623–24

Conversation No. 623-24

Date: November 23, 1971
Time: 4:57 pm - 6:07 pm
Location: Oval Office

The President met with Henry A. Kissinger and John N. Mitchell.

Mitchell's schedule

William L. Waller
-James O. Eastland's comments regarding gubernatorial primary run-off
-Opponent, Charles L. Sullivan

William H. Rehnquist

The President's schedule
-Mitchell

Mitchell left at 4:59 pm.

Kissinger's schedule
-People's Republic of China [PRC] officials

The President talked with an unknown person [Sally Inge?] at an unknown time between 4:59
pm and 5:15 pm.

[Conversation No. 623-24A]

The President's meeting with Kissinger

Unknown person's forthcoming conversation with Ronald L. Ziegler
-Handling of press briefing

[End of telephone conversation]

The President's schedule
-Return call to someone
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Kissinger's schedule
-PRC

India-Pakistan
-Kissinger’s previous meeting with George R.S. Baring, Earl of Cromer
-Rhodesia
-India


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-Refugees
-Humanitarian relief
-Political settlement
-United Nations [UN]
-Great Britain
-State Department
-US policy
-PRC
-Soviet Union-India
-William P. Rogers’s view
-United Nations
-Possible US policy
-The President's schedule
-Rogers and Kissinger
-California

International monetary situation
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Tape Subject Log
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-John B. Connally's views
-Kissinger's previous conversation with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman
-George P. Shultz

The President's schedule
-Announcement of visit by Georges J.R. Pompidou
-Rogers
-Haldeman
-Forthcoming call from Kissinger
-Francis W. Sargent and Waller
-Joseph J. Sisco

Kissinger's schedule
-PRC official
-Rogers's knowledge

The President's schedule
-Rogers
-Forthcoming call from Kissinger

India-Pakistan
-Kissinger's forthcoming conversation with PRC official
-The President's previous conversation with Sadruddin Aga Khan
-Possible UN resolution
-Kissinger’s conversation with Chou En-lai
-US economic aid
-US policy
-US economic aid
-The President's previous conversations with Indira Gandhi
-Rogers's conversation with Gandhi
-Kissinger’s conversation with Indian ambassador

Kissinger's schedule
-Forthcoming meeting with PRC official
-Vietnam
-Pham Van Dong’s visit to PRC
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Tape Subject Log
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India-Pakistan
-US policy
-PRC
-India
-State Department's views
-Forthcoming Washington special Action Group [WSAG] meeting
-The President's previous conversations with Gandhi
-PRC’s views
-US policy
-PRC possible views
-State Department's views
-Rogers's views
-Military assistance

Foreign visits and visitors
-The President's schedule
-The President's conversation with Haldeman
-Latin America
-France
-Germany
-Forthcoming US-Soviet Union Summit
-Japan
-Australia
-Eisaku Sato
-San Clemente
-Kissinger's schedule
-Possible travel
-PRC
-Pham Van Dong's visit

PRC
-Policy
-The President’s view
-Soviet Union
-The President's forthcoming visits to the Soviet Union and the PRC
-Chou’s statements
-Kissinger’s responses
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Tape Subject Log
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The President's schedule
-Previous meetings with Sargent and Waller
-Kissinger’s forthcoming conversation with Rogers
-Proposed Latin American trip
-The President’s view
-Salvador Allende Gossens
-Juan Velasco Alvarado
-Jose Figueres Ferrer
-Rogers's schedule
-Foreign ministers
-The President's schedule
-Kissinger’s view
-Proposed speech by the President

The President's schedule
-Forthcoming meeting with Rogers and Kissinger

H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman entered at 5:15 pm.

Henry A. Grunwald's letter to the President
-Time magazine
-\"Man of the Year\" award

The President's schedule
-Rogers
-Kissinger's forthcoming call

Kissinger left at an unknown time before 5:33 pm.

-Foreign visits and visitors
-Kissinger’s view
-Proposed trip to Asia
-Proposed visit from Sato
-San Clemente, California
-Proposed Latin America trip
-Rogers's views
-Forthcoming meeting with Rogers
-Possible Latin American trip
-Rogers
-The Vice President
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Rogers's schedule
-Foreign visit
-Proposed travel with other Cabinet members
-George W. Romney and John A. Volpe
-Robert H. Finch's schedule
-Haldeman
-The President

The President's schedule
-Hobart D. (“Hobe”) Lewis
-Forthcoming call from Haldeman
-Time magazine interview
-Hedley W. Donovan, Hugh S. Sidey and Grunwald
-Publication

Time magazine
-\"Man of the Year\" award
-Effect
-Lyndon B. Johnson
-John F. Kennedy

Public relations
-The President's previous visit to Washington Redskins practice session
-The President's previous conversation with Ziegler
-Ziegler's briefings
-The President’s view
-The President's previous conversation with Sally Inge
-Richard A. Moore
-Unknown black reporter from Washington Star
-Relationship with Ziegler
-Interview with the President
-Descriptive details from visit
-George E. Allen

The President's schedule
-The President's conversation with Ziegler
-The President’s forthcoming travel
-Notice to press
-Potential schedule changes
-Florida
-California
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-Senate's schedule
-Football game
Time


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Stephen B. Bull entered at an unknown time after 5:15 pm.

Ziegler's schedule

Bull left at an unknown time before 5:33 pm.

The President talked with the White House operator at an unknown time between 5:15 pm and
5:33 pm.

[Conversation No. 623-24B]

[See Conversation No. 15-117]

[End of telephone conversation]

Wire story
-Disloyalty

Norman Van Brocklin
-The President’s view
-Philadelphia Eagles
-National Football League [NFL] Hall of Fame

Ziegler entered at 5:33 pm.
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The President's schedule
-Forthcoming trip to California
-Notice to press
-Senate's schedule
-Carroll Kilpatrick and Mary O'Dobbins
-Previous conversation with Ziegler
-Compared to Johnson Administration
-John F. Kennedy
-Timing
-Press's families
-Possible time for return
-Compared to Johnson Administration
-Ziegler’s view
-Forthcoming meeting with Shultz

Peter G. Petersons' schedule
-Foreign travel
-The President’s view

The President's schedule
-Previous visit to Redskins practice session
-Black reporter from Washington Star
-Previous meeting with Ziegler
-Possible story
-[Unintelligible name]
-Possible interview with the President
-Sports Illustrated

Shultz

Peterson

Ziegler left at 5:37 pm.

The President's schedule
-Foreign visits and visitors
-Kissinger's view
-Possible trip to Latin America
-John D. Ehrlichman
-Budget
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Tape Subject Log
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Camp David
-Renovation of Laurel Cabin
-Architect

Shultz entered at 5:38 pm.

-Completion date
-Facilities
-Old Cabinet table

Foreign travel
-Peter G. Peterson's schedule

Haldeman left at 5:42 pm.

-White House staff
-Cabinet
-The President's conversation with Connally
-Patrick J. Buchanan
-Kissinger
-Shultz
-Arthur F. Burns
-Peterson
-Peterson
-The President's conversation with Kissinger
-The President’s view
-Shultz’s view

Council of Economic Advisors [CEA]

The President's schedule
-Forthcoming meetings
-Shultz, Connally and Ehrlichman
-Budget
-Shultz, Kissinger, Connally and Burns

The President talked with the White House operator at an unknown time between 5:42 pm and
5:44 pm.

[Conversation No. 623-24C]
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[See Conversation No. 15-118]

[End of telephone conversation]

CEA
-Shultz's conversations
-Connally and Ehrlichman
-Milton Friedman
-Possible role in administration
-Friedman's view

The President talked with Connally between 5:44 pm and 5:47 pm.

[Conversation No. 623-24D]

[See Conversation No. 15-119]

[End of telephone conversation]

Connally's schedule
-Burns
-Money supply

The President's schedule
-Forthcoming meeting with Burns
-Shultz and Kissinger
-Connally

International monetary situation
-Shultz's previous meeting with Connally and Kissinger
-The President's schedule
-Forthcoming meeting with Pompidou
-Forthcoming Group of Ten meeting
-Paul A. Volcker
-Burns
-Import Surcharge
-Connally
-Trade negotiations
-Agriculture
-Price of gold
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-France

CEA
-Herbert Stein
-Shultz’s views
-Connally's views
-Friedman's views
-Jews
-Kissinger, Stein, and Burns
-Stein
-Schedule
-Forthcoming meeting with Shultz
-Views of Paul W. McCracken
-Connally's views
-Role
-Burns
-Money supply
-Price theory

National economy
-The President's program
-Wage and price controls
-Friedman's views

CEA
-Shultz's forthcoming conversation with Stein
-Shultz's conversation with Connally
-Stein
-Jews

Stein
-Forthcoming call from Shultz
-The President's schedule
-Timing of announcement
-Leaks

The President talked with the White House operator at an unknown time between 5:47 pm and
5:58 pm.

[Conversation No. 623-24E]
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[See Conversation No. 15-120]

[End of telephone conversation]

Stein
-Leaks
-Health

The President talked with Connally between 5:58 pm and 5:59 pm.

[Conversation No. 623-24F]

[See Conversation No. 15-121]

[End of telephone conversation]

Bull entered at an unknown time after 5:59 pm.

The President's schedule
-Stein

Bull left at an unknown time before 6:02 pm.

CEA
-McCracken's resignation
-Stein's knowledge

The President's schedule
-Stein
-Shultz
-Schedule

Shultz’s forthcoming travel
-Ride with the President
-Andrews Air Force Base
-Farm
-Golf
-Williamstown, Massachusetts
-Williams College

Massachusetts
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Tape Subject Log
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Conv. No. 623-24 (cont.)


-The President’s view
-Kennedys
-Leverett Saltonstall and Henry Cabot Lodge
-Sargent
-Political alignment

George Meany
-I[lworth] W[ilbur] Abel
-Conversation with Labor Department General Counsel
-Pay Board

Bull entered at an unknown time after 5:59 pm.

Stein's location
-Secretary

The President's schedule
-Stein
-Connally

Bull left at 6:02 pm.

The President talked with Van Brocklin between 6:02 pm and 6:05 pm.

[Conversation No. 623-24G]

[See Conversation No. 15-122]

[End of telephone conversation]

Stein's schedule
-Speech in Wilmington, Delaware
-The President
-CEA

CEA
-Stein
-Timing of Ziegler's announcement

Shultz left at 6:07 pm.
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