Conversation: 517-020
Prev: 517-019 Next: 517-021Start Date: 11-Jun-1971 2:05 PM
End Date: 11-Jun-1971 2:38 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Kissinger, Henry A.; Connally, John B.;Recording Device: Oval Office
Full Tape Conversation Start Time: 03:37:32
Full Tape Conversation End Time: 04:11:25
NARA Description:
On June 11, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, and John B. Connally met in the Oval Office of the White House from 2:05 pm to 2:38 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 517-020 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 517-20
Date: June 11, 1971
Time: 2:05 pm - 2:38 pm
Location: Oval Office
The President met with Henry A. Kissinger and John B. Connally
Greetings
Schedules
Seating
International economics
-International Monetary Fund [IMF]
-Chile
-Salvador Allende Gossens
-Effect on other contacts
-Popular perception
-Effect of US rejection of help
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1
[National Security]
[Duration: 1m 27s ]
INDIA-PAKISTAN
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-John Sherman Cooper previous meeting with President
-Indira Gandhi
-Swaran Singh
-Elections
-Gandhi
-Assassination of Secretary of Interior in Chile
-Edmundo Perez
-Central Intelligence Agency [CIA]
India-Pakistan
-Connally and William P. Rogers’ views
-IMF role
-International Bank for Development and Reconstruction [IBRD/World Bank]
role
-Judgement of morality
-Pierre-Paul Schweitzer
-Robert S. McNamara
-Link to loans
-Criteria for loans
-Colombia
-International lending agencies’ role
-Chilean situation
-Bolivia
-Peter G. Peterson
-Connally’s role
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-Chile
-Connally
-Action by President
-Chilean desire for normal relations
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Conv. No. 517-20 (cont.)
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[National Security]
[Duration: 5s ]
FOREIGN RELATIONS
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-Allende
-Loan amounts
-Security for loans
-US accused of assassination of Perez
-Allende
-Boeing 707 deal
-Credit restrictions
-Use of trade restrictions
-Benefits
-Credit continuance
-Allende
-US political motivations
-Loans
-Issues
-Copper
-Speech
-Rhetoric
-Expropriation of US assets
-Effect
-Request for guarantees
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-Connally’s role
-Economic and political consultations
-Peterson Committee
-Kissinger and [Forename unknown] Hill
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Conv. No. 517-20 (cont.)
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[National Security]
[Duration: 1m 32s ]
FOREIGN AFFAIRS
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-Bolivia
-Bilateral aid
-Inter-American Development Bank loan
-World Bank loan
-Use of loan
-Expropriation of oil well
-Gulf benefits
-Argentina
-Expropriation of other assets
-Background
-Losses to US
-Guyana
-Expropriation of aluminum companies
-Jamaica
-Guyana, Suriname
-Potential
-US investment
-Bolivia
-Inter-American Development Bank
-US voting posture
-Credit
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-Use of sanctions
-Latin America
-State Department position
-Daniel Holland [?]
-Christian Democrat
-Compared to Communists
-Charles A. Meyer
-Anastasio Somoza Debayle Conv. No. 517-20 (cont.)
-Brazil
-Forthcoming visit of Brazilian President
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 4
[National Security]
[Duration: 7s ]
FOREIGN AFFAIRS
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-Fishing controversy with US
-State Department’s stance on fishing rights controversy
-Need for strong US-Brazil ties
-Need for stable government
-Loans to Latin American countries
-Juan Velasco
-Chile
-Cuba
-Expropriations
-Expropriations
-US policy
-Retaliation for expropriations
-Withholding of loans
-World Bank role
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-Disparity in policies
-Effects
-Peterson
-Naivete of some US officials
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Conv. No. 517-20 (cont.)
BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 5
[National Security]
[Duration: 51s ]
CHILE
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-Chile
-Soviet influence
-Comparison to Cuba
-Cuba
-Fidel Castro
-US policy
-Normalization of relations
-Revolutionary views
-State Department thinking
-Implementation of strategy
-State Department role
-McNamara
-Schweitzer
-Other contacts
President’s schedule
-Wedding rehearsal
Kissinger and Connally left at 2:38 pm
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