Conversation No. 771-7

Date: September 6, 1972
Time: Unknown between 3:30 pm and 3:47 pm
Location: Oval Office

The President met with Henry A. Kissinger.

[This recording began at an unknown time while the meeting was in progress]

            Murder of Israeli athletes at Olympic Games in Munich
               -United Nations [UN]
                    -State Department
                    -Joseph J. Sisco
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                     -William P. Rogers
                     -Soviet Union
                -Israeli funeral
                     -Michael Feldman meeting with Rogers
                     -Funeral
                          -George S. McGovern
                               -Yitzhak Rabin
                               -Jerusalem
                               -Representation
                -Israeli actions
                     -Rabin
                          -Kissinger’s conversation with Rabin
                          -Assurance
                          -Jerusalem
                     -Possible military action
                          -Palestinian camps
                          -Beirut
                          -Lebanon
                          -Guerillas
                     -Lebanon
                          -Guerrillas
                          -Diplomatic relations
                               -McGovern
                                    -Egypt

            The President’s schedule
                -Forthcoming speech to the International Monetary Fund [IMF]
                    -George F. Schultz
                         -Program layout
                              -John B. Connally
                              -Kissinger
                              -Rogers
                                   -State Department experts
                                   -Exchange markets
                         -International economic program
                              -Importance
                                   -Connally

An unkown person entered and left at an unknown time before 3:47 pm.

            Delivery of document
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Kissinger’s forthcoming trip to Munich and Moscow
    -Telegram
        -State Department
        -North Atlantic Treaty organization [NATO]
        -Concerns of allies
        -Kissinger’s prior consultation
              -Great Britain
              -France
              -West Germany
        -Rogers
              -Kissinger’s discussions in Moscow
                  -Mutual and Balanced Force Reductions [MBFR]
                  -European Security Council
                  -Timing of agreement
                       -Public announcement
              -Great Britain
                  -Sir Burke Trend
              -David M. Kennedy

Appointment of ambassador
   -Thailand
       -Bangkok
       -[William R. Kintner]
           -Wife
           -Thai people
           -The President’s view
           -Kissinger’s forthcoming conversation with Kintner
       -Leonard Unger
       -Post-election plans
           -State Department


Post-election planning
    -State Department
         -H.R. (“Bob”) Haldeman
         -Rogers
              -Need for action
                  -The President’s view
         -Connally
         -Nelson A. Rockefeller
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        -Connally
             -Coexistence with Kissinger organization
    -Possible Cabinet changes
        -Rogers
        -Melvin R. Laird
        -Richard G. Kleindienst
        -John A. Volpe
        -George W. Romney
        -Shultz
        -Conservatives compared to liberals
             -The President’s view
                 -Conversation with Charles W. Colson

McGovern
   -Jay Lovestone's view
        -Colson
        -Campaign financing
            -Sources
                -Foreign financing
                -Soviet Union
                -Communist strategy

Kissinger’s forthcoming visit to Moscow
    -Cable from State Department
    -Assurance of US
    -Agreements with Soviet Union
         -European concerns
         -US briefings
    -The President’s previous trip
    -Trade issue
    -Vietnam
    -Maritime issue
    -European Security Conference
    -Rogers
    -Timing of agreement
    -MBFR Meeting
    -Rogers
    -State Department responsibility
         -Kissinger’s role
    -Message from the President
         -Leonid I. Brezhnev
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                          -Previous meeting with Jacob D. Beam
                          -Nature of Kissinger’s meeting
                              -NATO allies
                  -European Security Conference
                  -Document
                      -Brezhnev
                      -Rogers
                      -Credit

             Post-election planning
                 -Personnel
                      -State Department
                      -Department of Defense
                      -Media
                      -Organization of Administration
                           -Kissinger’s view
                      -Internal dissension
                           -Haldeman
                           -Rogers
                                -Kissinger
                           -Election significance
                      -Rogers
                           -The President’s view
                                -Dean Rusk
                                    -Georgia
                           -Compared to Rusk


             1972 election
                 -Public relations
                     -Hollywood party
                 -Kissinger's schedule
                     -Previous Saturday night party

Kissinger left at 3:47 pm.