Conversation No. 574-4

Date: September 17, 1971
Time: 10:04 am - 10:26 am
Location: Oval Office

The President met with Charles S. Rhyne and Alexander M. Haig, Jr.

     Josip Broz Tito
           -Meeting with Rhyne
                 -location
           -Tito's forthcoming trip to the US
                 -Dinner
                       -Timing
           -Meeting
                 -Agneda
                 -The People's Republic of China [PRC]
                 -The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics [USSR]
                 -Tito’s forthcoming visit
                 -Conference
                 -Constitutional change in Yugoslavia
                 -Discussion between Rhyne and the ambassador from the PRC
                       -Telecast of reception for Yugoslavian prime minister
                       -Ambassador from the PRC
                       -Yugoslavia
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                                                                Conv. No. 574-4 (cont.)


                      -Reception
           -The US-PRC opening
                -Tito’s support
           -Yugoslavia's position
                -USSR, PRC
           -The President's PRC initiative

International Law Conference
      -Rhyne's visit
            -Invitation
            -Alexander Fyodorovich Gorkin
            -Leonid Smirnov
      -Airport reception
      -Gorkin
            -Meeting with the President in Tunisia
                  -Position in USSR
                        -Rhyne’s earlier trips to the USSR
                              -Dates
      -Dinner
            -Smirnov, Gorkin
                  -Query on number of Americans coming to Belgrade
                        -Compared to Russians
      -The President's trip to the PRC
      -Tito's reaction to meeting
            -Russians

Tito’s forthcoming trip to the US
            -Timing
                 -Washington

International Law Conference
      -International lawyers
            -Bolshoi Theater
            -attendance
      -Court
      -Warren E. Burger
            -Handling
            -Meeting with Tito
                  -Illness
                  -Meeting with people
      -Tito
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           -Constitutional changes
                 -Lawyers
           -Age
           -Health
                 -Meeting with people
                      -Open convertible
                             -Speech
                      -Number of hours
                             -Pictures
                             -Discussions
                                   -Country
                                   -Vatican representative
                                        -Message for the Pope
                      -Conference's participants
                             -Types of people
                                   -Chief justices, ministers of justice
     -Rhyne's trip to Yugoslavia
     -Press stories
     -Report of Rhyne's trip
           -Frank S. Shakespeare
           -Tito
           -Forthcoming trip to US by Tito
     -Tito
           -Attire
                 -White suit
           -The President's letter
                 -Treatment
           -Attire
     -Yugoslavia
           -Weather
     -Blazo Jovanovic
           -Chief Justice
           -Relationship with Tito
     -Tito
     -Yugoslavia
     -Two Chief Justices
     -Meeting
           -Participants

US foreign relations
     -Developments regarding the PRC
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           -US public stance
                -Leadership position in the world
                      -Supremacy
                      -Forthcoming speech to United Nations [UN]
                -Domestic issues
                      -Handling
                           -Effect on US leadership role
     -President Nixon's presidency
           -World attitude
                -Support
                -Moral leadership
                -Base to build upon
                -Support for the President
                -Lawyers
                      -Small countries
                           -Nepal

Report on world law
    -Completion date
          -Interest in world law
    -Maritime law
          -Two hundred mile limit
    -Concept of future law maker of the world
          -Henry Luce

Policy statement forum
     -United Nations [UN]
            -PRC initiative
            -Israelis
            -Arabs
     -White House
            -Timing
            -Telecast
            -Sunday radio broadcast
                  -Distribution
                        -United States Information Agency [USIA]
                        -Translation

Washington, DC Bar
    -Anniversary
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                                                                 Conv. No. 574-4 (cont.)


International law forum in the US
      -Lawyers
      -Administration strategy
           -Individual working with Rhyne
           -Wording of statement
                 -Commitment
           -US role
                 -Interests
                 -International court
      -Conflicts
           -Role of international court
                 -Anti-ballistic missile [ABM]

International Law Conference in Yugoslavia
      -Japan
      -Italy
      -US
             -Leon Jaworski
      -Yugoslavia
             -Audience
             -Number of people
             -Lawyers
      -Court
             -Supreme Court justices
             -Burger
                  -Role
                  -View of the President’s possible talk

Prison reform
     -Williamsburg conference?
           -The President’s attendance with Tom C. Clark and Burer

International law
      -Writing
           -William H. Taft
      -John F. Dulles
      -Research
      -Report
           -Number of words
      -Dulles
           -Speech to New York Bar Association
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                                                                       Conv. No. 574-4 (cont.)


          -Maurice H. Stans

     Presidential gifts
          -Clients
          -Secretary
          -Book marker

     Introduction to incoming group

     Instruction to Haig

Rhyne and Haig left at 10:26 am.