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YOU IN THE SPIH!i OF COl.LAt$0~ATION ;~ --~,- Tt-if•T ANl}:AiES OUR RELATIONS TO Sf-!ARE MY THOUGHTS ON THESE _· i ; 'l N ~:.; r-\ E AS L: r< ES • . :- t__ --~ i . ~ --.• ""1 I: ' ..,.. :-: OUR COUNTRIES AND OUR KEY TRAU!~~ PARTNERS HAVE RECENTLY Stt~ ~TrtlJ(,Gl..!~.;C:. ~·liH ·ut~C:MPI..CJY~if~,'IT 1 H~fLAT!ON~ At4D _ENERGY Sh~KTAGES. THEhE ARE, AS·WE KNOw, NO EASY ANS~ERS TO !~Y Uf T~~St PROBLEMS, SING~Y -OH IN COMR!NATION, BUT - -~ !T lS Ct,.£;.R THAT I~F. CANNrJT f,F'fORl! TO AOD~ESS 0~-<~ ASPECT OF I ; ~ · · 1 OU~ DIFP!CULTrEs I'IHIL~ HiNOR!NG TriE OTHERS.- MOREOVER, i ; EACM cou~~TRY r-;usr ACI ro ACHIE-ve- A at.LANCE CON$ISTE~n WITH·· . ! I75 PRIORlllES ANU ITS PA~TlCULAR ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCEs· ..._... i ' ·, _J __ ~~_,_E.:l. \~j-q L E R EC 0 ,-;N! ZING 1. T MUST ACT IN A MANNf:R WHICH FURTHERS ...' ,.j i,._ R~ThEH THAN HARMS THE ECONOMIC WELL~BEXNG 0~ OTHER . I ~ ·-~--·;) COU~1Tf.< . -~ ' l lES. ·.. , . I - ! .• ·; ;~ I .. I ! ·· ::.f1 MY POL.!cit:s Ail'' ro DEAL OIHECTLY wiTH. THE E.CONOHIC .. \ '-;:-d. r SLO).;f)O;..<N wE NOW FACE H!iKOUT lR!GG~RING THE MAJOR .-' · : - t -: H~;:!.. ,-. T I 0 ~~ ;;. R Y ' P R C: S ~ UR E 5 \'! H l C H iH GH T ~ C: ~ IJ \.. T P n 0 M AN 0 \' E R l.. Y ....... _::.~:·; E :o-' .~ ~~ S l G:·l Arq PrJ L ! C Y • A i AX C1J T 1 . AL 0 N G l\ IT H ME. ASURE S T0 .;. STlMUL~TE INVESTMENT, SHOULD REINV!~ORATE THE U,s. i E C CJ t~ 0 MY :. )-..j 0 I~~ P R 0 V E C 0 rJ f l 0 EN C C: • UN i) F. R P R t:: S E ~ T C 0 ND IT I 0 N S , :· .. ·. ~~ ~ELI~V~ IT WlLL NOT RESTIMULATE ThE INFLATIONARY SPIRAL. , ! ! . I ; ·. Digitized from Box 2 of the NSA Presidential Correspondence with Foreign Leaders Collection at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library • \ . \ - . ;: j ~- ! ~ '-- : _'- ~ :J ~ ,-.. R C. t. L ~ Cl T ~- K ! N G f" A J 0 I? STEP S T (") REDUCE 0 U R 0 E PEN 0 E. N CE 0 N ;·,--: i!r-H 1 0:--:-Tt:.lJ U!L. y,'f:. ARE. 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