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543–8

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543–8
  • President Richard M. Nixon
  • H. R. Haldeman
  • Henry A. Kissinger
  • UNKNOWN
July 22, 1971
Conversation No. 543-8

Date: July 22, 1971
Time: 6:25 pm - 6:46 pm
Location: Oval Office

The President met with H.R. (“Bob”) Haldeman.

David M. Kennedy
-Possible Ambassadorial appointment
-Haldeman’s conversation with John B. Connally
-Loyalty to the President
-Compared to businessmen
-State Department influence
-Support for appointment
-Henry A. Kissinger
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF

Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/08)



Eisenhower silver dollar
-Value
-Forms available
-Presentation gifts
-Treasury Department
-Appropriateness

George H. Gallup poll Conv. No. 543-8 (cont.)
-Preliminary result

Kissinger entered at 6:28 pm.

The People’s Republic of China [PRC] initiative
-Letter to Kissinger
-Handling of initiative
-Contrast with Cambodian action
-Chairman of group from Harvard University
-Letter from Franklin Murphy to Haldeman, Kissinger
-Trip to Japan
-George Franklyn's letter
-Leader class
-Reaction
-Vatican statement
-Letter
-Richard E. Neustadt
-Kennedy Center at Harvard
-Robert F. Kennedy, Edward M. (“Ted”) Kennedy
-Max Frankel's comment to Kissinger
-Effect of initiative on the world
-PRC initiative announcement
-Word count

Kissinger’s forthcoming meeting with Nelson A. Rockefeller

Kissinger left at 6:35 pm.

The PRC initiative
-Poll results
-Dwight L. Chapin
-Approval of the President
-Effect of initiative
-Recent effect of Pentagon Papers case
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-Approval, disapproval
[Haldeman talked with an unknown member of his staff at an unknown time between 6:35 pm
and 6:46 pm]

[Conversation No. 543-7A]

Request for folder of poll results
Conv. No. 543-8 (cont.)
[End of telephone conversation]

The PRC initiative
-Poll results
-Upcoming Louis Harris poll
-Approval, disapproval
-Types of people in poll sample

An unknown person entered at an unknown time after 6:35 pm.

Delivery of poll results

The unknown person left at an unknown time before 6:46 pm.

Charles E. Chamberlain return telephone call

The PRC initiative
-Poll results
-Harris, Gallup
-Types of people polled
-Blacks
-Students
-Youth support
-Awareness, approval
-Education, age, gender, income level, region
-Amount of very favorable rating
-Effect
-Chapin

Schedule
-July 23, 1971
-Time of meetings
-Kissinger
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF

Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/08)



The President and Haldeman left at 6:46 pm.
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