Consumers Organize: Preparatory Conference I, August 1974–April 1975
31. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassies in the OPEC Capitals
Source: National Archives, RG 59, Central Foreign Policy Files, D750013–0012. Confidential; Exdis. Drafted by George Q. Lumsden (NEA/ARP); cleared by Katz and in NEA, EB, ARA, and EUR; and approved by Sisco. Sent to Abu Dhabi, Doha, Tripoli, Beirut, and Quito, and repeated to Algiers, Caracas, Jakarta, Jidda, Kuwait, Lagos, and Tehran.
32. Minutes of Washington Special Actions Group Meeting
Source: Ford Library, National Security Council, Institutional Files, Box 24, WSAG Meeting Minutes, January 1975. Top Secret; Sensitive; Codeword. The meeting took place in the White House Situation Room.
33. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in France
Source: National Archives, RG 59, Central Foreign Policy Files, P840083–0869. Secret; Niact; Immediate; Nodis; Cherokee. Drafted in the White House.
34. Memorandum From Robert Oakley of the National Security Council Staff to Secretary of State Kissinger
Source: Ford Library, National Security Adviser, “Outside the System” Chronological Files, Box 1, 1/10/75–1/21/75. Secret; Nodis; Sensitive. Sent for action. Colonel Clinton E. Granger of the NSC Staff concurred. Sent through Scowcroft.
35. Memorandum for the 40 Committee
[Source: National Security Council, Ford Intelligence Files, Subject Files, Box M–2/I012, Saudi Arabia, 24 October 1974–21 January 1975, Secret; Sensitive. 6 pages not declassified]
36. Memorandum From Robert Hormats and Robert Oakley of the National Security Council Staff to Secretary of State Kissinger
Source: Ford Library, National Security Adviser, Presidential Subject File, Box 4, Energy (5). No classification marking. Sent for information. At the top of the page, Kissinger wrote: “Want to have oil group meeting, Burns, Simon, Robinson, Enders, early in the week. Want to discuss this paper which is good.”
37. Minutes of the Secretary of State’s Staff Meeting
Source: National Archives, RG 59, Transcripts of Secretary of State Kissinger’s Staff Meetings, Lot 78D443, Box 3, Secretary’s Staff Meetings. Secret. Kissinger presided over the meeting, which was attended by all the principal officers of the Department or their designated alternates. A table of contents and list of attendees are not printed.
38. Memorandum of Conversation
Source: Ford Library, National Security Adviser, Memoranda of Conversations, Box 9. Secret; Nodis. The meeting was held in the Oval Office.
39. Memorandum of Conversation
Source: National Archives, RG 59, Records of Henry Kissinger, Lot 91D414, Box 10, Classified External Memoranda of Conversations, January–April 1975. Secret; Nodis. Drafted by Bosworth. The meeting was held in the Secretary’s office.
40. Paper Prepared in the Department of State
Source: Ford Library, National Security Adviser, Backchannel Messages, Box 4, Middle East and Africa, Outgoing 2/75. Confidential. There is no drafting information on the paper. Kissinger was traveling in the Middle East February 10–15 and it was possibly prepared for his use.
41. Memorandum of Conversation
Source: National Archives, RG 59, Records of Henry Kissinger, Lot 91D414, Box 10, Classified External Memoranda of Conversations, January–April 1975. Secret; Nodis. Drafted by Saunders. The meeting was held in the Guest House in Riyadh.
42. Notes of a Meeting Between Secretary of State Kissinger and French President Giscard d’Estaing
Source: Library of Congress, Manuscript Division, Kissinger Papers, Box CL 140, Geopolitical File, France, February–March, 1975. Secret; Nodis. Drafted by Rush on February 19.
43. Memorandum of Conversation
Source: National Archives, RG 59, Central Foreign Policy Files, P860115–0948. Secret; Sensitive; Nodis. Drafted by Lawrence R. Raicht (EB/ORF/FSE). The meeting was held in the Secretary’s office.
44. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Japan
Source: Ford Library, National Security Adviser, Presidential Country Files for East Asia and the Pacific, Box 8, Japan—State Department Telegrams from SECSTATE–NODIS (6). Confidential; Immediate; Nodis. Drafted by Enders, cleared in FEA and by Parsky, and approved by Kissinger.
45. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in France
Source: Ford Library, National Security Adviser, Presidential Country Files for Europe and Canada, Box 4, France—State Department Telegrams from SECSTATE–NODIS (2). Secret; Flash; Nodis. Drafted by Preeg, cleared by Enders and Hartman, and approved by Eagleburger.
46. Memorandum of Conversation
Source: National Archives, RG 59, Records of Henry Kissinger, Lot 91D414, Box 10, Classified External Memoranda of Conversations, January–April 1975. Secret; Nodis. Drafted by Gordon P. Balabanis (EB/IFD/OMA). The meeting was held in the Secretary’s office.
47. Memorandum From Robert Hormats of the National Security Council Staff to Secretary of State Kissinger
Source: Ford Library, National Security Adviser, Presidential Country Files for Middle East and South Asia, Box 1, Middle East General (6). Secret.
49. Memorandum of Conversation
Source: National Archives, RG 59, Records of Henry Kissinger, Lot 91D414, Box 10, Classified External Memoranda of Conversations, January–April 1975. Secret; Nodis. Drafted by Raicht on March 26. The meeting was held in the Secretary’s Conference Room.
50. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in France
Source: National Archives, RG 59, Central Foreign Policy Files, D750111–0616. Confidential; Priority. Drafted by Enders, cleared by Preeg and Sonnenfeldt, and approved by Kissinger.
51. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Saudi Arabia
Source: National Archives, RG 59, Central Foreign Policy Files, D750111–0881. Secret; Immediate. Drafted by Dickman, cleared in EB and S/P and by Robinson and Hormats, and approved by Sidney Sober (NEA).
52. Airgram From the Ambassador to Saudi Arabia (Akins) to the Department of State
Source: Washington National Records Center, OSD Files: FRC 330−78-0058, Box 70, Middle East 381, 1975. Confidential. Drafted by Akins on April 5. Repeated to selected posts in the Middle East, Europe, and the Far East and to COMIDEASTFOR, USMTM Dhahran, and USCINCEUR. A stamped notation reads: “Dep Sec has seen.”
53. Minutes of the Secretary of State’s Staff Meeting
Source: National Archives, RG 59, Transcripts of Secretary of State Kissinger’s Staff Meetings, Lot 78D443, Box 3, Secretary’s Staff Meetings. Secret. Kissinger presided over the meeting, which was attended by all the principal officers of the Department or their designated alternates. A table of contents is not printed.
54. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in France
Source: Ford Library, National Security Adviser, Presidential Country Files for Europe and Canada, Box 4, France—State Department Telegrams from SECSTATE–NODIS (3). Confidential; Nodis; Flash. Drafted by Katz; cleared by Hartman, Atherton, and Sonnenfeldt; and approved by Kissinger. Repeated Immediate to Tehran.