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  • President Richard M. Nixon
  • Henry A. Kissinger
January 10, 1972
Conversation No. 18-62

Date: January 10, 1972
Time: 8:53 pm and 9:11 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with Henry A. Kissinger.

Weather in California
-Weather in Washington

Work on annual foreign policy report
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The President's meeting with Alexander M. Haig, Jr.
-Fatigue
-Trip to the People's Republic of China [PRC]
-Taiwan, Republic of China issue
-Dealings with the Chinese

[Unintelligible]

Trip to the PRC
-Value
-Ronald L. Ziegler, John A. Scali, Haig
-India-Pakistan War

Bangladesh
-Sheik Mujibur Rahman's arrival
-British, French
-US policy
-Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
-The PRC
-New Delhi
-US consular official in Dacca

Haig
-Chou En-lai statement
-Mujibur Rahman

Bhutto
-Plans
-Soviet Union

Soviet Union, India
-Chou En-lai’s view
-Haig

India-Pakistan relations
-Kissinger’s view
-Kissinger’s role
-Possible conflict
-Indian radio broadcast, January 9, 1972
-Unknown people, Baluchistan
-East Bengal
-Possible military occupation
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-Bangladesh
-Nationality groups

Melvin R. Laird
-Vietnam US troop withdrawal figure
-Call to Kissinger

Vietnam negotiations
-Nguyen Van Thieu
-Political prospects

State of the Union message

The President's schedule
-Kissinger's schedule

Vietnam speech
-Draft
-Timing
-State of the Union address
-Congress

Hubert H. Humphrey's announcement
-Vietnam
-Humphrey’s efforts

December 1971 bombing of Vietnam
-Public opinion
-Troop withdrawal
-Democrats

India-Pakistan War as issue
-Public opinion
-US policy

Appointments
-[David] Kenneth Rush
-Talk with the President
-H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman
-Col. Richard T. Kennedy
-John N. Mitchell
-Washington Special Action Group [WSAG]
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-Mitchell
-Trustworthiness
-Laird, Kissinger
-Relationship
-Laird
-Recommendation
-Conflict of interest
-[Union Carbide]
-Defense contracts
-David Packard
-Confirmation
-Term as ambassador to Germany
-Senate
-Meeting with Laird
-Effectiveness
-Compared to Packard
-Laird
-Berlin

Annual foreign policy report
-Staff effort
-India-Pakistan War
-The President’s conversation with Haldeman
-The President's press conference
-Date

Press conference
-Date of Kissinger's report

Trip to the PRC
-Schedule

The President's schedule
-Trip to Florida
-Kissinger's conversation with Haig
-Chou- En-lai
-February 1971
-Press conference

Emilio Colombo
-Schedule
-Political prospects
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