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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
UNCLASSIFIED
MEMORANDUM OF CONVERSATION
PARTICIPANTS:
President Ford
Lowell Thomas
Ronald Nessen, Press Secretary
to the President
Lt. General Brent Scowcroft,
Assistant to the President
DATE AND TIME:
Saturday, November 8, 1975
10:39 a.m. - 11:10 a.m.
PLACE:
The Oval Office
[The meeting began with photographs and small talk about skiing. ]
The President: I know you have a lot of expertise in the Middle East.
I would appreciate hearing your observations.
Mr. Thomas: I do have a story about the Middle East, but maybe you
would like to postpone it until we have more time. I have a 20-minute
movie that I would like to show you and Secretary Kissinger and your
wives.
I am one of the few survivors of the Allenby campaign which
resulted in the eventual creation of Israel. I was sent there by
President Wilson to gather material to stir up the American people.
When Israel celebrated its fifth anniversary, I was asked to speak.
I said they should know three things: The Israeli people deserved
more land than a postage stamp; it was too bad Israel was in a sea of
Arabs; and there should be three statues in Jerusalem -- one of
Weizmann, one of Allenby, and one of Lawrence.
[He told some anecdotes about the humanitarian committee in Jerusalem. ]
UNCLASSIFIED
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NSC MEMO, 11/24/98, STATE DEPT. GUIDELINES
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the fate of the people who were ousted from there.
[More small talk]
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MEMORANDUM
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
UNCLASSIFIED
MEMORANDUM OF CONVERSATION
PARTICIPANTS:
President Ford
Lowell Thomas
Ronald Nessen, Press Secretary
to the President
Lt. General Brent Scowcroft,
Assistant to the President
DATE AND TIME:
Saturday, November 8, 1975
10:39 a.m. - 11:10 a.m.
PLACE:
The Oval Office
[The meeting began with photographs and small talk about skiing.]
The President: I know you have a lot of expertise in the Middle East.
I would appreciate hearing your observations.
Mr. Thomas: I do have a story about the Middle East, but maybe you
would like to postpone it until we have more time. I have a 20-minute
movie that I would like to show you and Secretary Kissinger and your
wives.
I am one of the few survivors of the Allenby campaign which
resulted in the eventual creation of Israel. I was sent there by
President Wilson to gather material to stir up the American people.
When Israel celebrated its fifth anniversary, I was asked to speak.
I said they should know three things: The Israeli people deserved
more land than a postage stamp; it was too bad Israel was in a sea of
Arabs; and there should be three statues in Jerusalem -- one of
Weizmann, one of Allenby, and one of Lawrence.
[He told some anecdotes about the humanitarian committee in Jerusalem.
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