Giscard d’Estaing’s crucial commitment in 1975

September 17-21, 1975. Official visit of French President Valéry Giscard d'Estaing to Greece (Athens and Thessaloniki). Substantial talks with Prime Minister Konstantinos Karamanlis, in a warm atmosphere. Dinner at the Presidential Palace. Greek civilization and French enlightenment. A salutation unique in its content by President of the Republic Konstantinos Tsatsos: "The community of fundamental ideas defines the dominant forms of civilization and, essentially, each country's policy." 

However, the most important conversation and agreement between Karamanlis and Giscard d'Estaing happened at sea, in the Aegean, on September 20, 1975. The exact content exists in a note dictated by Karamanlis himself and published in his invaluable 12-volume archive **. The only other person present for the conversation was Ambassador Petros Molyviatis. First item, the European Community....