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Summary of President's Meeting with Portuguese Foreign Minister Melo Antunes [Meeting Summary]
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Digitized from Box 16 of the White House Press Releases at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library
OCTOBER 10, 1975
Office of the White House Press Secretary
NOTICE TO THE PRESS
The President met this afternoon with Portuguese Foreign Minister
Melo Antunes who is in the United States for the current session
of the United Nations General Assembly. The Portuguese Ambassador
to the United States, Joao Hill Themido, accompanied the Foreign
Minister; Secretary Kissinger and Brent Scowcroft also participated.
This afternoon's meeting, which lasted 45 minutes, afforded the
President the welcome opportunity to continue consultations with
high-level Portuguese government officials which he began last
October with Portuguese President Costa Gomes' State Visit to
Washington.
In addition to a general review of US-Portuguese relations, the
meeting this afternoon focused in part on the current situation in
Portugal, including Portuguese needs for economic aid and relief/
resettlement assistance for Angolan refugees.
As a demonstration of U.S. concern for Portugal and the plight of
the Angolan refugees, the President informed the Foreign Minister
that the Administration is sending to Congress a proposed assistance
program for Portugal. He also informed the Foreign Minister that
we are willing to double our airlift of evacuees from Angola to
Lisbon beginning October 14.
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