Meeting With Franz Josef Strauss of the Federal Republic of Germany White House Statement.

The President met for 40 minutes this afternoon with Franz Josef Strauss, Minister President of Bavaria, in the Oval Office. Dr. Zbigniew Brzezinski, Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs, participated in the meeting.

The President and the Minister President discussed a wide range of major international issues. The President stressed the constancy and firmness of U.S. policy and the importance of Allied solidarity in the wake of the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, including the matter of nonparticipation in the 1980 Olympic games in Moscow.

The Minister President emphasized his support for the President's policies on all of these issues of common concern.

They agreed on the importance of detente, but agreed that if it is to have meaning and substance, detente must mutual and reciprocal.