Date: July 1, 1971
Time: 5:55 pm - 6:20 pm
Location: Executive Office Building
The President met with Henry A. Kissinger
President’s schedule
-Forthcoming Bicentennial speech at National Archives
-Television coverage by Columbia Broadcasting System [CBS], National
Broadcasting Company [NBC], and American Broadcasting Company [ABC]
-Language of speech
-Speech writers
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Pentagon Papers
-Forthcoming statement by President
-Clark MacGregor
-Daniel Ellsberg
Cease fire [in Vietnam?]
Michael J. (“Mike”) Mansfield
-Prior conversation with President
-MacGregor [?]
-Kissinger’s foreign trip
President’s relations with the press
-Public perception of President and the media
[The President talked with J. Edgar Hoover between 6:00 pm and 6:07 pm]
[Conversation 261-42A]
[See Conversation No. 6-84]
[End of telephone conversation]
Freedom of the press issue
-Ellsberg case
-Supreme Court decision
-Public reaction
-Declassification of top secret documents
-Administration’s position
-Integrity of government
-Justice for individuals
-Competence
Freedom of the press versus repression
-Public perception
Supreme Court decision
-Pentagon Papers
-Administration’s position
-Prosecution
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Classified documents
-President’s position
-Integrity of government
-Declassification study
President’s prior speech in Colorado Springs, Colorado
Forthcoming statement on publication of classified documents Conv. No. 261-42 (cont.)
President and press
-Paris talks
-Peking, People’s Republic of China [PRC]
-Press
-PRC announcement
-Effect on press
-Timing
Vietnam
-William P. Rogers
-Le Duc Tho meeting with Kissinger
-Mansfield
-Prior conversation with President
-Le Duc Tho
-Rogers
-Marshall Green
-Peking
Press
PRC
-Kissinger’s possible trip
-Press speculation
-David Kraslow [?]
General Alexander M. Haig, Jr.
-Conversation with Kraslow [?]
Pakistan
-Kissinger’s trip
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PRC
-Kissinger’s trip
-Preparation
-Announcement
Press
-PRC announcement
-Forthcoming press conference Conv. No. 261-42 (cont.)
-Use of unidentified letter as prop