91. Telegram Tohak 94 From the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Scowcroft) to Secretary of State Kissinger

Summary: Scowcroft reported the latest developments in the Concorde issue.

Source: Ford Library, National Security Adviser, Presidential Subject Files, Box 1, Concorde. Confidential. Sent via Black Patch. The telegram is the copy as approved for transmission. From May 3 to 6, Kissinger was in Nairobi, Kenya, to attend the United National Conference on Trade and Development. Efforts by Fairfax County, Virginia, officials to stop Concorde service to Dulles International Airport were blocked; the first flights arrived on May 24. On October 17, 1977, the Supreme Court overturned the temporary ban against Concorde flights into Kennedy International Airport; passenger service began on November 22.

92. Telegram 120720 From the Department of State to the Mission to the European Communities

Summary: The Department reported a meeting among Dent, Ortoli, Soames, and other U.S. and EC officials to discuss U.S.–EC trade issues.

Source: National Archives, RG 59, Central Foreign Policy Files, 1976. Confidential. Drafted and approved by Dent.

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

Summary: Scowcroft forwarded a report from Kissinger on his remarks at the first restricted session of the NATO Ministerial meeting in Oslo.

Source: Library of Congress, Manuscript Division, Kissinger Papers, Box CL 404, Alliances, North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), Meetings, Ministerial 20–21 May 1976. Secret; Sensitive. Ford initialed the memorandum. Kissinger was in Oslo to attend the NATO Ministerial meeting from May 20 to 22.

94. Memorandum of Conversation

Summary: Ortoli, Soames, Kissinger, Simon, and other EC and U.S. officials discussed issues in U.S.-European relations.

Source: National Archives, RG 59, Central Policy Files, P820118–1347. Secret; Nodis. Drafted by Hartman; and approved by Collums in S. The meeting took place in the U.S. Ambassador’s residence.

95. Memorandum From the Counselor (Sonnenfeldt) to Secretary of State Kissinger

Summary: Sonnenfeldt discussed a recent telegram from Strausz-Hupe concerning U.S. consultative practices with its NATO allies.

Source: National Archives, RG 59, Records of the Office of the Counselor, Helmut Sonnenfeldt, 1955–1977, Entry 5339, Box 3, HS Chron, July–Sept. 1976. Secret; Sensitive; Eyes Only; Nodis. Urgent. Attached but not published is telegram 3772 from the Mission to NATO, July 5.

96. Telegram 168395 From the Department of State to the Mission to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization

Summary: Kissinger replied to Strausz-Hupe’s message on U.S. consultative practices with its NATO allies.

Source: National Archives, RG 59, Records of the Office of the Counselor, Helmut Sonnenfeldt, 1955–1977, Entry 5339, Box 6, Quadripartite Memcons, Feb. 1976–. Secret; Immediate; Nodis. Drafted by Sonnenfeldt; cleared by Hartman and Ortiz; and approved by Kissinger. On August 16, Kissinger, Sonnenfeldt, and Strausz-Hupe discussed possible next steps in improved NATO consultations. (Memorandum of conversation, August 16; ibid., Box 11, DEF 4 NATO) Sonnenfeldt’s September 15 remarks on this issue to NATO permanent representatives were subsequently characterized by Strausz-Hupee as “an effective basis for dealing with this matter in the period ahead.” (Telegram 5263 from the Mission to NATO, September 28; ibid.)

97. Letter From President Ford to West German Chancellor Schmidt

Summary: Ford discussed U.S.–FRG consultations in the event of the crisis deployment outside the NATO area of U.S. troops or equipment based in West Germany.

Source: Ford Library, National Security Adviser, Kissinger-Scowcroft West Wing Office Files, Box 35, West Germany (7) (7/16/76–11/23/76). Top Secret. Sent to Ford under cover of a July 16 note from Scowcroft that reads, “Attached for your signature is the final form of the letter on consultations which you discussed with the Chancellor this morning.” Schmidt paid an official visit to Washington from July 15 to 17; memoranda of conversation on his talks with Ford and Kissinger are ibid., Memoranda of Conversation, Box 20. In his September 6 reply to Ford’s letter, Schmidt confirmed Ford’s assurances regarding consultation prior to the deployment of U.S. troops or equipment. (Ibid., Kissinger-Scowcroft West Wing Office Files, Box 35, West Germany (7) (7/16/76–11/23/76))

98. Memorandum From the Counselor (Sonnenfeldt) to Secretary of State Kissinger

Summary: Sonnenfeldt forwarded and commented upon a memorandum from Hartman, Vest, and Lord on nuclear balance issues at the NPG Ministerial.

Source: National Archives, RG 59, Records of the Office of the Counselor, Helmut Sonnenfeldt, 1955–1977, Entry 5339, Box 3, HS Chron, Oct–Dec 1976. Secret. All brackets are in the original. The attached memorandum was drafted by John Hawes in EUR/RPM on October 15; concurred in by Bartholomew and James Goodby in PM; and sent through Sonnenfeldt. Kissinger initialed his approval of the recommendation in the attached memorandum, writing at the bottom, “Wish also to discuss.”

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

Summary: Scowcroft sought Ford’s approval of the release to NATO of the U.S. reply to the 1976 NATO Defense Planning Questionnaire.

Source: Ford Library, National Security Adviser, Presidential Agency Files, Box 15, NATO—(DPQ–76) (1). Secret. Sent for action. Attached but not published is Tab A, an October 22 memorandum from Scowcroft notifying Rumsfeld of Ford’s approval of the release to NATO of the U.S. to DPQ–76. A stamped notation on Scowcroft’s memorandum to Ford indicates the President saw it. Ford initialed his approval of Scowcroft’s recommendation. A record of the July 8 DRP meeting on tactical air deployments in Europe is in National Archives, RG 59, Records of the Office of the Counselor, Helmut C. Sonnenfeldt, 1955–1977, Entry 5339, Box 11, DEF 4 NATO.

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

Summary: Seidman sought Ford’s decision on the next step in the U.S.–EC poultry/brandy negotiations.

Source: Ford Library, L. William Seidman Papers, Seidman Subject File, Box 146, President—Memos to 11/76. No classification marking. All brackets were printed as footnotes in the original. Attached but not published are Tabs A through E. Ford did not indicate his approval of any of the three options on this memorandum. According to a November 18 memorandum from Connor to Seidman, Ford approved Option 2. (Ibid.) Ford subsequently denied a request from Scowcroft and Kissinger to reconsider the issue. (Memorandum from Scowcroft to Ford, November 21; ibid., National Security Adviser, Presidential Subject Files, Box 24, Trade (6))

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

[Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, NSC Institutional Files (H-Files), Box H–248, Policy Papers 1969–1974, NSDM 258. Secret. 1 page not declassified.]

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

Summary: Scowcroft relayed a report from Rumsfeld concerning his meetings with the NATO Nuclear Planning Group.

Source: Ford Library, National Security Adviser, Presidential Agency Files, Box 14, NATO, 9/16/76–12/7/76. Confidential. Ford initialed the memorandum. In a November 4 memorandum to Rumsfeld, Assistant to the Secretary of Defense for Atomic Energy Donald Cotter reviewed the evolution of U.S. NATO theater nuclear force initiatives, with particular emphasis on his role in them. (Washington National Records Center, OSD Files: FRC 330–79–0049, NATO 320.2, 4 Nov 76)