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MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD
SUBJECT; Briefing of President Ford6
v The meeting took place in the Oval Office at the White House, with the President, Brent Scowcroft and the DCI present. This was the first of what is supposed to be regularly scheduled,eek meetings with the DCI. The President read the briefs. He asked what the flap was on our delivery of the NID to the Hill. old hira that the State Department felt we had given too much information and that Colby, before he left,etter saying we would not deliver this any more. Scowcroft seemed willing to compromise. We showed him the Congressional Checklist, ar tho President thought that was pretty "good. old him we were reviewing the matter, and we might have to knuckle undt The President didn't seem too concerned about that.
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I filled the Pres CBS and the Newbout the newsman ques that we might have to seem to encourageith newsmen. In fact some resistance there,anted to know we might have to make give up the assetttention from the pre
ident in on my visit to New York with oldas concerned tion, that it wouldn't go away, and take action. The President diduggesting we cut off oury gut feeling is that there may bem not sure of it. old him whether iteal asset and that the judgment that we would have to rder to get fair treatment and fair ss. old him that the press felt
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that their own sources abroad were drying up because of the suspicion that they were CIA people. Scowcroft was not impressed with thison't think. Neither took tne position that we should not change the policy,idn't get the feeling that either was particularly interested in seeing our change it.
After the meeting,entioned to Scowcroft the Shadren matter, and he said that he had talked to the woman and he thought the matter was very fuzzy and very weird. old him that Mrs. Howe had told General Walters that she wouldn't go public and that she had appreciated Scowcroft's call and apparently appreciated my call through General Walters as well.
George Bush Director
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