- Representative Clement J. Zablocki
Representative Lucian N. Nedzi
Representative Dan Rostenkowski
Representative Daniel J. Flood
Representative Jack F. Kemp
A. Denis Clift, National Security Council Staff
(Notetaker) - DATE AND TIME:
- Friday, July 25, 1975
11:10 a.m. - 11:55 a.m. - PLACE:
- Cabinet Room
President: Please sit down everybody. It is nice to see you all (the press photographers were admitted for photographs and then departed). Again, let me welcome you; this is an important subject, and I have a prepared statement that I'd like to read -- I'll see that you all get copies -- and then I'll be very happy to take your questions. I would note that the Secretary of State will be here until about 11:20 and then he will have to leave for a press conference.
(The President then read the statement at Tab B, and upon conclusion there was applause. The President then opened the floor to questions.)
Dr. Ferjencik: Mr. President you understand, our position. We don't trust the Communists; we don't trust the Soviet Union. Many of us have had personal experiences and so have our people. Mr. President, would it be possible for you to make a short brief statement to the people behind the Iron Curtain that we are not abandoning them?
President: I am not sure that I have understood every word of your question. However, I do think that the statement that I have just read does that. It will be a public statement.
Mr. Dargis: Mr. President, on behalf of the Baltic-American community, we greatly appreciate the disclaimer you have made on the Baltic States. Is there a possibility of your reading this in Finlandia Hall or in a press conference or in a meeting with the Baltic States delegation which will be there?
President: I'll take that suggestion under advisement. I do have a copy of my proposed remarks for Helsinki in my office, however because of other business I have not had a chance to go over it. I will take your suggestions into consideration.
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