771–7

Conversation No. 771-7

Date: September 6, 1972
Time: Unknown between 3:30 pm and 3:47 pm
Location: Oval Office

The President met with Henry A. Kissinger.

[This recording began at an unknown time while the meeting was in progress]

Murder of Israeli athletes at Olympic Games in Munich
-United Nations [UN]
-State Department
-Joseph J. Sisco
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-William P. Rogers
-Soviet Union
-Israeli funeral
-Michael Feldman meeting with Rogers
-Funeral
-George S. McGovern
-Yitzhak Rabin
-Jerusalem
-Representation
-Israeli actions
-Rabin
-Kissinger’s conversation with Rabin
-Assurance
-Jerusalem
-Possible military action
-Palestinian camps
-Beirut
-Lebanon
-Guerillas
-Lebanon
-Guerrillas
-Diplomatic relations
-McGovern
-Egypt

The President’s schedule
-Forthcoming speech to the International Monetary Fund [IMF]
-George F. Schultz
-Program layout
-John B. Connally
-Kissinger
-Rogers
-State Department experts
-Exchange markets
-International economic program
-Importance
-Connally

An unkown person entered and left at an unknown time before 3:47 pm.

Delivery of document
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Kissinger’s forthcoming trip to Munich and Moscow
-Telegram
-State Department
-North Atlantic Treaty organization [NATO]
-Concerns of allies
-Kissinger’s prior consultation
-Great Britain
-France
-West Germany
-Rogers
-Kissinger’s discussions in Moscow
-Mutual and Balanced Force Reductions [MBFR]
-European Security Council
-Timing of agreement
-Public announcement
-Great Britain
-Sir Burke Trend
-David M. Kennedy

Appointment of ambassador
-Thailand
-Bangkok
-[William R. Kintner]
-Wife
-Thai people
-The President’s view
-Kissinger’s forthcoming conversation with Kintner
-Leonard Unger
-Post-election plans
-State Department


Post-election planning
-State Department
-H.R. (“Bob”) Haldeman
-Rogers
-Need for action
-The President’s view
-Connally
-Nelson A. Rockefeller
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-Connally
-Coexistence with Kissinger organization
-Possible Cabinet changes
-Rogers
-Melvin R. Laird
-Richard G. Kleindienst
-John A. Volpe
-George W. Romney
-Shultz
-Conservatives compared to liberals
-The President’s view
-Conversation with Charles W. Colson

McGovern
-Jay Lovestone's view
-Colson
-Campaign financing
-Sources
-Foreign financing
-Soviet Union
-Communist strategy

Kissinger’s forthcoming visit to Moscow
-Cable from State Department
-Assurance of US
-Agreements with Soviet Union
-European concerns
-US briefings
-The President’s previous trip
-Trade issue
-Vietnam
-Maritime issue
-European Security Conference
-Rogers
-Timing of agreement
-MBFR Meeting
-Rogers
-State Department responsibility
-Kissinger’s role
-Message from the President
-Leonid I. Brezhnev
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-Previous meeting with Jacob D. Beam
-Nature of Kissinger’s meeting
-NATO allies
-European Security Conference
-Document
-Brezhnev
-Rogers
-Credit

Post-election planning
-Personnel
-State Department
-Department of Defense
-Media
-Organization of Administration
-Kissinger’s view
-Internal dissension
-Haldeman
-Rogers
-Kissinger
-Election significance
-Rogers
-The President’s view
-Dean Rusk
-Georgia
-Compared to Rusk


1972 election
-Public relations
-Hollywood party
-Kissinger's schedule
-Previous Saturday night party

Kissinger left at 3:47 pm.