Commodity Policy; North-South Relations


273. Memorandum From the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger) to President Ford

Source: Ford Library, National Security Adviser, Presidential Subject File, Box 6, Food (3). Confidential. Sent for action. Scowcroft initialed the memorandum on Kissinger’s behalf. Kissinger left Rome on November 5 for the Middle East and North Africa. He returned to Washington on November 10.


274. Memorandum From the President’s Assistant for Economic Affairs (Seidman) to President Ford

Source: Ford Library, National Security Adviser, Presidential Subject File, Box 6, Food (3). No classification marking. Sent by Seidman on behalf of Simon, Ash, Greenspan, Eberle, and Cole.


275. Memorandum From the White House Chief of Staff(Rumsfeld) to President Ford

Source: Ford Library, President’s Handwriting File, Subject File, Box 21, Foreign Affairs—Foreign Aid (1). Confidential.


276. Memorandum From the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (Ash) to President Ford

Source: Ford Library, President’s Handwriting File, Subject File, Box 21, Foreign Affairs—Foreign Aid (1). No classification marking. Sent by Ash on behalf of Simon, Seidman, Greenspan, Eberle, and Scowcroft. A stamped notation on the memorandum indicates the President saw it.


277. Memorandum From the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (Ash) to President Ford

Source: Ford Library, President’s Handwriting File, Subject File, Box 21, Foreign Affairs—Foreign Aid (1). No classification marking. A stamped notation on the memorandum indicates the President saw it.


278. Telegram From the Department of State to Secretary of State Kissinger in Kyoto, Japan

Source: National Archives, RG 59, Central Foreign Policy Files. Secret; Immediate; Exdis. Drafted by Director of the Office of Food Policy and Programs James Placke; cleared by Morris, Martin, Buffum and Eltz (S/S–O); and approved by Katz. Repeated Immediate to USOECD Paris and the Consulate in Frankfurt for Enders. Kissinger was accompanying President Ford on a state visit to Japan.


279. Paper Prepared by the Administrator of the Agency for International Development (Parker)

Source: Ford Library, L. William Seidman Papers, Box 68, Economic Policy Board Subject File, Food. No classification marking. Attached to a handwritten November 24 note from Parker to Seidman that reads: “I’m afraid the President is going to come back from a fine Far Eastern trip + walk into an unsuspected problem—food aid. This is both a substantive + a people-relations problem. If a move, either before the pressure or planned-tobe-after the pressure is not made, I fear the President could be put into an awkward position. I’m putting forth the attached on a personal basis, without clearance from the others involved (including my most direct boss, HAK). I’ve tried to put the whole situation into ‘bullet-type’ language. If you need amplification please let me know.” President Ford was in Japan November 19–22, Korea November 22–23, and the Soviet Union November 23–24.


280. Minutes of an International Food Review Group Meeting

Source: Ford Library, National Security Adviser, Presidential Files of NSC Logged Documents, Box 53, NSC “NS” Originals File, 7405985—Minutes of International Food Group Meeting, December 4, 1974. Secret. The meeting took place in the White House Situation Room.


281. Memorandum From the Assistant Secretary of State for Economic and Business Affairs (Enders) to Secretary of State Kissinger

Source: Ford Library, National Security Adviser, Presidential Subject File, Box 17, PL–480. Limited Official Use.


282. Memorandum From the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger) to President Ford

Source: Ford Library, National Security Adviser, Presidential Subject File, Box 6, Food (4). Confidential. Scowcroft wrote at the top of the memorandum: “Pres. has seen.” Attached is a December 9, 1974, memorandum from Kennedy to Kissinger, concurred in by Ellerman, that recommends that Kissinger sign the memorandum to the President, which, Kennedy wrote, “is consistent with the views held by State’s Economic Bureau and AID.”


283. Memorandum From Robert Hormats of the National Security Council Staff to Secretary of State Kissinger

Source: Ford Library, National Security Adviser, Presidential Files of NSC Logged Documents, Box 53, NSC “NS” Originals File, 7500228—Meeting with President Ford on PL–480 Program. No classification marking. Sent for information. The attached NSC correspondence profile indicates that the memorandum was sent to Kissinger on January 13, 1975, and that Kissinger noted the memorandum.


284. Briefing Memorandum From the Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for International Finance and Development (Boeker) to Secretary of State Kissinger

Source: Ford Library, National Security Adviser, Presidential Agency Files, Box 17, State Department, 10/5/74–9/30/75. Secret. Sent through Robinson. Drafted by Placke. Neither Paul Boeker nor Robinson initialed the memorandum. Attached is a January 30 memorandum from Davis to McFarlane that notes: “Bob Hormats has no objection to the Grain Reserves paper.”


285. Memorandum From Robert Hormats of the National Security Council Staff to Secretary of State Kissinger

Source: Ford Library, National Security Adviser, Presidential Subject File, Box 17, PL–480. No classification marking. Sent for action. The attached NSC correspondence profile indicates that Kissinger noted the memorandum.


286. Memorandum of Conversation

Source: National Archives, RG 59, Central Foreign Policy Files, P820123–0999. Limited Official Use; Nodis. Drafted by Garten and approved in S on May 11.


287. Memorandum From the Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Trade, Energy, and Financial Resources Policy Coordination (Parsky) to the Executive Committee of the Economic Policy Board

Source: Ford Library, U.S. Council of Economic Advisers Records, Alan Greenspan Files, Box 58, Economic Policy Board Meetings, EPB—April 1975 (2). No classification marking. Attached to the minutes of an April 30 EPB Executive Committee meeting, which indicate that the committee reviewed the attached report and decided: “Procedures for further consideration of commodity agreement policy” would be examined at a review of international economic policy scheduled for May 3.


288. Memorandum From Malcolm Butler of the National Security Council Staff to the President’s Deputy Assistant for National Security Affairs (Scowcroft)

Source: Ford Library, National Security Adviser, Presidential Subject Files, Box 6, Food (4). Confidential. Sent for action.


290. Memorandum From Robert Hormats of the National Security Council Staff to Secretary of State Kissinger

Source: Ford Library, National Security Adviser, Presidential Files of NSC Logged Documents, Box 56, NSC “NS” Originals File, 7503556—Commodities—Interagency Task Force. No classification marking. Sent for information. Scowcroft wrote at the top of the memorandum: “HAK has seen.”


291. Memorandum From the Economic Policy Board to President Ford

Source: Ford Library, U.S. Council of Economic Advisers Records, Alan Greenspan Files, Box 58, Economic Policy Board Meetings, EPB—May 1975. No classification marking.


292. Memorandum of Conversation

Source: Ford Library, National Security Adviser, Memoranda of Conversation, Box 12. Secret. The conversation took place in the Oval Office.


293. Memorandum of Conversation

Source: National Archives, RG 59, Central Foreign Policy Files, P820125–0304. Secret; Nodis. Drafted by Preeg on June 2 and approved in S on June 5. The meeting took place in the Secretary of State’s office.


294. Memorandum of Conversation

Source: Ford Library, National Security Adviser, Memoranda of Conversation, Box 12. Top Secret. The meeting in the Cabinet Room began at 8:07 and ended at 8:56 a.m. The President’s Daily Diary lists the following attendees, in addition to those listed on the memorandum of conversation: Lynn, Burns, Cheney, Executive Director of the Domestic Council and Assistant for Domestic Affairs James A. Cannon III, and Press Secretary Ronald Nessen. (Ibid., President’s Daily Diary)


296. Memorandum of Conversation

Source: Ford Library, National Security Adviser, Memoranda of Conversation, Box 14. Secret; Nodis. The memorandum of conversation indicates the meeting was an “Evening Session.” President Ford and Kissinger met from 6:20 until 7:25 p.m. in the Presidential vacation residence. (Ibid., President’s Daily Diary)


297. Memorandum From the Deputy Secretary of the Treasury (Gardner) to Secretary of the Treasury Simon

Source: National Archives, RG 56, Records of the Deputy Secretary of the Treasury, 1974–1976, Accession 56–80–8, Box 5, State Department. No classification marking. Copies were sent to Yeo, Cooper, and Parsky.


298. Memorandum From Secretary of State Kissinger to President Ford

Source: Ford Library, L. William Seidman Papers, Box 37, Economic Policy Board Subject File, Action Memoranda. Secret.


299. Memorandum of Conversation

Source: National Archives, RG 59, Central Foreign Policy Files, P820123–1437. Limited Official Use; Nodis. Drafted on September 9 by Buffum and approved in S on September 19. The meeting took place on the 38th floor of the United Nations Headquarters.


300. Memorandum From the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Scowcroft) to President Ford

Source: Library of Congress, Manuscript Division, Kissinger Papers, Box CL 406, Subject File, Conferences, Conference on International Economic Cooperation (CIEC), Paris, France, Dec. 1975, Chronological File, Dec. 1975. Confidential. Sent for information. Scowcroft did not initial the memorandum.


301. Briefing Memorandum From the Director of the Policy Planning Staff (Lord) to Secretary of State Kissinger

Source: National Archives, RG 59, Records of Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, Entry 5403, Box 19, Nodis Memcons, December 1976. Confidential. Sent through Robinson. Drafted by Jeffrey Garten and Michael Ely of the Policy Planning Staff. Neither Lord nor Robinson initialed the memorandum.