Date: June 9, 1971
Time: 4:38 pm - 5:18 pm
Location: Executive Office Building
William F. (“Billy”) Graham talked with the President
[Conversation No. 255-40A]
[See Conversation No. 4-102]
[End of telephone conversation]
Henry A. Kissinger entered at 4:48 pm
Demonstrators
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-Recent Graham rally
[Ronald W. Reagan talked with the President between 4:50 pm and 4:55 pm]
[Conversation No. 255-40B]
[See Conversation No. 4-103]
[End of telephone conversation]
Reagan and the Young Americans for Freedom [YAF]
-Vietnam
Kissinger’s previous meeting with maritime unions
-Jay Lovestone
[John D. Ehrlichman talked with the President between 4:55 pm and 5:00 pm]
[Conversation No. 255-40C]
[See Conversation No. 4-104]
[End of telephone conversation]
Maritime unions
-Thomas W. (“Teddy”) Gleason
-Ship quotas
-Contracts
-Lovestone
-American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organization [AFL-CIO]
-People’s Republic of China [PRC]
-American farmers
-Grain exports
-Gleason and Lovestone
-President’s approval of grain exports
-Timing of PRC announcement
-Clark MacGregor
-Agriculture officials
-Jerry [Surname unknown]
-[Name unintelligible]
William H. Sullivan
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Tape Subject Log
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Xuan Thuy
Melvin R. Laird’s prior speech at Air Force Academy
-Casualties in Southeast Asia
-Cambodia
-Laos
Conv. No. 255-40 (cont.)
North Vietnam
-Negotiations
-Kissinger’s conversation with Thuy
-Military cease fire
PRC
-US position
-Soviet Union
-Mao Tse-tung
-Kissinger’s prior conversation with Anatoliy F. Dobrynin
-Chou En-lai
-Vietnam
Soviet Union
President’s popular support
President compared to Democrats
-PRC
-Strategic Arms Limitation Talks [SALT]
-Military support
Vietnam negotiations
-Military strength
-Opponents in Congress
-Michael J. (“Mike”) Mansfield
-Mansfield Resolution
-Clark M. Clifford
[Tricia Nixon talked with the President between 5:15 pm and 5:18 pm]