Conversation No. 461-4

Date: March 2, 1971
Time: 11:06 am - 11:33 am
Location: Oval Office

The President met with Rudolph A. Peterson, Peter G. Peterson, Emil (“Bus”) Mosbacher, Jr.,
Clark MacGregor, and General Alexander M. Haig, Jr. at 11:06 am; press photographers were
present at the beginning of the meeting

     Greetings

     Arrangements for photograph

     Task Force on International Development
          -Proposals
          -President’s position
          -Press coverage
          -Congress’s expected response
                -Previous positions on foreign aid, revenue sharing
          -R. A. Peterson
                -Role
                -Administration support
                      -MacGregor

Henry A. Kissinger entered at an unknown time after 11:06 am
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     -MacGregor
     -State Department
     -Defense Department
     -House Armed Services Committee
     -Defense Department
     -Senate Foreign Relations Committee
     -House Foreign Affairs Committee
     -Melvin R. Laird and William P. Rogers
     -Senate Foreign Relations Committee
           -MacGregor’s view
     -George D. Aiken
     -J. William Fulbright
           -Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing
                -Need for support

Legislative/executive connection
     -Coordination
     -Otto E. Passman

Task Force on International Development
     -Relations with State Department
     -Council on Foreign Assistance
     -Accountability to Congress
     -State Department
     -P. G. Peterson
     -White House staff
           -Kissinger
                -Frank F. Church and Michael J. (“Mike”) Mansfield
                -Possible testimony
     -Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearings
           -Fulbright
     -Accountability

International development
      -State Department, Defense Department
            -Military assistance
            -Current division
                  -Southeast Asia, Cambodia, Thailand
      -New directions
      -MacGregor’s role
      -Coordination with trade
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                -Latin America
                      -Special preference versus general preference
                      -Nelson A. Rockefeller
          -Africa

     Latin America
           -President’s position
                 -Trade                                               Conv. No. 461-4 (cont.)
           -Importance
           -Ambassadors
           -US assistance
           -Importance
                 -Africa, Southeast Asia
           -US assistance
                 -President’s position

     International development
           -New directions
                -R. A. Peterson’s view
                -Organization
                -Personnel
           -Discussions with Passman and [Name unintelligible]
                -Agency for International Development [AID]
                -Possible continuing resolution
                -Prospects for enactment of task force proposals

Stephen B. Bull entered at an unknown time after 11:06 am

     President’s schedule
          -Wire services

Bull left at an unknown time before 11:33 am

     Task Force on International Development proposals
          -Prospects of legislative enactment
               -Dr. Thomas E. (“Doc”) Morgan
                     -House Foreign Services Committee
                     -Possible continuing resolution
               -Informal meetings
               -President’s position
               -Morgan
                     -Position
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                     -Actions
                -Possible meeting of President and Congressional leaders

Bull entered at an unknown time after 11:06 am

     President’s schedule
          -Medal of Honor ceremony
                                                                       Conv. No. 461-4 (cont.)
Bull left at an unknown time before 11:33 am

     Task Force on International Development proposals
          -Prospects of legislative enactment
               -MacGregor
               -Possible leaders’ meeting with President
               -Passman
               -Morgan
               -John T. Myers
               -Charles H. Percy
               -Robert P. Griffin
               -Possible support
               -Jacob K. Javits
               -Possible meeting with the President
                     -Congressional leaders
               -Timing
                     -Needs
                           -Fulbright
          -Funding
               -Military assistance, foreign aid
               -State Department
                     -Senate parliamentarian
                     -Mansfield
                     -Senate Foreign Relations Committee
                     -Defense Department
          -Forthcoming efforts
               -President’s position
          -Prospects for legislative enactment
               -Timetable
               -Efforts with Congress
               -P. G. Peterson’s role

     Foreign aid
          -Connection with trade, and economic policy
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                -Arthur F. Burns
                -Banking
                -State Department handling
                      -Foreign Service Officers
                -Commerce Department, Treasury Department, Agriculture Department, Labor
                      Department
                -Japan
           -National Security Council [NSC]                        Conv. No. 461-4 (cont.)
           -Lyndon B. Johnson
                -Oil import quotas, airlines
           -Supersonic Transport [SST]
                -Environmental concerns
                -Balance of payments concerns
                -Leadership position

     Farewells

The President, et al. left at 11:33 am