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CONFIDENTIAL
CONFIDENTIAL
3431
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
MEMORANDUM OF CONVERSATION
SUBJECT:
The President's Meeting with Norwegian King
Olav V
PARTICIPANTS:
U.S.
The President
Governor Sununu
Brent Scowcroft
Marlin Fitzwater
Adrian A. Basora (NSC)
M. James Wilkinson, State Department
Norway
King Olav V
Ambassador Kjeld Vibe
Jan Braathen, Aide-de-Camp to the King
DATE, TIME
May 8, 1989, 10:30-10:40 a.m.
AND PLACE:
Oval Office
The President welcomed the King and referred to the recent visit
of the Norwegian Prime Minister and her initiatives on the
environment. The US would be making its own proposals and he
hoped they would be well received in Europe. On SNF, the US was
working with its Allies and did not want a divided summit, but
policy would not be driven by a changing mood in Germany. (f)
The President asked about Albert's wife and other mutual
acquaintances, and King Olav responded briefly about their state
of health. (U)
The. President then spoke about his designee for Ambassador to
Oslo, Loret Ruppe, praising her political abilities and the
international experience she gained as Director of the Peace
Corps. (U)
King Olav referred nostalgically to his family's five years in
the US during WW II, and there was a brief discussion of whether
some of the young people in Germany have forgotten. (U)
CONF IDENTIAL
DECLASSIFIED
Declassify on: OADR
CONFIDENTIAL
PER E.O. 12958,
AS AMENDED
OH 8/21/2009