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Digitized from Box 2 of the White House Press Releases at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library
SEPTEMBER 18, 1974
(Report No. 2)
PCOL REPORT
UNIT ED NATIONS
Ford meeting with Waldheim, then new General Assembly President
Bouteflika.
When we entered Waldheim's office on 38th floor, the President
and the:Secretary General were seated on a couch with Ambassador
Scali. Kissinger was to their left. Hartmann was in a chair to
their right.
They were talking about skiing and Ford's place in Colorado. "We"ll
have to get you out there, " Ford said, asking Waldheim: "You must
be a skier. "
"Oh, yes, " Waldheim replied.
Ford observed, "It's great for families
That's what I like. "
Then Kissinger said he had a student at Harvard, an Austrian,
Wilfried Friedner. But most of his conversation could not be
overheard, although his comments got a big laugh.
About five minutes later, Ford moved down the hall to the office of
Bouteflika. They were seated on a leather couch and their conver-
sation, through a translator, went this way:
Bouteflika said he conveyed "The deepest esteem for you" from
President Boumediene. He spoke of Kissinger as a "good friend. 11
"I know he will fully report to the President, " he said.
Ford said: "Let me congratulate you on the assumption of the
Presidency. It is a greatly deserved and fine honor. " Kissinger
interjected: "I cannot quite imagine him in an impartial role. 11
That brought a laugh. Then Bouteflika spoke of the need for
frankness and said he would "do my utmost to be as impartial
as possible."
Ford said, "I know you understand the Secretary has a great
sense of humor we have to understand."
"Bouteflika said, "But it is a very direct, straight to the point
sense of humor
maybe that is why we get along so well."
"This is a steady straight line, 11 he said.
Gaylord Shaw, AP
Reinhard M. Sorge, UPI
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