- - ·i ' MEMORANDUM ' THE WHITE HOUSE WASHINGTON MEMORANDUM OF CONVERSATION 'PARTICIPANTS ' · _ --- - Pre sidenf Ford' - Dr Henry A • Kissinger Secretary of State and Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs · NelsonRockefellet' Vicb'President-Designate Lt ee·n Brent Scowcroft Deputy Assistant to the Pre lde tfor tiOil l- Sec urity Affairs Sept 11 Ji' ' N -Qlj t · _ ' _ - - · · •_ ' S 'L 9 -33 I v ----- ·-•- ··-- ' DECLASSIFIED AL1hortty By Sie fr 49 ctA f-p · NARA O c t ··t - _ ' · - - ·- - · 7' _ t l · - _ £ - - SECRET· T __ - 1- 2 ·-·- - · - · • n•' • c'·' _ ' ' ' ef · c• · w-· ' ·•··· _ _ _ - J i t i if isf t --a copy·or·•so e o e _ vr A ' r • · •• C _ ' Q L Y j · '- o J operatia ns i i C¥Ie --vill brief the 40 Com mittee_ n ¥ ei Wha f · h d is tJ iis J ohnson put money in the· 164 e lecH ns W P · • • • into I 70 electioO s and spread it out • then piit more hi ce ih C ng ess onal elections and that failed t°' ' Aft r the elections we pui inorieyirito opposition· parties and newspapers It was designed to keep the democratic process going This was not regular covert actj vity There was no attempt at a c 5mp Thoughtli r e·a i u ld have beer the · We a in '19 ¥ je ha4 tf iI d@ ii · ' · · · • ' tfi · a ' · There are o p·i ble The s ubstarice is embarrassin g bci'Je can ride it out The 'other is the leaks • The 40 Committee has foil wed the same p oce_dtii-es since President Eisecliower a s ci ii Rockefe iler I 1 Xii 'Kfssi g ·f - i i'rities 'a re pr ed by the be iti j i iJt r but secret prociss ·'I thesithings leak we ·haven'fiCgovernirienL •···' __ -'•• · • •• · a 't' • '- · ··•·· · -• -•· · •' · ·· ·· ···'-· · • President ' j l - - ·· · wk1 li1 j - - Kis siig er ·· nt to think about that The Committees are•b rief d on these activities ' 'The p oblernis this is _the most secret icti t w e 0 have •• I£ there ii e should be able tci track W e might have Ter H rsi riiak ' ateir1ent riot on the facts but on the principle · Ininutes v e it ''I ·-1 · · ' · ·f 1 PHOTOCOPY · · ••· FROM · GERALll ft fORD LIBRARY ··-····· ' • f j ' 1 - -- - 3 ' ine President Let kn w Monday it shouldn't be 'a pfobl em · · If the committees were informed t' O ' Kissit1g r Th y were regtil riy inf nned W I '- have to have these things --------' t · ·_ _ _ ' P OTO COPY rnoM GERALD R FOROUBRARY