114. Memorandum of Conversation1
PARTICIPANTS
- The President
- 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
[Omitted here is discussion unrelated to Angola]
Kissinger: Regarding Angola—there are three options: [dollar amounts not declassified] If this is worth doing, we should do it right. I would suggest a 40 Committee meeting Monday,2 and I will get a paper to you by Tuesday.
President: I agree. [less than 1 line not declassified] I think it should be [less than 1 line not declassified]
I read that the Chinese are supporting Savimbi and the Soviets are behind Neto. We would be supporting Roberto and Savimbi. You steer it so we come up with a minimum of [dollar amount not declassified]
Kissinger: I have no view between [dollar amount not declassified] We will have a working group meeting to refine the [dollar amount not declassified] package and maybe put some direct arms in it.
[Omitted here is discussion unrelated to Angola.]
- Source: Library of Congress, Manuscript Division, Kissinger Papers, Box CL 282, Memoranda of Conversations, Presidential File, July 1975. Secret; Nodis. The meeting took place in the Oval Office. According to the President’s Daily Diary, the meeting lasted until 10:12 a.m. (Ford Library, Staff Secretary’s Office)↩
- See Document 115.↩