 1
Creator: Francis, Jim
Contributor: Clements, William P., 1917-2011
Subject Name: Upham, Chester, Thorburn, Wayne J. (Wayne Jacob), 1944-
Time Period: "Texas Governor Term 1, 1979-1982"
Themebook Term(s): Republican Party of Texas

Identifier: e_cle_000531
Title: Group of documents regarding the Black Dallas Committee for the Re-Election of Governor William P. Clements, July 19, 1982-July 24, 1982
Description: Group of documents regarding the Black Dallas Committee for the Re-Election of Governor William P. Clements, July 19, 1982-July 24, 1982. Documents include two memos from Clements staff member Joe Kirven to Clements regarding a Dallas reception in his honor, July 21-24, 1982, and an article in the Dallas Post Tribune promoting the event, July 19, 1982.
Page Count: 4
Creator: Kirven, Joe W.
Subject Topic: Political campaigns, Race relations
Time Period: "Texas Governor Term 1, 1979-1982"

Identifier: e_cle_000904
Title: Annotated memo from Karl Rove to William P. Clements regarding Republican National Convention, October 2, 1981
Description: October 2, 1981, annotated memo from Karl Rove to Clements regarding Dallas hosting the Republican National Convention.
Page Count: 1
Creator: Rove, Karl
Contributor: Clements, William P., 1917-2011
Subject Name: Upham, Chester
Subject Topic: Election
Time Period: "Texas Governor Term 1, 1979-1982"
Themebook Term(s): Republican Party of Texas