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File scanned from the National Security Adviser's Memoranda of Conversation Collection at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library
NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION
Presidential Libraries Withdrawal Sheet
WITHDRAWAL ID 017641
REASON FOR WITHDRAWAL
National security restriction
TYPE OF MATERIAL
Memorandum of Conversation
CREATOR'S NAME
Ford, Kissinger, and Scowcroft
CREATION DATE
08/26/1974
VOLUME
3 pages
COLLECTION/SERIES/FOLDER ID
031400204
COLLECTION TITLE
National Security Adviser. Memoranda of
Conversations
BOX NUMBER
5
FOLDER TITLE
August 26, 1974 - Ford, Kissinger
DATE WITHDRAWN
03/31/2004
WITHDRAWING ARCHIVIST
GG
REDACTED
10/30/09
MEMORANDUM
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
DECLASSIFIED w/ portions exempted
SEGRET/NODIS/XGDS
E.O. 12958 (as amended) SEC 3.3
MR # 09-29, F1
stateres 3/9104; CIA ets 10/30/09
MEMORANDUM OF CONVERSATION
By dal NARA, Date 12/10/09
PARTICIPANTS:
President Ford
Dr. Henry A. Kissinger, Secretary of State and
Assistant to the President for National
Security Affairs
Lt. General Brent Scowcroft, Deputy Assistant
to the President for National Security Affairs
DATE AND TIME:
Monday, August 26, 1974
PLACE:
Oval Office
Kissinger: The Kurds are conducting a guerrilla war inside Iraq.
If Iraq weren't tied down, they could put more into Syria. [Described
the program.
The danger is the Kurds will collapse.
President: What does this do to our argument about supplying out of
active units?
Kissinger: The numbers aren't that significant.
President: Let's go ahead,
Kissinger: The Iranians have asked about sending troops in. The CIA
guy is opposed. We said it is their decision - -- I favor it but I hate to
be on record because of all the leaks.
President: I read that the Iraqi army is unhappy. Are the Kurds
reliable?
RERALD
SEGRET/NODIS/XGDS
CLASSIFIED BY HENRY A. KISSINGER
EXEMPT FROM GENERAL DECLASSIFICATION
SCHEDULE OF EXECUTIVE ORDER 11652
EXEMPTION CATEGORY 5 (b) (1,3)
ACCIRIED ON Tmn. to det.
SEGRET/NODIS/XGDS
2.
Kissinger: Yes. It is their existence at stake.
President:
Kissinger:
On the Greeks. Karamanlis says he is in an impossible situation --
he is the U.S. 's best friend in Greece. That is true, but he is not yet
ready to accept help.
President: His terms are too high.
Kissinger: Yes. The Greeks and Clerides have accepted the Soviet
proposal in principle. Everyone is sort of playing their own game now.
We could even trigger the Soviets to make a specific proposal. There
is no solution which wouldn't infuriate someone.
President: What do you recommend?
Kissinger: I think we should. The British want to make another move.
They want to send someone here tomorrow. They want to get a mediation
going. If you agree, I will communicate to ask him to get the EC
involved. It is too early for us to get involved. We either get egg on
our face or we end up beating on the Turks. The more who float the
biregional deal, the better off we are eventually. It is better if we
don't get stuck with the negotiation. The British will probably fail. If
they do, I could offer to meet Karamanlis here or in Europe -- not to
settle, but to trigger a negotiation, hopefully one we wouldn't have to run.
President: What is this 28%?
Kissinger: Sorry we are not in tighter control. They have 40%, now
they have given up 12%. It is a big concession, but he shouldn't offer
any concession.
President: Depending on where the 12% is.
Kissinger: I have asked him to show flexibility. Maybe I'll take a one or
two-day trip next week to meet with Karamanlis and Ecevit. If the British
idea works, great, but it almost certainly will fail.
SECRET/NODIS/XGDS
SEGRET/NODIS/XGDS
3.
Here, the Greek Community has quieted down. You maybe should
meet with the AHEPA group just before I go out. Iavakos would be good
to see if he is not so anathema to the Turks.
President: I have met him. He is smart.
Kissinger: I told him it had to be a bizonal federation and he agreed.
President: I will talk to them.
SECRET/NODIS/XGDS
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NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION
Presidential Libraries Withdrawal Sheet
WITHDRAWAL ID 017642
REASON FOR WITHDRAWAL
National security restriction
TYPE OF MATERIAL
Note
DESCRIPTION
Scowcroft's notes from August 26, 1974
meeting with Ford and Kissinger
CREATION DATE
08/26/1974
VOLUME
2 pages
COLLECTION/SERIES/FOLDER ID
031400204
COLLECTION TITLE
National Security Adviser. Memoranda of
Conversations
BOX NUMBER
5
FOLDER TITLE
August 26, 1974 - Ford, Kissinger
DATE WITHDRAWN
03/31/2004
WITHDRAWING ARCHIVIST
GG