Office of the Historian

445. Memorandum From President Nixon to his Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger)1

Washington, April 27, 1971.

Moynihanʼs idea of buying the entire Turkish opium crowd is one that seems intriguing. I realize there are problems here, but would you have a check made to see what, if anything, could be done. Connally seems to like the idea, provided it does not have other foreign policy implications which would militate against it.2

  1. Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Subject Files, Box 341, HAK/President Memos 1971–. No classification marking.↩
  2. The idea was endorsed by Secretary of the Treasury Connally during an April 27 meeting with the President. (Memorandum from Haig to Sonnenfeldt and Saunders, April 28; ibid.)↩