489–5

Conversation No. 489-5

Date: April 26, 1971
Time: Unknown between 11:46 am and 12:07 pm
Location: Oval Office

The President met with H.R. (“Bob”) Haldeman.
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President's schedule
-Upcoming Congressional half-hour
-Frequency
-Previous Chamber of Commerce speech
-Haldeman’s reaction
-Examples
-Rio Grande High School
-Demonstrations Conv. No. 489-5 (cont.)
-William L. Safire
-Raymond K. Price, Jr.
-Freedom
-Lines
-Foreign aid
-Examples
-History
-Importance of using examples

Henry A. Kissinger entered at 11:52 am.

United Nations [UN] Anniversary Commission
-Report
-Henry Cabot Lodge
-Ronald L. Ziegler
-John A. Scali

Vietnam
-Lodge
-Prisoners of War [POWs]
-Possible conversation with the President

Kissinger's schedule
-Anatoliy F. Dobrynin

President's schedule
-Haldeman
-Press

Haldeman left at an unknown time before 12:07 pm.
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Vietnam
-North Vietnamese military activity
-Possible US military response
-Bombing
-Rationale

[A transcript of the following portion of this conversation was prepared under court order from
December 1978 through March 1979 for Special Access 8, Ronald V. Dellums, Conv. et
No.al.489-5
v. James
(cont.)
M.
Powell, et al., No. 71-2271. The National Archives and Records Administration produced this
transcript. The National Archives does not guarantee its accuracy.]

[End of transcript]

-Kissinger's schedule
-Woodstock
-Possible US military activity
-President’s instructions
-Melvin R. Laird
-US withdrawal
-Peace negotiations
-David K.E. Bruce
-Congress
-Jack R. Miller
-Proposal
-POWs
-Bruce
-POW proposal
-Public relations
-North Vietnamese reaction
-Possible US position
-Deadline for US withdrawal
-POWs
-Possible Presidential statement on television
-Ceasefire
-Timing

[A transcript of the following portion of this conversation was prepared under court order from
December 1978 through March 1979 for Special Access 8, Ronald V. Dellums, et al. v. James M.
Powell, et al., No. 71-2271. The National Archives and Records Administration produced this
transcript. The National Archives does not guarantee its accuracy.]

[End of transcript]
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-Possible US proposal
-US strategy
-Scali
-US withdrawal
-Lodge
-Pope Paul VI
-Possible meeting with the President Conv. No. 489-5 (cont.)

President's schedule
-Upcoming meeting with UN Anniversary Commission members
-Lodge

Strategic Arms Limitation Talks [SALT] negotiations
-Kissinger's schedule
-Dobrynin
-President’s assessment

Vietnam
-Negotiations
-POWs
-Bruce
-Miller’s proposal
-POWs
-Release
-Possible US proposal on POWs
-President’s concern
-Bruce
-POW wives
-Veterans
-POW wives
-Possible Kissinger involvement
-Unknown woman leader

Stephen B. Bull entered at an unknown time after 11:52 pm.

President's schedule
-Meeting with UN anniversary commission members
-Cabinet Room
-Gifts
-Pens
-Cufflinks
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-Andrew Wyeth

Bull left at an unknown time before 12:07 pm.

SALT negotiations
-Kissinger's schedule
-Dobrynin
Conv. No. 489-5 (cont.)
Vietnam
-Peace negotiations
-Possible US proposal
-President’s view
-POW wives
-Charles W. Colson
-Gen. James D. (“Don”) Hughes
-Veterans
-POW wives
-Unknown woman
-Kissinger’s possible meeting
-Previous public statements
-POWs
-Possible US proposal
-Bruce
-Previous US proposal
-Bruce

[A transcript of the following portion of this conversation was prepared under court order from
December 1978 through March 1979 for Special Access 8, Ronald V. Dellums, et al. v. James M.
Powell, et al., No. 71-2271. The National Archives and Records Administration produced this
transcript. The National Archives does not guarantee its accuracy.]

[End of transcript]

-Congress
-Approval
-Kissinger's possible initiatives

SALT negotiations
-Kissinger's schedule
-Dobrynin
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[A transcript of the following portion of this conversation was prepared under court order from
December 1978 through March 1979 for Special Access 8, Ronald V. Dellums, et al. v. James M.
Powell, et al., No. 71-2271. The National Archives and Records Administration produced this
transcript. The National Archives does not guarantee its accuracy.]

[End of transcript]

-Possible summit meeting Conv. No. 489-5 (cont.)
-Kissinger’s possible comments to Dobrynin
-US position
-Anti-ballistic Missiles [ABMs]
-Kissinger’s view
-Soviet Union’s position
-Possible US position

The President and Kissinger left at 12:07 pm.