File scanned from the National Security Adviser's Memoranda of Conversation Collection at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library
MEMORANDUM
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
MEMORANDUM OF CONVERSATION
- PARTICIPANTS:
- President Ford
Vladimir Alekseyevich Kirillin, Deputy Chairman, USSR Council of Ministers
Dr. H. Guyford Stever, Director, National Science Foundation
Mr. Yuly M. Vorontsov, Minister Counselor, Russian Embassy
Lt. General Brent Scowcroft, Deputy Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs - DATE AND TIME:
- October 25, 1974
1:45 p. m. - PLACE:
- The Oval Office
The White House
[The press were admitted to take photos.]
President: I saw a picture of Chairman Kirillin and Brezhnev.
Kirillin: Yes.
President: You were in the Navy too.
Kirillin: Actually the Marines.
[The press left.]
Kirillin: Mr. President, I have the pleasure of conveying greetings from Secretary General Brezhnev, Chairman Kosygin, and President Podgorny.
President: I am looking forward to meeting General Secretary Brezhnev. We have had a number of communications back and forth, and it will be a pleasure to meet him.
Kirillin: You are not the only one to look forward to it.
DECLASSIFIED
E.O. 12958, SEC 3.5
NSC MEMO, 11/24/98, STATE DEPT. GUIDELINES
BY NARA DATE 5/2/04
TOP SECRET - XGDS (3)
CLASSIFIED BY:HENRY A. KISSINGER
