Conversation: 475-023
Prev: 475-022 Next: 475-024Start Date: 8-Apr-1971 3:56 PM
End Date: 8-Apr-1971 4:21 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); MacArthur, Douglas, II; Haig, Alexander M., Jr.; White House photographer;Recording Device: Oval Office
Full Tape Conversation Start Time: 05:14:06
Full Tape Conversation End Time: 05:39:42
NARA Description:
On April 8, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, Douglas MacArthur, II, Alexander M. Haig, Jr., and White House photographer met in the Oval Office of the White House from 3:56 pm to 4:21 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 475-023 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 475-23
Date: April 8, 1971
Time: 3:56 pm - 4:21 pm
Location: Oval Office
The President met with Douglas MacArthur, II and General Alexander M. Haig, Jr.; the White
House photographer and members of the press were present at the beginning of the meeting
Greeting
President’s schedule
-Veto of bills
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President’s speech on Southeast Asia, April 7, 1971
Iran
-Mohammed Reza Pahlavi
-President’s possible visit to Iran
-MacArthur’s memorandum
-President’s visit
-Timing Conv. No. 475-22 (cont.)
-President’s message to Shah
[Camera noise]
-President’s message to Shah
-President’s trip to Iran
-Timing
-Scheduling
-President’s itinerary
-Haig
-Central Africa, Northern Africa
-Morocco
-King Hassan II
-President’s visit to Iran
-Symbolism
-President’s previous trips
-Message to Shah
-Scheduling
-Timing
-Vietnamese elections
-Scheduling
-British pull-out from Persian Gulf
-Vacuum
-Iranian role
-Capabilities
-US review
-Defense Department
-Shah’s strength
-Vacuum
-US
-Japanese imports of petroleum
-North Atlantic Treaty Organization [NATO], Europe
-Radical Arab countries
-Liberation fronts
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-Shah’s conversation with MacArthur
-Shah’s comments about the President
-Previous US presidents
-Middle East
-President’s trip to Iran
-Suggestions for discussions
-Scheduling
-British pull-out from Persian Gulf Conv. No. 475-23 (cont.)
-State Department
-William P. Rogers
-Scheduling
-Instructions to Haig
-H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman
-Message to Shah
-Timing
-Shah
-Need for money, arms
-Role in region
-Need for money, arms
-Development of five-year plan
-Equipment
-Infrastructure
-Personnel
-Identifying priorities
-MacArthur’s conversation with Henry Kearns
-Export-Import Bank
-Need for Credit
-Type
-Amount of loan
-Fiscal Year 1972
-Importance to US
-Japan, Europe
-Iranian friendship for US
Asia
-India
-Pakistan
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1
[National Security]
[Duration: 20s ]
FOREIGN AFFAIRS Conv. No. 475-23 (cont.)
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1
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-Vietnam
Thailand
-President’s conversation with Robert C. Byrd
-Reduction of forces
-Compared with Vietnam
-Treaty with US
-Consequences of US withdrawal
-Vietnam
-Credibility
-Japanese interest in US presence
-Reduction of forces
Iran
Philippines
-Political stability
Taiwan
-Strength
Malaysia and Singapore
-Conflicts
-Lee Kuan Yew
Indonesia
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 3
[National Security]
[Duration: 9s ]
FOREIGN AFFAIRS Conv. No. 475-23 (cont.)
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 3
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Middle East
-Iran
-Petroleum
-Importance
-Arab-Israel conflict
-Union of Soviet Socialist Republics [USSR]
-Iran
-Strength
-Balance to Soviet influence
-Strength
-Friendship with US
-Compared with
-Morocco
-King Hassan II
-Tunisia, Libya, Algeria, Sudan, United Arab Republic, Jordan, Lebanon
-US alliance with Israel
-Morocco
-USSR
-US ties with Israel
-Effect on US-Arab relations
-Iran
-Shah’s ties to US
-President’s conversation with the Shah
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 4
[National Security]
[Duration: 1m 9s ]
MIDDLE EAST Conv. No. 475-23 (cont.)
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 4
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Iran
-Reform program
-Land reform, education, health, housing
-Tudeh Party
-Youth
-Activists
-Aspirations
-Reform program
-Feudalism
-Effects on social structure
-Shah’s conversation with MacArthur
-Aspirations
-Hospitals, health services, housing, schools
-Social conscience
-Stability
-Economic growth
-Petroleum
-Manufacture
-Diversification
-Automobiles
-Agriculture
-Exports
-Dates
-Wheat
-Tractors
-John Deere Company
-Romanian activity
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-Ford Motor Company
-US and European investments
-Scott’s tissues
-Free enterprise
-Security
-MacArthur’s conversation with Shah
-Petroleum negotiations
-Radical Arabs and Shah Conv. No. 475-23 (cont.)
-Investment profits
-Investment climate
-Exports
-Industrial investments
-Saudi Arabia, Persian Gulf
-Industrial projects
-Leadership
-Shah’s ability
-Zaire
-Belgium
-Constitution
-Mobutu Sese Seko
-Compared with African nations
-Africa
-Development
-Democracy
-Compared with Vietnam
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 5
[National Security]
[Duration: 7s ]
AFRICA
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 5
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-British
-US
Latin America
-Brazil
-State visit
-Colombia
-Political situation
-Mexico Conv. No. 475-23 (cont.)
-Venezuela
-Other countries
-Brazil
-Stability
-Argentina
-General Juan Domingo Perón
-US policy
-Democracy
-Dictatorship
-Recognizing different stages of development
Political developments in other countries
-Japan
-Business oligarchy
-Constitution
President’s responsibilities
Laura L. (Barkley) MacArthur
-Tehran
-Conversation with President
-Alben W. Barkley
-Tehran
President’s visit to Tehran
-Accommodations
President’s meeting with ambassadors
Presidential gifts
-Cufflinks
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President’s visit to Iran
-Scheduling
-Message to Iranians
MacArthur and Haig left at 4:21 pm