File scanned from the National Security Adviser's Memoranda of Conversation Collection at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library
MEMORANDUM
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
SECRET/SENSITIVE
MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT'S FILE
| SUBJECT: | President Ford's Meeting with Romanian Presidential Counselor Vasile Pungan |
| PARTICIPANTS: | Vasile Pungan, Counselor to President Ceausescu of Romania President Ford Dr. Henry A. Kissinger, Secretary of State and Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs Lt. General Scowcroft, Deputy Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs |
| DATE AND TIME: | Tuesday, August 27, 1974 10:30 a. m. |
| PLACE: | Oval Office The White House |
[The Press was admitted for photographs.]
Pungan: You got the Ceausescu invitation.
President: Yes. I want to visit Romania as soon as our mutual schedules can be worked out.
[The press is ushered out.]
President: I appreciate very much the invitation of President Ceausescu, and I will accept as soon as I can work it out.
Pungan: Perhaps when you come to Europe, you can do it. It is important for us to exchange views and maintain relations.
President: I want you to know Secretary Kissinger has my full confidence. I subscribe completely to President Nixon's foreign policy.
SECRET/SENSITIVE
TOP SECRET XGDS (3)
CLASSIFIED BY: HENRY A. KISSINGER
