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Presidents Signs H.J. Res. 1167, Continuing Resolution providing funds for operation of several departments and agencies and continuation of foreign aid programs [Signing Statements and Announcements]
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Presidents Signs H.J. Res. 1167, Continuing Resolution providing funds for operation of several departments and agencies and continuation of foreign aid programs [Signing Statements and Announcements]
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Digitized from Box 3 of the White House Press Releases at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
OCTOBER 18, 1974
Office of the White House Press Secretary
THE WHITE HOUSE
STATEMENT BY THE PRESIDENT
I have signed, with serious reservations, the Continuing Resolution'
(H. J. Res. 1167) providing necessary funds after a three week
delay for the operation of several departments and agencies and for
the temporary continuation of our foreign aid programs.
Despite two vetoes of similar versions of this bill and my public
statements concerning the damage to our diplomacy that would result
from its restrictions on military aid to Turkey, Congress has never-
theless persisted by clear majorities in a course which I consider
ill-advised and dangerous.
The restrictions imposed in this bill on our military assistance to
Turkey create serious problems. Without substantial benefit to any
other country, these restrictions threaten our relations with a
country which is a close ally, which is the eastern anchor of an
alliance vital to the security of the United States, and which plays a
fundamental role in the strategic interests of the United States in
the Eastern Mediterranean area, It is for these reasons--the
national security interests of the United States--that we have been
providing military assistance to Turkey.
The problem created by these legislative restrictions with respect
to our relations with Turkey are not compensated for in any way by
benefits to Greece or the Greek Cypriots. Contrary to the intentions
of the supporters of these restrictions, this bill can only hinder
progress toward a settlement of the Cypriot dispute which is so
much in the interest of both Greece and the people of Cyprus.
As a result of my vetoes of two earlier versions of this Continuing
Resolution, the Congress has eased the most troublesome of the earlier
restrictions. Nevertheless, the risks created by the remaining ones
fail to provide compensating benefits. I will, of course, do my best
to accomplish the goals which we had set before the Congress took this
action. Whatever we can still do to assist in resolving the Cyprus
dispute will be done. But if we fail despite our best efforts, those in
the Congress who overrode the Congressional leadership must bear
the full responsibility for that failure.
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