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MEMORANDUM
THE WHITE HOUSE
TALLISNIS/1OTS
WASHINGTON
MEMORANDUM OF CONVERSATION
PARTICIPANTS:
President Gerald Ford
The Cabinet
DATE AND TIME:
Wednesday, January 8, 1975
11:00 a. m.
PLACE:
The Cabinet Room
The White House
SUBJECT:
Secretary Kissinger's Presentation on Foreign
Policy
[The Cabinet meeting began with discussions by Mr. Rumsfeld
of the reorganization of the Executive Office of the President, by
Mr. Marsh of the Congressional situation, and by Dr. Greenspan
of the economic situation].
President: Now, Henry will project the Foreign Policy problems for 1975.
Kissinger: In Cyprus, we now have political talks started and with good will
we should get something in three to four months.
In the Middle East the possibility for moves still exists, and if we
succeed, the chances of war will be greatly reduced and we can go to
Geneva with a situation where our friends are having a success.
In our relations with the Soviets, we have a problem. The Soviet Union
has had a massive shock over the MFN and Ex-Im legislation. Brezhnev's
opponents can quote our '72 statements about economic relations to make
him look like a fool. Obviously, there is a reevaluation going on. And to
the extent that a deterioration with the Soviet Union takes place it will also
with the PRC. This makes the Vladivostok hearings crucial, so they are
not turned into another trade bill fiasco.
I am afraid the Soviet Union will turn down the trade bill, but don't
talk about it.
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DECLASSIFIED
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But there is no deterioration of political relations with the Soviet
Union.
Relations with the PRC are on course. There was not much move-
ment on Taiwan, because we have little to gain from it. Our relations are
basically doing well.
So much for the traditional foreign policy areas.
We are now facing for the whole world the situation which President
Truman faced with Europe. There is a disintegration of old world patterns
--
it represents a danger and a great opportunity as new patterns become put
together. In the past few years our relations with Europe have been very
difficult. The Europeans have become provincial; only our efforts are
seeking to restore to them a sense of competence to manage their own
destinies.
A resurgent American economy will help us more in the world than
anything we can do.
We have an historic opportunity to help construct a new political and
economic world system. We have been making substantial progress in
the whole energy/oil field. If we can move equally on food and raw
materials, we may look back on this period on the structural side as having
been an historic period of American foreign policy.
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