File scanned from the National Security Adviser's Memoranda of Conversation Collection at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library
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THE COUNSELOR DEPARTMENT OF STATE WASHINGTON |
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MEMORANDUM OF CONVERSATION
| PARTICIPANTS: | President Gerald R. Ford Dr. Henry A. Kissinger, Secretary of State and Assistant to the President |
| DATE AND TIME: | Friday, May 30, 1975 8:35 a. m. - 9:20 a. m. |
| PLACE: | Residence of the American Ambassador Brussels |
[The first five minutes of the breakfast were taken up with picture taking. There was then some discussion of the British Referendum campaign.]
Wilson: Ted Heath seems to be a new man. He is out campaigning vigorously. He is actually writing his own speeches.
Kissinger: He has the advantage now that he doesn't have to face you at question time in the House.
Wilson: Mrs. Thatcher is being criticized for not speaking enough. She is being called a reluctant debutante. Of course, I never attack people unless I am attacked. I always answer in the spirit of the question.
[The conversation then turned to the traditions and uses of question time in the House of Commons.]
Callaghan: Mr. President, do you miss not being in the Congress any longer?
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CLASSIFIED BY:HENRY A. KISSINGER
