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The original documents are located in Box 4, folder "Turkey - President Koruturk" of the
National Security Adviser's Presidential Correspondence with Foreign Leaders Collection
at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library.
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SUBJECT LETTER FROM PRESIDENT FORD TO PRESIDENT KORUTURK
FOR THE AMBASSADOR
1. YOU SHOULD DELIVER FOLLOWING LETTER FROM PRESIDENT FORD
TO PRESIDENT KORUTURK IN THE MANNER YOU DEEM MOST APPRO-
PRIATE.
2, BEGIN TEXT: DEAR MR PRESIDENT: I AM ISSUING A PUBLIC
STATEMENT TODAY TO EXPRESS MY BELIEF THAT THE ACTION BY
CONGRESS SUSPENDING MILITARY AID TO TURKEY IS CONTRAHY
TO THE VITAL INTERESTS OF BOTH OF OUR COUNTRIES, AND COULD
AFFECT THE POLITICAL STABILITY AND WELL BEING OF ALL THE
STATES IN THE REGION. ACCORDINGLY, I WILL BE SEEKING ACTION
BY CONGRESS T.O. AUTHORIZE THE RESUMPTION OF OUR MILITARY
SUPPLY RELATIONSHIP WITH TURKEY AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
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3. THE DEEP FEELING WITH WHICH THIS ACTION IS VIEWED BY THE
GOVERNMENT AND PEOPLE OF TURKEY IS WELL UNDERSTOOD IN THIS
COUNTRY WHERE TIES WITH OUR TURKISH ALLY ARE HIGHLY VALUED.
IT IS FOR THIS REASON THAT I AM CONFIDENT THAT CORRECTIVE
ACTION WILL BE TAKEN TO REMOVE THE CAUSE OF OUR CURRENT
CONCERN. I URGE THEREFORE THAT THE GOVERNMENT OF TURKEY
JOIN US IN EXERCISING RESTRAINT WHILE MAJOR EFFORT8 ARE
UNDER WAY TO RESTORE MILITARY ASSISTANCE.
4, OUR TWO COUNTRIES HAVE STOOD TOGETHER AS ALLIES FOR
A GENERATION AND I AM CONFIDENT THAT OUR PRESENT DIFFI-
CULTIES WILL BE OVERCOME AND OUR RELATIONSHIP WILL PROSPER
FOR MANY YEARS IN THE FUTURE. - SINCERELY, GERALD R. FORD.
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SUBJECT: PRESIDENT KORUTURK'S RESPONSE TO PRESIDENT FORD
REF: STATE 26015
1. TUESDAY AFTERNOON (FEBRUARY 11) I MET WITH FONMIN
ESENBEL AT LATTER'S REQUEST, PURPOSE OF MEETING WAS TO
DELIVERY PRESIDENT KORUTURK'S RESPONSE TO PRESIDENT FORD'S
RECENT MESSAGE (REFTEL). ESENBEL SAID THAT TURKISH EMBASSY
IN WASHINGTON WAS BEING SUPPLIED WITH COPY OF THIS MESSAGE
BUT THAT HE WAS USING US EMBASSY IN ANKARA AND THE STATE DEPARTMENT
AS THE OFFICIAL CHANNEL TO TRANSMIT THIS REPLY. ESENBEL SAID
THAT HE HAD MET WITH PRESIDENT KORUTURK THIS MORNING AND
FOUND HIM DEEPLY CONCERNED BY THE ACTIONS THE CONGRESS HAD
TAKEN AND BY THE BITTERNESS IT HAS ENGENDERED HERE.
ESENBEL ADDED THAT "I MUST TELL YOU THAT HE
IS REALLY DEEPLY DISTRESSED OVER THE DAMAGE THAT HAS BEEN ONE
TO THE BASIC RELATIONSHIP."
2. THE TEST OF PRESIDENT KORUTURK'S REPLY (DATED ANKARA, FEBRUARY 11
1975) FOLLOWS:
QUOTE: DEAR MR. PRESIDENT: I THANK YOU FOR YOUR MESSAGE
OF FEBRUARY 5TH, 1975. I SHARE YOUR VIEW THAT OUR TWO COUNTRIES
WHO HAVE STOOD AS ALLIES FOR A GENERATION MUST OVERCOME THE
PRESENT DIFFICULTIES. I ASSURE YOU THAT MY EFFORTS WILL BE
DIRECTED TOWARDS THAT END, BUT WE CANNOT IGNORE THE FACT THAT THE
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ATMOSPHERE CREATED BY THE RECENT ACTION OF THE CONGRESS IS NOT
OF A NATURE TO RENDER SUCH A TASK EASY.
AS ANTICIPATED, THE SUSPENSION OF MILITARY AID TO TURKEY HAS
CREATED A DEEP FEELING OF GENERAL DISAPPOINTMENT IN TURKEY.
THIS DISAPPOINTMENT IS ALL THE MORE PROFOUND SINCE SUCH AN ACTION
COMES FROM A COUNTRY ALWAYS CONSIDERED BY TURKEY AS AN ESTEEMED
AND ENTRUSTED ALLY AND TO WHOM TURKEY HAS NEVER FAILED TO
EXTEND ITS MOST SINCERE COOPERATION FOR THE COMMON PURPOSE OF
PEACE AND SECURITY. THE SUSPENSON OF MILITARY AID, WHICH IN
ITS PRESENT FORM AMOUNTS TO A COMPLETE ARMS EMBARGO, CAN
HARDLY BE CONSTRUED AS COMPATIBLE WITH THE RELATIONSHIP WHICH
MUST EXIST BETWEEN TWO COUNTRIES WHO, IN ADDITION TO THEIR
MEMBERSHIP IN THE SAME ALLIANCE, ALSO MAINTAIN CLOSE
BILATERAL COOPERATION FOR COMMON DEFENSE. THIS ACTION NOT
ONLY SERIOUSLY WEAKENS THE DEFENSE CAPABILITY OF TURKEY, TO THE
DETRIMENT OF THE ALLIED SECURITY AS WELL, BUT, MORE IMPORTANTLY,
ALSO CREATES A FEELING OF UNCERTAINTY IN THE TURKISH PUBLIC
OPINION BY CASTING DOUBTS AS TO THE CREDIBILITY OF THEUNITED
STATES COMMITMENT TO THE SECUITY OF TURKEY IN ACCORDANCE
WITH OUR MUTUAL UNDERTAKINGS.
I HAVE ALWAYS APPRECIATED YOUR EFFORTS TO PREVENT THE CON-
GRESS TO RESORT TO SUCH AN ACTION. I AM GLAD TO KNOW THAT YOU
ARE NOW SEEKING ACTION BY CONGRESS TO AUTHORIZE THE
RESUMPTION OF THE SUPPLY RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN OUR TWO COUNTRIES.
YET I MUST POINT OUT THAT THE UNCERTAINTY WHICH HANGED OVER THE
FATE OF MILITARY AID DURING THE PAST MONTHS THROUGH CONDITIONAL
AND TEMPORARY RESOLUTIONS AND NOW ITS TOTAL SUSPENSION,
BESIDES THE PRACTICAL DIFFICULTIES IT INVOLVED, HAS NOT BEEN
HELPFUL TO THE TURKISH GOVERNMENT IN TS ENDEAVORS TO KEEP
UNDISTURBED THE FRIENDLY RELATIONS AND CLOSE COOPERATION BETWEEN
OUR TWO COUNTRIES.
HOWEVER, I WANT TO ASSURE YOU THAT MY GOVERNMENT WILL TRY
ITS BEST 50 THAT THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE TWO COUNTRIES
EMERGE FROM THE SITUATION CREATED BY THE ACTION OF THE CONGRESS
WITH AS LESS DAMAGE AS POSSIBL. SINCERELY, FAHRI S. KORUTURK.
UNQUOTE.
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