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File scanned from the National Security Adviser's Memoranda of Conversation Collection at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library
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MEMORANDUM
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
CONFIDENTIAL/XGDS
MEMORANDUM OF CONVERSATION
PARTICIPANTS:
President Ford
Kiichi Miyazawa, Foreign Minister of Japan
Keisuke Arita, Deputy Vice Minister of Foreign
Affairs
Dr. Henry A. Kissinger, Secretary of State and
Assistant to the President for National Security
Affairs
Amb. James Hodgson, Ambassador to Japan
Lt. General Brent Scowcroft, Deputy Assistant to
the President for National Security Affairs
DATE AND TIME:
Saturday, April 12, 1975
9:40 a.m.
PLACE:
The Oval Office
[The press enters. ]
President: We will have a press photo and then talk business. I remember
meeting you when I was in Japan last Fall.
[More photos are taken. ]
Kissinger: The only thing I resent about the Foreign Minister is he speaks
DECLASSIFIED
E.O. 12958, SEC. 3.5
NSC MEMO, 11/24/98, STATE DEPT. GUIDELINES
NARA, DATE 5/13/84
English better than I.
[The press leaves. ]
President: I am very pleased to have a chance to see you. I know you have
been very busy. I have been preoccupied with my Foreign Policy speech.
I was pleased to reaffirm our relationship. I am pleased with the closeness
of our cooperation and at the chance to make a public reaffirmation of it.
FORD
&
BY Cular
GERALD
LIBRARY
CLASSIFIED BY HENRY A. KISSINGER
EXEMPT FROM GENERAL DECLASSIFICATION
SCHEDULE OF EXECUTIVE ORDER 11652
EXEMPTION CATEGORY 5 (b) (1,3)
AUTOMATICALLY DECLASSIFIED ON Imp. to det.
CONFIDENTIAL/XGDS
GONFIDENTIAL/XGDS
2.
Henry spoke to me of the possibility that the Prime Minister might
be able to come the first week in August. That would be another chance
for us to reaffirm our relationship.
Miyazawa: I am very pleased you could receive me at this busy time.
I have had many talks with Secretary Kissinger and at the State Department.
We heard your speech and read the text carefully. We have been reassured
of your willingness to join with Japan in the cause of peace and your
reassurance just now.
We have a message from the Emperor and Empress: They recall
with great pleasure their meeting with you last November and are looking
forward to their meeting with you and Mrs. Ford and the American people
this Fall.
Prime Minister Miki said the first week in August may be the best time.
Secretary Kissinger indicated agreement so we will go through diplomatic
channels.
Ambassador Hodgson has very ably and wisely represented the United
States in Japan. He is held very high in Japanese society, as was his
predecessor, Mr. Ingersoll.
President: It was a thrill for me and a great opportunity to meet the
Emperor and Empress. I enjoyed our opportunity to talk at the various
functions. I am looking looking forward to greeting Prime Minister Miki.
We didn't have much chance last Fall to talk. Early August is a good time
and I am looking forward to deepening our relationship. It is important in
developing further our cooperation for the peace and unity of the Pacific.
The relationship between us is a good example of such a relationship's
observance in the world.
Miyazawa: At the time of your visit, it was a time of instability, and
Mr. Miki didn't get the kind of chance he would have liked. He looks
forward to renewing contact.
President: I am glad to hear your views of Ambassador Hodgson. My
only problem is he is too good on the golf course.
FORD
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GERALD
LIBRARY
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