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Gerald R. Ford Library1000 Beal Avenue,
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Memoranda of Conversations, 1973-1977
Transcript-like records, and the notes from which they were prepared, of President Nixon’s and President Ford’s conversations with heads of state and foreign officials, senior intelligence and national security officials, American ambassadors, Cabinet members, members of Congress, and other distinguished foreign and American visitors. The memoranda of conversations (memcons) cover a wide variety of foreign affairs and national security topics, including the Middle East peace process, East-West relations, NATO and Europe, normalization of relations with the People’s Republic of China, Angola, foreign aid, arms control, energy, foreign economic affairs, investigations of the intelligence community, and much else.
QUANTITY
8.4 linear feet (ca. 8,700 pages)
DONOR
Gerald R. Ford (accession number 77-118)
ACCESS
Open, but
some materials continue to be national security classified and restricted. Access is governed by the donor’s deed of
gift, a copy of which is available on request, and National Archives and
Records Administration regulations (36 CFR 1256).
Gerald Ford has donated to the United States of America his copyrights in all of his unpublished writings in National Archives collections. The copyrights to materials written by other individuals or organizations are presumed to remain with them. Works prepared by U.S. Government employees as part of their official duties are in the public domain.
Prepared by Geir Gundersen, November 2004
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The Memoranda of Conversations
(memcons) is one of many sub-collections that comprise the National Security
Adviser Files. The provenance and nature of the Ford National Security Adviser
Files as a whole are described in Appendix
A.
The bulk of the memcons are based on Brent Scowcroft’s notes from
meetings he attended in his capacity as Deputy Assistant to the President for
National Security Affairs and then Assistant to the President for National
Security Affairs. In these meetings,
Scowcroft took notes on topics pertaining to foreign affairs and national
security matters. His notes are not
complete verbatim transcripts of conversations and at times appear to be
somewhat selective. The notes often
include extended quotes from the participants, but occasionally they compress
portions of conversations into single sentences such as “Discussion of floating
interest rates” or “Described the Angola proposal.”
Following the meetings, Scowcroft had his notes typed up in transcript
form. Because Scowcroft’s handwriting
was often difficult for his secretaries to decipher, an NSC staff assistant,
usually Peter Rodman, would compile the first draft of the memcons. The person drafting the memcons would on
occasion make editorial changes to the transcript, such as turning Scowcroft’s
notes into complete sentences. In other
instances, blank spaces were left in the final draft when Scowcroft’s
handwriting proved indecipherable.
Scope and Content of the Materials
The collection chronicles the practice of diplomacy and presidential
decision-making at the highest level.
There are more than 1,000 memcons addressing US foreign policy and
national security issues during the latter part of the Nixon administration
through the entire Ford administration.
The memcons are primarily from Presidential meetings in which President
Nixon and President Ford met with foreign heads of state and officials, Cabinet
members, White House staff members, Congressional leaders, American
ambassadors, senior intelligence and national security officials, heads of
federal agencies, and other distinguished foreign and American visitors, as
well as many private consultative meetings with Henry Kissinger and Brent
Scowcroft. While the majority of memcons
are from meetings held in Washington, the collection also has memcons from a
number of Presidential trips overseas.
Several of the memcons are from non-presidential meetings in which Henry
Kissinger or Brent Scowcroft was the lead participant.
The discussions documented in the memcons are mostly substantive, but
on occasion cover lighter fare. Many of
the meetings discussed multiple topics and were often very candid, such as when
participants were critical of other people’s actions and abilities. Topics addressed in the memcons run the gamut
of US foreign policy and national security issues and touch on US relations
with many countries from all regions of the world.
The collection’s largest topic is the Middle East, in particular
US-Israeli relations and the interim Sinai Agreement between Egypt and
Israel. There is information on US
policy toward Israel and how this policy fit into the administration’s overall
policy for the region, and Israeli concerns about US policy toward Israel and
the region. Of particular interest are
the numerous discussions between President Ford and Henry Kissinger in which
they formulate policy and strategy and candidly express their frustrations with
Israel’s negotiating tactics and strategy during the peace process. There is also much information on the roles
and interests of Saudi Arabia, Syria, Iran, Jordan, and Lebanon.
Another major topic is East–West relations, in particular US-Soviet
relations. There is information on the
Vladivostok Summit, Congressional legislation linking US trade policy to Soviet
emigration quotas, arms control and SALT negotiations, grain sales, and
cultural exchanges. There is also
information on the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe and US
relations with other Eastern European countries, most notably Poland, Romania,
and Yugoslavia.
The memcons also provide much information on US relations with Western
Europe. The materials address diplomatic
and economic relations with key allies such as the United Kingdom, West
Germany, and France, and multilateral relations with the European Community
within the context of NATO and the economic summit meetings. There are important materials on political
events in Portugal and Italy, Spain’s transition to democracy, and the
Greek-Turkish conflict in Cyprus, including the Turkish arms embargo.
In regard to Asia and the Pacific, there is information on the
prospective normalization of relations between the US and the People’s Republic
of China and the impact on US-Taiwanese relations, US involvement and
withdrawal from Vietnam, and the Mayaguez Incident. There is also good material on US relations
with key allies such as Japan, Thailand, South Korea, Philippines, and
Indonesia, as well the fragile relationship between India and Pakistan.
In terms of Africa, the memcons primarily focus on the move to
independence and the establishment of a new government in Angola, and the
transition to majority rule in Rhodesia/Zimbabwe. There is also information on the regional
roles and interests of Zaire, Zambia, and South Africa.
For Latin America, the most substantive materials pertain to US
relations with Brazil, Chile, Cuba, Mexico, and Panama. Topics include economic assistance, energy,
trade, narcotics control, and the Panama Canal treaty negotiations.
The collection also contains information on a variety of other foreign policy and national security issues, including military base negotiations, mutual defense agreements, arms transfers, the defense budget, the intelligence investigations and the subsequent reorganization of the intelligence community, the US role in a post-Vietnam world, and the impact of the 1976 presidential campaign on foreign policy.
Related
Materials (November 2004):
Related materials are located in a number of other fully processed, partly processed, and unprocessed National Security Adviser collections. For example, the Kissinger Reports to the President on USSR, China, and Middle East Discussions, the NSC Meeting Minutes, and the NSC International Economic Affairs Staff Files contain additional memoranda of conversations, while background and briefing materials are located in the Presidential Country Files, Presidential Correspondence with Foreign Leaders, Presidential Transition File, Trip Briefing Books and Cables of Henry Kissinger, Trip Briefing Books and Cables of President Ford, and the Presidential Briefing Material for VIP Visits. Researchers can identify the file locations of related open materials from PRESNET search reports. As additional collections become available, the information is entered into the PRESNET database. Researchers can also consult the Ford Library website for announcements of collection openings.
Series Descriptions
Boxes
1-4 Memoranda of Conversations - Nixon
Administration, 1973-74. (1.5 linear
feet)
Primarily typed transcripts of discussions from President Nixon’s meetings with heads of state and other foreign officials, senior intelligence and national security officials, American Ambassadors, Cabinet members, members of Congress, and other distinguished foreign and American visitors. Also included are the meeting notes on which the transcripts are based. Files contain substantive information on US foreign policy and relations with numerous countries, in particular Israel, Egypt, Syria, Saudi Arabia, Soviet Union, Great Britain, France, West Germany, Vietnam, China, and Japan. There are materials on many substantive topics including the Middle East peace process and the 1973 Arab-Israeli war, NATO, foreign aid, energy, oil, trade, arms control, and military arms sales.
Arranged chronologically by date of meeting.
Boxes
4-21 Memoranda of Conversations - Ford
Administration, 1974-77. (6.9 linear
feet)
Primarily typed transcripts of discussions from President Ford’s meetings with heads of state and other foreign officials, American Ambassadors, senior intelligence and national security officials, Cabinet members, members of Congress, and other distinguished foreign and American visitors. Also included are meeting notes on which the transcripts are based. Files contain substantive information on US foreign policy and relations with numerous countries, including Israel, Egypt, Syria, Saudi Arabia, Iran, Jordan, Lebanon, Soviet Union, Romania, Poland, Yugoslavia, Great Britain, France, West Germany, Italy, Greece, Turkey, Cyprus, China, Taiwan, Japan, Indonesia, Vietnam, Thailand, India, Pakistan, Angola, Rhodesia/Zimbabwe, Canada, Cuba, Chile, Panama, and Mexico. There is substantive information on a multitude of topics, including the Middle East peace process, the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe, NATO, the European Community, foreign aid, energy, oil, foreign economic affairs, trade, arms control, military arms sales, mutual defense agreements, Law of the Sea, the economic summit meetings, the Mayaguez Incident, military base negotiations, the intelligence investigations, and atomic energy.
Arranged chronologically by date of meeting.
Container List
Box
1 Memoranda of Conversations - Nixon Administration
Undated (Nixon Administration)
January 5, 1973 - President Nixon, Israeli President Zalman Shasar
January 5, 1973 - Nixon, Republic of China Officials
January 31, 1973 - Nixon, Former Japanese Prime Minister Eisaku Sato
February 5, 1973 - Nixon, Coast Guard Aide A. R. Larzelere
February 8, 1973 - Nixon, Treasury Secretary George Shultz, Charles J. DiBona
February 10, 1973 - Nixon, Vice President Agnew
February 12, 1973 - Nixon, USSR Food Industry Representative Voldemar Lein
February 13, 1973 - Nixon, Ambassador John Scali (UN)
February 14, 1973 - Nixon, Ambassador Richard Helms (Iran)
February 15, 1973 - Nixon, General Andrew Goodpaster (SACEUR)
February 15, 1973 - Nixon, Defense Secretary Elliot Richardson
February 15, 1973 - Nixon, H.R. Haldeman
February 16, 1973 - Cabinet Meeting, EC Commissioner Christopher Soames
February 23, 1973 - Nixon, Hafiz Ismail (handwritten notes only, no memcon)
March 1, 1973 - Nixon, Kissinger, Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir
March 3, 1973 - Kissinger, Elliot Richardson
March 8, 1973 - NSC Meeting (handwritten notes only, no memcon)
March 9, 1973 - Nixon, Ambassador John Irwin (France)
March 14, 1973 - Kissinger, Charles DiBona
March 16, 1973 - Kissinger, Elliot Richardson
March 17, 1973 - Nixon, Irish Ambassador Warnock
March 20, 1973 - Nixon, NSF Director Guy Stever, Soviet Academician Vadim A. Trapeznikov
March 21, 1973 - Nixon, Soviet Women’s Gymnastics Team
March 23, 1973 - Scowcroft, OMB Director Roy Ash, Deputy Director Fred Malek
March 29, 1973 - Kissinger, Treasury Secretary George Shultz
April 11, 1973 - Kissinger, Elliot Richardson
April 11, 1973 - Nixon, POW/MIA Coordinator Roger Shields
April 12, 1973 - NSC Meeting
April 13, 1973 - Nixon, Japanese Prefecture Governors
April 14, 1973 - Kissinger, Fred Ikle (ACDA)
May 1, 1973 - Kissinger, Leonard Garment
May 8, 1973 - Nixon, Pele
May 8, 1973 - Nixon, Senate Commerce Committee Members Who Met with Brezhnev
May 15, 1973 - Nixon, Ethiopian Emperor Haile Selassie
May 17, 1973 - Nixon, Mustafizur Rahman Siddiqi (Bangladesh)
May
17, 1973 - Nixon, Widows of U.S. Diplomats Murdered in
May 18, 1973 - Cabinet Meeting
May 25, 1973 - Cabinet Meeting
June 5, 1973 - Nixon, Liberian President William R. Tolbert, Jr.
June 7, 1973 - Cabinet Meeting
June 28, 1973 - Kissinger, CIA Employee
June 30, 1973 - Congressional Delegation to PRC
Box 2 Memoranda of Conversations - Nixon Administration
July 2, 1973 - Kissinger, Schlesinger, Moorer
July 3, 1973 - Kissinger, Israeli Ambassador Simcha Dinitz
July 6, 1973 - Kissinger, PRC Ambassador Huang Chen
July 11, 1973 - Scowcroft, PRC officials
July 17, 1973 - Scowcroft, PRC officials
July 18, 1973 - Scowcroft, PRC officials
July 24, 1973 - Scowcroft, PRC officials
July 30, 1973 - Nixon, Nicaraguan Ambassador Dr. Guillermo Sevilla-Sacasa
July 30, 1973 - Nixon, General Ryan (Air Force)
August 2, 1973 - Kissinger, Schlesinger
August 2, 1973 - Nixon, Gabon President Bongo
August 3, 1973 - Kissinger, President’s Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board
August 9, 1973 - Kissinger, Schlesinger
August 9, 1973 - Kissinger, Schlesinger, Pentagon Group
August 17, 1973 - Kissinger, Schlesinger, John S. Foster (DOD)
August 31, 1973 - Kissinger, French Defense Minister Galley
September 5, 1973 - Kissinger, Schlesinger
September 6, 1973 - Department of Justice Attorneys, Alan J. Hruska re Halperin Case
September 14, 1973 - Kissinger, Moorer
September 15, 1973 - Scowcroft, Pakistani Ambassador Sultan Khan
September 21, 1973 - Nixon, SEATO Secretary General Sunthorn
September 27, 1973 - Nixon, GOP Leadership
September 28, 1973 - Nixon, Ambassador Daniel Patrick Moynihan (India)
September 29, 1973 - Nixon, FRG Chancellor Willy Brandt
October 2, 1973 - Kissinger, Schlesinger, Colby, Moorer
October 4, 1973 - Cabinet Meeting
October 9, 1973 - Kissinger, Haig, Ziegler
October 9, 1973 - WSAG Meeting
October 10, 1973 - Nixon, Congressional Leadership
October 13, 1973 - WSAG Meeting
October 15, 1973 - Nixon, Upper Volta President Lamizana
October 17, 1973 - WSAG Meeting
October 18, 1973 - Cabinet Meeting
October 19, 1973 - Kissinger, Schlesinger, Colby, Moorer
October 24, 1973 - Kissinger, Clements, Moorer
October 24, 1973 - Kissinger, Schlesinger, Moorer, Colby
October 31, 1973 - Kissinger, Schlesinger, Colby, Moorer
November 3, 1973 - Kissinger, Schlesinger, Colby, Moorer
November 6, 1973 - Cabinet Meeting
November 12, 1973 - Nixon, Kissinger, Senator Jacob Javits
November 12, 1973 - Nixon, Chuck Connors
November 14, 1973 - Nixon, USSR Environmental Experts
November 15, 1973 - Nixon, Cambodian Foreign Minister Long Boret
November 23, 1973 - Kissinger, Schlesinger
November 27, 1973 - Nixon, Kissinger, Bipartisan Congressional Leadership
November 29, 1973 - Kissinger, Schlesinger, Colby, Moorer
November 29, 1973 - Nixon, Representatives Robert H. Steele and Louis Frey, Jr.
November 29, 1973 - Kissinger, Schlesinger, Colby, Moorer, Kenneth Rush
Box 3 Memoranda of Conversations - Nixon Administration
December 5, 1973 - Kissinger, Schlesinger
December 5, 1973 - Cabinet Meeting
December 12, 1973 - George Shultz, Claude Brinegar, Melvin Laird, Bryce Harlow
December 12, 1973 - Scowcroft, Israeli Ambassador Simcha Dinitz
December 14, 1973 - Nixon, Apostolic Delegate Jean Jadot
December 18, 1973 - Nixon, Senator James McClure
December 19, 1973 - Nixon, Schlesinger, OMB Director Roy Ash
December 22, 1973 - Nixon, Schlesinger, Joint Chiefs
December 26, 1973 - Kissinger, Schlesinger
December 28, 1973 - Kissinger, Schlesinger, Colby, Moorer
January 8, 1974 - Kissinger, Schlesinger
January 10, 1974 - Kissinger, Senators Bartlett, Fannin, Hansen
January 16, 1974 - Nixon, Ambassador Anthony D. Marshall (Kenya)
January 17, 1974 - Nixon, British Ambassador Earl of Cromer
January 21, 1974 - Nixon, Bipartisan Leadership
January 22, 1974 - Kissinger, Schlesinger, Colby, Moorer
January 23, 1974 - Cabinet Meeting
January 24, 1974 - NSC Meeting
February 1, 1974 - Kissinger, Schlesinger
February 7, 1974 - Nixon, Ambassador Walter Stoessel (USSR)
February 7, 1974 - Nixon, Saudi Ambassador Al Sowayel
February 8, 1974 - Nixon, President’s Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board
February 9, 1974 - Nixon, Kissinger, George Shultz, William Simon
February 11, 1974 - Nixon, Albert Schweitzer Hospital Committee
February 21, 1974 - Cabinet Meeting
February 28, 1974 - Nixon, Ernesto Navarro Richardson
February 28, 1974 - Nixon, Ambassador Shirley Temple Black (Ghana)
March 6, 1974 - Kissinger, Schlesinger
March 8, 1974 - Nixon, GOP Congressional Leadership
March 8, 1974 - Cabinet Meeting
March 8, 1974 - Kissinger, Schlesinger, Colby, Moorer
March 11, 1974 - Kissinger, Schlesinger, Joint Chiefs
March 19, 1974 - Kissinger, Schlesinger
March 26, 1974 - Nixon, Andrew Goodpaster (SACEUR)
March 28, 1974 - Cabinet Meeting
March 28, 1974 - Nixon, Ambassador Philip W. Manhard
March 28, 1974 - Nixon, Ambassador Henry J. Tasca (Greece)
March 30, 1974 - Scowcroft, PRC officials
April 2, 1974 - Nixon, Commerce Secretary Frederick B. Dent
April 4, 1974 - Nixon, Ambassador Marion Smoak
April 11, 1974 - Nixon, Algerian President Boumediene
April 17, 1974 - Nixon, Berlin Mayor Klaus Schuetz
April 18, 1974 - Nixon, Egyptian Foreign Minister Ismail Fahmi
April 19, 1974 - Nixon, Egyptian Ambassador Ashraf Ghorbal
April 23, 1974 - Kissinger, Schlesinger
April 24, 1974 - Nixon, Vice President Ford, Kissinger, Congressional Leadership
April 29, 1974 - Cabinet, Haig, St. Clair (Watergate)
Box 4 Memoranda of Conversations - Nixon Administration
May 8, 1974 - Scowcroft, Dr. Harold Agnew (Los Alamos)
May 9, 1974 - Nixon, Republican Congressional Leadership
May 15, 1974 - Nixon, John Thomas (handwritten notes only)
May 21, 1974 - Nixon, Japanese Foreign Minister Masayoshi Ohira
May 21, 1974 - Nixon Message to Brezhnev
May 22, 1974 - Nixon, CENTO Foreign Ministers
May 23, 1974 - Nixon, Senators Long and Bennett (no memcon, just a summary of the discussion and background documents)
May 23, 1974 - Nixon, Soviet Parliamentary Delegation
May 23, 1974 - Nixon, Pakistani Foreign Minister Aziz Ahmed
May 28, 1974 - Nixon, Delegation of Soviet Governors
May 28, 1974 - Nixon, Soviet Ambassador Anatoli Dobrynin
May 28, 1974 - Cabinet Meeting
May 31, 1974 - Nixon, Kissinger, Alexander Haig
May 31, 1974 - Nixon, Ambassador Ross Adair (Ethiopia)
May 31, 1974 - Nixon, Bipartisan Congressional Leadership
June 1, 1974 - Nixon, UN Secretary General Kurt Waldheim, Ambassador John Scali (UN)
June 6, 1974 - Nixon, Ambassador John Volpe (Italy)
June 6, 1974 - Nixon, Kissinger, Saudi Prince Fahd
June 6, 1974 - Nixon, Schlesinger
June 11, 1974 - Nixon, Austrian Chancellor Bruno Kreisky
June 13, 1974 - Kissinger, General Guay (Defense Attache in Cairo)
June 15, 1974 - Kissinger, Saudi Arabian Foreign Minister Umar al-Saqqaf
June 15, 1974 - Kissinger, Crown Prince Khalid, Other Saudi Officials
June 17, 1974 - Nixon, Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin
June 18, 1974 - Nixon, Jordan’s King Hussein
June 20, 1974 - Cabinet Meeting
June 20, 1974 - Nixon, Bipartisan Congressional Leadership
June 21, 1974 - Cabinet Meeting
June 22, 1974 - Kissinger, Schlesinger
June 26, 1974 - Nixon, Italian Prime Minister Mariano Rumor
June 28 - July 3, 1974 - Moscow Summit Private and Plenary Sessions (for some meetings there are only handwritten notes)
July 9, 1974 - Nixon, William Simon
July 9, 1974 - Nixon, Ambassador James Hodgson (Japan)
July 10, 1974 - Nixon, Joint Congressional Leadership
July 11, 1974 - Nixon, Portugal’s President Antonio de Spinola
July 11, 1974 - Cabinet Meeting
July 30, 1974 - Nixon, William Simon
August 2, 1974 - Kissinger, Schlesinger
August 2, 1974 - Nixon, President’s Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board
August 3, 1974 - Kissinger, William Simon, Arthur Burns, Robert Ingersoll, Thomas Enders)
Memoranda of Conversations - Ford Administration
August 9, 1974 - Ford, Kissinger, Arab Envoys
August 9, 1974 - Ford, South Vietnamese Ambassador Tran Kim Phuong
August 9, 1974 - Ford, PRC Ambassador Huang Chen
August 9, 1974 - Ford, Israeli Ambassador Simcha Dinitz
August 10, 1974 - Cabinet Meeting
August 12, 1974 - Ford, Kissinger
August 13, 1974 - Ford, Kissinger, Schlesinger, Joint Chiefs
August 13, 1974 - Ford, Kissinger
August 14, 1974 - Ford, Kissinger
Box 5 Memoranda of Conversations - Ford Administration
August 15, 1974 - Ford, Kissinger
August 15, 1974 - Ford, Kissinger, Senators Jackson, Javits, and Ribicoff
August 16, 1974 - Ford, Kissinger
August 16, 1974 - Ford, Kissinger, Jordanian King Hussein
August 17, 1974 - Ford, Kissinger
August 20, 1974 - Ford, Kissinger, Bipartisan Congressional Leaders
August 21, 1974 - Ford, Congressional Black Caucus
August 21, 1974 - Ford, Indian Ambassador Triloki Nath Kaul
August 21, 1974 - Ford, Iranian Ambassador Ardeshir Zahedi
August 21, 1974 - Ford, Lt. Gen. Daniel (“Chappie”) James
August 21, 1974 - Ford, Pakistani Ambassador Yaqub-Khan
August 23, 1974 - Ford, Kissinger, Syrian Foreign Minister Khaddam
August 23, 1974 - Ford, Kissinger
August 24, 1974 - Ford, Kissinger, French Ambassador Kosciusko-Morizet
August 24, 1974 - Ford, Kissinger
August 26, 1974 - Cabinet Meeting
August 26, 1974 - Ford, Kissinger
August 27, 1974 - Ford, Romanian Presidential Counselor Pungan
August 28, 1974 - Ford, Kissinger
August 29, 1974 - Ford, Kissinger
August 29, 1974 - Ford, Kissinger, Saudi Arabian Foreign Minister Umar al-Saqqaf
August 29, 1974 - Ford, Kissinger, Mexican Foreign Secretary Emilio Rabasa
August 30, 1974 - Kissinger, Schlesinger
September 5, 1974 - Ford, Kissinger, Jerrold Schecter (TIME Magazine)
September 6, 1974 - Ford, Ambassador Walter Annenberg (UK)
September 6, 1974 - Ford, Kissinger
September 6, 1974 - Ford, Kissinger, Rockefeller
September 9, 1974 - Ford, Kissinger
September 9, 1974 - Ford, Kissinger, Kurt Waldheim, USUN Officials
September 10, 1974 - Ford, Kissinger, Former British Prime Minister Edward Heath
September 10, 1974 - Ford, Kissinger, Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin
September 10, 1974 - Ford, Kissinger
September 12, 1974 - Ford, Bipartisan Congressional Leadership
September 12, 1974 - Ford, Kissinger
September 12, 1974 - Ford, Kissinger, Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin
September 13, 1974 - Ford, Kissinger, Ambassador Graham Martin (South Vietnam)
September 13, 1974 - Ford, Kissinger
September 13, 1974 - Ford, Kissinger, Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin
September 14, 1974 - Ford, Kissinger
September 14, 1974 - Ford, Kissinger, Stanley Resor (MBFR Negotiator)
September 16, 1974 - Ford, Bipartisan Congressional Leadership, and Others
September 17, 1974 - Cabinet Meeting
September 17, 1974 - Ford, Kissinger, Butz, Ash, Greenspan
September 17, 1974 - Ford, Kissinger
September 18, 1974 - Ford, NATO Parliamentarians
September 19, 1974 - Ford, Kissinger, Indian Foreign Minister Singh
September 20, 1974 - Ford, Kissinger, Senator Henry Jackson
Box 6 Memoranda of Conversations - Ford Administration
September 21, 1974 - Ford, Kissinger, Argentine Foreign Minister Alberto Vignes
September 21, 1974 - Ford, Kissinger
September 21, 1974 - Ford, Kissinger, Japanese Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka
September 21, 1974 - Ford, Kissinger, Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko
September 24, 1974 - Ford, British Foreign Minister James Callaghan
September 25, 1974 - Ford, Italian President Giovanni Leone, Foreign Minister Aldo Moro
September 25, 1974 - Ford, Kissinger, Indonesian Foreign Minister Adam Malik
September 25, 1974 - Ford, Kissinger
September 26, 1974 - Ford, Bipartisan Congressional Leadership
September 26, 1974 - Ford, Kissinger, Italian President Giovanni Leone, Foreign Minister Aldo Moro
September 26, 1974 - Ford, Kissinger, Colby, Vernon Walters
September 26, 1974 - Ford, Kissinger, FRG Foreign Minister Hans-Dietrich Genscher
September 28, 1974 - Ford, Kissinger, French Foreign Minister Jean Sauvagnargues
September 29, 1974 - Ford, Kissinger
September 29, 1974 - Ford, Kissinger, Brazilian Foreign Minister Silveira
October 1, 1974 - Ford, Kissinger, Bangladesh Prime Minister Rahman
October 5, 1974 - Ford, Kissinger, Australian Prime Minister Whitlam
October 5, 1974 - Ford, Kissinger, South Vietnamese Foreign Minister Vuong Van Bac
October 5, 1974 - Ford, Kissinger, Simon, Greenspan, Ash, Eberle, Seidman, Burns
October 5, 1974 - Ford, Kissinger, Egyptian Foreign Minister Fahmi
October 7, 1974 - Ford, Kissinger
October 7, 1974 - Ford, Kissinger, Archbishop Iakovos
October 7, 1974 - Ford, Kissinger, AID Officials
October 7, 1974 - Kissinger, Schlesinger
October 8, 1974 - Ford, Kissinger
October
8, 1974 - Ford, Kissinger, Edward Gierek of
October 10, 1974 - Ford, Schlesinger
October 11, 1974 - Ford, Representative David Henderson, Five Other Representatives
October 15, 1974 - Ford, Canadian Ambassador Marcel Cadieux
October 15, 1974 - Ford, George Bush
October 17, 1974 - Ford, Kissinger, Pakistani Foreign Minister Aziz Ahmed
October 18, 1974 - Ford, Kissinger
October 18, 1974 - Ford, Kissinger, Portuguese President Costa Gomes, Foreign Minister Mario Soares
October 18, 1974 - Ford, Kissinger, Senators Jackson and Javits, Representative Charles Vanik
October 21, 1974 - Ford, Kissinger
October 21, 1974 - Ford, Kissinger, Mexican President Luis Echeverria
October 22, 1974 - Kissinger, Schlesinger
October 25, 1974 - Ford, NSF Director Guy Stever, Vladimir Kirillin (Deputy Chairman, USSR Council of Ministries)
October 29, 1974 - Scowcroft, Georgetown University Undergraduates
October 30, 1974 - Cabinet Meeting
October 30, 1974 - Ford, Barbara Hutchison, Eugene Kopp
October 31, 1974 - Ford, Schlesinger, Ash, Ogilvie
Box 7 Memoranda of Conversations - Ford Administration
November 5, 1974 - Ford, Liberian President William R. Tolbert
November 6, 1974 - Ford, Ambassador John Sherman Cooper (GDR)
November 6, 1974 - Ford, Israeli Minister and Charge Mordechai Shalev
November 8, 1974 - Ford, Ambassador Kenneth Rush (France)
November 10, 1974 - Ford, Kissinger
November 11, 1974 - Ford, John McCone (Former DCI)
November 11, 1974 - Ford, Kissinger
November 12, 1974 - Ford, Ambassador David Bruce (North Atlantic Council)
November 12, 1974 - Ford, Ambassador Shirley Temple Black (Ghana)
November 12, 1974 - Ford, Austrian Chancellor Bruno Kreisky
November 12, 1974 - Ford, Kissinger
November 13, 1974 - Ford, Kissinger
November 13, 1974 - Kissinger, William Simon
November 14, 1974 - Kissinger, Schlesinger
November 15, 1974 - Cabinet Meeting
November 15, 1974 - Ford, Kissinger, Schlesinger
November 16, 1974 - Ford, Kissinger
November 19, 1974 - Ford, Mayor of Tokyo Ryokichi Minobe
November 19, 1974 - Ford, Kissinger, Japanese Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka
November 20, 1974 - Ford, Kissinger, Japanese Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka
November 22, 1974 - Ford, Kissinger, South Korean President Park Chung-Hee
November 24, 1974 - Ford, Kissinger, USSR Leader Leonid Brezhnev
November 25, 1974 - Ford, Schlesinger
November 26, 1974 - Ford, Agriculture Secretary Earl Butz
November 26, 1974 - Ford, Bipartisan Congressional Leadership
November 27, 1974 - Ford, George Meany
December 2, 1974 - Ford, Linwood Holton
December 3, 1974 - Ford, Kissinger
December 3, 1974 - Ford, Senator John Sparkman
December 3, 1974 - Ford, Senator John Stennis
December 4, 1974 - Ford, Kissinger
December 4, 1974 - Ford, Kissinger, Canadian Prime Minister Pierre-Elliott Trudeau
December 5, 1974 - Ford, Kissinger, FRG Chancellor Helmut Schmidt
December 5, 1974 - Ford, Kissinger
December 6, 1974 - Ford, Kissinger
December 6, 1974 - Ford, President’s Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board
December 6, 1974 - Ford, Kissinger, FRG Chancellor Helmut Schmidt
December 7, 1974 - Ford, Energy Briefing Group
December 7, 1974 - Kissinger, Schlesinger
December 9, 1974 - Ford, Kissinger
December 9, 1974 - Ford, Kissinger, Israeli Deputy Prime Minister Yigal Allon
December 10, 1974 - Ford, Kissinger
December 11, 1974 - Ford, Bipartisan Congressional Leadership
December 13, 1974 - Ford, Senator Harry Byrd
December 13, 1974 - Ford, Senator Barry Goldwater
December 14, 1974 - Ford, Kissinger
Box 8 Memoranda of Conversations - Ford Administration
December 15, 1974 - Ford, Kissinger, French President Valery Giscard d’Estaing, Foreign Minister Jean Sauvagnargues (Meeting One)
December 15, 1974 - Ford, Kissinger, French President Valery Giscard’Estaing, Foreign Minister Jean Sauvagnargues (Meeting Two)
December 16, 1974 - Ford, Kissinger, French President Valery Giscard d’Estaing, Foreign Minister Jean Sauvagnargues
December 17, 1974 - Ford, Kissinger, Bipartisan Congressional Leadership
December 18, 1974 - Ford, Kissinger, Former Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir
December 18, 1974 - Ford, Kissinger
December 19, 1974 - Ford, Kissinger
December 20, 1974 - Ford, Kissinger
January 1975 - List of Memcons
January 3, 1975 - Ford, Colby, Buchen, Marsh
January 3, 1975 - Ford, Schlesinger, Marsh, Buchen
January 4, 1975 - Ford, Kissinger
January 4, 1975 - Ford, Former CIA Director Richard Helms
January 4, 1975 - Ford, Kissinger, Rockefeller, Marsh, Rumsfeld, Buchen
January 6, 1975 - Ford, ACDA Director Fred Ikle
January 6, 1975 - Ford, Kissinger
January 7, 1975 - Ford, Kissinger
January 7, 1975 - Ford, Schlesinger
January 7, 1975 - Ford, Kissinger, Ambassador William Crawford (Cyprus), Ambassador Jack Kubisch (Greece), Ambassador William Macomber (Turkey), (handwritten notes only)
January 8, 1975 - Cabinet Meeting
January 8, 1975 - Ford, Kissinger
January 8, 1975 - Scowcroft, Israeli Ambassador Simcha Dinitz
January 9, 1975 - Ford, Kissinger
January 9, 1975 - Ford, Kissinger, Omani Sultan Qaboos bin Said
January 10, 1975 - Ford, Kissinger
January 11, 1975 - Ford, Kissinger
January 13, 1975 - Ford, Kissinger
January 14, 1975 - Ford, Kissinger
January 16, 1975 - Ford, Kissinger, Israeli Deputy Prime Minister Yigal Allon
January 17, 1975 - Ford, Kissinger
January 17, 1975 - Rockefeller, Kissinger, Israeli Deputy Prime Minister Yigal Allon
January 18, 1975 - Ford, Kissinger
January 20, 1975 - Ford, Kissinger
January 21, 1975 - Ford, Kissinger
January 22, 1975 - Ford, Kissinger
January 22, 1975 - Ford, Kissinger, British Ambassador Sir Peter Ramsbotham
January 22, 1975 - Ford, Max Fisher
January 22, 1975 - Kissinger, Schlesinger
January 22, 1975 - Staff Meeting Excerpt
January 23, 1975 - Ford, Delegation of Young Soviet Journalists
January 23, 1975 - Ford, Kissinger
January 23, 1975 - Ford, Walter Judd
January 27, 1975 - Ford, Senators Strom Thurmond and William L. Scott
January 27, 1975 - Kissinger, Deputy Secretary of Defense William Clements
January 28, 1975 - Ford, Kissinger, Rockefeller, Bipartisan Congressional Leadership
January 29, 1975 - Cabinet Meeting
January 29, 1975 - Ford, Kissinger
Box 9 Memoranda of Conversations - Ford Administration
January 30, 1975 - Ford, Kissinger, UK Prime Minister Harold Wilson, Foreign Minister James Callaghan
January 30, 1975 - Ford, Kissinger
January 31, 1975 - Ford, Kissinger
January 31, 1975 - Ford, Kissinger, UK Prime Minister Harold Wilson, Foreign Secretary James Callaghan
February 3, 1975 - Ford, Kissinger, Rockefeller, Brown, Bipartisan Congressional Leadership
February 3, 1975 - Ford, Kissinger
February 5, 1975 - Ford, Kissinger
February 5, 1975 - Ford, Kissinger, Max Fisher
February 5, 1975 - Ford, Kissinger, Pakistani Prime Minister Bhutto
February 5, 1975 - Kissinger, Scowcroft, Israeli Ambassador Simcha Dinitz
February 6, 1975 - Ford, Kissinger
February 6, 1975 - Ford, Kissinger, Senators Case and Sparkman and Representatives Broomfield and Morgan
February 6, 1975 - Ford, Senators Pastore and Baker
February 7, 1975 - Ford, Kissinger, George Shultz
February 7, 1975 - Ford, Kissinger, Schlesinger, Colby, General David C. Jones, Rumsfeld
February 7, 1975 - Ford, Kissinger
February 8, 1975 - Kissinger, Schlesinger
February 12, 1975 - Ford, TIME Middle East News Tour Group
February 14, 1975 - Ford, Count Otto Lambsdorff (FRG)
February 15, 1975 - Ford, Ambassador Graham Martin (South Vietnam)
February 19, 1975 - Ford, Kissinger
February 20, 1975 - Ford, Kissinger, Schlesinger, Representative Otto Passman
February 20, 1975 - Ford, Kissinger, Congressional Leadership
February 20, 1975 - Ford, Kissinger
February 20, 1975 - Kissinger, Schlesinger, Colby, Philip Areeda, Laurence Silberman, Martin Hoffman
February 21, 1975 - Cabinet Meeting
February 21, 1975 - Ford, Kissinger, Rumsfeld, Marsh
February 21, 1975 - Ford, Kissinger
February 21, 1975 - Ford, Kissinger, Trinidad and Tobago Prime Minister Eric Eustace Williams
February 24, 1975 - Ford, Kissinger
February 24, 1975 - Ford, Kissinger, NATO Secretary General Joseph Luns
February 25, 1975 - Ford, Kissinger
February 27, 1975 - Ford, Ambassador Mark Evans Austad (Finland)
February 27, 1975 - Ford, Kissinger, Ambassador Elliot Richardson (Great Britain)
February 27, 1975 - Ford, Kissinger
February 27, 1975 - Ford, Peruvian Ambassador Fernando Berckemeyer
February 28, 1975 - Ford, Kissinger
March 3, 1975 - Ford, Republican Congressional Leadership
March 3, 1975 - Ford, Israeli President Dr. Ephraim Kotzir, Ambassador Dinitz
March 3, 1975 - Ford, Kissinger
March 4, 1975 - Ford, Kissinger
March 4, 1975 - Ford, Kissinger, Democratic Freshman Representatives
March 4, 1975 - Ford, Kissinger, Iranian Finance Minister Hushang Ansari, Ambassador Ardeshir Zahedi
March 4, 1975 - Ford, Kissinger, Senators Frank Church and James Pearson
March 5, 1975 - Ford, Kissinger
March 5, 1975 - Ford, Kissinger, Senators Frank Church and John Tower
March 5, 1975 - Ford, Kissinger, Congressional Vietnam Delegation
Box 10 Memoranda of Conversations - Ford Administration
March 6, 1975 - Ford, Admiral John S. McCain
March 6, 1975 - Ford, Senators John Sparkman, Clifford Case, Hubert Humphrey
March 11, 1975 - Ford, Chairman of Panel on International Information Frank Stanton
March 11, 1975 - Ford, Schlesinger
March 12, 1975 - Cabinet Meeting
March 13, 1975 - Ford, General William Westmoreland
March 14, 1975 - Ford, Schlesinger
March 14, 1975 - Ford, Don Kendall, Soviet Minister Lein and Food Ministers
March 17, 1975 - Ford, Irish Ambassador John Gerald Molloy
March 18, 1975 - Ford, Republican Congressional Leadership, Five Cabinet Members
March 19, 1975 - Ford, Schlesinger, Colby, Buchen, Marsh, Rumsfeld
March 19, 1975 - Ford, Kuwaiti Ambassador Salem S. Al-Sabah
March 19, 1975 - Ford, James M. Wilson (Northern Marianas Official)
March 21, 1975 - Ford, Representatives John Brademas, Paul Sarbanes, Benjamin Rosenthal
March 24, 1975 - Ford, Kissinger
March 24, 1975 - Ford, Kissinger, Bipartisan Congressional Leadership
March 24, 1975 - Ford, Rockefeller, Kissinger
March 25, 1975 - Ford, Ambassador John Volpe (Italy)
March 25, 1975 - Ford, Kissinger, General Frederick Weyand, Ambassador Graham Martin (South Vietnam)
March 25, 1975 - Ford, South Vietnamese Officials
March 26, 1975 - Cabinet Meeting
March 26, 1975 - Ford, Kissinger
March 27, 1975 - Ford, Kissinger
March 27, 1975 - Ford, Kissinger, Former FRG Chancellor Willy Brandt
March 27, 1975 - Ford, Kissinger, Max Fisher
March 27, 1975 - Ford, SACEUR Alexander M. Haig, Donald Rumsfeld
March 27, 1975 - Scowcroft, Ambassador Richard L. Sneider (South Korea)
March 28, 1975 - Ford, Ambassador Designate Eugene V. McAuliffe (Hungary)
March 28, 1975 - Ford, Kissinger, Rockefeller
March 28, 1975 - Ford, Schlesinger, Rumsfeld, Marsh, Buchen
March 29, 1975 - Ford, Ambassador James D. Hodgson (Japan)
April 1975 (Day Unknown) - Ford, Kissinger
April 2, 1975 - Kissinger, Schlesinger
April 3, 1975 - Ford, Kissinger
April 8, 1975 - Ford, Kissinger
April 9, 1975(?) - Ford, Joint Congressional Leadership
April 10, 1975 - Kissinger, TV Network Representatives
April 11, 1975 - Ford, Ambassador and Mrs. Peter Dominick (Switzerland)
April 11, 1975 - Ford, Kissinger, Schlesinger, General Brown, Rumsfeld, Buchen, Marsh
April 11, 1975 - Ford, Kissinger
April 12, 1975 - Ford, Kissinger, Ambassador Daniel Patrick Moynihan (UN)
April 12, 1975 - Ford, Kissinger
April 12, 1975 - Ford, Kissinger, Japanese Foreign Minister Kiichi Miyazawa
April 14, 1975 - Ford, Kissinger
April 14, 1975 - Ford, Kissinger, Schlesinger, Senate Foreign Relations Committee
April 14, 1975 - Ford, U.S. Ambassadors Keating (Israel), Eilts (Egypt), Pickering (Jordan), Murphy (Syria)
April 15, 1975 - Ford, Kissinger
Box 11 Memoranda of Conversations - Ford Administration
April 16, 1975 - Cabinet Meeting
April 17, 1975 - Ford, Eugene Rostow (briefing paper only -- no notes or memcon)
April 17, 1975 - Ford, Kissinger, Schlesinger, Rumsfeld, Marsh
April 17, 1975 - Ford, Kissinger
April 18, 1975 - Ford, Kissinger
April 18, 1975 - Ford, Kissinger, Ambassador John Sherman Cooper (GDR)
April 18, 1975 - Ford, Rockefeller, Kissinger
April 19, 1975 - Ford, Kissinger
April 19, 1975 - Ford, Zambian President Kenneth D. Kaunda, Minister of Foreign Affairs Vernon Mwaanga
April 21, 1975 - Ford, Henry Cabot Lodge
April 21, 1975 - Ford, Kissinger
April 22, 1975 - Ford, Kissinger, Schlesinger, Republican Congressional Leadership
April 24, 1975 - Ford, Representative Paul Findley
April 24, 1975 - Ford, Kissinger, Rockefeller
April 24, 1975 - Ford, Kissinger
April 24, 1975 - NSC Meeting
April 25, 1975 - Ford, Kissinger, AHEPA
April 25, 1975 - Ford, Kissinger
April 25, 1975 - Kissinger, State Legislators
April 25, 1975 - Scowcroft, Ambassador Charles S. Whitehouse (Thailand)
April 28, 1975 - Ford, Kissinger
April 29, 1975 - Cabinet Meeting
April 29, 1975 - Ford, Kissinger, Congressional Bipartisan Leadership
April 29, 1975 - Ford, Kissinger
April 29, 1975 - Ford, Kissinger, Jordanian King Hussein
April 30, 1975 - Ford, Kissinger, Egyptian Parliamentary Group
April 30, 1975 - Ford, Kissinger
May 1, 1975 - Rockefeller, Egyptian Parliamentary Group
May 1, 1975 - Ford, Kissinger
May 1, 1975 - Ford, Kissinger, Tunisian Prime Minister Hedi Nouira
May 9, 1975 - Ford, Kissinger
