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CONFIDENTIAL
CONE IDENTIAL
0019
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
MEMORANDUM OF CONVERSATION
SUBJECT:
President's Telephone Conversation with
FRG Chancellor Helmut Kohl
PARTICIPANTS:
The President
Rudolf V. Perina, NSC (Notetaker)
Gisela Marcuse, State Department
(Interpreter)
Chancellor Kohl
DATE, TIME
January 23, 1989, 10:07 a.m. - 10:12 a.m.
AND PLACE:
Oval Office
The President identified himself and asked the Chancellor how he
was.
The Chancellor greeted the President and said he was very well.
He said he watched the President's inauguration on television
with great interest. It was a big event. He wanted to wish the
President good luck, much success and God's blessing.
The President said this was the first call he was placing because
he wanted to thank the Chancellor for the very warm message of
congratulations.
The Chancellor said that this was how he hoped the two could
handle matters in the future. It would be very useful to call
even when no urgent business was at hand.
The President replied that he was strongly in favor of that. He
had one point to make today. Because he knew how opposed the
Chancellor was to chemical weapons, he was personally outraged by
some of the recent commentaries on the Libyan issue in the U.S.
press. He had spoken out on this publically, and he hoped the
Chancellor's staff had shown him these comments.
The Chancellor said he had seen the comments and was grateful for
them. He wished to reiterate clearly that it was his intention
in coming weeks to amend the legislation which had led to this
problem. The present legislation had been in effect since before
he came to office, and up until now it had presented no problem.
DECLASSIFIED
PER E.O. 12958,
CONFIDENTIAL
AS AMENDED
Declassify on: OADR
2000-0429-F
CONFIDENTIAL
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The Chancellor said he was strongly opposed to the involvement of
any German firm in the production of CW anywhere in the world.
He wanted to bring the present firm to court but this required
evidence, and the situation regarding evidence was not good.
There was an old saying that the President perhaps knew: Before
a court and the open seas, one is in the hands of the Lord.
The President said he understood. He asked the Chancellor to
convey his love to Hannelore and say that he looked forward to
seeing them.
Chancellor Kohl asked the President to give his love to Barbara
and to tell her that she was doing a great job. She was doing
things in her own way and everyone liked her for that. She
should not change.
The President said he would convey that message, and the two
leaders said good-bye.
CONFIDENTIAL
CONFIDENTIAL