608–1

Conversation No. 608-1

Date: October 29, 1971
Time: 5:20 pm - 6:08 pm
Location: Oval Office

The President met with Alexander P. Butterfield.

[Unintelligible]

The President's schedule
-Charles W. Colson

George P. Shultz's forthcoming memorandum
-Forthcoming Quadriad meeting

H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman entered and Butterfield left at 5:21 pm.

US aid to Greece
-Congressional action
-Henry A. Kissinger
-William P. Rogers

The President's schedule
-Shultz
-John D. Ehrlichman
-The President’s view

Colson entered at 5:25 pm.

Grain sale to Union of Soviet Socialist Republics [USSR]
-Thomas W. (“Teddy”) Gleason
-Maritime unions
-Colson's efforts

US aid to Greece
-Congressional action

United Nations [UN]
-Israel
-Hugh Scott
-George H.W. Bush
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-Schedule
“Issues”
-William F. Buckley's show, \"Firing Line\"
-“Dick Cavett Show”
-Edmund S. Muskie
-Public comments
-Israel
-The President’s view
-Jews' fears
-Louis P. Harris
-Scott's comments
-Press column
-Harris poll
-Washington Post coverage
-Newsweek's forthcoming story

1972 campaign
-Muskie

UN
-Previous vote to expel Taiwan
-Hubert H. Humphrey's reaction


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National economy
-Colson's possible meeting with Peter M. Flanigan
-Arthur F. Burns
-Interest rates
-Burns
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-Home mortgages
-William L. Safire, Flanigan
-Housing
-Effect
-Colson's forthcoming communication with Burns
-The President’s view
-Flanigan, Safire

The President's activities
-Josip Broz Tito
-Indira Gandhi
-Supreme Court appointments
-Muskie
-Press coverage

UN vote to expel Taiwan
-Reaction of the President's opponents
-Democrats
-New York Times
-Bush
-Comments to press delegates' reaction
-Columbia Broadcasting System [CBS]
-Forthcoming appearance on “Dick Cavett Show”
-Muskie
-Tickets
-“Firing Line”
-Haldeman’s view
-The President’s view

Media
-Cavett
-Television contract
-Irving Kristol's article in Fortune magazine
-Edith Efron's book
-Liberal beliefs
-Christianity
-Kristol's article
-Distribution
-Colson
-The President's reaction
-Ronald L. Ziegler's comments
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-Views
-The President’s policies
-Rowland Evans-Robert D. Novak newsletter
-Evans-Novak book
-Administration response
-Bryce N. Harlow
-Patrick J. Buchanan
-“Today Show”
-Evans-Novak newsletter
-Drew Pearson
-1972 election
-Democrats
-Muskie
-Evans and Novak
-Chet Huntley
-Possible candidacy
-Charles McC. Mathias, Jr.
-Charles H. Percy
-Possible opponent


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Edmund G. (“Pat”) Brown
-Message to Haldeman
-White House tour
-The President


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UN vote to expel Taiwan
-Ronald W. Reagan
-Reaction to the President’s statement
-View of UN
-UN
-India-Pakistan
-Reagan
-Reaction
-Delegates’ reactions
-Delegates’ reaction
-Kissinger
-Jay Lovestone
-Colson’s view
-“Today Show” coverage
-Videotape
-Kissinger
-Length

Haldeman talked with Henry A. Kissinger at an unknown time between 5:25 pm and 6:03 pm.

[Conversation No. 608-1A]

Kissinger's schedule

[End of telephone conversation]

Haldeman's previous telephone conversation with Kissinger
-Kissinger's schedule

Colson left at an unknown time before 6:03 pm.
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UN
-Videotape of delegates reaction to Taiwan vote

The President's schedule
-Police security
-Effect

Colson entered at an unknown time after 5:25 pm.

UN vote to expel Taiwan
-Videotape
-Butterfield's office
-Haldeman's office
-Television coverage of delegates' reaction
-William P. Rogers
-Flanigan
-Reaction in New York City
-Reagan
-John Birch Society

John Birch Society
-Earl Warren
-The President's 1962 campaign
-Dwight D. Eisenhower
-Council on Foreign Relations
-Eisenhower
-Douglas MacArthur
-Herbert Hoover
-W. Cleon Skousen
-Book
-Reagan's conversation with Kissinger
-Adm. Ellis M. Zacharias
-Attacks on Kissinger
-Henry C. Cashen, II’s attendance at Navy League dinner
-Adm. Dick Bergen [?]
-John H. Rousselot
-John G. Schmitz
-Congressional votes

Kissinger entered at 6:03 pm.
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Kissinger's previous meeting with Taiwanese Foreign Minister and Ambassador
-Previous UN vote to expel Taiwan
-Kissinger’ view
-John H. Holdridge
-Kissinger's trips to Peking
-US efforts
-Botswana
-Guyana
-US efforts
-Uganda
-Idi Amin
-US defense commitments
-Ziegler’s statements
-Rogers’ press conference
-The President's schedule
-Taiwanese Ambassador
-Previous UN vote to expel Taiwan
-US efforts
-Rogers
-The President’s efforts
-King of Morocco
-President of Mexico
-Prime Minister of Italy
-Ireland, Netherlands, Iran
-Israel
-Great Britain

Videotape of UN delegates reaction
-Viewing in Haldeman’s office

The President, et al. left at 6:08 pm.