524–15

Conversation No. 524-15

Date: June 17, 1971
Time: 11:15 am - 12:03 pm
Location: Oval Office

The President met with H.R. (“Bob”) Haldeman and Ronald L. Ziegler.

Drug statement
-Length
-Mark I. Goode
-Delivery
-Scope of administration action
-John A. Scali
-Film production using President's statement
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-Distribution


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[Duration: 20s ] Conv. No. 524-13 (cont.)


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-Dr. Jerome H. Jaffe
-Egil G. (“Bud”) Krogh, Jr.
-Jaffe
-Support of President
-Description of Jaffe
-Foreign policy
-Possible statements
-Quality
-Scope of problems
-Focus on rehabilitation
-Imprisonment
-Federal efforts
-Coordination
-Funding
-Use of government resources
-The drug \"battle\"
-Need for victory

Presidential statements
-Need for catch phrase
-Usage in previous bi-partisan Congressional leadership meeting

Ziegler left at an unknown time before 11:33 am.

-Need for coordination
-Richard A. Moore
-Raymond K. Price, Jr.
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-Strong points
-William L. Safire
-President's role
-Press conference preparation
-Value
-President’s speechwriters
-Focus on President's strong points
-Creativity Conv. No. 524-15 (cont.)

President's schedule
-Donald McI. Kendall, Christian de Guigne III, and John L. McClellan visits
-Length
-Barry M. Goldwater
-Congressional relations
-de Guigne
-Use of personal touch
-McClellan visit
-Wendell Wyatt visit
-Purpose
-Regional highway office
-Election implications
-Federal projects
-Implications
-Washington
-Oregon
-Michigan
-Minnesota
-Massachusetts
-Pennsylvania
-New York
-Ohio
-Wyatt visit
-Coverage in Oregon

Presidential statements
-Staff effort
-Compromise
-Staff work combined with President's work
-Upcoming Chicago speech to the American Association of Retired Persons [AARP]
-Preparation
-Noel C. Koch
-Health statement
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-Price
-Koch
-John K. Andrews
-Lee W. Huebner
-Content
-National Institute of Mental Health [NIMH]

Wedding comments Conv. No. 524-15 (cont.)
-Dr. W. Kenneth Riland's comments
-Effect of wedding on President's popularity
-Men compared with women
-Thelma C. (Ryan) (“Pat”) Nixon
-Impact of certain events
-Tricia Nixon Cox
-Julie Nixon Eisenhower
-Comments of viewers
-National Broadcasting Company [NBC] rerun of wedding
-Use of additional material
-Oliver F. (“Ollie”) Atkins photographs
-Coverage of nontelevised events
-US Navy film footage
-NBC coverage of dance
-President's role
-Childhood pictures
-Tricia Nixon Cox

Presidential statements
-Best use of President's time
-Drug policy message
-Quality
-President's role

Stephen B. Bull entered at an unknown time after 11:15 am.

-Meeting with Donald McI. Kendall
-Henry A. Kissinger

Bull left at an unknown time before 11:33 am.

-Statements by Cabinet members
-Maurice H. Stans
-John A. Volpe
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-Donald H. Rumsfeld
-Quality of information

Haldeman left and Kissinger and Kendall entered at 11:33 am.
Greetings

Wedding
-Warmth of family Conv. No. 524-15 (cont.)
-Public perception

New drug policy
-Announcement

Henry Hubbard call to Kissinger
-New York Times story (Pentagon Papers)

Pentagon Papers
-Stewart J.O. Alsop
-Ziegler's role in response
-Declassification of World War II and Korean War documents
-Speed of official declassification


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FOREIGN AFFAIRS


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International affairs
-Egypt
-Anwar El Sadat
-Greece
-Turkey
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-Iran
-Lebanon
-Greece
-Kendall Interest
-North Atlantic Treaty Organization [NATO]
-Greek government
-US influence
-Political orientation Conv. No. 524-15 (cont.)
-Management ability
-Benefits to Greek people
-Brazil
-Potential
-Greece
-Coming prosperity
-Problems with elections
-Comparison with Argentina
-Economic reversals
-US policy
-Iran
-Kendall experience
-Gross National Product
-Shah's effort
-Stability
-Pakistan
-Afghanistan
-US support for Shah


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FOREIGN AFFAIRS


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-Arab concerns
-Renunciation of claim to Bahrain
-Islands guarding entrance to Persian Gulf
-Shah's concern
-Yemen
-Communist rise
-Shah’s reforms Conv. No. 524-15 (cont.)
-Results
-Rising material desires
-Increased number of students
-Creation of industrial establishment
-Need to distribute wealth
-Comparison to Chile
-Organization of businessmen
-Kendall efforts
-Need for expertise
-Employee housing
-Problems
-President's actions
-Kendall’s view
-Attendance at 2500 year anniversary
-Douglas Macarthur II
-Alternative to attendance
-Lyndon B. Johnson attendance
-Iranian view of Johnson
-Shah
-Cattle ranching background
-Spiro T. Agnew attendance at anniversary
-Possibility of President's attendance at anniversary
-Coincident diplomatic efforts
-Benefits
-Benefits of Johnson attendance
-Soviet Union's response
-Agnew attendance
-Soviet response
-Nikita S. Khrushchev attendance
-Use of Johnson

Pentagon Papers
-Effect on Nixon administration
-Effect on John F. Kennedy and Johnson
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-Walt W. Rostow

Macarthur
-Future
-Stature
-Other uses
-Japan
Lebanon Conv. No. 524-15 (cont.)
-Economy
-Kendall meeting with President of Lebanon
-Lebanese President
-Reference to President
-Views regarding US
-Last visit by President
-Misunderstanding

Middle East
-Problems with US positions
-Support for Israel
-Money from Jewish-Americans
-Suggestion to Arabs
-Egypt
-Sadat
-Use of Gamal Abdel Nasser image
-Quality of government
-Foreign policy
-Mohammed Hassanein Heikal
-Message passage
-Kendall discussion with Heikal
-Length
-Heikal
-Handling
-William P. Rogers’ visit
-Position on Nixon doctrine
-Vietnam


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ASIA


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Conv. No. 524-15 (cont.)

-Egyptian progress
-Reflection on political system
-Ideological bent
-Arab and Israeli problem

Bull entered at an unknown time after 11:33 am.

Item for President

Bull left at an unknown time before 12:03 pm.


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MIDDLE EAST


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Kissinger’s schedule
-Documents

Kissinger left at 11:53 am.

Middle East
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-Heikal
-Invitation to US by Kendall
-Meeting with President
-Soviets
-Implications
-Arab view of Soviets
-Treatment of Egyptians by Soviets
-Egyptian tourism Conv. No. 524-15 (cont.)

Bull entered at an unknown time after 11:53 am.

President's schedule

Bull left at an unknown time before 12:03 pm

Japan
-Meeting by Kendall with Japanese
-[Ryutaro Nemoto ?]
-Kendall Meeting with Peter G. Peterson
-Handling of Japanese by Peterson
-Threats compared with \"muscle\"
-Need for preparation
-Future implications
-Japanese expansion
-Recent purchases
-Shipping
-Prices
-Link to steel sales
-Peterson knowledge
-Previous Japanese deals

Algeria
-Expropriation
-Rejection of loans

Trade policy
-1950's precedent
-Marshall Plan
-Goals
-Support of foreign policy
-Reference to Peterson
-Rhetoric
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-Department of State

Anastasio Somozo
-Charles A. Meyer lecture
-Democratic government

President's tests for foreign nations
Conv. No. 524-15 (cont.)
People's Republic of China [PRC]
-Trip by President
-Possibilities
-Impact
-Accomplishments of President's administration
-Vietnam
-Detente with Soviet Union
-Arms control
-PRC opening
-Taiwan
-Necessity of dealing with PRC

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TAIWAN, REPUBLIC OF CHINA


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-PRC resources

Kendall’s schedule

Gift presentation

Thanks
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Peterson
-Trade policy
-Foreign policy

Kendall left at 12:03 pm.

Conv. No. 524-15 (cont.)