Consumers Organize: Preparatory Conference I, August 1974–April 1975
1. Memorandum of Conversation
Source: National Archives, RG 59, Central Foreign Policy Files, P840156–0003. Secret; Eyes Only. Drafted by Stephen W. Bosworth and cleared by Enders. The meeting was held in the Secretary’s office.
2. Memorandum of Conversation
Source: Ford Library, National Security Adviser, Memoranda of Conversations, Box 5. Secret; Nodis. The meeting was held in the Oval Office and lasted from 9:45 to 10:15 a.m. (Ibid., White House Office Files, President’s Daily Diary)
3. Telegram From the Embassy in Saudi Arabia to the Department of State
Source: National Archives, RG 59, Central Foreign Policy Files, D740243–0333. Secret; Niact; Immediate; Exdis. Repeated to London and Dhahran.
4. Memorandum From Secretary of State Kissinger to President Ford
Source: Ford Library, National Security Adviser, “Outside the System” Chronological Files, Box 1. Secret; Sensitive. Sent for information. Ford initialed the memorandum.
5. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Saudi Arabia
Source: National Archives, RG 59, Central Foreign Policy Files, D740258–1032. Secret; Immediate; Exdis. Drafted by Francois M. Dickman (NEA/ARP); cleared by Atherton, Katz, and Scowcroft; and approved by Kissinger.
6. Memorandum From the Chairman of the International Energy Review Group Working Group (Enders)
Source: National Archives, RG 59, Central Foreign Policy Files, P820053–0736. Confidential. Drafted by Enders and Bosworth on September 12. The IERG was established pursuant to NSDM 244, February 8. See Foreign Relations, 1969–1976, volume XXXVI, Energy Crisis, 1969–1974, Document 310.
7. Briefing Memorandum From the Director of the Policy Planning Staff (Lord) to Secretary of State Kissinger
Source: National Archives, RG 59, Records of Henry Kissinger, Lot 91D414, Box 3, Nodis Letters. Secret; Sensitive; Nodis.
9. Memorandum of Conversation
Source: National Archives, RG 59, Records of Henry Kissinger, Lot 91D414, Box 21, Classified External Memoranda of Conversations, May–November 1974. Secret. The list of participants is marked Secret; Sensitive. The G–5 Foreign and Finance Ministers met in Washington and Camp David September 28–29.
10. Telegram From the Embassy in France to the Department of State
Source: Ford Library, National Security Adviser, Presidential Country Files for Europe and Canada, Box 4, France:—State Department Telegrams to SECSTATE–NODIS (1). Secret; Immediate; Nodis.
11. Minutes of the Secretary of State’s Staff Meeting
Source: National Archives, RG 59, Transcripts of Secretary of State Kissinger’s Staff Meetings, Lot 78D443, Box 2, Secretary’s Staff Meetings. Secret. Kissinger presided over the meeting, which was attended by all the principal officers of the Department or their designated alternates.
12. Memorandum From the President’s Deputy Assistant for National Security Affairs (Scowcroft) to President Ford
Source: Library of Congress, Manuscript Division, Kissinger Papers, Box CL 140, Geopolitical File, France, September 7–December 20, 1974. Secret; Sensitive. Sent for information. Ford initialed the memorandum.
13. Telegram From the Department of State to Secretary of State Kissinger in Islamabad
Source: National Archives, RG 59, Central Foreign Policy Files, D740311–0715. Confidential; Immediate; Exdis. Drafted by Ernest H. Preeg (EUR), cleared in EB and EUR, and approved by Ingersoll. Repeated Immediate to London for Sonnenfeldt and Hartman and to Paris.
14. Telegram From the Department of State to Secretary of State Kissinger in Isfahan
Source: Ford Library, National Security Adviser, Presidential Country Files for Middle East and South Asia, Box 13, Iran—State Department Telegrams from SECSTATE–NODIS (1). Secret; Immediate; Nodis. Drafted by Enders on November 1. Also sent Immediate to Tehran.
15. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassies in Japan and West Germany
Source: Ford Library, National Security Adviser, Presidential Country Files for East Asia and the Pacific, Box 8, Japan—State Department Telegrams from SECSTATE–NODIS (1). Secret; Priority; Nodis. Drafted by Enders on November 2.
16. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in France
Source: Ford Library, National Security Adviser, Presidential Country Files for Europe and Canada, Box 4, France—State Department Telegrams from SECSTATE–NODIS (1). Confidential; Immediate; Nodis. Drafted by Hartman, cleared by Enders and Sonnenfeldt, and approved by Kissinger.
17. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in West Germany
Source: Ford Library, National Security Adviser, Presidential Country Files for Europe and Canada, Box 6, Germany—State Department Telegrams from SECSTATE–NODIS (1). Confidential; Niact; Immediate; Nodis. Drafted by Enders and Paul H. Boeker (EB/IFD), cleared in EUR, and approved by Kissinger.
18. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassies in Japan, the United Kingdom, and France
Source: Ford Library, National Security Adviser, Presidential Country Files for East Asia and the Pacific, Box 8, Japan—State Department Telegrams from SECSTATE–NODIS (1). Secret; Niact; Immediate; Nodis. Drafted by Boeker; cleared by Hartman, Enders, and Habib; and approved by Eagleburger.
19. Memorandum of Conversation
Source: Ford Library, National Security Adviser, Memoranda of Conversations, Box 7. Secret. The meeting was held in the Guest House. President Ford made an official visit to Tokyo November 18–22 en route to the Vladivostok Summit.
21. Telegram From the Embassy in France to the Department of State
Source: National Archives, RG 59, Central Foreign Policy Files, D740335–0877. Confidential; Priority; Limdis. Repeated to Bonn, Brussels for the Embassy and USEC, Copenhagen, Dublin, Luxembourg, London, Rome, The Hague, and Tokyo for the Secretary.
22. Memorandum of Conversation
Source: Ford Library, National Security Adviser, Memoranda of Conversations, Box 7. Secret. The meeting was held in the Oval Office.
23. Memorandum of Conversation
Source: National Archives, RG 59, Central Foreign Policy Files, P840153–1413. Secret; Sensitive; Nodis. Drafted by Bosworth on December 10. The meeting was held in the Secretary’s office.
24. Memorandum of Conversation
Source: Ford Library, National Security Adviser, Memoranda of Conversations, Box 8. Secret; Nodis. All brackets are in the original. The meeting was held in the Hotel Meridien.
25. Memorandum From Director of Central Intelligence Colby to the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger)
[Source: Central Intelligence Agency, Executive Registry Files, Job 80–M01009A, Box 31, Folder 466. Secret. 3 pages not declassified.]
26. Minutes of the Secretary of State’s Staff Meeting
Source: National Archives, RG 59, Transcripts of Secretary of State Kissinger’s Staff Meetings, Lot 78D443, Box 2, Secretary’s Staff Meetings. Secret. Kissinger presided over the meeting, which was attended by all the principal officers of the Department or their designated alternates.
27. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Iran
Source: Ford Library, National Security Adviser, Presidential Country Files for Middle East and South Asia, Box 13, Iran—State Department Telegrams from SECSTATE–NODIS (2). Secret; Immediate; Nodis. Drafted by Paul D. Taylor and Lawrence R. Raicht (EB/ORF/FSE); cleared by Enders, Sonnenfeldt, and Atherton and in AF and EA; and approved by Kissinger.
28. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in West Germany
Source: Ford Library, National Security Adviser, Presidential Correspondence with Foreign Leaders, Box 2, Germany (FRG)—Chancellor Schmidt (1). Secret; Immediate; Nodis. Drafted by Katz and approved by Kissinger.
29. Memorandum From Director of Central Intelligence Colby to the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger)
[Source: Ford Library, National Security Adviser, Kissinger–Scowcroft West Wing Office Files, Box 22, Saudi Arabia (1). Secret; Sensitive. 5 pages not declassified.]