Date: February 13, 1972
Time: 7:25 pm - 7:37 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman.
Ambassadorial appointments
-William P. Rogers talk with president
-Recommendations
-Peter M. Flanigan
-Henry A. Kissinger
-Iran
-United Nations [UN]
-West German post
-Martin J. Hillenbrand appointment
-Kissinger’s opinion
-Advantage
-Kissinger
-Preference for non-career appointee
-Unknown person
-Need for prompt filling
-[David] Kenneth Rush opinion
-Effect on President
-Meeting with Flanigan, Kissinger and Haldeman
-Flanigan role
-Iceland
-Preparation
-Unknown person
-Australian post
-Lloyd I. Miller status
-Argentina post
-John D. Lodge
-Frederick V.E. (“Val”) Peterson
-Career appointment
-German post
-Iranian post
-Kissinger preferences
-William H.[?] Sullivan
-Joseph S. Farland
-Pakistan post
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-Delicacy of situation
-Farland role
-Appointment politics
-Chief of protocol
-[Forename unknown] Ruiz [sp?]
-Marion H. Smoak
-Role
-[Luis Echeverria Alvarez]
-Emil (“Bus”) Mosbacher, Jr.
-William R. Codus
-The President’s forthcoming trip to Soviet Union
-Downgrading of office
-Rogers
-Role
-Complications
The President’ schedule
-Post-Soviet trip agenda
-North Atlantic Treaty Organization [NATO] countries
-Iran
-Kissinger
-Rogers
-Haldeman
-Scheduling
-NATO trip
-Iran trip
-Benefits
-Compared to NATO trip
-NATO trip
-Results
-Soviet reaction
-Soviet press
-Iran trip
-Length
-President’s role in scheduling
-Haldeman role
-Handling of Kissinger
-Kissinger scheduling role
-Rogers scheduling role
Rogers's possible trip to Pakistan and India
-President’s view
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-Danger
-State Department
-The President’s trips to People’s Republic of China [PRC] and Soviet Union
-Public relations
-Administration handling
The President’s schedule
-Trips
-Competition for invitations
-John B. Connally
-Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon
-Cabinet
-Traveling arrangements
-Flying
-Guests on Air Force 1
-Return trips