Conversation: 756-008
Prev: 756-007 Next: 756-009Start Date: 28-Jul-1972 11:37 AM
End Date: 28-Jul-1972 11:54 AM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Neto, Antonio D.; Castro, Joao Augusto de Araujo; Haig, Alexander M., Jr.; White House photographer; [Unknown person(s)]; Bull, Stephen B.;Recording Device: Oval Office
NARA Description:
On July 28, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon, Antonio D. Neto, Joao Augusto de Araujo Castro, Alexander M. Haig, Jr., White House photographer, unknown person(s), and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:37 am to 11:54 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 756-008 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 756-8
Date: July 28, 1972
Time: 11:37 am - 11:54 am
Location: Oval Office
The President met with Antonio D. Neto, Joao Augusto de Araujo Castro, and Alexander M.
Haig, Jr. The White House photographer was present at the beginning of the conversation.
Introductions
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Tape Subject Log
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Arrangements for photograph session
-Seating
Emilio Garrastazu Medici
-Health
-Relations with US
Photographs
-Copies
-Distribution
Medici
-Greetings
-Meeting with John B. Connally
-International monetary order
Neto
-Connally’s view
-California
Latin America
-National economies
-Brazil
-Importance
-Argentina
-Brazil’s example
-Political stability
-Investment
Argentina
-Wealth
-Political stability
-Unknown finance ministers
-Successions
-Effect on policymaking
[Unintelligible]
An unknown person entered at an unknown time after 11:37 am.
Refreshments
The unknown person left at an unknown time before 11:54 am.
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
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Coffee
-Blends
Neto’s schedule
-George P. Shultz
-Compared to Connally
-US-Brazilian cooperation
Brazil
-US policy
-Inflation
-Current rate
-Compared to 1964
-Development of interior
-Roads
-Education
-Aid
-Gross National Product [GNP]
-Northeast region
-Investments
-Income tax exemptions
-Redistribution
-Agriculture
-Soybeans, sorghum, cotton
-Climate
-Compared to Texas
-Savannah
-Cattle
-Hoof and mouth disease
-Exports
-Compared to 1964
-Sheep
-Growing regions
-The President’s impressions
-Rio de Janeiro
-Sao Paolo
-Growth
-Status of geographic regions
-Inequities
-National problems
-Medici
-US investment
-Oil[?]
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
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Bolivia
-Natural gas project
-Connally’s concern
-Brazilian investment
-Oil
-Unknown places
Henry Kearns
-Relationship with the President
-Forthcoming report
Lt. Gen. Vernon A. Walters
-Possible conversation with Neto
-Current position
-Central Intelligence Agency [CIA]
-Possible conversation with Neto
-Chile, Bolivia
The President’s schedule
-Brazil
-Conversation with Medici
-1972 election
Brazil
-Population
-Average age
-People’s outlook
-Educational opportunities
-National economy
-Labor force
-Population
Stephen B. Bull entered at an unknown time after 11:37 am.
The President’s schedule
-[Jack D. Maltester]
Bull left at an unknown time before 11:54 am.
-Medici
-The President’s forthcoming response to letters
-Message from the President
-Meeting with Connally and Arthur F. Burns
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
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-Medici’s visit
-US-Brazilian relations
Neto, Castro, and Haig left at 11:54 am.