380–22

Conversation No. 380-22

Date: December 28, 1972
Time: Unknown between 12:39 pm and 2:20 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

The President dictated a memorandum for Richard M. Helms.

The President’s telephone call to Helm’s, December 26, 1972
-Helms’ schedule
-Trip to Mexico
-Purpose
-Helms’s possible conversation with John B. Connally
-Connally’s trip to Saudi Arabia and Algeria

Helms’ ambassadorship to Iran
-Assignment
-Analysis of Middle East oil situation
-US and European companies’ relations with governments
-Middle East governments’ stability
-Energy crisis
-Duration
-Western Europe, Japan, US

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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1
[National Security]
[Duration: 23 s]
[Subject: Middle East]

END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1
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Helms’ ambassadorship to Iran
-Assignment
-Study
-Timing
-Visit to Middle East countries
-Middle East governments’ stability
-US-Middle East relations
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Conversation No. 380-22 (cont’d)

-The President’s possible conversation with Helms
-Timing

New Year’s greeting