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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
William W. Scranton, U.S. Permanent
Representative to the United Nations
Brent Scowcroft, Assistant to the President
for National Security Affairs
DATE AND TIME:
Friday, June 4, 1976
4:15 - 4:31 p.m.
PLACE:
The Oval Office
Scranton: Secretary Kissinger has been great about keeping me filled
in on Africa. I am a black Africanist but I won't step out of line at all.
I know the line on Rhodesia, South Africa and Namibia.
Brent, you need to see the Namibia paper on Kissinger's desk.
GUIDELINES, State 3/12/04
The President: One thing to keep in mind: We will be wooing delegates
during this period and some of them are not -- to say the least -- in
sympathy with our African policy.
Scranton: I am aware of that and I am not giving toasts and going to
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lunches and dinners. I am not taking press and I am giving just one
speech at ECOSOC.
Brent, be sure you look at the final draft.
DECLARCIFIED
E.O. 12958, SEC.
On another matter, the Israeli expulsion issue may come up.
We are trying to steer it off.
Another issue: Puerto Rico is supposed to come up in the UN.
The nonaligned statement from Algiers was not helpful. You might
consider a tough statement when you are in Puerto Rico.
GERALO
BY
CLASSIFIED BY Brent Scowcroft
EXEMPT FROM GENERAL DECLASSIFICATION
SECRET/NODIS/XGDS
SCHEDULE OF EXECUTIVE ORDER 11652
EXEMPTION CATEGORY 5(b)(3)
AUTOMATICALLY DECLASSIFIED ON Imp. to Det.
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The President: That is a good idea. Maybe I should go down Friday
night or Saturday morning to have a break between that and the Conference.
[Some discussion. ]
Maybe we'll helo to the Old Fort for a statement, then to the Dorado.
Scranton: One small point. Somoza said he told Major Daley what you
wanted him to.
The President: I don't remember what it was.
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THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
CONFIDENTIAL (GDS)
MEETING WITH WILLIAM W. SCRANTON
U.S. REPRESENTATIVE TO THE UNITED NATIONS
Friday, June 4, 1976
4:00 p.m. (15 minutes)
The Oval Office
From: Brent Scowcroft
B
I.
PURPOSE
Governor Scranton wishes to discuss his upcoming trip to Africa,
June 12 to July 2.
II.
BACKGROUND, PARTICIPANTS & PRESS ARRANGEMENTS
A. Background: Governor Scranton will be visiting eleven African
countries during a three-week trip. The trip is designed to
complement Secretary Kissinger's African tour. Governor
Scranton will meet with numerous African officials to discuss
your policy toward Africa, key bilateral issues, and important
UN issues in advance of the 31st UN General Assembly this fall.
The trip will immediately precede the annual OAU summit in
Mauritius in July, at which decisions will be sought on common
African positions on regional and UN problems.
Governor Scranton will visit Sierra Leone, Senegal, Upper Volta,
Gabon, Central African Republic, Tanzania, Mozambique,
Swaziland, Zambia, Cameroon, and the Ivory Coast. He will
conclude his trip by leading the US delegation to the 61st Confer-
ence of the UN Economic and Social Council in Abidjan.
B. Participants: Ambassador Scranton, Secretary Kissinger and
Brent Scowcroft.
C. Press Plan: Press photo session. Meeting to be announced.
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III. TALKING POINTS
1. I am pleased that you are going to Africa. Following Henry's
trip, it will help underscore our determination to work for
improved relations there. I understand you will be stopping
in a number of countries which the Secretary did not have time
to visit. Please extend my personal greetings to the African
leaders you meet.
2. You should reinforce the major statements Henry made in Africa
and make clear my support for strengthening our bilateral ties
as well as my personal commitment to working closer with
Africans to find solutions to the continent's problems.
3. I will be looking forward to your reports of your discussions
with the officials you will be visiting.
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