File scanned from the National Security Adviser's Memoranda of Conversation Collection at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library
DECLASSIFIED
E.O. 12356, SEC 3.4.
MR 91-16, #8 NSC ltr. 8/20/92
By KBH NARA. Date 9/25/92
MEMORANDUM
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
SECRET/NODIS - XGDS
MEMORANDUM OF CONVERSATION
- PARTICIPANTS:
- Ambassador Graham Martin, Ambassador to Republic of Vietnam
President Ford
Dr. Henry A. Kissinger, Secretary of State and Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs
Lt. General Brent Scowcroft, Deputy Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs - DATE AND TIME:
- Friday, September 13, 1974
11:30 a.m. - PLACE:
- The Oval Office
The White House
President: We had a good meeting yesterday. We sold that group, but it's hard to say how the numbers will come out.
Martin: The propaganda campaign is a real problem.
President: I agree.
Martin: The bureaucracy has the feeling we shouldn't dirty our hands in Vietnam. I have tried to take it on. I met with the Post editorial board. I discussed the issues, not the distortions -- how we came out in Vietnam.
Kissinger: It is inconceivable we can spend $1 billion in Israel and not the same in Vietnam where so many Americans have died.
Martin: It is remarkable what has happened in the last year, in the degree of acceptance of President Thieu. If we can get all $700 million without any administrative restrictions, we can hold through the winter. We will need at least $300 million before the end of the year.
TOP SECRET - XGDS (3)
CLASSIFIED BY:HENRY A. KISSINGER
SECRET/NODIS
