Elliot L. Richardson’s schedule
-Forthcoming dinner at Soviet embassy
-Possible trip to Camp David
-Forthcoming dinner at Soviet embassy
Boris V. Petrovsky, Anatoliy F. Dobrynin, Richardson and Roger O. Egeberg entered at 5:20
pm; the White House photographer was present at the beginning of the meeting.
Greetings and introductions
Seating
[Photograph session]
Petrovsky's trip to the US
-Participation in open heart surgery
-Dr. Michael E. DeBakey
-Visit to Disneyland
-Kaiser Permanente
-Baylor College of Medicine
-Center for Disease Control [CDC]
-Atlanta
-DeBakey
-Previous trips to the Soviet Union
-Petrovsky’s friendship with DeBakey
US-Soviet Union exchanges on health
-Importance
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-US cooperation with Soviet Union
-Benefits to humanity
Kissinger left at 5:24 pm.
-Egeberg’s previous trips to the Soviet Union
-Medical information and research
-Petrovsky’s visits to US medical centers
-Progress in medical research
-Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Health
-Bronx, New York
-Kaiser Foundation
-San Francisco
-Proximity to population
-Preventive medicine
The President’s previous visit to the Soviet Union
Kissinger entered at 5:27 pm.
-The President's and Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon's impressions
-Health of Soviet people
Soviet health care system
-Uniform distribution of care
-Petrovsky's tenure as Health Minister
-Authority over Soviet doctors
-Length of tenure
Petrovsky's visit to the US, August 1965
-Notice of appointment as Health Minister
-Publication of Petrovsky’s photograph in the newspaper
The President's message to Soviet leaders
-Leonid I. Brezhnev
-Aleksei N. Kosygin
-Nikolai V. Podgorny
-Importance of health of Soviet leaders
-Hunting and fishing
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-Petrovsky’s view as Health Minister
-Current health of Soviet leaders
-Stamina of Soviet leaders
-Soviet policy of vacations for leaders
-Brezhnev
-Vacation areas
-Black Sea
-Moscow resort
-Crimean Sea
-Mountains
Brezhnev
-Desire to drive own car
-The President’s view
-The President’s previous meeting with Brezhnev
-Driving conditions in Moscow
-Kissinger’s view
US–Soviet Union relations
-Joint initiatives on health
-Precedent for other initiatives
-Petrovsky’s forthcoming meetings with US officals
-Soviet research
-Cancer
-Cardiovascular disease
-Influenza
-Other infectious diseases
-Arthritis
-Allergies
Cancer research
-Robert A. Taft, Sr.
-John Foster Dulles
Arthritis
-Allen W. Dulles
-Christian A. Herter
-Possible US-Soviet Union medical cooperation
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Gifts
-Presidential seal
-Cuff links
White House
-Exhibit
-Possible tour by Petrovsky
-Mrs. Nixon
Petrovsky et al., left at 5:44 pm.
Camp David meeting
-Richardson's attendance
-Robert J. Dole