Conversation No. 283-033
Date: October 6, 1971
Time: 11:50 am - 12:35 pm
Location: Executive Office Building
The President met with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman.
Draft of October 7, 1971 speech on Phase II
-William L. Safire
-Work
-Efficiency
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The President's schedule
-Call to H. R. Gross
-Recommendation from Congressional Affairs staff
The President talked with the White House operator.
[Conversation No. 283-33A]
[See Conversation No. 10-81]
[End of telephone conversation]
Congress
-Congressional action
-Gross’ role in vote action
-Gerald R. Ford
-Charles W. Colson
-Pressure groups
-Effect of mail on Congressmen
-Taiwan, Republic of China
Phase II economic program
-Cost of Living Council [COLC]
-Cabinet breakfast meeting
-White House staff
-Henry A. Kissinger
-Peter G. Peterson
-Peter M. Flanigan
-Arnold R. Weber
-Arthur F. Burns
-Safire
-Peterson
-Kissinger
The President talked with Gross between 11:55 am and 12:01 pm.
[Conversation No. 283-33B]
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[See Conversation No. 10-82]
Kissinger entered at 12:00 pm while the call was in progress.
[End of telephone conversation]
The President's Congressional liaisons
-Clark MacGregor
-Democrats
-Carl B. Albert
-Ford
-MacGregor
-Bryce N. Harlow
-Strategic Arms Limitation Talks [SALT]
-Senate
-Harlow
-Effect of telephone calls from the President
-MacGregor
-Handling of Congressional liaison compared to Harlow
-Mansfield amendment
Announcement of Soviet Summit, October 12, 1971
-Moscow
-American press
-Peking announcement
-Time
-Anatoliy F. Dobrynin
-Press briefing
-Ronald L. Ziegler's press briefing
-Press coverage
-Frank Cormier
-Congressional group notification
-Hugh Scott, Albert
-Congress
-East-West relations
-Michael J. Mansfield, Ford
-William P. Rogers
-J. William Fulbright
-State Department
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-MacGregor
-Scott
-People’s Republic of China [PRC]
-Soviets
-Leadership meeting
-PRC trip announcement
-Trip
-Timing
-Press conference
-Timing
-Allen J. Ellender
-Committees
-Foreign policy, Armed Services
New York Times
-Editorial about PRC moves
-Rogers
-John B. Oakes
-Telephone conversation with Kissinger
Gallup poll
PRC and Soviet Summits
-Public relations efforts
-John A. Scali
-Safire
-Herbert G. Klein
-Significance
-Necessity
-The President's role and qualifications
-Barry M. Goldwater
-John F. Kennedy
Possible Western Allies Summit
-The President's schedule
-Timing
-Soviet and PRC Sumit
-Latin America
-The President's schedule
-Timing
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-State of the Union address
-Finance ministers meeting
-Budget
-Eisaku Sato
-Site of proposed meeting
-West Coast
-Washington, DC
-Attendants
-North Arlantic Treaty Organization [NATO]
-Great Britain
-France
-Germany
-Japan
-Japan
-Nobusuke Kishi
-Textile negotiations
-Harry S. Dent
-President’s comment
-Rogers
-John B. Connally
-Georges J.R. Pompidou, Edward R.G. Heath, Willy Brandt
-Communication
-Invitations for Summit
-Rogers
-Soviet Summit
-Timing
-Vietnam
-November Troop Announcement
-Latin America Summit
-PRC Summit
-Soviet Summit
-Timing
-Primary
Apollo 16
-Flight
-Postponement
-Caspar W, (“Cap”) Weinberger
-Timing
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-1972 election
-Memorandum
An unknown person entered at an unknown time after 12:01 pm.
Western Summit
-Washington
-Embassies
The unknown person left at an unknown time before 12:37 pm.
Western Summit
-Wshington
-International monetary issue
-Finance Ministers
-Implications
-British, French, Germans, Japanese
-Letters
-Heads of State
-Leonid I. Brezhnev
-Heads of State
-Australia
Head of State visit
-William McMahon
-State dinner
-Arrangements
-Lengths
-Timing
Letters
-Pompidou
-Kissinger
-PRC trip announcement
Summits
-Letters of Arrangement
-Handling
-Rogers
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-PRC trip
-Berlin
-SALT
-Berlin
-PRC
-Arrangements
-Brandt
-Pompidou
-Italians
-Brandt, Pompidou, Heath
-Sato
-Kennedy Center
-Plans for event
-Arrival ceremonies
The President's schedule
-Soviet Union trip
-Western Summit
-International monetary system
-Translations
-United Nations [UN] simultaneous translation
Announcement of Soviet Union trip
-Ziegler
Kissinger left at 12:35 pm.
The President's schedule
-Wayne L. Hays
-France
-Officials
-Hays’ previous trip to France
-Cabinet meeting
-Dent
-Work on Congressional issues
-Report
-Hays
-The President's television appearance
-The President’s telephone call
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Announcement
Haldeman left at 12:37 pm.