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Conversation: 480-003

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Start Date: 15-Apr-1971 11:02 AM

End Date: 15-Apr-1971 12:00 PM

Participants:

Nixon, Richard M. (President)Kissinger, Henry A.Toumayan, Alex G.Mosbacher, Emil ("Bus"), Jr.Laraki, Moulay AhmedHaldeman, H. R. ("Bob")

Recording Device: Oval Office

Full Tape Conversation Start Time: 00:02:17

Full Tape Conversation End Time: 01:00:31

480-003.mp3

NARA Description:

On April 15, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, Alex G. Toumayan, Emil ("Bus") Mosbacher, Jr., Moulay Ahmed Laraki, and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:02 am to 12:00 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 480-003 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid:

Conversation No. 480-3

Date: April 15, 1971
Time: 11:02 am - 12:00 pm
Location: Oval Office

The President met with Henry A. Kissinger, Alec G. Toumayan, and Emil (“Bus”) Mosbacher,
Jr.
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    [General conversation]
Mosbacher left at 11:03 am

Moulay Ahmed Laraki entered at 11:04 am

     Greetings
          -French language
          -King [Moulay] Hassan II’s greetings to the President
          -US-Moroccan friendship

Mosbacher entered at 11:04 am

     King Hassan II’s forthcoming trip
          -Forthcoming talks with the President
               -David D. Newsom
               -Stuart W. Rockwell
               -Rabat

     Middle East crisis


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          -King Hassan II’s initiatives
               -Timing
               -Possible Arab summit meeting
               -Press reaction
                    -New York Times
                    -Le Monde
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              -Islamic countries
              -United Nations [UN] resolution
              -Arab summit meeting
              -King Hussein ibn Talal
              -Anwar el-Sadat
              -Palestinians
         -Current situation
         -Arab summit                                         Conv. No. 480-3 (cont.)
              -Moroccan objectives
                     -Realism
         -Arabs
              -Errors
              -King Hassan II’s possible initiatives
         -Arab summit meeting
              -Schedule
              -King Hassan II’s visit to US


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    King Hassan II’s possible visit to US
         -Schedule
               -Proposed visit, April 22, 1971
         -National Press Club
         -”Meet the Press”
         -Silence
         -Arabs
         -Middle East
               -US efforts
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-Difficulties
      -Silence or jeopardizing King Hassan II’s role in Arab summit meeting
-President’s schedule
-Options
      -Private visit
            -Possible itinerary
-US-Moroccan relations
      -Context                                                Conv. No. 480-3 (cont.)
-Options
-President’s decision
      -Postponement
-Postponement
      -Duration
-Arab summit meeting
      -Arabs
      -Moroccan position
-King Hassan II’s role in Middle East
-President’s conversation with Moroccan ambassador
      -Morocco
            -Status in region
                  -Stability
                  -Objectivity
                  -Strength
-King Hassan II’s role in Middle East
      -Avoiding interference by the US
-King Hassan II’s prerogative
-Private visit
      -Schedule
      -Dinner
      -Meeting with press
      -Statement
            -Nature
            -US-Moroccan relations
      -Toast
      -Dinner
      -National Press Club
-Postponement
      -Timing
      -President’s schedule
      -Difficulties
            -Official/private visit
                  -Avoiding misunderstanding
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          -Arab summit meeting
     -Options summarized
          -Private visit
          -Dinner
          -Protocol
          -Statement
                -Bilateral relations
          -Postponement                                   Conv. No. 480-3 (cont.)
          -President’s schedule
          -King Hassan II’s schedule
          -Formal or private visit
          -Timing
          -King Hassan II’s role in Middle East
          -Postponement
          -Private visit
                -Lunch or dinner
          -King Hassan II’s prerogative
     -King Hassan II’s delegation of decision to Laraki

Possible reaction to private meeting
     -Arab leaders
     -Press and public opinion
     -Impression

Postponement of meeting
     -Timing
     -Arab summit meeting
          -Possible Moroccan course of action
               -Briefing

Possible future meeting
     -Private visit
           -Formal dinner
     -President’s 1957 trip to Morocco
     -Timing
     -Moroccan ambassador
     -President’s schedule
           -Timing
           -June/October
     -Postponement
     -Timing
           -Kissinger and H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman
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           -Postponement
                 -Arab summit meeting
           -John N. Irwin, II
                 -Briefing
                 -Newsom
           -President’s schedule
           -Schedule
           -Blair House                                            Conv. No. 480-3 (cont.)
           -Williamsburg
           -New York
                 -Finance dinner
           -Importance for US-Moroccan relations

     Middle East
         -President’s statement on Southeast Asia, April 7, 1971
         -President’s and King Hassan II’s tutors
               -Dwight D. Eisenhower
               -King Mohammed V [Sidi Mohammed Ben Youssef]

     Visit of King Mohammed V to US
           -Reception by Eisenhower at airport
                 -Eisenhower’s stroke
           -President’s role as host
           -Mamie G. D. Eisenhower

     Visit of King Hassan II
           -Postponement
           -Middle East

     Presentation of gifts
          -Golf balls
          -Cufflinks

     Visit of King Hassan II
           -Schedule

     Farewells

Toumayan, et al., left at 11:42 am; Kissinger remained

     President’s schedule
          -Meeting with Kissinger and Haldeman
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     Reaction to Laraki visit
          -King Hassan II
                -Admiration for President’s speech on Southeast Asia, April 7, 1971
                -Comments about the President
                -Eisenhower and King Mohammed V
          -Foreign visitors

     King Hassan II’s visit                                            Conv. No. 480-3 (cont.)
          -Postponement
          -Timing

Haldeman entered at 11:45 am

          -European summit

     President’s schedule

     State visits
           -Yakubu Gowon
           -Senegal
                  -Leopold Sedar Senghor
           -Willy Brandt
           -President’s forthcoming trip [to Florida]
           -Tricia Nixon
                  -Wedding
           -Trip to Florida
           -Timing
           -Gowon
           -Josip Broz Tito
           -Indira Gandhi
           -European summit
           -King Hassan II
                  -Timing
           -Peru
                  -[Juan Velasco Alvarado]
           -King Hassan II
                  -Schedule
           -President’s schedule
                  -Western trip
           -Congressional recess
           -Peru
           -President’s schedule
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-Congressional recess
-Peru
      -State visit
      -Dinner
-Summer
-General Lon Nol
-King Hassan II
-President’s schedule                                Conv. No. 480-3 (cont.)
      -Press conference
-King Hassan II
      -Timing
-Congress
-General Lon Nol
-King Hassan II
-State visits in 1972
      -President’s schedule
      -Newsom
      -Ivory Coast
      -Value
            -Time-consuming
      -State Department
      -Importance
      -Africa
      -Latin America
            -Brazil
      -Asia
      -Japan
            -Emperor Hirohito
            -Timing
            -US policy
      -Problems
            -Scheduling
      -William P. Rogers
      -Irwin
      -Dates
      -State Department
            -List of visitors
      -Foreign policy perspective
      -Edward R. G. Heath
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                -1972
                      -Foreign activities
                            -Possible security conference
                            -Possible visit by Russians
                -Laraki
                      -King Hassan II
                      -Postponement
                      -State Department                          Conv. No. 480-3 (cont.)
                      -King Hassan II
                            -Schedule
                            -Timing
                -General Lon Nol
                      -Problems
                      -Cambodian situation
                -President’s schedule

Haldeman left at 11:55 am

     Cambodia
         -Possible enemy strategy
              -Interpretation of US military actions
                    -Sanctuary operation
         -US position

     People’s Republic of China [PRC]

     Vietnam
          -Fire Base 6
          -Deadline
          -Congress
                -John Sherman Cooper
                -Edward W. Brooke
                -Charles H. Percy
                -PRC

     PRC
           -John A. Scali
           -Union of Soviet Socialist Republics [USSR]
                -Ronald L. Ziegler’s press briefing
                -Scali
                -State Department
                -US policy
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               -USSR
                     -US relations
          -Evaluation of PRC diplomacy
          -American press corps
               -Compared with European press
                     -Peregrine Worsthorne
                     -View of the President’s initiative
               -Scali                                          Conv. No. 480-3 (cont.)

    Vietnam
         -North Vietnamese position
              -Prisoners of War [POWs]
              -Negotiations
              -Effect of War
              -PRC
              -Laos


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    FOREIGN AFFAIRS


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    PRC
          -British ambassador
          -USSR
          -Chou En-lai
          -North Vietnam
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     Vietnam
          -North Vietnam
          -News magazines
               -President’s November 3, 1969 speech on Vietnam War
                     -Messages to Kissinger

Kissinger left at 12:00 pm
                                                                     Conv. No. 480-3 (cont.)