Date: March 24, 1971
Time: 10:45 am - 10:55 am
Location: Oval Office
The President met with Harry F. Byrd, Jr. and William E. Timmons
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Greetings
A filibuster
-Michael J. (“Mike”) Mansfield’s statement
-Southern senators
-William Proxmire
Supersonic Transport [SST] Conv. No. 471-9 (cont.)
-Byrd’s statements
-Byrd’s position
-Fiscal concerns
-Private sector role
-Importance
-President’s view
-Space program, industry comparison
-Technology innovation
-US position as a power
-Leadership
-President’s view
-Economic and environmental considerations
-President’s view
-Importance
-American competition with Soviet Union, France
-National defense
-US prestige
-Byrd’s position
-Opposition
-Cost to government
-Environment
-Public statements
-President’s view
-Need for Senate support
-Byrd
Vietnam
-Byrd’s view
-President’s critics
-Forthcoming troop withdrawal announcement
-Laotian operation (Lam Son)
-Army of the Republic of Vietnam [ARVN]
-Withdrawal
-Enemy losses
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-President’s actions
-Troop withdrawals
-Forthcoming announcement
-American troops
-Decreases
-Byrd’s position
-Effect
-Byrd’s statements Conv. No. 471-9 (cont.)
-Effect
-Middle East
-Support for Administration actions