549–25

Conversation No. 549-25

Date: July 28, 1971
Time: 3:05 pm - 4:54 pm
Location: Oval Office

The President met with Spiro T. Agnew, William P. Rogers, and Henry A. Kissinger.

The President's schedule
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-Congressional ceremony
-Speakers
-Photographs of meeting
Agnew's Trip
-Portugal
-Reports
-Rogers, Kissinger
-Perceptions
-Saudi Arabia
-The press
-Time magazine
-The President's conversation with Kissinger
-Walter Cronkite
-Press coverage
-Time, Newsweek
-Comparison with daily news reports
-Patrick J. Buchanan
-Kenyan Ambassador to the US
-Ambassador from Kenya
-Letter to Newsweek
-Compared to the president’s experiences
-Conversations with foreign leaders
-Reactions
-Eisaku Sato
-Lee Kuan Yew
-Bombay, India
-Governor
-University President
-Sese Seko Mobutu
-Jomo Kenyatta
-Ethiopia
-Monarchy
-The Pentagon Papers case
-Foreign reaction
-Ethiopia
-Nairobi
-Perception of the press
-Portugal
-Lee Kuan Yew
-US Ambassador
-Kuwait
-John P. Walsh
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-Comments to the press
-Conversation with Agnew
-Ireland
-Saudi Arabia
-Nicholas Thacher
-Promotion
-Compared to the President’s previous Vice Presidential trip
-[Forename unknown] Vance Conv. No. 549-25 (cont.)
-Thacher
-Robert C. Hill
-William J. Porter
-Charles T. Cross
-Singapore
-Lee Watson (?)
-Singapore
-Ambassadorial post
-Lee Kuan Yew
-Business experience
-Lee Kuan Yew
-Education
-Wife
-Harvard University
-Arab nations
-Relations with the Soviet Union
-Saudi Arabia, Morocco, Kuwait


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EGYPT


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-John A. Scali

-The People’s Republic of China [PRC] initiative
-Newsweek article
-Agnew’s prior knowledge
-Rogers
-Kissinger’s efforts
-Pakistan Conv. No. 549-25 (cont.)
-Source of story
-White House
-The National Security Council [NSC]
-State Department
-Agnew’s forthcoming memorandum to the President

Warsaw talks
-Rogers

Agnew’s trip
-The State Department
-Foreign Service
-Memorandum of conversation [Memcon]

Scali entered at 3:28 pm.

-Articles about trip
-Scali
-Wire services
-Memcon
-Significance of visits
-The Middle East
-Egypt, Ethiopia, Kenya, the Congo
-Korea, Singapore
-Agnew's handling of trips
-Briefings
-Rogers’ conversation with Davidson (?)
-Impressions
-Nature of trip
-Press reports
-Newsweek
-The PRC move as main press focus
-Editing
-Japan, Korea
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-Report
-Kenya story
-Presentation of trip
-Newsweek
-Role
-Story
-Possible White House source
-Perceptions Conv. No. 549-25 (cont.)
-Handling
-Ronald L. Ziegler
-Scali’s role
-Kenyatta

Scali left at 3:38 pm.

Sudan
-Coup attempt
-The Soviet Union
-Mohammed Gaafar el-Nimeiry
-Foreign policy towards the West
-Rogers’ conversation with Sudanese Ambassador to the United
Nations [UN]


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SUDAN


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-Counter-coup
-Executions
-The Soviet Union
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Arab-Soviet relations
-Anwar el-Sadat’s message to Rogers
-Israel
-Sadat, Mammar Qadaffi, el-Nimeiry

Africa
-Egypt Conv. No. 549-25 (cont.)
-Cable to Sadat
-US diplomatic presence
-President’s opinion
-Vice Presidential trip


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EGYPT


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-Morocco
-King Hassan II
-Cancellation of US trip
-Arab summit
-Coup attempt
-Repairs to Summer Palace
-Dean G. Acheson

Israel
-Arab view
-Arab Jews compared to European Jews
-Moshe Dayan
-Golda Meir
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-Sadat’s opinion of Dayan
-Dayan

Spain
-Gen. Francisco Franco
-Reaction to the PRC initiative
-Health
-Diplomatic reception Conv. No. 549-25 (cont.)
-Cuban charge d’affaires


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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 11
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SPAIN


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-Succession
-Luis Carrero Blanco
-Conversation with Agnew
-Agnew’s conversation with Franco
-Ethiopia [Kenya]
-Jomo Kenyatta
-Prime Minister
-Prince Juan Carlos
-Status
-Gregorio Lopez Bravo de Castro
-Franco
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SPAIN Conv. No. 549-25 (cont.)


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-Franco


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PORTUGAL


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Portugal
-African colonies
-Nixon administration’s position
-Public opinion
-Compared to past administrations
-The President’s opinion
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African leaders
-Mobutu
-Role as post-colonial mediator
-Humor
-The President’s opinion
-Riverboat
-Helicopter
-Pilots Conv. No. 549-25 (cont.)
-Agnew’s tour of the Congo River
-Lifestyle
-Popularity
-Army
-Draft of university students
-Anti-communist
-Wife
-Relationship to the US
-Visits
-Residence
-Gardens
-Compared to the White House
-Staff
-Taiwanese
-Chiang Kai-shek
-Jomo Kenyatta
-Agnew’s opinion
-Presentation of monkey cloak
-[Unintelligible name]

PRC initiative
-Background briefing for Agnew
-Kissinger
-Rogers, the President, Agnew
-Dissemination
-Papers
-Rogers’ conversation with Agnew

UN membership issue
-Rogers responsibility
-John B. Connally
-Japan, Australia
-Taiwan, Republic of China [ROC]
-Sustain membership
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-Security Council
-PRC
-Expulsion
-Reaction
-Taiwan
-PRC
-Handling
-Timing Conv. No. 549-25 (cont.)
-Television coverage
-President’s role
-Rogers’ statement
-Briefing paper
-Kissinger
-Taiwan
-Security Council
-US stance
-Great Britain, Canada, Italy
-Expulsion
-US stance
-Possible statement
-Probable questions
-Handling
-Order of appearance
-Congress
-J. William Fulbright, Dr. Thomas E. (“Doc”) Morgan
-Kissinger’s briefing
-Agnew

Canada
-Mitchell Sharp
-Conversation with Rogers
-Pierre E. Trudeau’s invitation to Aleksei N. Kosygin
-Time of announcement
-Invitation to the President
-Timing of possible visit
-Canada’s general election
-Public reaction
-Political consequences
-Timing
-Postponement
-President’s visit
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-Appearances
-Canada’s general election
-US Presidential election
-Schedule


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Conv. No. 549-25 (cont.)
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CANADA


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Agnew’s schedule

Agnew and Rogers left at 4:07 pm.

Vietnam negotiations
-Le Duc Tho
-Schedule
-Issues
-Political
-Nguyen Van Thieu
-Strategy

White House leaks
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END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 15 Conv. No. 549-25 (cont.)

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Manolo Sanchez entered at an unknown time after 4:07 pm.

Sanchez left at an unknown time before 4:17 pm.


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CANADA


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UN membership issue
-Prospects
-Handling
-Rogers

William F. Buckley, Jr.
-H.R. (“Bob”) Haldeman Conv. No. 549-25 (cont.)
-Kissinger's conversation
-Stance of conservatives
-The President
-Fulbright
-Administration’s position
-Forthcoming trip to Europe
-Forthcoming meeting with the President or Kissinger
-Conservative criticism
-The PRC initiative


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CANADA


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The President’s schedule

Ziegler entered at 4:17 pm.

Federal Reserve Board
-Vacancy
-Speculation
-Connally
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Conservatives
-Administration’s reaction
-PRC initiative

The economy
-Ziegler’s conversation with Connally
-Balance of trade Conv. No. 549-25 (cont.)
-Effect of wartime compared with peacetime economy
-Howard Stein
-Call to Kissinger
-Stock market

Agnew
-Trip
-Scali’s role
-Briefing of Rogers, the President
-Knowledge of the PRC initiative

Ziegler left at 4:18 pm.

Stein
-Federal Reserve Board
-Burns

Dinner
-Atlantic Oil, Westinghouse, North American Insurance
-McGeorge Bundy
-President’s leadership

Foreign policy
-New York Post
-Vietnam negotiations
-Le Duc Tho's schedule
-The PRC
-Agnew briefing
-Comparison to Rogers’ briefing
-Kissinger's negotiations
-Chou En-lai
-Negotiations

Joseph S. Farland and a White House photographer entered at 4:21 pm.
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Pleasantries
Farland’s schedule
-Pakistan
-Letter

The White House photographer left at an unknown time before 4:33 pm.
Conv. No. 549-25 (cont.)
The PRC initiative
-Farland's role

Haldeman entered at an unknown time after 4:21 pm.

-Kissinger
-Rogers
-Agha Hilaly
-The State Department
-Vietnam negotiations
-Announcement
-Voice of America [VOA]
-Agha Muhommad Yahya Khan

Pakistan-Indian relations
-Public opinion
-Kenneth B. Keating
-Farland
-PRC initiative

Congress
-Farland's conversation with Charles H. Percy
-State Department luncheon
Francis L. (“Fred”) Kellog
-Testimony

Haldeman left at an unknown time before 4:33 pm.

Congress
-Testimony
-[Unintelligible Name]
-Briefing
-Charles [Unintelligible Surname]
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 19
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Conv. No. 549-25 (cont.)
INDIA-PAKISTAN


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-Compared to Farland's experience as Ambassador to the Dominican Republic
-Rafael Trujillo

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DOMINICAN REPUBLIC


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Farland
-Loyalty
-State Department
-Ambassador to Pakistan
-Tenure
Conv. No. 549-25 (cont.)

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-Abner (?)
-Kissinger
-Possible future post
-Japan
-Language skill
-Europe
-Romania
-Conversation with the Ambassador from Thailand
-Importance of ambassadorial post to Thailand
-Possible future post
-Vienna
-Bangkok, Japan, Romania
-Handling of future ambassadorial appointments

The PRC initiative
-Farland’s role
-Pakistan
-Yahya Khan
-Potential effect
-Liberal reaction
-Chou En-lai
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-US foreign policy
-The Soviet Union
-Vietnam
-The PRC's position in the World
-The Soviet Union
-Japan
-Soviet Union
-Arms control Conv. No. 549-25 (cont.)
-Taiwan
-Chiang Kai-shek
-UN membership issue
-Great Britain, Canada, Italy
-Reaction from the right
-US Congress
-Otto E. Passman, William J. (“Jack”) Edwards
-Human Events, National Review
-Public reaction
-American Legion
-The President's role
-Democrats
-Hubert H. Humphrey, Edward M. Kennedy, Edmund S. Muskie
-John N. Mitchell’s comments to Farland

Pakistan
-Farland's return
-Conversation with Kissinger
-Letter
-Handling of departure from post
-Yahya Khan


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-Tenure
-Conversation with Kissinger
-George D. Aiken's conversation with Farland

Farland left at 4:54 pm.

Conv. No. 549-25 (cont.)