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Memoranda of Conversations (Nixon and Ford Administrations)
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File scanned from the National Security Adviser's Memoranda of Conversation Collection at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library
MEMORANDUM
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
MEMORANDUM OF CONVERSATION
SUBJECT:
President's Meeting with the Cabinet
DATE & TIME:
Wednesday - July 16, 1975
11:00 a. m.
PLACE:
The Cabinet Room
[There is discussion of Hathaway being in the hospital. ]
President: The Indochina refugee program is being transferred from
State to HEW. I will stop at Camp Chafee in August. Please be helpful
with your people on loan so we can get the job done. If we don't get it
handled expeditiously it will be a festering problem.
[There was discussion of the regulatory agency meeting which took place
last week. ]
[Jim Cannon and Rod Hills gave a briefing. ]
Marsh: The response to Congressional correspondence is too slow. We
need a seven-day turnaround time, starting with when the response request
leaves Friedersdorf.
[There was discussion of this subject. ]
President: I would like Jim to say something about the controversy over
Berbera. I claimed in a press conference last fall that the Soviet Union
had a base there. They denied it; we showed our photos, and the Somalis
asked some Congressmen to visit.
Schlesinger: The Soviets have had a tracking station there for some time.
Recently our photo reconnaissance showed clear evidence of major
construction, including the largest airfield on the Indian Ocean and a
missile storage and handling facility. We took some releaseable photos.
The upshot was that a group of reporters and eight Congressmen went
there. [He described the visits] The upshot has been that American
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credibility is upheld and those who opposed Diego Garcia on the faith of
Soviet statements are in disarray. Diego Garcia should therefore pass.
It also indicates the success of verification by National Technical Means.
Heretofore, many have argued that we could not rely on it without having
on-site inspection.
President: We do have a reliable technical surveillance capability. The
Congressmen have verified the reliability of that technical means through
this trip. The important point is our verification capability has been
enhanced.
The last item is the status of our energy program. [He described decontrol
program being sent up today. ]
Zarb: [Described decontrol of oil and natural gas. ]
Butz: As the oldest Cabinet member, Mr. President, I want to say we
are very pleased at the announcement of your candidacy. I hope all of us
will tilt a little -- within proportion -- in our department programs to help
the President's program. [He tells a joke about the tillie-millie tilt. ]
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