Conversation No. 255-40

Date: June 9, 1971
Time: 4:38 pm - 5:18 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

William F. (“Billy”) Graham talked with the President

[Conversation No. 255-40A]

[See Conversation No. 4-102]

[End of telephone conversation]

Henry A. Kissinger entered at 4:48 pm

     Demonstrators
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          -Recent Graham rally

[Ronald W. Reagan talked with the President between 4:50 pm and 4:55 pm]

[Conversation No. 255-40B]

[See Conversation No. 4-103]

[End of telephone conversation]

     Reagan and the Young Americans for Freedom [YAF]
         -Vietnam

     Kissinger’s previous meeting with maritime unions
          -Jay Lovestone

[John D. Ehrlichman talked with the President between 4:55 pm and 5:00 pm]

[Conversation No. 255-40C]

[See Conversation No. 4-104]

[End of telephone conversation]

     Maritime unions
          -Thomas W. (“Teddy”) Gleason
                -Ship quotas
                -Contracts
          -Lovestone
                -American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organization [AFL-CIO]
                -People’s Republic of China [PRC]
                     -American farmers
                     -Grain exports
          -Gleason and Lovestone
          -President’s approval of grain exports
          -Timing of PRC announcement
                -Clark MacGregor
                -Agriculture officials
                     -Jerry [Surname unknown]
                     -[Name unintelligible]

     William H. Sullivan
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     Xuan Thuy

     Melvin R. Laird’s prior speech at Air Force Academy
         -Casualties in Southeast Asia
               -Cambodia
               -Laos
                                                                       Conv. No. 255-40 (cont.)
     North Vietnam
          -Negotiations
               -Kissinger’s conversation with Thuy
                     -Military cease fire

     PRC
           -US position
           -Soviet Union
           -Mao Tse-tung
           -Kissinger’s prior conversation with Anatoliy F. Dobrynin
                -Chou En-lai
           -Vietnam

     Soviet Union

     President’s popular support

     President compared to Democrats
          -PRC
          -Strategic Arms Limitation Talks [SALT]
          -Military support

     Vietnam negotiations
          -Military strength
          -Opponents in Congress
                -Michael J. (“Mike”) Mansfield
                      -Mansfield Resolution
                -Clark M. Clifford

[Tricia Nixon talked with the President between 5:15 pm and 5:18 pm]

[Conversation No. 255-40D]

[See Conversation No. 4-105]
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[End of telephone conversation]

Kissinger left at 5:16 pm