Page:Ford, Kissinger, Ambassador Graham Martin (South Vietnam) - September 13, 1974(Gerald Ford Library)(1552785).pdf/1

File scanned from the National Security Adviser's Memoranda of Conversation Collection at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library

We had a good meeting yesterday. We sold that group, but it's hard to say how the numbers will come out.

The propaganda campaign is a real problem.

I agree.

The bureaucracy has the feeling we shouldn't dirty our hands in Vietnam. I have tried to take it on. I met with the editorial board. I discussed the issues, not the distortions -- how we came out in Vietnam.

It is inconceivable we can spend $1 billion in Israel and not the same in Vietnam where so many Americans have died.

It is remarkable what has happened in the last year, in the degree of acceptance of President Thieu. If we can get all $700 million without any administrative restrictions, we can hold through the winter. We will need at least $300 million before the end of the year.