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The original documents are located in Box 42, folder "Turkey - Military Aid Embargo (6)" of the John Marsh Files at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library. Copyright Notice The copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) governs the making of photocopies or other reproductions of copyrighted material. Gerald R. Ford donated to the United States of America his copyrights in all of his unpublished writings in National Archives collections. Works prepared by U.S. Government employees as part of their official duties are in the public domain. The copyrights to materials written by other individuals or organizations are presumed to remain with them. If you think any of the information displayed in the PDF is subject to a valid copyright claim, please contact the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library. Digitized from Box 42 of The John Marsh Files at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS SERVICE WITHDRAWAL SHEET (PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARIES) FORM OF CORRESPONDENTS OR TITLE DATE RESTRICTION DOCUMENT 1. Meeting withk Republican Congressional Leaders, 9/9/75 la. Briefing Background Material and Talking Points on Undated A Paper Restoration of Military Assistance to Turkey (ca.9/75) (4 pp.) partims exempted NSC letter 12/1/92 KBH 1/27/93 1b. " Talking Points Middle East (2 pp.) Undated A Sys. W Hm 11/8/00 (ca.9/75) FILE LOCATION Marsh Files General Subject File THXXXXXXXXX Turkey - Military Aid Embargo, 9/75 Box 42 RESTRICTION CODES (A) Closed by Executive Order 12356 governing access to national security information. (B) Closed by statute or by the agency which originated the document. (C) Closed in accordance with restrictions contained in the donor's deed of gift. WHM, 6/23/86 GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION GSA FORM 7122 (REV. 5-82) [9/757] Republicans with Negative Voting Records on Turkey Andrews, Mark Armstrong Ashbrook Bauman Burke, J. Herbert Clancy Clawson, Del Collins, James Conable Conlan Conte Coughlin Crane Daniel, Bob Derwinski Duncan du Pont Edwards, Jack Esch Fish Goldwater Gude Hammerschmidt Heinz Holt Lent Lujan Hidalgo McCollister McKinney Moorhead, Carlos Mosher Peyser Regula Rinaldo Rousselot Sarasin Snyder Spence Steelman Steiger, William FORD & LIBRARY GENALD Wydler Wylie Young, Don Whitehurst visa case [9/75?] Republicans with Negative Voting Records on Turkey Andrews, Mark Armstrong Ashbrook Bauman Burke, J. Herbert Clancy Clawson, Del Collins, James Conable Conlan Conte Coughlin Crane Daniel, Bob Derwinski Duncan du Pont Edwards, Jack Esch Fish Goldwater Gude Hammerschmidt Heinz Holt Lent Lujan Hidalgo McCollister McKinney Moorhead, Carlos Mosher Peyser Regula Rinaldo Rousselot Sarasin Snyder Spence Steelman Steiger, William Wydler Wylie Young, Don Whitehurst visa case GERELD 1890 LIBRAGE ANALYSIS EDITORIALS THE SUNDAY SUN PERSPECTIVE FINANCIAL BALTIMORE, MD. SEPTEMBER 7. 1975 TRANSPORTATION BUSINESS SECTION K The inside workings of the U.S. Greek lobby By RUSSELL WARREN HOWE The Lobby VS. White House Battle is posts in Turkey (closed by Ankara in re- members, founded in the wake of the Cy- cess was that the Rules chairman, Rep- nantly foreign-funded lobby and propa- and SARAH HAYS TROTT over an administration amendment to S. taliation for the arms ban). prus crisis last year. Mr. Rossides and a resentative Ray Madden (D., ganda agencies are normally required to 2230, a communications appropriations The 70-some brash, battlesome, mu- handful of associates activate and co- Ind.),refused to convene his committee, register with the Justice Department un- bill: the amendment conditionally re- tually jealous ethnic organizations which ordinate pressures on Congress mem- lashing out at "this outrageous tessing der the Foreign Agents Registration Act. THE WHITE HOUSE WASHINGTON September 8, 1975 MEETING WITH REPUBLICAN CONGRESSIONAL LEADERS Tuesday, September 9, 1975 8:00-9:30 a.m. (90 minutes) The Cabinet Room From: Max L. Friedersdorf m.f. I. PURPOSE To discuss with Republican Leaders the veto of the Education Appropriations Bill, status of the energy issue, Turkish Aide and the Middle East settlement. II. BACKGROUND, PARTICIPANTS AND PRESS PLAN A. Background: 1. The House will vote today on an attempt to override the President's veto on the Education Appropriations Bill which is $1.2 billion over the budget. Prospects for sustaining the veto are discouraging. 2. The Senate has scheduled a vote for 3:00 p.m. tomorrow, Wednesday, September 10, on an attempt to override the President's veto of the six month extension of the Emergency Petroleum Allocation Act. 3. The House failed by a vote of 206-223 on July 24, 1975, to lift the ban on military aid to Turkey. Attempts to schedule another vote before the August recess failed and the issue is still pending before the House Rules Committee. "Doc" Morgan has indicated he prefers not to push the issue in Rules Committee until talks concern- ing Cyprus scheduled in New York this week are concluded. 4. Egypt and Israel have signed a Middle East settlement negotiated by Secretary Kissinger. Stationing of American technicians as monitors is receiving scrutiny by Congress and the House and Senate will consider con-. current resolutions of approval. The Administration is hopeful that the concurrent resolution can be approved in the next ten days. B. Participants: See Tab A CORD -2- C. Press Plan: Announce to the Press as a regular Republican Leadership meeting. Press and White House photographers. III. AGENDA See Tab B IV. TALKING POINTS See Tab C 1. We have a number of important issues to consider today. 2. The most immediate concern is the veto consideration in the House today of the Education Appropriations Bill which is $1.2 billion over the budget. 3. Perhaps John Rhodes and Bob Michel can give us a report on the veto vote in the House today? GERALD FORD CIBRERA The President The Vice President SENATE Hugh Scott Bob Griffin Carl Curtis Bob Stafford John Tower Ted Stevens Strom Thurmond Jake Javits Paul Fannin Cliff Case HOUSE John Rhodes Bob Michel John Anderson Sam Devine Jack Edwards Barber Conable Lou Frey Jimmy Quillen Guy Vander Jagt Al Cederberg Al Quie Herm Schneebeli Bill Broomfield Bob Wilson STAFF Secretary Kissinger Bill Kendall Secretary Schlesinger Pat O'Donnell Secretary Morton Charles Leppert Don Rumsfeld Tom Loeffler Bob Hartmann Bob Wolthuis Jack Marsh Max Friedersdorf Phil Buchen Jim Lynn Alan Greenspan Bill Seidman REGRETS Jim Cannon Ron Nessen Senator Young Frank Zarb Bill Baroody FORD Brent Scowcroft Dick Cheney Doug Bennett Vern Loen 8:00-8:15 a.m. The President opens the meeting and announces (1.5 minutes) the agenda for discussion (Education Appropri- ations Bill veto, energy, Turkish Aid, and the Middle East settlement. ) 8:15-8:30 a.m. The President calls upon Rhodes and Michel for (15 minutes) a report on the House vote on the Presidential veto of the Education Appropriations Bill. 8:30-8:45 a.m. The President reviews the energy situation and (15 minutes) calls upon Frank Zarb for comments. 8:45-9:00 a.m. The President introduces the subject of the (15 minutes) ban on military aid to Turkey and calls upon Secretary Kissinger for comments. 9:00-9:15 a.m. The President refers to the Middle East settle- (15 minutes) ment and calls upon Secretary Kissinger for comments. 9:15-9:30 a.m. The President invites leaders to raise any (15 minutes) other subjects of interest. 9:30 a.m. The President concludes the meeting. 339 FORD LIBRARY OIL DECONTROL 1. As most of you know, the Federal allocation and price control authorities on petroleum expired on August 31, 1975. 2. Over the last several months, I have tried repeatedly to compromise with Congress on this issue. 3. Just before the August recess, I submitted a 39-month phased decontrol plan which included a $11.50 cap on new oil. It went more than half-way in meeting the concerns voiced by Members of Congress. By increasing the quantity of oil decontrolled from 1 1/2% the first year to 2 1/2%, then 3 1/2% in the last 15 months and gradually increasing the cap by $.05 per month, it would have rolled back prices during the first year and assured that future OPEC price increases would not be mirrored in higher domestic oil prices. Unfortunately, it was rejected by the House of Representatives. 4. At Mike Mansfield's and Carl Albert's request, I indicated that I would be willing to sign a 30-40 day extension of the EPAA if I could be reasonably assured that Congress would accept my 39-month decontrol plan. I believe such an approach is best, and a compromise would be in the nation's best interest. 5. While I would like to compromise, I have heard statements from some Members of Congress who appear to be putting politics ahead of the development of a national energy policy. While I hope they don't prevail, it now appears that compromise is not possible until after my veto of any extension of price controls is sustained. However, to ease the impacts of immediate decontrol, I will take several steps. 6. First, I will remove the supplemental fees on petroleum imports and again support a windfall profits tax and rebates to consumer of the tax revenues. This will keep the price increases from decontrol to very modest levels. 7. As part of the natural gas emergency legislation, I will propose shortly, I will ask for authority to allocate and control the price of propane, such as farmers and rural homes get needed supplies at reasonable prices. 8. Finally, I will submit legislative proposals to help independent refiners and marketers adjust to decontrol. For independent refiners, new legislation will provide a continuation of the subsidies they now receive under the allocation act. These subsidies will phase out gradually to ease the transition back to a free market. For independent marketers of gasoline, I will propose legislation to provide for legal remedies if coercive action is taken by major oil companies. Propane is a petroleum product which is used in agriculture for crop drying, rural home heating and in industrial and electrical utilities. Under the Emergency Petroleum Allocation Act (EPPA) , the FEA allocated propane and controlled its price. Using these authorities, historical users such as farmers were assured needed supplies. Because of the natural gas shortage, large industrial and utility users who are curtailed may attempt to subsitute propane. Such purchases could divert large quantities of propane from historical users or cause large price increases. Because the President intends to veto the six month extension of the EPAA, new authorities are needed to protect historical propane users. The President will request legislation as part of compre- hensive emergency legislation to deal with the natural gas shortage, which will: Provide allocation and pricing authorities for all propane use. Assure historical users of adequate supplies at reasonable prices. Regulate the use of propane by new industrial users who are experiencing natural gas curtailments. CONFIDENTIAL BACKGROUND MATERIAL AND TALKING POINTS ON RESTORATION OF MILITARY ASSISTANCE TO TURKEY I. BACKGROUND A. Congressional Developments: On July 24, the House failed to adopt Senate Bill 846, legislation which would have partially lifted the embargo on U.S. military assistance to Turkey. The Senate, on July 31, introduced and passed legislation containing identical language. The bill was then sent to the House and referred to the Rules Committee. Chairman Madden, however, refused to convene his committee in time for the legislation to come to a vote on the House floor before the August recess. Congressman Morgan, chairman of the International Relations Committee, is not expected to request the Speaker to ask the Rules Committee to act on the bill until after the current round in the intercommunal talks conclude: in New York at the end of this week. There are indications from the Hill that there are sufficient votes in the Rules Committee to get the measure reported to the House floor, and that efforts by the opposition to have the bill sent back to the International Relations Committee for additional hearings will fail. If the bill is reported favorably by the Rules Committee after the Yom Kippur recess (September 13-17), the House vote can probably be expected during the fourth week of September. B. Turkish Developments: Following the failure of the Congress to restore military assistance to Turkey, the Demirel government on July 26 acted to suspend all American activities at the joint US-Turkish bases, indicating that in their view the United States had unilaterally abrogated the 1969 Defense Cooperation Agreement (DCA) which links the bases with provision of U.S. military assistance. Ankara also announced that Turkey would not renegotiate the DCA while the U.S. arms embargo remains in effect. On July 28, you expressed your concern over the Turkish retaliatory action in a letter to Speaker Albert, calling for House reconsideration of the issue at the earliest opportunity. DECLASSINED E.O. 12356, Sec. 3.4 CONFIDENTIAL (GDS) (a) 3(5) DECLASSIFY OADR MR 91-35, #12, NSC letter 12/7/92 By KBH NARA, Date 1/27/93 GONPIDENTIAL - 2 - Meanwhile, NATO military authorities have again voiced concern that the continued arms embargo and suspension of American operations at the joint bases has had a serious adverse impact on Alliance defenses in the Eastern Moditerranean. Turkish leaders appear to understand that their long-term interests require a negotiated settlement on Cyprus. The forward movement. during the late July-early August Vienna III intercommunal talks have been encouraging, with concessions on both sides. Specifically, the Greek side allowed some 9, 000 Turkish Cypriots in the Greek Cypriot zone to move north and agreed in principle to a bi-zonal federation with a weak central government. The Turkish side agreed for the first time to discuss, in future meetings, territorial concessions and percentages of the land area to be occupied by the two communities on Cyprus. More recently, Ankara publicly announced the return to Turkey last week of some 1, 500 army commandos stationed on Cyprus since July 1974. Your purpose in this meeting with the leadership will be: - - to urge maximum support for favorable action in the House when the compromise legislation on Turkish military assistance reaches the floor later this month. CONFIDENTIAL (GDS) IDENTIAL - 3 I II. TALKING POINTS A. Legislative Action 1. At the outset, let me express my appreciation to all of you for your efforts before the August recess to gain passage of legislation which would have restored military assistance to Turkey. 2. As I emphasized in my July 28 letter to Speaker Albert, early positive action on Turkish military assistance is essential to U.S. and NATO interests. I would hope that you will be able to move the House bill through the Rules Committee and to the floor without delay, and that a favorable vote would be forthcoming by the end of this month at the very latest. 3. The need is for immediate legislation to restore to an important NATO ally access to U.S. sources of supply to maintain operational their American-furnished military equipment. 4. Resumption of military assistance will enable Turkey to fulfill its NATO commitments, will permit us to renegotiate the use of joint bases in Turkey, and will -- most importantly -- remove a substantial impediment to progress in the Cyprus negotiations. 5. We will need your leadership and support on the House floor when the Turkish aid bill comes to a vote. 6. Have you had the opportunity yet to take a House Whip check? If so, what are the results? What is the mood of the House and when can we expect a vote on this measure? B. Turkish Developments 1. As a result of the prolongation of the arms embargo, the downward spiral in US-Turkish relations which began last February has continued and intensified. 2. The Turkish suspension of U.S. activities at joint US-Turkish bases has remained in effect since July 26. CONFIDERTIAL (GDS) GONF IDENTIAL - 4 - 3. From the Turkish point of view, the military assistance embargo remains a serious impediment to resolving the bases issue and obtaining substantive progress on Cyprus. 4. The Turks showed flexibility at the last intercommunal talks held in Vienna, 5. Even so, last week the Turks announced the return to Turkey of 1, 500 army commandos who had been stationed on the island since last summer. 6. 7. 8. There can be no doubt as to the need to restore military aid to Turkey. It is entirely in the best interests of the United States. Favorable House action is essential. CONFIDENTIAL (GDS) CONFIDENTIAL - XGDS TALKING POINTS - - MIDDLE EAST 1. Before going into the details of Henry's recent visit to the Middle East, let me make the following comments about the present disengagement agreement between Egypt and Israel. First, long before I sent Henry to the area, it was clear that we had to continue movement toward a settlement, either by a partial step or by an overall approach. As you know, we have been attempting for many months to establish a success- ful negotiation between both countries. The divergence of their positions following the March discussion, however, made this extremely difficult and forced us into a thorough review of our alternative courses of diplo- matic action. It was clear, however, that we had to continue movement toward a settlement, either by another partial step or by attempting an overall approach. Accordingly, I sent Henry on this latest trip. 2. I regard this present agreement as an achievement about which the United States can be justly proud. Some Americans are undoubtedly cautious about a deeper U.S. involvement in the Middle East and an American presence in the Sinai as a result of the agreement, but the price this country has to pay is small indeed in comparison to what we would have had to pay if there had been no agreement at all. The positive advantages of the agreement are many a stabilization of the conflict for a period, an improvement of the U.S. position in the Middle East, a continued reduction and isolation of Soviet influence in the area, the reaffirmation of the strength of our relationship with Israel, and the opening of a doorway to further future movement toward a final settle- ment. 3. Henry could you please discuss the results of your trip. [Secretary Kissinger's remarks. ] 4. Let me conclude by reiterating my deep personal gratitude at the success of the negotiations. We have managed to avert a serious deterioration in the Arab-Israeli situation that could have resulted in war; we have given ourselves and our friends important advantages in the Middle East; and we have kept the door open to further future movement toward a final settlement. It is important, in fact, to recognize that this agreement is not a final act but is only a step toward a conclusive and lasting peace. CONFIDENTIAL DECLASSIFIED E.O. 12958, Sec. 3.5 NSC Memo, 11/24/98, State Dept. Guidelines By WHM , NARA, Date 11/28/00 CONFIDENTIAL 2 Its significance is that it gives us time and opportunity to solve the other problems related to a final settlement without the threat of imminent conflict. 5. The responsibility, however, to continue our efforts is still with us; to this end, we will need the continued confidence of all parties, Arabs as well as Israelis. We cannot be generous with one side and turn our back on the other; this is the essential reason why I shall be asking the Congress for increased assistance for Egypt when the Administra- tion's assistance request for the Middle East goes forward, and why it is essential that we honor certain requests from Arab countries for U.S. military equipment. I shall count on your support for these programs. 6. I thank you for your encouragement in the past, and I urge your firm and active support for the present agreement. FORD LIBRARY CONF IDENTIAL SEP 11 1975 September of 10 1975 MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT PROM: MAX L. FRIEDERSDORF SUBJECT: Turkish Aid John Rhodes has urgently requested that you call the Speaker as soon as possible to urge him to have Ray Madden schedule the Turkish Aid matter in Rules Committee. Dick Bolling strongly supports this procedure and has so advised John Rhodes. Unless Rules takes up the matter this week it will slip over until late next week because of the Yom Kippur recess, September 12 - 17. In addition, Bernie Sisk will be gone starting next Monday for 4 or 5 weeks due to surgery. bcc: Don Rumsfeld Jack Marsh FORD i LIBRARY GERALD September 16, 1975 MEMORANDUM FOR: JACK MARSH FROM: RUSS ROURKE Jack Maury called to express Secretary Schlesinger's interest in doing everything possible to assist in connection with the Turkish aid vote. Maury feels that the very articulate and informed Secretary should get more exposure on the Hill and be provided with increased opporthnities to inform Members on the "facts of life" with regard to the entire Turkish aid controversy. He indicated that Schlesinger is already scheduled to appear before the Demostatic Study Group within the next week. Schlesinger would like, however, to be invited to appear before the more Conservative oriented Democratic Research Group. As you know, Dave Satterfield could assist in facilitating such an invitation. Maury felt, that because of your personal relation- ship with Satterfield, you could be effective in getting Schlesinger invited to appear before that group. Maury suggested a 30-45 minute presentation with Q&As. I told Maury I would run this by you and get back to him with a report. RAR/dl GERALE FORD September 17, 1975 MEMORANDUM FOR: BRENT SCOWCROFT FROM: JACK MARSH SUBJECT: Greek/Turkey Matter Max has suggested when we consider the Greek/Turkey matter again on the Floor of the House that it would be helpful, several days prior to that, to make Ambassador Bruce available to speak to some of the Members. Inasmuch as he is not only a distinguished American diplomat, but also the fact that he serves as our Ambassador to NATO will give his views considerable weight. What would be the chances of his visiting here during that period to point out to Members the key role Turkey plays in the North Atlantic Alliance? JOM/dl FORD is LIBRARY GERALD September 17, 1975 MEMORANDUM FOR: JACK MARSH FROM: RUSS ROURKE SUBJECT: Secretary Schlesinger- Turkish Aid Jack Maury called again. to point out that Schlesinger is leaving town on September 23. The time frame is, therefore, very tight with regard to his request for assistance in appearing before the Demo- cratic Research Group. "I know how busy Jack Marsh is and if he is not able to reach Dave Satterfield by today, I will call him myself ... even though I know Jack has far better rapport with Dave.' = Please advise. RAR/dl FORD LIBRARY is GERALD THE WHITE HOUSE M WASHINGTON September 17, 1975 ADMINISTRATIVELY CONFIDENTIAL MEMORANDUM TO: JACK MARSH FROM: RUSS ROURKE R Henry Dudley has just informed me that his law partner had dinner with Doc Morgan last night. He reports that Morgan indicated that he believes we now have the votes on the Rules Committee to get favorable action on the Turkey aid matter. It is scheduled for 2:00 p.m. this afternoon in the Rules Committee. Morgan further reported that Ray Madden said that he will not object this time. He noted the heavy pressure brought upon him by the American Legion. Dudley spoke with Claude Pepper last night. Pepper indicated that his vote was guided by his "heavy Greek constituency". "I was even decorated by the Greek Government." Dudley got the impression that Pepper, for the reasons we discussed in our own meeting with Dudley, might vote with us in the Rules Committee, and then vote against us on the Floor. (FYI, Ralph Vinovich is back in the District today, and was, therefore, not available for a meeting with Dudley.) cc: MFriedersdorf GERALD FORD VIBRARY THE WHITE HOUSE WASHINGTON September 17, 1975 MEMORANDUM FOR: JACK MARSH FROM: RUSS ROURKE R SUBJECT: Secretary Schlesinger Turkish Aid Jack Maury called again. to point out that Schlesinger is leaving town on September 23. The time frame is, therefore, very tight with regard to his request for assistance in appearing before the Demo- cratic Research Group. "I know how busy Jack Marsh is and if he is not able to reach Dave Satterfield by today, I will call him myself even though I know Jack has far better rapport with Dave." Please advise. D R/M FORD & 03RALD LIBRARY THE WHITE HOUSE WASHINGTON September 16, 1975 MEMORANDUM FOR: JACK MARSH FROM: RUSS ROURKE Jack Maury called to express Secretary Schlesinger's interest in doing everything possible to assist in connection with the Turkish aid vote. Maury feels that the very articulate and informed Secretary should get more exposure on the Hill and be provided with increased opportunities to inform Members on the "facts of life" with regard to the entire Turkish aid controversy. He indicated that Schlesinger is already scheduled to appear before the Democratic Study Group within the next week. Schlesinger would like, however, to be invited to appear before the more Conservative-oriented Democratic Research Group. As you know, Dave Satterfield could assist in facilitating such an invitation. Maury felt, that because of your personal relation- ship with Satterfield, you could be effective in getting Schlesinger invited to appear before that group. Maury suggested a 30-45 minute presentation with Q&As. I told Maury I would run this by you and get back to him with a report. D A/M FORD MEMORANDUM THE WHITE HOUSE 6304 WASHINGTON September 22, 1975 MEMORANDUM FOR JACK MARSH FROM: Brent Scowcroft SUBJECT: Turkish Aid Ambassador Bruce and Congress This is in reply to your memorandum of September 17, 1975. I concur that it would be helpful to have Ambassador Bruce return prior to House action on Turkish aid, to permit him to meet with members of the House to review the damage to the Alliance being caused by the current embargo. It is my understanding that a September 19 LIG meeting is set to discuss the best approach to moving the Turkish legislation favorably through the House. Following that meeting we should have a better idea of the best time for Ambassador Bruce to be in Washington. We will then follow through with State to see if the necessary arrangements can be made. 9/23 Max: For your information and follow up. Jack FO GERALD September 17, 1975 MEMORANDUM FOR: BRENT SCOWCROFT FROM: JACK MARSH SUBJECT: Greek/Turkey Matter Max has suggested when we consider the Greek/Turkey matter again on the Floor of the House that it would be helpful, several days prior to that, to make Ambassador Bruce available to speak to some of the Members. ney Inasmuch as he is not only a distinguished American diplomat, but also the fact that he serves as our Ambassador to NATO will give his views considerable weight. What would be the chances of his visiting here during that period to point out to Members the key role Turkey plays in the North Atlantic Alliance? JOM/dl 9/23 Max: For your information and follow up. Jack FORD i LIBRARY DERALD September 22, 1975 MEMORANDUM FOR: MAX FRIEDERSDORF FROM: JACK MARSH Anticipating the next vote on the Greek/Turkey matter, I believe it would be helpful if we could have the gentleman available several days prior to his consideration, who is the leader in the Greek community and such a close friend of Governor Rockefeller. I believe Bob Wolthuis has this individual's name and you might touch base with PetteWallison or Jim Cannon to see if that individual is desirous of coming down. I believe his last name is something like Alfange (sp. ?). JOM/dl FORD is LIBRARY 07/830 MAY ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF STATE WASHINGTON dony Septer 24, 1975 MEMORANDUM FOR HONORABLE JOHN MARSH THE WHITE HOUSE SUBJECT: Turkey and the Black Caucus You will recall that just before the August recess Charlie Rangle held out hopes that he and perhaps several other members of the Black Caucus might vote to lift the embargo on arms shipments to Turkey if in return they were assured that the President would take a stronger stand on narcotics control. The President spoke with Rangel by phone from Helsinki, and sent him a letter. Rangel believes that the President is further committed to 1. Make a public statement according high priority to narcotics control. 2. Meet with Rangel and other concerned Congressmen to discuss the issue. If this can be arranged, Rangel has said that he and some friends would support S. 2230. It seems to me that it is in the President's interest to publicly reiterate a strong stand against narcotics trafficking. The possibility of getting some Black Caucus votes for lifting the embargo make this a propitious time to make such a statement. Consequently, I urge you to recommend to the President that he meet with Rangel and colleagues this week, reiterate his concern over the import of hard drugs, discuss tougher 2. enforcement measures, and then issue a statement after the meeting that would go something like the following: "I have invited my colleagues from the Congress, including (special recognition might be given to Rangel as chairman of the Black Caucus and perhaps 2 or 3 others). We discussed the tragic consequences of the continuing illegal import of opium based drugs into this country. I have reiterated the high priority the control of the narcotics traffic has among the objectives of this Administration and pointed out what progress 18 being made. Helpful suggestions were made by members of Congress for improving enforcement. These suggestions will be studied immediately and implemented as soon as possible." Robert S. McClas Robert J. McCloskey ENE & LIBRARY QERALD SEP 251975 game 9/26 bmay THE WASHINGTON WHIT May HOT From: Robert T. Hartmann To: Jack March a.m. Date: Time p.m. Pres said you should Dee this - any body on Calif delegation that might be turned around ) FORD i 038830 LIBRARY BERALD on an needs. That is the best way to protect the integrity but it proves the point that what the state cannot ing. the plan. afford is further neglect of its coast. EUGE The A Arms Embargo: a Proven Error was disappointed news story (Sept. 3), The House of Representatives will be extending good reason why that deadline cannot be met. The Nonsense, 186 Scienti the harm already done to American and NATO se- and the article by Prt arms, embargo has been thoroughly debated. All Abell of UCLA (Opini curity interests if it fails to act soon to lift the em- that has to be done before the House votes is to "Astrology Can Fost bargo on U.S. arms shipments to Turkey. weigh the ban's actual results against its intended Thinking." Far from serving any beneficial purpose, the purpose From reading these ar arms ban, imposed last February at congressional insistence, has had only negative effects: on U.S. The embargo was meant to pressure Turkey into the scientists' view of ast incorrect. The science of Turkish relations, on the Cyprus situation, on the pulling its army back from the 40% of Cyprus that not a physical one, excep ntelligence-gathering capabilities of the Atlantic it occupied last year in the wake of an attempted termination of longitude, alliance. Responsibility and good sense both dictate coup by elements of the Greek Cypriot community. and the relative motion that the embargo be ended. But the embargo instead worked to freeze the sit- cal locations. The influent The Senate has, already voted to relax the weap- uation on Cyprus. The Turkish army has stayed logical phenomena is not ons boycott, and the House International Relations put, Greek Cypriot refugees have not been allowed physical force or electron, Committee has approved similar legislation. That to return to their homes, negotiations on the is- diation land's political future are deadlocked. Meanwhile, For example, if the bill would permit shipment to Turkey of $185 mil- lion in arms already contracted for and would open important U.S. intelligence-gathering facilities in was physically to disapped the way to future military sales. Grant aid, howev- Turkey have been taken over by the Turks, jeopar- orbit on Jan. 1, 1976, an born on Jan. 2 would still er, would not be resumed. dizing NATO's ability to keep track of military In the hope of strengthening Turkey's moderate movements in the southern Soviet Union. der a specific Martian infl the planet were still there government, President Ford is urging full House The arms embargo. is a proven mistake. The son for this is because ma action on the legislation before Oct 12, when na- House, which once more has the chance to rectify the universe in two ways tional elections will be held in Turkey There is no it, should quickly do so. separate, and symbolicall tative. Astrology is conce understanding the latter, scious perception. Thus the The Torturing of Freedom in Brazil of astrological phenomet from within man himself, fore gives him the power to stars. This principle is sum JOHN S: BERLING WASHINGTON OFFICE: 14TH DISTRICT, OHIO 1234 LONGWORTH HOUSE OFFICE BUILDING TELEPHONE (202) 225-5231 COMMITTEES: JUDICIARY INTERIOR AND Congress of the United States DISTRICT OFFICE: 411 WOLF LEDGES PARKWAY INSULAR AFFAIRS AKRON, OHIO 44311 House of Representatives TELEPHONE (216) 762-9323 Mashington, D.C. 20515 July 31, 1975 Dear Colleague: Last week I circulated a letter from Dr. Herbert Scoville stating that the Turkish bases have only marginal utility in verifying past and future strategic arms limitation agreements. It seemed to me that Dr. Scoville's views had an important bearing on the claims by the Administration that the Turkish bases were essential for this purpose. Dr. Scoville is one of the foremost U.S. experts in the fields of strategic weaponry, arms control and scientific intelligence gathering, with more than twenty years of service in important posts in the Department of Defense, Central Intelligence Agency and Arms Control and Disarmament Agency. In connection with the Administration's efforts to obtain consideration of a revised compromise resolution on a partial lifting of the ban on arms shipments to Turkey, I received a phone call yesterday from Dr. Fred C. Ikle, Director of. the U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency. Dr. Ikle called to say that he considered the bases very important for monitoring both present and future arms control agreements. I suggested to Dr. Ikle that he review Dr. Scoville's letter and give me his comments, and I offered to give his comments the same distribution that I had given to Dr. Scoville's letter. Both letters are attached, in order that Members may draw their own conclusions as to the adequacy of Dr. Ikle's response to the points made by Dr. Scoville. Sincerely, John SEIBERLING, ILC. JFS:jmb July 31, 1975 Dear Congressman Seiberling: I wish to follow up on your questions as to the importance of U.S. bases in Turkey for the verification of arms control agreements. In particular, you were interested in my reactions to the letter by Doctor Herbert Scoville, Jr. which you inserted in the Congressional Record of July 22, 1975. In his letter, Dr. Scoville states that the bases in Turkey are not well located to monitor the SALT Interim Agreement and the ABC1 Treaty. While the sites in Turkey have made some contribution to monitoring the AB1 Treaty, it would be shortsighted to consider the verifiability of only those limitations which were agreed to in the past. The Interim Agree- ment will expire in two years and the SALT II agreement now under negotia- tion will have additional limitations more difficult to monitor. Moreover, we must ensure that our verification capabilities will be adequate for further limitations and reductions to be negotiated after SALT II. If we permit our verification capabilities to contract, how can we expand the scone of future arms control limitations? Many members of Congress expressed an interest in limiting cruise missiles. As far as we can anticipate, the verification of such limits will have to be based primarily on the observation of tests. For this purpose, bases in Turkey would play a crucial role; without them, any actual or likely potential test locations could not be monitored. It would take many years and considerable investment to develop alternate means of verification, if the gap could be closed at all. We must also keep in mind that the Soviets may change the location of their test sites or the way in which they use them. This possibility lends added importance to the U.S. monitoring facilities in Turkey. The suggestion has been made that the facilities in Turkey could be moved to another country. But this would forfeit Turkey's unique geo- graphic location. Moreover, such a relocation would almost certainly en- tail new political vulnerabilities. Classified data necessarily omitted from this letter would lend greater clarity and force to these conclusions. However, the importance of the Turkish bases for the monitoring of arms limitations agreements can be sufficiently appreciated, I think, from the considerations sketched here. Please let me know if I can provide you with additional information. Sincerely, FRED.C. IKLE, Director United States Arms Control and Disarmament Agency July 20, 1975 Dear Congressman Seiberling: This is in answer to your request for my views on the usefulness of our Turkish bases for verifying the SALT agreements. I understand that it has been argued that these bases are essential for ensuring that the Russians are not violating the SALT I ABi1 Treaty and Interim Agreement on Offensive Weapons and that they are also necessary if we are to verify any future agreements deriving from the Vladivostok Accords. While there is no doubt that the Turkish bases provide useful information on certain aspects of the Soviet military complex, to say that they are essen- tial for verifying past or future SALT agreements would appear to be such an exaggeration as to raise questions as to the sincerity of those making the statements. First, with respect to the ABM Treaty, the bases would appear of marginal if any value. A glance at the globe will show their unsuitability for observa- tions of the Soviet ABil Test Site at Sary Shagun, which is on Lake Balkash about 2,000 miles east of Turkey. That country is far less satisfactory for observing activities at the Test Site than would be bases in countries directly to the south. Turkey is not a good location for observing whether their radars are being tested in the ABH mode or their SAM missiles are being tested against incoming ballistic missiles. It has no value at all for verifying deployment of ABMs. While the Turkish bases are closer to the Russian ICBM, IRBM, or MRBN test launch areas, which are north of the Caspian Sea, information on such firings that might come from the Turkish bases is not of any great value in verifying the ABM Treaty. The Turkish bases provide no information relative to the Interim Agree- ment on Offensive Weapons, since this agreement only freezes deployment of offensive missiles, not their development or testing. Information on deployment comes from observation satellites, not from surface observation posts. Thus, the Turkish bases have little if any value in verifying either of the SALT I Hoscow Agreements. It is harder to be so categorical relative to future agreements, since details on these are still unknown. However, looking at the Vladivostok Accords, it is doubtful whether the bases can be very important. As with the Interim Agreement, these bases have no relation to the ceiling on deployment of delivery vehicles. They could be of some value relative to the ceiling on HIRVd missiles, since a factor here is what types of missiles have been tested with ilIRVs. However, the key observation [point] to determine this is not at the launch end of the test range, but at the re-entry point which occurs on the Kamchatka Peninsula in the Pacific Ocean. Both of those areas are subject to observation from U.S. ships or land areas. It is these locations, not the Turkish bases, which have provided the information that the Secretary of Defense has used to announce Soviet MIRV tests. If observation of the launch areas were essential, then verification would be impossible, regardless of whether we had the Turkish bases, since there is nothing to prevent the Russians launching from one of their operational sites far from the Turkish bases. Finally, there are other land areas closer than Turkey for observing the current Soviet missile test launch area to the north of the Caspian Sea. In sum, the Turkish bases have only marginal utility in verifying past or possible future SALT agreements. Other observation sites and satellites would appear much more useful. SALT cannot be reasonably used as a justification for making a decision on our Turkish aid program. /s Herbert Scoville, Jr. Former Assistant Director of CIA for Scientific Intelligence and Deputy Director for Research GERALD August 6, 1975 MEMORANDUM FOR: BRENT SCOWCROFT FROM: JACK MARSH The President is very interested in the attached and wanted you to review it, particularly from the standpoint of developing a position when this matter again comes before the House for debate. I would be very grateful for your guidance. JOM/dl FORD is LIBRARY GERALD THE WHITE HOUSE WASHINGTON August 4, 1975 MEMORANDUM FOR: LES JANKA THRU: JACK MARSH BILL KENDALL July ISK FROM: CHARLES LEPPERT, JR. Cof. SUBJECT: Scoville and Ikle Letter on the Utility of U.S. bases in Turkey Max Frieder sdorf asked that I obtain a copy of the Scoville letter on the marginal utility of our bases in Turkey and to have you prepare a rebuttal for circulation on the Hill. Please note that also attached is the response of Mr. Fred C. Ikle. THE WHITE HOUSE WASHINGTON Mar- - Suggest you have Bob wt Les. J. prepare this for use Wed M NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS SERVICE WITHDRAWAL SHEET (PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARIES) FORM OF CORRESPONDENTS OR TITLE DATE RESTRICTION DOCUMENT Memo From Brent Scowcroft to 9/25/75 A John O. Marsh, and attachment, 3 pgs, FILE LOCATION John Marsh Files, Box 42, " Turkish Aid, 9/75 (6)" RESTRICTION CODES (A) Closed by Executive Order 12356 governing access to national security information. (B) Closed by statute or by the agency which originated the document. (C) Closed in accordance with restrictions contained in the donor's deed of gift. 80 7/1/14 GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION GSA FORM 7122 (REV. 5-82) NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS SERVICE WITHDRAWAL SHEET (PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARIES) FORM OF DOCUMENT CORRESPONDENTS OR TITLE DATE RESTRICTION Fact Military Assistance to Turkey [ca. 9/25/95] Sheet A 3 pgs. FILE John LOCATION Marsh Files, Box 42, " Turkish Aid, 9/75 (6)" RESTRICTION CODES (A) Closed by Executive Order 12356 governing access to national security information. (B) Closed by statute or by the agency which originated the document. (C) Closed in accordance with restrictions contained in the donor's deed of gift. 80 7/1/14 GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION GSA FORM 7122 (REV. 5-82) THE WHITE HOUSE WASHINGTON September 26, 1975 MEMORANDUM FOR: JACK MARSH FROM: RUSS ROURKE R S SUBJECT: Turkey and the Black Caucus Obviously, both the goal and the quid pro quo in McCloskey's memo are laudable. I have some concern, however, about the President's making personal deals with Members on matters such as this, even though the substance of the deal is connected with the critically important anti-narcotics trafficking effort. Prior to setting up any meeting with the Black Caucus, I believe it would be advisable to get some further corroboration on pre- cisely how far the Black Caucus is willing to go in commiting itself on a Turkish aid effort if the President decides, indeed, to agree to the meeting and the statement. R- Run by MAX, I shaw your concerns. M FORD is LIBRARI GERALD - September 26 THE WHITE HOUSE WASHINGTON TO: RUSS FROM: JOHN O. MARSH, JR. For Direct Reply For Draft Response For Your Information Please Advise FYI and your views please. GERALD FORD LIBRARY MAY ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF STATE WACHINGTON Russ Brant Septem 1 24, 1975 MEMORANDUM FOR HONORABLE JOHN MARSH THE WHITE HOUSE SUBJECT: Turkey and the Black Caucus You will recall that just before the August recess Charlie Rangle held out hopes that he and perhaps several other members of the Black Caucus might vote to lift the embargo on arms shipments to Turkey if in return they were assured that the President would take a stronger stand on narcotics control. The President spoke with Rangel by phone from Helsinki, and sent him a letter. Rangel believes that the President is further committed to! 1. Make a public statement according high priority to narcotics control. 2. Meet with Rangel and other concerned Congressmen to discuss the issue. If this can be arranged, Rangel has said that he and some friends would support S. 2230. It seems to me that it is in the President's interest to publicly reiterate a strong stand against narcotics trafficking. The possibility of getting some Black Caucus votes for lifting the embargo make this a propitious time to make such a statement. Consequently, I urge you to recommend to the President that he meet with Rangel and colleagues this week, reiterate his concern over the import of hard drugs, discuss tougher ERALO 2. enforcement measures, and then issue a statement after the meeting that would go something like the following: "I have invited my colleagues from the Congress, including (special recognition might be given to Rangel as chairman of the Black Caucus and perhaps 2 or 3 others). We discussed the tragic consequences of the continuing illegal import of opium based drugs into this country. I have reiterated the high priority the control of the narcotics traffic has among the objectives of this Administration and pointed out what progress is being made. Helpful suggestions were made by members of Congress for improving enforcement. These suggestions will be studied immediately and implemented as soon as possible." lobs J. McClas Robert J. McCloskey GERALD September 26 THE WHITE HOUSE WASHINGTON Jack: We tried unsuccessfully to reach Straus-Hupe during the last several days. We left several messages for him. is LIBRARY GERALD R Russ sent max 9/30- - Fid. SEP 26 1975 SEP 26 1975 MEMORANDUM THE WHITE HOUSE WASHINGTON ( September 25, 1975 MEMORANDUM FOR: JACK MARSH MAX FRIEDERSDORF FROM: DON RUMSFELD Ambassador Strauz-Hupe gave me the following information on his visits with House Members on the Turkish aide issue: 1. Sam Seiger (Arizona) -- might go with us. 2. John Rousselot (California) -- against us. 3. Del Clawson (California) -- definitely with us. 4. Tom Downing (Virginia) -- probably with us. 5. Robert Bauman (Maryland) -- probably with us. 6. Bill Whitehurst (Virginia) -- he would like to go with us but has a large Greek constituency. 7. Don Fuqua (Florida) -- probably with us. P.S. I am not sure these are going to prove to be accurate. FORD is LIBRARY GERALD SEP 26 1975 MEMORANDUM THE WHITE HOUSE WASHINGTON September 25, 1975 MEMORANDUM FOR: JACK MARSH MAX FRIEDERSDORF FROM: DON RUMSFELD Attached is the report from Robert Straus-Hupe on his House visits on the Turkish Aide issue. Attachment GERALD September 25, 1975 Ambassador. Straus -Hupe Phillip Crane positive Floyd Spence likely to be positive George O'brien likely to be positive John Wydler negative Best wishes and he will see you in April. Judy LIBRARY SEP September 26, 1975 MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT FROM: MAX FRIEDERSDORF SUBJECT: Turkey Aid Brademas, Sarbanes and Rosenthal made a very determined effort to defeat in Rules Committee our attempts to report the Turkish Aid Bill. Dick Bolling was extremely helpful in obtaining the four Democratic votes we received for the rule and if you are talking to Dick it would be good to mention his very helpful assistance on getting this rule. beck Jack Marsh FORD is LIBRARY QERALD September 26, 1975 MEMORANDUM FOR: JACK MARSH FROM: RUSS ROURKE SUBJECT: Turkey and the Black Caucus Obviously, both the goal and the quid pro quo in McCloskey's memo are laudable. I have some concern, however, about the President's making personal deals with Members on matters such as this, even though the substance of the deal is connected with the critically important anti-narcotics trafficking effort. Prior to meating up any meeting with the Black Caucus, I believe it would be advisable to get some further correporation on pre- cisely how far the Black Caucus is willing to go in commiting itself on a Turkish aid effort if the President decides, indeed, to agree to the meeting and the statement. RAR/dl GERAL FORD LIBRETT SEP 26 1975 THE WHITE HOUSE WASHINGTON September 26, 1975 MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT FROM: MAX FRIEDERSDORF M. SUBJECT: Tobacco Bill Turkish Aid Per your request I am listing below how the Congressional delegation whom you visited with yesterday on the tobacco bill voted on the most recent Turkish Aid vote of July 24, 1975: House Walter Jones -- Voted OK Tim Lee Carter -- Absent, but has voted with us on this issue on past occasions and has indicated he will be with us next week. Tom Foley - Voted wrong Bill Wampler -- Voted OK Carl Perkins -- Voted OK Bob Poage -- Voted OK John Breckinridge -- Voted OK Senate Huddleston -- Voted OK Ford -- Voted OK Baker -- Voted OK Helms --- Voted OK Morgan -- Voted wrong Thurmond -- Voted OK Hollings -- Voted wrong Nunn -- Voted OK Stone - Voted wrong Dole -- Voted OK FORD -2- With regard to Walter Jones' report to you on pick ups in the North Carolina delegation, he gives me the following run down. Walter Jones -- OK before and will be with us again. Fountain -- OK before and will be with us again. Henderson -- OK before and will be with us again. Ike Andrews -- Voted wrong and will definitely switch to vote OK. Neal - Voted wrong and now a strong possibility of a switch. Preyer -- OK before and still with us. Rose -- Voted wrong before and phoned from Copenhagen to advise that if the President signs the Tobacco Bill he will switch his vote on Turkish Aid. Hefner ---- Voted wrong and now is slight possibility to switch. Jim Martin -- Voted wrong and still a lost cause. Jim Broyhill - Voted OK and still with us. Roy Taylor -- Voted wrong but has switched and will definitely be with u: This means we have picked up two definite switches (Andrews and Taylor) ; one strong possibility (Neal) ; one slight possibility (Hefner), and one definite switch if you sign the Tobacco Bill (Rose) As the deadline for signing the Tobacco Bill comes on mid-night October 1, the same day the Turkish Aid Bill will be on the House floor, we could probably definitely wrap up Neal and Hefner if you decide to sign the bill. Walter Jones said to also tell you that if you decide to veto it he would urge that no mention of the Parliamentarian procedure be used in your veto statement and I assured him that I felt certain this would not be done. And as I mentioned to you and Dr. Kissinger, Walter said another big help would be to allow the sale of tobacco to Egypt which wants to buy 14.9 million pounds according to Congressman Jones. 183810 1080 ust 1, 1975 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE at about Maramanlis, one of the SEN), the Senator from Mississippi (Mr. unanimous consent that the order for the statesman in Europe, buffeted on EASTLAND), the Senator from Wyoming yeas and nays be negated. I do not see ght and the left? What is the alba- (Mr. McGEE), the Senator from Mon- any reason to have them. around his neck? Cyprus and its tana (Mr. METCALF), and the Senator Mr. DOLE. I see no objection to that. e. from Georgia (Mr. TALMADGE) are neces- Mr. WILLIAM L. SCOTT. I object, Mr. at are.we going to do to bring about sarily absent. President. fully a settlement in that area so Mr. GRIFFIN. I announce that the The VICE PRESIDENT. The objection he Turks will withdraw their forces Senator from New York (Mr. BUCKLEY), is heard. The clerk will call the roll. Cyprus, so that the independence and the Senator from Arizona (Mr. The second assistant legislative clerk yprus, which is composed of two GOLDWATER) are necessarily absent. proceeded to call the roll. as, even at this time, really within The result was announced-yeas 43, Mr. CASE. Mr. President, may we have so that the refugees can be taken nays 49, as follows: order? of? What are we going to do if we [Rollcall Vote No. 372 Leg.] The VICE PRESIDENT. Let us have it give some assistance at this time, YEAS-43 order in the Chamber, please. o much to maintain our bases in Abourezk Hartke Muskie Mr. SPARKMAN. And in the galleries, ey, important though they be, but Bayh Haskell Pastore Mr. President. !p the Cypriots, to help the Greeks? Beall Hollings Pell The VICE PRESIDENT. And the gal- ey are going to be helped, they have Biden Humphrey Percy Brooke Jackson Proxmire leries as well. The clerk will not proceed helped from the outside, and the Burdick Javits Ribicoff until order is restored. country not a signatory to the in- Byrd, Kennedy Roth y and the independence of Cyprus, Harry F., Jr. Laxalt Schweiker Mr. ROBERT C. BYRD. Mr. President, Cannon Leahy Scott, no debate is allowed on a rollcall, but nly country in a position to do so, Church Magnuson William L there may be further votes tonight, for ven the opportunity, is the United Cranston McGovern Stevenson the information of the Senate. is of America. Culver McIntyre Stone Eagleton Mondale Tunney The VICE PRESIDENT. The clerk may I say I hope that this motion to Gravel Montoya Weicker proceed to call the roll. nit this bill to the Committee on Hart, Gary W. Moss Williams ign Relations will fail. The second assistant legislative clerk NAYS-49 would hope that we would be aware resumed the call of the roll. Allen Glenn Nelson e fact that the House of Represent- Baker Griffin Nunn Mr. CASE. Mr. President, I ask for the S is still in session, and three at- Bartlett Hansen Packwood regular order. its to adjourn it tonight beginning Bellmon Hart, Philip A. Pearson Brock Hatfield Randolph Mr. HUGH SCOTT. Mr. President, a ound 8 o'clock have failed. Bumpers Hathaway Scott, Hugh Senator who has not voted is coming to hat is the House of Representatives Byrd, Robert C. Helms Sparkman the floor. He is entitled to that courtesy. ng for? Hopefully for action by the Case Hruska Stafford Chiles Huddleston Stennis The point was made last Tuesday. te. Clark Inouye Stevens Mr. CASE. I withdraw the request. ok at Turkey. If the Senators do Curtis Johnston Symington .hink it is not an important country, Dole Long Taft The second assistant legislative clerk Domenici Mansfield Thurmond resumed and concluded the call of the M of the thousand-mile frontier with Fannin Mathias Tower roll. Soviet Union; think of the fact that Fong McClellan Young tey is a Moslem country, which has Ford McClure Mr. ROBERT C. BYRD. I announce 1 through the years adopted a Garn Morgan that the Senator from Texas (Mr. BENT- Is-off policy as far as the Middle NOT VOTING-7 SEN), the Senator from Mississippi (Mr. is concerned. Bentsen Goldwater Talmadge EASTLAND), the Senator from Wyoming here are they going to get their Buckley McGee (Mr. McGEE), and the Senator from Eastland Metcalf -in Western Europe, in Eastern Georgia (Mr. TALMADGE) are necessarily pe, or in the Soviet Union? So the motion to commit the bill to the absent. noticed by the ticker that the Soviets Committee on Foreign Relations was re- Mr. GRIFFIN. I announce that the contemplating sending helicopters to jected. Senator from New York (Mr. BUCKLEY) rey at the present time. I would be Mr. SPARKMAN. Mr. President, I and the Senator from Arizona (Mr. e a coup for them. move to reconsider the vote by which the GOLDWATER) are necessarily absent. here are the Turks going to get the motion was rejected. The result was announced-yeas 47, ey-from the Arab countries? Mr. CASE. I move to lay that motion nays 46, as follows: nd where are the Turks going to be- on the table. [Rellead] Vote No. 872 Leg.] e more interested-in the Middle The motion to lay on the table was YEAS-47 a cockpit if ever there was one. agreed to. Baker Glenn Metcalf hope, may I say to our colleagues, The VICE PRESIDENT. The bill is Bartlett Griffin Nunn ; they will take all these factors into open to amendment. Bellmon Hansen Packwood If there be no amendment to be pro- Brock sideration, because the President is Hart, Philip A. Pearson Bumpers posed, the question is on the engrossment Hatfield ng to bring about a settlement of Randolph Byrd, Robert C. Hathaway Scott, Hugh S. He needs support. If our colleagues and third reading of the bill. Case Helms Sparkman it to do something for Cyprus, if they The bill was ordered to be engrossed Chiles Hruska Stafford Clark for a third reading and was read the Huddleston it to do something for Greece, I say Stennis Curtis Inouye Stevens : against the motion to commit and third time. Dole Johnston Symington as to pass the resolution reported out. The VICE PRESIDENT. The bill hav- Domenici Long Taft ing been read the third time, the question Fannin Mansfield he Committee on Foreign Relations. Thurmond Fong Mathias Tower yield back the remainder of my time. is, Shall it pass? Ford McClellan Young FORD EVERAL SENATORS. Vote! Vote! Mr. SPARKMAN. Mr. President, I ask Garn McClure he PRESIDING OFFICER. Is all time for the yeas and nays. NAYS-46 ded back? The VICE PRESIDENT. Is there a suf- Abourezk Hartke Muskie III time having been yielded back, the ficient second? There is a sufficient Allen Haskell Nelson GERALD stion is on agreeing to the motion to second. Bayh Hollings Pastore Beall nmit. The yeas and nays were ordered. Humphrey Pell Biden Jackson Percy Ir. SPARKMAN. Mr. President, have The VICE PRESIDENT. The clerk will Brooke Javits Proxmire yeas and nays been ordered? call the roll. Burdick Kennedy Ribicoff Byrd, Laxalt Roth The PRESIDING OFFICER. The yeas Mr. JOHNSTON. Mr. President, I ask Harry F., Jr. Leahy Schweiker 1 nays were ordered. unanimous consent that there be a 10- Cannon Magnuson Scott, The clerk will call the roll. minute rollcall. Church McGovern William L Cranston McIntyre Stevenson The legislative clerk called the roll. The VICE PRESIDENT. Without ob- Culver Mondale Stone Ar. ROBERT C. BYRD. I announce jection, it is so ordered. Eagleton Montoya Tunney Gravel Morgan Weicker it the Senator from Texas (Mr. BENT- Mr. EAGLETON. Mr. President, I ask Hart, Gary W. Moss Williams 14798 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE August 1, NOT VOTING-6 arms and ammunition under this section MESSAGE FROM THE HOU Bentsen Eastland McGee are important to the national security inter- Buckley Goldwater ests of the United States; and ENROLLED BILLS SIGNED Talmadge (B) the President is requested to initiate A message from the House of So the bill (S. 2230) was passed, as discussions with the Government of Greece follows: sentatives delivered by Mr. H to determine the most urgent needs of Greece S. 2230 one of its reading clerks, annount for economic and military assistance. the Speaker has signed the fi To authorize appropriations for the Board (2) The President is directed to submit to enrolled bills: for International Broadcasting for fiscal the Speaker of the House of Representatives year 1978; and to promote improved rela- and to the Foreign Relations and Appropria- H.R. 2559. An act to amend tions between the United States, Greece, tions Committees of the Senate within sixty United States Code, to apply to th and Turkey, to assist in the solution of the days after the enactment of this Act a report States Postal Service certain provi refugee problem on Cyprus, and to other- on discussions conducted under subsection law providing for Federal agency sa wise strengthen the North Atlantic Alli- (b) (1) (B), together with his recommenda- grams and responsibilities, to prc ance tions for economic and military assistance to cost-of-living adjustments of Feder: Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Greece for the fiscal year 1976. tive salaries, and for other purpose Representatives of the United States of (c) (1) Section 620(x) of the Foreign As- H.R. 8597. An act making appro America in Congres assembled, That section sistance Act of 1961 is amended by striking for the Treasury Department, th 8(a) of the Board for International Broad- out all after the word "Provided," and insert- States Postal Service, the Executi casting Act of 1973 (22 U.S.C. 2877(a)) is ing in lieu thereof the following: "That the of the President, and certain Ind amended— President is authorized to suspend the pro- Agencies, for the fiscal year ending (1) by striking out $49,990,000 for fiscal visions of this section and of section 3(c) 1976, and the period ending Septe year 1975, of which not less than $75,000 of the Foreign Military Sales Act only with 1976, and for other purposes. shall be available solely to initiate broadcasts respect to sales, credits, and guaranties under H.R. 8714. An act to amend t in the Estonian language and not less than the Foreign Military Sales Act. as amended, road Unemployment Insurance Ac $75,000 shall be available solely to initiate for the procurement of such defense articles crease employment and sickness broadcasts in the Latvian language" in the and defense services as the President deter- and for other purposes. first sentence and inserting in lieu thereof mines and certifies to the Congress are nec- $65,640,000 for fiscal year 1976"; and essary in order to enable Turkey to fulfill her The enrolled bills were subs (2) by striking out "fiscal year 1975" on defense responsibilities as 8 member of the signed by the Vice President. the second sentence and inserting in lieu North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Any such thereof "fiscal year 1976". suspension shall be effective only while Tur- SEC. 2. (a) (1) The Congress reaffirms the key shall observe the cease-fire and shall EXECUTIVE REPORT OF policy of the United States to seek to im- neither increase its forces on Cyprus nor COMMITTEE prove and harmonize relations among the allies of the United States and between the transfer to Cyprus any United States supplied As in executive session, the 1 United States and its allies, in the interest arms, ammunition, and implements of war.". (2) Section 620(x) of the Foreign Assist- executive report of a committee of mutual defense and national security. In particular, the Congress recognizes the spe- ance Act of 1961 is further amended by desig- mitted: cial contribution to the North Atlantic Alli- nating the present subsection as paragraph By Mr. MAGNUSON, from the c ance of Greece and Turkey by virtue of their (1) and by adding at the end thereof the on Commerce: John Holliday Holl geographic position on the southeastern following new paragraph: of Mississippi, to be a member of "(2) The President shall submit to the eral Power Commission. flank of Europe and is prepared to assist in the modernization and strengthening of their Congress within sixty days after the enact- respective armed forces. ment of this paragraph, and at the end of (The above nomination was (2) The Congress further reaffirms the pol- each succeeding sixty-day period, a report with the recommendation that 1 icy of the United States to alleviate the suf- on progress made during such period toward firmed, subject to the nomine fering of refugees and other victims of armed the conclusion of a negotiated solution of mitment to respond to requests conflict and to foster and promote interna- the Cyprus conflict.". and testify before any duly CO tional efforts to ameliorate the conditions (3) Nothing in this section shall be con- committee of the Senate.) which prevent such persons from resuming strued as authorizing (A) military assistance normal and productive lives. The Congress, to Turkey under chapter 2 of part II of the therefore, calls upon the President to en- Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, or (B) sales, NATIONAL PRODUCTIVIT courage and to cooperate in the implements- credits, or guaranties to or on behalf of Tur- QUALITY OF WORKING L tion of multilateral programs, under the key under the Foreign Military Sales Act for OF 1975 auspices of the Secretary General of the the procurement of defense articles or de- United Nations, the United Nations High fense services not determined by the Pres- Mr. ROBERT C. BYRD. Mr. 1 Commissioner for Refugees, or other appro- ident to be needed for the fulfillment of Tur- I ask unanimous consent that priate international agencies, for the relief key's North Atlantic Treaty Organization ate proceed to the considerat of and assistance to refugees and other per- responsibilities. 2195, with the understanding t sons disadvantaged by the hostilities on Cy- prus pending a final settlement of the Cyprus (4) Pursuant to the provisions of this be a 6-minute limitation for refugee situation in the spirit of Security section, in the case of any letter of offer to minutes to Mr. NUNN and 3 n sell any defense article or defense service Council Resolution 361. Mr. PERCY, and that there be- (b) (1) In order that the purpose of this pursuant to the Foreign Military Sales Act for $25,000,000 or more, the President shall Mr. WILLIAM L. SCOTT. Act may be carried out without awaiting the submit to the Speaker of the House of Repre- the right to object enactment of foreign assistance legislation sentatives and to the chairman of the Com- Mr. ROBERT C. BYRD. Will for fiscal year 1976 programs- mittee on Foreign Relations of the Senate ator allow me to complete m (A) the President is authorized, notwith- a statement containing (A) a brief descrip- May I say this bill is cleared o: standing section 620 of the Foreign Assistance tion of the defense article or defense service Act of 1961, to furnish to the Government endar by unanimous consent, to be offered, (B) the dollar amount of the FORD of Turkey those defense articles and defense Mr. NUNN and Mr. PERCY want proposed sale, (C) the United States Armed services with respect to which contracts of Force which is making the sale, and (D) the vote. Therefore, I ask unanir casale were signed under section 21 or section date on which any letter of offer to sell is to- sent that at such time as S. 219 GERALD 222 of the Foreign Military Sales Act on or be issued. The letter of offer shall not be up and made the pending bu before February 5, 1975, and to issue licenses issued if the Congress, within twenty fore the Senate there be a 6-mi for the transportation to the Government calendar days after receiving any such state- tation thereon to be equally d of Turkey of arms, ammunition, and imple- ment, adopts a concurrent resolution stating tween Mr. PERCY and Mr. NUNN ments of war (including technical data re- in effect that it objects to such proposed sale. lating thereto) Provided, That such author- at the expiration of the 6 mint ization shall be effective only while Turkey (5) This subsection shall become effective occur thereon. shall observe the cease-fire and shall neither only upon enactment of foreign assistance The VICE PRESIDENT. Is legislation authorizing sales, credits, and increase its forces on Cyprus nor transfer to guaranties under the Foreign Military Sales jection? Cyprus any United States supplied imple- Act for fiscal year 1976. Mr. WILLIAM L. SCOTT. ments of war: Provided further, That the the right to object, I would as authorities contained in this section shall not Mr. ROBERT C. BYRD. Mr. President, tinguished Senator why can W become effective unless and until the Pres- I ask unanimous consent that the re- on this tomorrow? It is 15 min ident determines and certifies to the Congress mainder of the order be abrogated. and I see no purpose in votir that the furnishing of defense articles and defense services, and the issuance of licenses The VICE PRESIDENT. Without ob- on any matter that we can V for the transportation of implements of war, jection, it is so ordered. morrow. PARTICIPANTS The President The Vice President Secretary Butz SENATE Walter Huddleston 0. K. Wendell Ford O.K. Howard Baker O.K. Jesse Helms O.K. Bob Morgan NO Strom Thurmond O.K. Fritz Hollings NO Sam Nunn O.K. Dick Stone No Bob Dole O.K. HOUSE Walter Jones - voted O.K. Tim Lee Carter - absent Bill Wampler - voted O.K. Tom Foley - voted wrong Carl Perkins . voted O.K. Bob Poage - " John Breckinridge voted O.K. STAFF Don Rumsfeld Jack Marsh Phil Buchen REGRETS Bill Seidman Alan Greenspan Sen. Harry Byrd Max Friedersdorf Sen. Bill Scott Jim Lynn Sen. Brock Jim Cannon Sen. Talmadge Dick Cheney Sen. Chiles Vern Loen Bill Kendall FORD is LIBRARY GERALD John Carlson Jack Calkins north Carolina Walter form -O.K. Jim martin - NO fountain- O.K. fim Broyhill- O.K. Hinderson- D.K. 4 like andrews -NO Roy Taylor -NO + + nine . NO Preyer -O.K. + Rose NO + Netner - NO Turkish and July 24, 1975 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE H7445 [Roll No. 429] Harrington Mink Roush most valued allies. I am continuing my Harris Mitchell, Md. Rousselot YEAS-206 Hawkins Moakley Roybal study of this matter with a view to de- Abdnor Hagedorn Nichols Hayes, Ind. Moffett Runnels veloping a more thorough and compre- Alexander Hamilton Obey Hechler, W. Va. Mollohan Russo hensive understanding of these issues. Anderson, III. Hammer- Passman Heckler, Mass. Moorhead, St Germain Andrews, schmidt Perkins Hefner Calif. Santini N. Dak. Hansen Pettis Helstoski Moss Sarasin Archer Harsha Pickle Holland Mottl Sarbanes AMENDMENTS TO NATIONAL AD- Armstrong Hastings Poage Holt Murphy, Ill. Scheuer VISORY COMMITTEE ON OCEANS Ashley Hays, Ohio Preyer Holtzman Murphy, N.Y. Schroeder AND ATMOSPHERE Baldus Hebert Pritchard Howard Natcher Seiberling Beard, Tenn. Henderson Quie Howe Neal Sharp Mr. MURPHY of New York. Mr. Bell Hicks Quillen Hughes Nedzi Shipley Bevill Hightower Railsback Hyde Nix Simon Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to take Biester Hillis Randall Jacobs Nolan Smith, Iowa from the Speaker's table the bill (HR. Bingham Horton Rees Jenrette Nowak Spellman 5447) to amend the act of August 16, Bolling Hubbard Rhodes Johnson, Calif. Oberstar Spence Bowen Hungate Risenhoover Jordan O'Brien Stanton, 1971, as amended, which established the Breaux Hutchinson Roberts Kastenmeier O'Hara James V. National Advisory Committee on Oceans Breckinridge Ichord Robinson Kelly O'Neill Stark and Atmosphere, to increase and extend Brinkley Jarman Rogers Keys Ottinger Steelman the appropriation authorization there- Broomfield Jeffords Ruppe Koch Patman, Tex. Steiger, Ariz. Brown, Mich. Johnson, Colo. Ryan Krebs Patten, N.J. Stokes under, with Senate amendments thereto, Brown, Ohio Johnson, Pa. Satterfield LaFaice Patterson, Studds and concur in the Senate amendments. Broyhill Jones, Ala. Schneebeli Lehman Calif. Sullivan The Clerk read the title of the bill. Buchanan Jones, N.C. Schulze Lent Pattison, N.Y. Taylor, N.C. Burgener Jones, Okla. Sebelius Levitas Pepper Thompson The SPEAKER. Is there objection to Burleson, Tex. Jones, Tenn. Shriver Lloyd, Tenn. Peyser Traxler the request of the gentleman from New Burlison, Mo. Karth Shuster Long, Md. Pike Tsongas York? Butler Kasten Sikes Lujan Pressler Udall Casey Kazen Sisk McDade Price Vander Veen There was no objection. Cederberg Kemp Skubitz McHugh Rangel Vanik The Clerk read the Senate amend- Chappell Ketchum Slack McKinney Regula Vigorito ments, as follows: Clausen, Kindness Smith, Nebr. Macdonald Reuss Waxman Don H. Krueger Snyder Madden Richmond Weaver Page 2, line 1, strike out "two" and insert: Cleveland Lagomarsino Solarz Maguire Riegle Whitehurst "2". Cochran Landrum Staggers Martin Rinaldo Wirth Page 2, lines 4 and 5, strike out "each of". Cohen Latta Stanton, Metcalfe Rodino Wolff Collins, Tex. Leggett J. William Mezvinsky Roe Wydler Page 2, line 5, strike out "years" and in- Conable Litton Steed 7 Mikva Roncalio Yates sert: "year". Daniel, Dan Lloyd, Calif. Steiger, Wis. Miller, Calif. Rooney Yatron Page 2, line 5, strike out "1977, and 1978."." Daniel, R. W. Long, La. Stephens Miller, Ohio Rose Young, Ga. and insert: "1977."." de la Garza Lott Stratton Mineta Rosenthal Zeferetti Page 2, after line 5, insert: Dent McClory Stuckey Minish Rostenkowski Sec. 2. Section 4 of such Act (33 U.S.C. Devine McCloskey Symington Dickinson NOT VOTING-5 857-9) is amended- McCollister Symms Duncan, Oreg. McCormack Talcott Carter Fulton Hinshaw (1) by inserting after "review of" and be- Edwards, Ala. McDonald Taylor, Mo. Danielson Heinz fore "the progress" the following: "national English McEwen Teague ocean policy, coastal zone management, Erienborn McFall Thone So the bill was not passed. and"; and Eshleman McKay Thornton The Clerk announced the following (2) striking out "the President." at the Evans. Colo. Madigan Treen Evins, Tenn. Mahon Ullman pairs. end of the second sentence thereof and in- Fenwick Mann Van Deerlin Mr. Danielson with Mr. Heinz. serting in lieu thereof "the President and the Findley Mathis Vander Jagt Mr. Fulton with Mr. Carter. Congress.". Fish Matsunaga Waggonner Amend the title so as to read: "An Act to Flowers Mazzoli Walsh The result of the vote was announced amend the Act of-August 16, 1971, as amend- Flynt Meeds Wampler as above recorded. ed, which established the National Advisory Forsythe Melcher Whalen Fountain Meyner A motion to reconsider was laid on the Committee on Oceans and Atmosphere, to White Fraser Michel Whitten table. increase and extend-the appropriation au- Frenzel Milford Wiggins thorization thereunder, and for other pur- Frey Mills Wilson, Bob poses.". Fuqua Mitchell, N.Y. Wilson, C. H. GENERAL LEAVE Gibbons Montgomery Wilson, Tex. Mr. MOSHER. Mr. Speaker, I agree Gilman Moore Winn Mr. MORGAN. Mr. Speaker, I ask with my subcommittee chairman, Mr. Goldwater Moorhead, Pa. Wright Gonzalez unanimous consent that all Members de- Morgan Wylie MURPHY, in supporting the conference Goodling Mosher Young, Alaska siring to do so may have 5 legislative report on H.R. 5447, a bill to extend the Gradison Murtha Young, Fla. days in which to revise and extend their authorizations for the National Advisory Grassley Myers, Ind. Young, Tex. remarks in the course of the considera- Guyer Myers, Pa. Zablocki Committee on Oceans and Atmosphere. tion of the Senate bill, S. 846, which was I agree with only a minor reservation. NAYS-223 just defeated. Our Committee on Merchant Marine Abzug Burke, Fla. Downing, Va. The SPEAKER. Is there objection to and Fisheries approved H.R. 5447 on Adams Burke, Mass. Drinan Addabbo Burton, John Duncan, Tenn. the request of the gentleman from Penn- May 16 of this year. The House subse- Ambro Burton, Phillip du Pont sylvania? quently considered and approved this Anderson, Byron Early There was no objection. authorization on May 19. The bill as Calif. Carney Eckhardt Andrews, N.C. Carr Edgar passed by the House would have in- Annunzio Chisholm Edwards, Calif. creased the level of authorizations from Ashbrook Clancy Eilberg PERSONAL EXPLANATION $400,000 to $445,000 for the fiscal years Aspin Clawson, Del Emery AuCoin Clay Esch (Mr. ANDREWS of North Carolina to and including 1978. Badillo Collins, III. Evans, Ind. asked and was given permission to ex- The other body has considered this Bafalis Conlan Fary Barrett tend his remarks at this point in the legislation and has passed favorably upon Conte Fascell Baucus Conyers Fisher RECORD.) it with the addition of three amend- Bauman Corman Fithian Mr. ANDREWS of North Carolina. Mr. ments. These Senate changes to our Beard, R.I. Cornell Flood Bedell Cotter Speaker, today I have voted in opposi- original bill would accomplish the Florio Bennett Coughlin Foley tion to S. 846 fully cognizant of the seri- following: Bergland Crane Ford, Mich. ous implications which this legislation First. It would extend authorization Biaggi D'Amours Ford, Tenn. Blanchard Daniels, N.J. poses for the United States. My review of for NACOA for 2 years as opposed to Gaydos Blouin Davis Giaimo the legal and foreign policy aspects of our suggested 3 years; Boggs Delaney Ginn the problem indicate that each of the Second. Instead of requiring NACOA to Boland Dellums Green Bonker Derrick Gude conflicting positions has considerable be exclusively responsive to direct re- Brademas Derwinski Haley merit. This is an extremely complicated quests by the President, it would add a Brodhead Diggs Hall measure reflective of the events which section to require that the Advisory Com- Brooks Dingell Hanley Brown, Calif. Dodd Hannaford have taken place in a region of com- mittee would have to respond to requests Burke, Calif. Downey, N.Y. Harkin plexity involving two of our Nation's from the Congress and the President.