Conversation No. 496-16
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Date: May 10, 1971
Time: Unknown after 5:25 pm until 6:15 pm
Location: Oval Office

The President met with H.R. (“Bob”) Haldeman.
     William P. Rogers
          -President's previous meeting                           Conv. No. 496-14 (cont.)
          -Relations with Henry A. Kissinger
          -President's meetings
                -Rogers' meetings
                      -Rogers' report on trip
                      -Kissinger's presence

     Middle East
         -Kissinger’s view

     Vietnam
          -Nguyen Van Thieu

John D. Ehrlichman entered at 5:28 pm

     Revenue sharing
         -Ehrlichman's conversation with Vice President Spiro T. Agnew
               -Wilbur D. Mills
               -1972 election
               -President’s view
         -White House strategy regarding revenue sharing
               -Warren E. Hearnes
               -George P. Shultz
                     -Upcoming conversation with Mills
               -Hearnes
         -Ehrlichman's conversation with Agnew
               -Gerald R. Ford

     Supersonic Transport [SST]
          -Upcoming vote
          -William M. Allen
                -Boeing Corporation
                     -Contract costs
                     -Current financial situation
          -Cost
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     -Ford
           -Talk with Ehrlichman
     -Allen
           -Business Council meeting
           -Call from Warren G. (“Maggie”) Magnuson
           -Conversation with Ehrlichman
                 -Bob Murphy of Boeing's Washington, D.C. office
     -William M. Magruder                                      Conv. No. 496-16 (cont.)
     -Boeing
           -Contracts
     -Purpose
           -Jobs
                 -Japan
     -North American Rockwell Corporation in Southern California
     -Boeing
     -Lockheed Corporation
     -Boeing
     -General Dynamics Corporation

Economy
    -Seattle
          -Recovery
          -Boeing
                -Employment level
          -Groceries, rent, real estate
          -Labor force
          -Future
    -Southern California
          -Compared with Seattle
    -Seattle
          -Community efforts
          -Area
                -Compared with California
    -New Jersey, Ohio, Illinois, Indiana
    -Houston, Texas
          -Climate
    -Seattle and Southern California
          -Government subsidies to attract new industries
    -Monday night staff meetings
          -Ehrlichman, Shultz, Kissinger, and Haldeman
          -Office of Management and Budget [OMB]
          -Location
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Middle East
    -Kissinger and Rogers
          -May 10, 1971 meeting
    -Israel
          -US policy
    -Suez
    -Rogers                                               Conv. No. 496-16 (cont.)
    -Israel
    -Kissinger
    -Editorial writers and columnists
          -Israel, Vietnam
          -Joseph W. Alsop
          -Joseph C. Kraft
          -Vietnam
          -Jews
          -Union of Soviet Socialist Republics [USSR]
    -US policy
          -Israel
          -Arabs
          -Great Britain
          -France
          -Italy
    -Visits to Israel
          -Edmund S. Muskie, Hubert H. Humphrey, Edward M. (“Ted”) Kennedy
    -John B. Connally
    -Israel
    -Rogers
          -May 10, 1971 meeting with the President
    -Kissinger
    -Israeli requests for assistance
    -Suez

Kissinger
     -Israel
     -Vietnam
     -USSR/US relations
     -People's Republic of China [PRC]

Rogers
    -Role
    -State Department
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     Kissinger

     Rogers
         -Reception in Middle East
         -Statements on London
               -PRC/USSR relations
               -Report to President, Haldeman                        Conv. No. 496-16 (cont.)
         -Compared with Connally
     Middle East
         -Kissinger
               -Jacob K. Javits
               -Golda Meir
         -Jewish attitude toward Israel
               -Admiral Lewis L. Strauss
               -Arthur Goldberg
                     -Appointment to United Nations [UN] by Lyndon B. Johnson
               -Compared with Irish attitude toward Northern Ireland
         -Meetings

     SST
           -Boeing
                -Magruder
                -Allen

     Ehrlichman's schedule

Ehrlichman left at 5:45 pm

     President's schedule
          -Rogers
                 -Future meetings with President
                       -Kissinger's presence
                 -National Security Council meetings
                 -May 10, 1971 meeting with President
                       -Kissinger's presence
                       -President's schedule
                             -Stephen B. Bull
          -Previous meeting with John N. Mitchell
          -Staff presence
          -George W. Romney, John A. Volpe, and Maurice H. Stans meetings
                 -Ehrlichman, John C. Whitaker
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     -Mitchell
     -Connally
     -Melvin R. Laird
     -Rogers
          -Kissinger's presence
     -Connally
     -Mitchell
                                                             Conv. No. 496-16 (cont.)
Middle East
    -May 10, 1971 staff meeting
          -Kissinger, Rogers
          -Israel
          -Kissinger
          -President's policy
                -Military aid
    -Political considerations
          -Support for Israel
          -Taft Schreiber, Theodore E. Cummings, Bernard (“Bunny”) Lasker, Max M.
                Fisher
          -Writers
          -Edmund S. Muskie supporters
          -Support for Israel
                -Public Opinion

Staff schedules
      -Kissinger's trip
      -Florida trip
      -Frequency and length of vacations
            -White House staff
            -Florida
            -High-level staff
      -President
            -Camp David
                  -Work
            -Florida
                  -Work
      -Kissinger, Haldeman, and Ehrlichman
      -Frequency
      -Ehrlichman
      -Kissinger
            -Kissinger’s schedule
            -Office and social schedules
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        -Vacations
             -Length
             -Timing
             -Haldeman's
             -Length
             -Florida, the Bahamas
             -Home
             -Camp David                                         Conv. No. 496-16 (cont.)
                   -Ehrlichman
             -Time with families
                   -Kissinger
             -Camp David use
                   -President
                   -Ehrlichman
                   -Facilities
                   -President
                   -Cabinet
                   -Staff

Press
        -Rogers
              -Press and photo coverage of President's meeting
                    -Ronald L. Ziegler
                    -Wire services, press pool
        -Cabinet and other groups
              -Press and photo coverage
        -President's relationship
        -Press conferences
        -Social events
        -President's trips
              -Coverage
              -Florida trip
        -President's relations
              -Herbert G. Klein
        -Gridiron Dinner
              -President's role
        -White House Correspondents Association Dinner
              -Program
              -President's role
                    -Photos with entertainers
                    -Handshaking
                           -American Society of Composers, Authors, & Publishers [ASCAP]
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                 -Past and future dinners
     -Gridiron Dinner, White House Correspondents dinner
           -Haldeman's attendance
           -Speeches
           -Haldeman's role
                 -Compared with businessmen's dinner
     -Possible meetings with candidates of press organizations
     -President's relations                                      Conv. No. 496-16 (cont.)
           -Ziegler
           -Press conferences
     -Ziegler and Klein
           -Press events
           -Roles
                 -Compared with Kissinger and ambassadors
     -Zielger's work
           -"Credibility gap"
                 -Johnson's press statements
           -Budget
     -White House Correspondents Association dinner
     -President's relations
     -Possible column
           -Charles W. Colson
           -An event
     -Press dinners
           -President's attendance at Gridiron, White House Correspondents, and White
                 House photographers dinners
     -Photos of President
           -Awards
           -A television segment

Vietnam
     -Public opinion on Washington, D.C. demonstrations
           -May 10, 1971 staff meeting
           -Figures
                -Kissinger
     -Public opinion
           -Compared with World War II
                -Tanks in Africa
                -Storming of beachheads
                -Marines capturing Pacific Islands
                -Fighting force
     -Military
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                 -Social class
           -”Gulf complex”
           -Current situation
           -President’s May 10, 1971 meeting with Kissinger
           -USSR, PRC
           -Peace settlement

     Monday night staff meetings                                   Conv. No. 496-16 (cont.)
         -Ehrlichman, Haldeman, Shultz
         -Peter G. Peterson

     President's schedule
          -Weather
          -Trip to Camp David
          -Golf game with Rogers
                 -Timing

     Gallup
          -Laos operation
          -Timing

Rose Mary Woods entered at 6:09 pm

     President's schedule
          -Golf game with Rogers
                 -Call
                 -Time
                       -Dr. W. Kenneth Riland

[The President talked with Ehrlichman at an unknown time between 6:09 pm and 6:11 pm]

[Conversation No. 496-16A]

     SST
           -Boeing
           -Ford, George Meany

[End of telephone conversation]

     Correspondence[?]

     A new item
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     Call to Thelma C. (Ryan) (“Pat”) Nixon

Ms. Woods left at 6:11 pm

     Rogers

     Cabinet                                                     Conv. No. 496-16 (cont.)
          -Rogers
               -Possible conversation with Haldeman

     PRC initiative
         -Kissinger
         -Pakistan
         -Kissinger

     Vietnam
          -Negotiations with North Vietnamese

     USSR
         -Answer on summit

     PRC

     Rogers
         -Statements in London

     USSR
         -Evaluation of US political scene

     PRC initiative
         -USSR knowledge

[The President talked with Woods between 6:14 and 6:15 pm]

[Conversation No. 496-16B]

[See Conversation No. 2-137]

[End of telephone conversation]

     Ziegler[?]
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Haldeman left at 6:15 pm