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MEMORANDUM
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
CONFIDENTIAL/NODIS/XGDS
MEMORANDUM OF CONVERSATION:
PARTICIPANTS:
Dr. Henry A. Kissinger, Secretary of State
and Assistant to the President
for National Security Affairs
William T. Coleman, Jr., Secretary of
Transportation
John W. Barnum, Deputy Secretary of Transportation
Lt. General Brent Scowcroft, Deputy Assistant
to the Presidentfor National Security Affairs
DATE AND TIME:
Monday, October 6, 1975
10:15 a. m.
PLACE:
Secretary Kissinger's Office
The White House
Coleman: There are several problems. The noise level of the Concorde
is higher than they originally thought and higher than the standard for
subsonic planes -- there is no supersonic standard. There is also an
environmental impact statement that it will increase skin cancer by 200
cases a year. It uses a lot of fuel and there is a question of adequate
reserves when it gets here. The FAA says it is okay.
Our feeling is that if the FAA and I decide it can come in, Congress
will act against it and the President will be faced with a veto.
Kissinger: I would be happy to write a letter telling you the importance
on foreign policy grounds.
Coleman: It would also hurt Pan American and TWA. I think you will
have to have a fairly firm letter of the damage which would be done if
refused.
Another issue is: what if Iran, for example, buys one? Would
we let theirs in?
CONFIDENTIAL/NODIS/XGDS
DECLASSIFIED
E.O. 12958, SEC. 3.5
NSC MEMO, 11/24/96, STATE DEPT. GUIDELINES
BY
, NARA, DATE 6/3/04
File scanned from the National Security Adviser's Memoranda of Conversation Collection at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library
CONFIDENTIAL/NODIS/XGDS
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Kissinger: Can't you establish limits on the numbers of planes which
can land here?
Coleman: Should the President be involved?
Kissinger: I think we should outline it to him. I will mention it today.
Barnum: But we should think carefully whether he wants to be involved
before he gets a bill.
Kissinger: If he wants to veto it, you are better off.
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