MEMORANDUM
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
SECRET/NODIS/XGDS
MEMORANDUM OF CONVERSATION
- PARTICIPANTS:
- 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:
- Wednesday, August 28, 1974
- PLACE:
- The Oval Office
Kissinger: Any problem Waldheim can solve isn't difficult. He is dull and boring.
The Greeks have leaked the letter to Karamanlis. They are playing the hysterical game. They must come to us eventually and come to the point that they accept a federated Cyprus.
President: I think things are going our way.
Kissinger: Yes. The real problem in Greece....I didn't want the Junta. It tended to radicalize the military and left the left intact. If the coup could stop at Karamanlis, okay, but maybe it won't. It's 50/50 at best. After all, Karamanlis failed once before.
President: Was he elected?
Kissinger: Yes, but he was thrown out by the Queen. He couldn't be that strong. After that, the country weakened and in '67 it was either military or Papandreau. That is our real problem in Greece.
