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Start Date: 15-Oct-1971 10:08 AM

End Date: 15-Oct-1971 10:37 AM

Participants:

Nixon, Richard M. (President)Connally, John B.Kissinger, Henry A.McNamara, Robert S.White House photographerButterfield, Alexander P.

Recording Device: Oval Office

Full Tape Conversation Start Time: 01:04:54

Full Tape Conversation End Time: 01:42:16

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NARA Description:

On October 15, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, John B. Connally, Henry A. Kissinger, Robert S. McNamara, White House photographer, and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House from 10:08 am to 10:37 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 593-010 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid:

Conversation No. 593-10
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                         NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF

                                     Tape Subject Log
                                       (rev. 10/06)
                                                                      Conv. No. 593-9 (cont.)



Date: October 15, 1971
Time: 10:08 am - 10:37 am
Location: Oval Office

The President met with John B. Connally, Henry A. Kissinger, and Robert S. McNamara
[The White House photographer was present at the beginning of the meeting]

     Salutations

     US foreign relations
          -Kissinger
                -Connally
          -National Security Council [NSC] meetings
          -Economic policy
                -Public concern
                      -Financial contributions
                      -US interests
                      -Salvadore Allende Gossens
                      -US role
                      -Vietnam
          -Connally
                -McNamara
                      -Republican party
          -Barry M. Goldwater
          -Kissinger
          -Multinational financial institutions
                -World bank
                -International Monetary Fund [IMF]
                -Inter-American Development Bank [IADB]
          -European Economic Community [EEC]
          -International economics
                -US
                      -Trade
          -IADB
                -Chile
          -The President's conversation with Kissinger and Connally
                -American business interests
                      -Raw materials
                      -Protection
                      -Technology
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                    NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF

                               Tape Subject Log
                                 (rev. 10/06)
                                                         Conv. No. 593-10 (cont.)


     -World bank

McNamara
   -Career status
   -Responsibilities

World economic situation
    -McNamara’s role
    -US interests
          -Japan
                -Economic outlook
                      -Raw materials
          -France
                -Algeria
                -Expropriation
          -Chile
                -France support for US actions
                      -Expropriation
          -Algeria
                -El Paso Natural Gas Corporation
          -Guyana
                -Canada
                      -US-Canada cooperation
                -Burnham
          -Status in World Bank
                -Anaconda Steel Corporation
                -Kennecot Steel Corporation
                -Latin America
                -France
                -Algeria
          -Japan
          -Germany
          -France
          -US loans
                -Peru
                -Algeria
                -Chile
    -Georges J.R. Pompidou
          -Jacques Chabian-Delmas
          -Maurice Schumann
          -Algerians
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                     NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF

                                 Tape Subject Log
                                   (rev. 10/06)
                                                                Conv. No. 593-10 (cont.)


                 -World Bank loan
     -World affairs
           -Latin America
           -Japan
           -Jamaica
                 -Bauxite
     -McNamara’s efforts
     -International insurance plan
           -Japan
           -US
           -France
           -Overseas Private Investment Corporation [OPIC]
           -Chile
                 -Anaconda Steel Corporation
                 -Kennecot Steel Corporation
                 -France
           -US position
                 -Japan, France, Britain, Germany
                 -World Bank
                       -McNamara’s efforts
                 -Connally’s previous conversation with Japan
                 -William P. Rogers

International economic interrelationships
      -Japanese
      -Mauritania
           -Raw materials
           -Indonesia
                 -Agency for International Development [AID] program
      -IADB
      -Asian Development Bank
      -Export-Import [Ex-Im] bank

US foreign policy
     -International expropriation
           -US policy
           -Consultation with foreign nations
                 -Connally
           -McNamara
                 -Arthur F. Burns
     -Coordination of US efforts
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               NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF

                          Tape Subject Log
                            (rev. 10/06)
                                                    Conv. No. 593-10 (cont.)


     -World bank
     -Latin America
     -McNamara
     -Algeria
           -World bank
           -Export-Import bank
     -IADB
           -Peru
     -Expropriation
           -The President’s executive order
                 -US policy on expropriation
                        -Connally
           -Secretary of the Treasury
     -Algeria
     -Chile
     -Secretary of the treasury
     -Secretary of State
           -Chilean example
     -International monetary situation
-NSC
-The President's first press conference
     -New York Times
     -Union of Soviet Socialist Republics [USSR]
           -Linkage
                 -Japanese
-Japan
     -Negotiating strategy
           -Linkage
           -Okinawa
                 -Textiles
-Kissinger
-Linkage
     -USSR
     -The President’s position
     -USSR
           -Berlin
           -Middle East
     -Trade
           -Time magazine
                 -Maurice H. Stans
           -Berlin
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                           NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF

                                      Tape Subject Log
                                        (rev. 10/06)
                                                                   Conv. No. 593-10 (cont.)


                       -Kama River project
                       -US policy
                 -East-West trade
                       -Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty [SALT]
                       -Trade
                       -Berlin
                       -Trade
                       -Loans

     World Bank
         -Standards
              -Loans

     Us foreign policy
          -Japan
          -Europe
          -Chinese
          -Soviets
          -Loan policy
          -Kissinger
          -McNamara
                -World Bank
                      -Pakistan
                      -Connally
          -Economic Decisions
                -Peru
                      -International Telephone and Telegraph [ITT]Company
                      -US firms
                      -Japanese firms
          -Kissinger

Alexander P. Butterfield entered at 10:37 am.

     The President's schedule

     Farewells

McNamara, et al. left at 10:37 am.
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                          NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF

                                      Tape Subject Log
                                        (rev. 10/06)
                                                               Conv. No. 593-10 (cont.)