Transcript of a conversation between President Ford, Henry Kissinger, and French President Valéry Giscard d'Estaing. The conversation opens with a discussion of economic policy and the embargo on northern Cyprus following the 1974 Turkish invasion. Giscard then asks about the slow progress of US technical assistance to the French nuclear program. Lastly they discuss energy and oil prices.

Creators

United States. Executive Office of the President

Ford, Gerald R., 1913-2006

Giscard d’Estaing, Valery, 1926-

Kissinger, Henry, 1923-

Sauvagnargues, Jean

Scowcroft, Brent

Subjects Discussed

• Cyprus--History--Cyprus Crisis, 1974-
• France--Military relations--United States
• Nuclear weapons--France

Locations discussed

• Cyprus
• France
• Middle East
• Turkey
• United States

Appears in Collections

• French Nuclear History

Source

• National Archives, Record Group 59, Office of the Counselor, 1955-77, box 4, France 1975. Obtained and contributed by William Burr and included in NPIHP Research Update #2.

Original Archive

• National Archives of the United States (NARA)

Type

• Memorandum of Conversation

Language

• English

Publishers

• Nuclear Proliferation International History Project (NPIHP)

Rights

• NPIHP - Content in the Digital Archive is made available for non-commercial research and educational use. Copyright is retained by the rights holders in accordance with US and international copyright laws. For permission to reproduce this document, please contact the Nuclear Proliferation International History Project at NPIHP@wilsoncenter.org. Please include the six-digit record ID number for all referenced documents.

Record ID

• 112433