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MEMORANDUM
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
SEGRET/NODIS/XGDS
MEMORANDUM OF CONVERSATION
PARTICIPANTS:
President Ford
Dr. Henry A. Kissinger, Secretary of State
and Assistant to the President
for National Security Affairs
Lt. Gen. Brent Scowcroft, Deputy Assistant
to the President for National Security Affairs
DATE AND TIME:
Thursday, September 25, 1975
10:00 a.m.
PLACE:
The Oval Office
The White House
Kissinger: At the UN, everyone in the world thinks the Sinai agreement
is a great achievement. It is incredible. The Israelis are supposed to
begin movement on October 5. If that is delayed, we have a new ballgame.
There are no secret commitments -- Congress has them all. But
it's the difference between the U-2 and the Glomar - the one was a blow
up and the other wasn't.
The Israelis know these letters are unenforceable, but it gives
them a psychological sense of assurance -- they like things in writing.
We gave the Committee everything except the two presidential
letters. Those we won't give -- one includes comments on Syria.
GUIDELINES state
MARA, DATE 6/3/04
The President: How can we get them to move?
Kissinger: Maybe by a public statement tomorrow. We can sit out the
consequences if Congress doesn't act.
DECLASSIFIED
E.O. 12958, SEC.3.5
The President: Or get the Committee down here.
SECRET/NODIS/XGDS
BY
SECRET - XGDS (3)
CLASSIFIED BY: HENRY A. KISSINGER
File scanned from the National Security Adviser's Memoranda of Conversation Collection at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library
SECRET/NODIS/XGDS
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Kissinger: The last time you did that was on Vietnam. I am afraid
we may be going the same way.
The President: I will not stand still for this. I will do whatever needs
to be done to get this through.
Kissinger: It's a nihilistic trend in this country.
Maybe both Committees should come for a breakfast. I worry
about having a Committee in the Cabinet room. It breaks down the
separation of powers.
The President: How about breakfast on Monday for both Committees?
Kissinger: We have a problem with Sadat's schedule. This is the most
important visit this year. It is already fouled up. Your schedulers
understandably don't want to scrub your trip on the 29th.
The President: My schedule is really fixed on the 29th. I could meet
with him the morning of the 29th. But there is no way I can eliminate
this trip on the 29th. I will set aside the weekend though.
Kissinger: We had been thinking of Palm Springs, but he couldn't stay
at the Annenberg place, because he is a Jew. Most of the really good
places would be the same. Another alternative would be Palm Beach.
The President: Frances Bolton has a place there, I think.
Scowcroft: We will look into the options.
Kissinger: Schmidt is coming on the 3rd. I would suggest just a small
lunch, unless you have particular plans.
The President: No, that is fine.
Kissinger: We need to talk about SALT. I don't think we will get a
SALT agreement. There will be no Brezhnev visit. So we need to
develop an alternative strategy. I think the reaction here to Vladivostok
really shook them. If we sign and have a brawl here during their Party
Congress, that would be very bad for them. I think they want to wait
until their Party Congress is over.
SECRET/NODIS/XGDS
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