Conversation No. 502-14

Date: May 20, 1971
Time: 1:45 pm - 2:05 pm
Location: Oval Office

The President met with Ronald L. Ziegler.

     John A. Scali's [?] briefings
          -Forthcoming meeting with [Arnold] Eric Sevareid
               -Howard K. Smith
               -John W. Chancellor
          -Major briefing at 12:45, May 20, 1971
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               -Open attendance
          -Meeting at 2 o'clock, May 20, 1971
               -Sevareid
               -Smith
               -Chancellor
               -Marvin L. Kalb
               -Richard G. Valeriani
               -William A. Gill, Jr.                                  Conv. No. 502-14 (cont.)
          -Meeting at 4 o'clock, May 20,1971
               -Max Frankel
               -Chalmers Roberts
               -Associated Press [AP] and United Press International [UPI] diplomatic press
               -William S. White
               -Roscoe Drummond
          -Ziegler's views
               -Gerard C. Smith
               -Scali
               -Henry A. Kissinger's comments
               -Impact on press
               -Press

[The President talked with Justin W. Dart at an unknown time between 1:45 pm and 1:48 pm]

[See Conversation No. 3-85]

[Conversation No. 502-14A]

[End of telephone conversation]

     Meeting with Kissinger

Ziegler left and H.R. (“Bob”) Haldeman and Scali entered at 1:48 pm.

     Strategic Arms Limitation Talks [SALT] agreement announcement, May 20, 1971
           -Press response
           -J. Henry Smith
           -Television instant analysis
           -Daniel Seymour's reaction
                 -Seymour's meeting with President several years ago
           -Staff
           -Television viewers response
           -Time of announcement in Washington, D.C. and Moscow
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     Personnel Management
          -Scali [?]
                -George A. Lincoln [?]
                -National Security Council [NSC]
                -Responsibility

Kissinger entered at 1:52 pm.
                                                                   Conv. No. 502-14 (cont.)
     SALT agreement
         -Soviet translation, US translation
         -Kissinger's phone call to Anatoliy F. Dobrynin
              -Treaty
              -Agreement
         -Dobrynin's press release
              -Text President read

     President schedule
          -Future conversation with Scali

Scali left at an unknown time before 1:55 pm.

     SALT agreement
         -Two o'clock briefing, May 20, 1971
         -US and Soviet text
         -Kissinger's call to Dobrynin
         -AP report from Moscow
               -Two stage procedure
                    -Anti-ballistic missile [ABM] agreement
         -Letter
         -Television
         -Michael J. (“Mike”) Mansfield's statement
         -Soviet domestic radio
               -One and two stage procedures

Ziegler entered at 1:55 pm.

           -Photographs
                -Oliver F. (“Ollie”) Atkins
                -Release to the public

Ziegler left at 1:57 pm.
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           -Dobrynin press release, May 20, 1971
                 -US text of SALT agreement
           -Kissinger's views of Soviets
                 -SALT
                 -Cambodia
                 -Vietnam
                 -President's views
                       -State Department                          Conv. No. 502-14 (cont.)
           -Upcoming Berlin meeting
                 -D[avid] Kenneth Rush
           -US and Soviet desires
           -Unknown person's (Dobrynin?) views
           -Kissinger’s talk with Ronald W. Reagan
           -Unknown person (Dobrynin?)
           -Mansfield's statement
           -Treaty
           -Administration's position
           -Kissinger's calls to Dobrynin on May 19, 1971
           -President's television announcement
                 -Press interpretation
                       -AP in Moscow
           -Aleksei N. Kosygin's letter on SALT agreement
           -Press inquiries on the SALT agreement
                 -Kissinger’s response
           -President's initiative on SALT
           -Kissinger's role in SALT agreement
           -Smith's role in SALT agreement
                 -Vienna
                 -Smith's views
                 -Kissinger's views
                       -Design of negotiations
           -Credit for the SALT agreement
                 -Smith
                 -Vienna
                 -Paul W. McCracken

     Scali’s [?] schedule
           -Television

Kissinger left at 2:05 pm.
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