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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
SEGRET/NODIS/XGDS
MEMORANDUM OF CONVERSATION
PARTICIPANTS:
President Ford
Dr. Henry A. Kissinger, Secretary of State
Lt. General Brent Scowcroft, Assistant to
the President for National Security Affairs
TIME AND DATE:
Tuesday, January 27, 1976
9:25 - 10:15 a.m.
PLACE:
Oval Office
[Discussion of Angola letter to Speaker of the House.
]
[Discussion of Marianias vote and call to Stennis. ]
[Discussion on holding arrival ceremony for Rabin outside in rainy
weather.
]
Kissinger: We had that veto in the UN of the Middle East resolution. We
did the right thing.
President: The interesting thing is that they barely had enough votes.
runt
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Kissinger: That's right.
President: [Calls Stennis]
GERALD
NARA. DATE 16/7/04
He is leaning against but will do what he can. His problem is that
Puerto Rico before World War II voted the wrong way at the national
political convention!
Kissinger: Lew Wasserman said the only one who could beat you was
Kennedy. He said how you should use spots and saturate the media for
three days. He is concerned about the Jews. He says the present course
in Israel will lead to massive anti-Semitism here and the power of the
institutional Jews must be broken.
CLASSIFIED BY BRENT SCOWCROFT
EXEMPT FROM GENERAL DECLASSIFICATION
SCHEDULE OF EXECUTIVE ORDER 11652
BY
EXEMPTION CATEGORY 5 (b) (1,3)
AUTOMATICALLY DECLASSIFIED ON Imp. to det.
SECRET/NODIS/XGDS
SECRET/NODIS/XGDS
2.
I had a session with Harlow and Timmons and Korologos about my
problems on the Hill and what to do about it. They said the number one
issue was the perception that we are not together. It is contradictory -
on substance we are together but I may be too dominant, but on selling we
aren't together.
President: That is a curious thing.
I.
Kissinger: You might want to talk to Harlow, for what it's worth.
President: I will this week. We ought to do whatever we can. Golly --
you and Betty are the most popular in the country. I am lagging behind.
Kissinger: Did you see the Evans and Novak article that Rumsfeld is
joining Simon on Iranian oil?
[Some discussion. ]
On Rabin it is a delicate situation. We stuck with them on the
veto but we are running out.
The Israelis blocked any possibility of progress with Jordan program
and that led to Rabat. They have blocked any progress with Syria and so
Syria is turning to the PLO. Israel can't just continue to stall. They say
they want to talk to Hussein but they have been doing it for eight years.
Talking to him won't help unless they give him a major proposal.
If they were a big government they would make a big offer -- retreat
a few miles from the border on all the fronts in exchange for non-
belligerency. You could sell this one on a Middle East trip -- if you still
plan one.
President: I definitely do, depending on the primaries. Should we agree
to Geneva without knowing what Israel will do?
Kissinger: They are totally cynical on Geneva. They're for it because they
know nothing will happen. The first item of business will be the PLO and
they'll bring about an immediate stalemate.
[Discussion of the Moynihan meeting. ]
I wouldn't mention the settlements except maybe at dinner.
SECRET/NODIS/XGDS
SEGRET/NODIS/XGDS
3.
I would tell him if there is a war we will use it for making a final
settlement.
[Discussion of military equipment. ]
I think you have to tell him we have to move and just talking to
Jordan won't do it.
He wants a tour d'horizon today. I would listen and I'll take him on
at breakfast tomorrow if there is to be a blow-up, and then you can
reinforce it at tomorrow's meeting. I would be very firm with him that
he can't continue this kind of relationship and that you won't play
electoral politics with foreign policy.
President: I notice Jordan is going to the Soviets to buy helicopters.
What the Congress is doing to us
The mess we had on HAWK missiles.
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