461–4

Conversation No. 461-4

Date: March 2, 1971
Time: 11:06 am - 11:33 am
Location: Oval Office

The President met with Rudolph A. Peterson, Peter G. Peterson, Emil (“Bus”) Mosbacher, Jr.,
Clark MacGregor, and General Alexander M. Haig, Jr. at 11:06 am; press photographers were
present at the beginning of the meeting

Greetings

Arrangements for photograph

Task Force on International Development
-Proposals
-President’s position
-Press coverage
-Congress’s expected response
-Previous positions on foreign aid, revenue sharing
-R. A. Peterson
-Role
-Administration support
-MacGregor

Henry A. Kissinger entered at an unknown time after 11:06 am
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-MacGregor
-State Department
-Defense Department
-House Armed Services Committee
-Defense Department
-Senate Foreign Relations Committee
-House Foreign Affairs Committee
-Melvin R. Laird and William P. Rogers
-Senate Foreign Relations Committee
-MacGregor’s view
-George D. Aiken
-J. William Fulbright
-Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing
-Need for support

Legislative/executive connection
-Coordination
-Otto E. Passman

Task Force on International Development
-Relations with State Department
-Council on Foreign Assistance
-Accountability to Congress
-State Department
-P. G. Peterson
-White House staff
-Kissinger
-Frank F. Church and Michael J. (“Mike”) Mansfield
-Possible testimony
-Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearings
-Fulbright
-Accountability

International development
-State Department, Defense Department
-Military assistance
-Current division
-Southeast Asia, Cambodia, Thailand
-New directions
-MacGregor’s role
-Coordination with trade
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-Latin America
-Special preference versus general preference
-Nelson A. Rockefeller
-Africa

Latin America
-President’s position
-Trade Conv. No. 461-4 (cont.)
-Importance
-Ambassadors
-US assistance
-Importance
-Africa, Southeast Asia
-US assistance
-President’s position

International development
-New directions
-R. A. Peterson’s view
-Organization
-Personnel
-Discussions with Passman and [Name unintelligible]
-Agency for International Development [AID]
-Possible continuing resolution
-Prospects for enactment of task force proposals

Stephen B. Bull entered at an unknown time after 11:06 am

President’s schedule
-Wire services

Bull left at an unknown time before 11:33 am

Task Force on International Development proposals
-Prospects of legislative enactment
-Dr. Thomas E. (“Doc”) Morgan
-House Foreign Services Committee
-Possible continuing resolution
-Informal meetings
-President’s position
-Morgan
-Position
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-Actions
-Possible meeting of President and Congressional leaders

Bull entered at an unknown time after 11:06 am

President’s schedule
-Medal of Honor ceremony
Conv. No. 461-4 (cont.)
Bull left at an unknown time before 11:33 am

Task Force on International Development proposals
-Prospects of legislative enactment
-MacGregor
-Possible leaders’ meeting with President
-Passman
-Morgan
-John T. Myers
-Charles H. Percy
-Robert P. Griffin
-Possible support
-Jacob K. Javits
-Possible meeting with the President
-Congressional leaders
-Timing
-Needs
-Fulbright
-Funding
-Military assistance, foreign aid
-State Department
-Senate parliamentarian
-Mansfield
-Senate Foreign Relations Committee
-Defense Department
-Forthcoming efforts
-President’s position
-Prospects for legislative enactment
-Timetable
-Efforts with Congress
-P. G. Peterson’s role

Foreign aid
-Connection with trade, and economic policy
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-Arthur F. Burns
-Banking
-State Department handling
-Foreign Service Officers
-Commerce Department, Treasury Department, Agriculture Department, Labor
Department
-Japan
-National Security Council [NSC] Conv. No. 461-4 (cont.)
-Lyndon B. Johnson
-Oil import quotas, airlines
-Supersonic Transport [SST]
-Environmental concerns
-Balance of payments concerns
-Leadership position

Farewells

The President, et al. left at 11:33 am