MEMORANDUM OF CONVERSATION

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: Library of Congress
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): LOC-HAK-134-8-2-2
• Release Decision: RIPLIM
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• Document Page Count: 7
• Document Creation Date: January 11, 2017
• Document Release Date: August 11, 2010
• Sequence Number: 2
• Publication Date: July 14, 1976
• Content Type: MEMO

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MEMORANDI'M
THE WHITE IIQCSE
WASHINGTON
MEMORANDUM OF CONVERSATION
PARTICIPANTS:
President Ford
Vice Admiral Fuad Zikry, Commander in Chief,
Egyptian Navy
Brent Scowcroft, Assistant to the President for
National Security Affairs
DATE & TIME: Wednesday - July 14, 1976
10:35 - 10:54 a. rn.
PLACE: The Oval Office
President: I have heard about the ship [the yacht "El-Horria" at the
Navy Yard]. How many men have you?
Zikry: We have augmented a crew for this trip, I have in the crew.
President: Where was it built?
Zikry: In Scotland. It has been lengthened twice. It was the first ship
to sail through the Suez Canal when it opened and again it was the first
ship to go through when it reopened last year.
[More discussion on the ship. ]
President: I am very pleased to welcome you and we very much appreciate
your thoughtful Bicentennial gift [an 18th Dynasty stele]. I have developed
great admiration for President Sadat over the period I have known him. I
have enjoyed working with him on the problems we both face. Please give
him my warm greetings.
Zikry: The President has great affection for you and he asked me to convey
his best greetings.
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THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
CONFIDENTIAL (GDS)
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Add-on #2
MEETING WITH VICE ADMIRAL FUAD MUHAMMAD AHMAD ZIKRI
COMMANDER IN CHIEF OF THE EGYPTIAN NAVY
Wednesday, July 14, 1976
10:20 a.m. (10 minutes)
The Oval Office
ft.)
-From: Brent Scowcroft
PURPOSE
To receive from Vice Admiral Zikri Egypt's Bicentennial
gift to the United States, and to exchange brief remarks on
the U.S. -Egyptian bilateral relationship.
BACKGROUND, PARTICIPANTS, AND PRESS ARRANGEMENTS
A. Background: In connection with the celebrations marking the
Bicentennial, President Sadat has sent to the United States
as his personal representative Vice Admiral Fuad Muhammad
Zikri, Commander in Chief of the Egyptian Navy. Admiral
Zikri participated in the International Naval Review in New
York City Harbor aboard the Egyptian naval vessell HURRIYYA,
known in its own right for being the first ship to have passed
through the Suez Canal in 1869, and to have reopened the Canal
last year. Admiral Zikri plans to depart Washington on or
about the 15th of July. To our knowledge, this is Admiral Zikrits
first visit to the U.S. He speaks English well and is a relaxed
conversationalist connection with our Bicentennial, President Sadat has pe. rsAolnsa
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chosen an 18th Dynasty limestone stele from about 1420 BC, as a
gift from Egypt to the United States. A photograph and description
of the stele are attached at Tab 13. While the stele itself is too
massive for a personal presentation, Admiral Zikri will Make a
symbolic presentation of this gift using a photograph in its stead.
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Your meeting with Admiral Zikri will also provide an
opportunity to reaffirm to him the warm relations between
Egypt and the United States, and our intention to work
closely with Egypt in the future in our search for a peaceful
resolution of the Arab-Israeli conflict. It will permit you
to extend through Admiral Zikri your best personal wishes
to President Sadat.
B. Participants: Vice Admiral Zikri; Egyptian Ambassador
Ashraf Ghorbal; Secretary Kissinger and Brent Scowcroft.
C. Press Arrangements: Meeting will be announced; White House
Photographer.
III. TALKING POINTS
A. It is a pleasure to have the opportunity to meet you during
what I understand is your first visit to the United States.
This is also the first visit to this country of a senior Egyptian
military commander since the 1967 war; as such, it symbolizes
the developing close relationship between our two nations.
B. I am deeply pleased to accept on behalf of the people of the
United States the 18th Dynasty stele which President Sadat
has sent. This gift comes as a treasure from one of the
world's most ancient civilizations to our country which, even
in its 200th year, is still very new.
C. I would like you to convey upon your return to Egypt my
'very warmest personal wishes to President Sadat. During
our talks last summer at Salzburg and his visit to the
United States last fall, I developed great admiration and
affection for President Sadat. His courage in seeking a
final and just settlement for all aspects of the Middle East
conflict have my deep respect. Please tell the President
that the United States intends to persevere in its efforts to
assist in this process, and that it considers the resolution
of the Arab-Israeli conflict to be a matter' of highest foreign
policy priority.
D. Please also extend my personal greetings to the officers and
men of the HURRIYYA during their visit to Washington.
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President Sadat's bicentennial gift to the
American people.
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PRESIDENT SADAT'S BICENTENNIAL GIFT
? TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE
Ibraheem El-Nawawy, First Curator, Egyptian Museum,
has sent us a description, given below, of the anticluity
to be presented to the American people on behalf of
President.Sadat by Admiral Zikry.
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"A memorial stela of a Hather-Priest called
N NWNW. Limestone, 75 centimeters high,
47.5 centimeters wide and 12.5 centimeters
thick. The-stela is round-topped. Depicted
on it in the upper field in sunk relief,
thirteen vertical lines of hieroglyphic
text bringing the offering formula, the
names, .titles and epithets of the persons
and gods mentioned in the formula.
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son who is standing before his parents censing
and libating. The son is called Neb-Pehet:1-a,
.who -was already .dead, andtownom..the repeated
sofa; before them is an offering table laden
, with bread and onions The father is'smeiling
a-lotus7flower.while his wife is holding him
by the shoulder and by t,Ile arm. On thc 17wer
of two chilCren of 'Wascr, called cli.an
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Dynasty XVIII (about 1420 B.C.) "
The stela is of limestone and weighs 100 kilo-
grams.
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