File scanned from the National Security Adviser's Memoranda of Conversation Collection at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library
MEMORANDUM
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
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MEMORANDUM OF CONVERSATION
- PARTICIPANTS:
- President Gerald Ford
Dr. Henry A. Kissinger, Secretary of State and Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs
Mr. William E. Timmons, Assistant to the President
Lt. General Brent Scowcroft, Deputy Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs
Senator Henry M. Jackson
Senator Jacob K. Javits
Senator Abraham A. Ribicoff - DATE AND TIME:
- Wednesday, August 15, 1974
8:00 a. m. - PLACE:
- The White House
First Floor-Private Dining Room
President: The Trade Bill is a matter of highest priority--not only for our own benefit but for all the world.
Number two is to get a better handle on Jewish emigration from the Soviet Union. As I tried to say on Monday--the House bill. I didn't identify the amendment, but you know what I mean.
Russell Long is going to campaign. I don't know why. Russell tells me everything is going well. If agreement here can be reached he sees little trouble on the floor.
I am familiar with the discussions Dr. Kissinger and Scoop have had on the letters. Dobrynin came in yesterday. He had planned to stay in the Soviet Union until September or October. He cut his stay short in order to indicate their interest in the continuation of their policy. He
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