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- President Richard M. Nixon
- Henry A. Kissinger
- Alex G. Toumayan
- Emil "Bus" Mosbacher
- Moulay Ahmed Laraki
- H. R. Haldeman
April 15, 1971
Conversation No. 480-3
Date: April 15, 1971
Time: 11:02 am - 12:00 pm
Location: Oval Office
The President met with Henry A. Kissinger, Alec G. Toumayan, and Emil (“Bus”) Mosbacher,
Jr.
2
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 9/08)
[General conversation]
Mosbacher left at 11:03 am
Moulay Ahmed Laraki entered at 11:04 am
Greetings
-French language
-King [Moulay] Hassan II’s greetings to the President
-US-Moroccan friendship
Mosbacher entered at 11:04 am
King Hassan II’s forthcoming trip
-Forthcoming talks with the President
-David D. Newsom
-Stuart W. Rockwell
-Rabat
Middle East crisis
******************************************************************************
BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1
[National Security]
[Duration: 3m 57s ]
MIDDLE EAST
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1
******************************************************************************
-King Hassan II’s initiatives
-Timing
-Possible Arab summit meeting
-Press reaction
-New York Times
-Le Monde
3
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 9/08)
-Islamic countries
-United Nations [UN] resolution
-Arab summit meeting
-King Hussein ibn Talal
-Anwar el-Sadat
-Palestinians
-Current situation
-Arab summit Conv. No. 480-3 (cont.)
-Moroccan objectives
-Realism
-Arabs
-Errors
-King Hassan II’s possible initiatives
-Arab summit meeting
-Schedule
-King Hassan II’s visit to US
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2
[National Security]
[Duration: 3m 24s ]
MIDDLE EAST
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2
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King Hassan II’s possible visit to US
-Schedule
-Proposed visit, April 22, 1971
-National Press Club
-”Meet the Press”
-Silence
-Arabs
-Middle East
-US efforts
4
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 9/08)
-Difficulties
-Silence or jeopardizing King Hassan II’s role in Arab summit meeting
-President’s schedule
-Options
-Private visit
-Possible itinerary
-US-Moroccan relations
-Context Conv. No. 480-3 (cont.)
-Options
-President’s decision
-Postponement
-Postponement
-Duration
-Arab summit meeting
-Arabs
-Moroccan position
-King Hassan II’s role in Middle East
-President’s conversation with Moroccan ambassador
-Morocco
-Status in region
-Stability
-Objectivity
-Strength
-King Hassan II’s role in Middle East
-Avoiding interference by the US
-King Hassan II’s prerogative
-Private visit
-Schedule
-Dinner
-Meeting with press
-Statement
-Nature
-US-Moroccan relations
-Toast
-Dinner
-National Press Club
-Postponement
-Timing
-President’s schedule
-Difficulties
-Official/private visit
-Avoiding misunderstanding
5
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 9/08)
-Arab summit meeting
-Options summarized
-Private visit
-Dinner
-Protocol
-Statement
-Bilateral relations
-Postponement Conv. No. 480-3 (cont.)
-President’s schedule
-King Hassan II’s schedule
-Formal or private visit
-Timing
-King Hassan II’s role in Middle East
-Postponement
-Private visit
-Lunch or dinner
-King Hassan II’s prerogative
-King Hassan II’s delegation of decision to Laraki
Possible reaction to private meeting
-Arab leaders
-Press and public opinion
-Impression
Postponement of meeting
-Timing
-Arab summit meeting
-Possible Moroccan course of action
-Briefing
Possible future meeting
-Private visit
-Formal dinner
-President’s 1957 trip to Morocco
-Timing
-Moroccan ambassador
-President’s schedule
-Timing
-June/October
-Postponement
-Timing
-Kissinger and H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman
6
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 9/08)
-Postponement
-Arab summit meeting
-John N. Irwin, II
-Briefing
-Newsom
-President’s schedule
-Schedule
-Blair House Conv. No. 480-3 (cont.)
-Williamsburg
-New York
-Finance dinner
-Importance for US-Moroccan relations
Middle East
-President’s statement on Southeast Asia, April 7, 1971
-President’s and King Hassan II’s tutors
-Dwight D. Eisenhower
-King Mohammed V [Sidi Mohammed Ben Youssef]
Visit of King Mohammed V to US
-Reception by Eisenhower at airport
-Eisenhower’s stroke
-President’s role as host
-Mamie G. D. Eisenhower
Visit of King Hassan II
-Postponement
-Middle East
Presentation of gifts
-Golf balls
-Cufflinks
Visit of King Hassan II
-Schedule
Farewells
Toumayan, et al., left at 11:42 am; Kissinger remained
President’s schedule
-Meeting with Kissinger and Haldeman
7
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 9/08)
Reaction to Laraki visit
-King Hassan II
-Admiration for President’s speech on Southeast Asia, April 7, 1971
-Comments about the President
-Eisenhower and King Mohammed V
-Foreign visitors
King Hassan II’s visit Conv. No. 480-3 (cont.)
-Postponement
-Timing
Haldeman entered at 11:45 am
-European summit
President’s schedule
State visits
-Yakubu Gowon
-Senegal
-Leopold Sedar Senghor
-Willy Brandt
-President’s forthcoming trip [to Florida]
-Tricia Nixon
-Wedding
-Trip to Florida
-Timing
-Gowon
-Josip Broz Tito
-Indira Gandhi
-European summit
-King Hassan II
-Timing
-Peru
-[Juan Velasco Alvarado]
-King Hassan II
-Schedule
-President’s schedule
-Western trip
-Congressional recess
-Peru
-President’s schedule
8
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 9/08)
-Congressional recess
-Peru
-State visit
-Dinner
-Summer
-General Lon Nol
-King Hassan II
-President’s schedule Conv. No. 480-3 (cont.)
-Press conference
-King Hassan II
-Timing
-Congress
-General Lon Nol
-King Hassan II
-State visits in 1972
-President’s schedule
-Newsom
-Ivory Coast
-Value
-Time-consuming
-State Department
-Importance
-Africa
-Latin America
-Brazil
-Asia
-Japan
-Emperor Hirohito
-Timing
-US policy
-Problems
-Scheduling
-William P. Rogers
-Irwin
-Dates
-State Department
-List of visitors
-Foreign policy perspective
-Edward R. G. Heath
9
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 9/08)
-1972
-Foreign activities
-Possible security conference
-Possible visit by Russians
-Laraki
-King Hassan II
-Postponement
-State Department Conv. No. 480-3 (cont.)
-King Hassan II
-Schedule
-Timing
-General Lon Nol
-Problems
-Cambodian situation
-President’s schedule
Haldeman left at 11:55 am
Cambodia
-Possible enemy strategy
-Interpretation of US military actions
-Sanctuary operation
-US position
People’s Republic of China [PRC]
Vietnam
-Fire Base 6
-Deadline
-Congress
-John Sherman Cooper
-Edward W. Brooke
-Charles H. Percy
-PRC
PRC
-John A. Scali
-Union of Soviet Socialist Republics [USSR]
-Ronald L. Ziegler’s press briefing
-Scali
-State Department
-US policy
10
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 9/08)
-USSR
-US relations
-Evaluation of PRC diplomacy
-American press corps
-Compared with European press
-Peregrine Worsthorne
-View of the President’s initiative
-Scali Conv. No. 480-3 (cont.)
Vietnam
-North Vietnamese position
-Prisoners of War [POWs]
-Negotiations
-Effect of War
-PRC
-Laos
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 3
[National Security]
[Duration: 5s ]
FOREIGN AFFAIRS
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 3
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PRC
-British ambassador
-USSR
-Chou En-lai
-North Vietnam
11
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 9/08)
Vietnam
-North Vietnam
-News magazines
-President’s November 3, 1969 speech on Vietnam War
-Messages to Kissinger
Kissinger left at 12:00 pm
Conv. No. 480-3 (cont.)
Date: April 15, 1971
Time: 11:02 am - 12:00 pm
Location: Oval Office
The President met with Henry A. Kissinger, Alec G. Toumayan, and Emil (“Bus”) Mosbacher,
Jr.
2
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 9/08)
[General conversation]
Mosbacher left at 11:03 am
Moulay Ahmed Laraki entered at 11:04 am
Greetings
-French language
-King [Moulay] Hassan II’s greetings to the President
-US-Moroccan friendship
Mosbacher entered at 11:04 am
King Hassan II’s forthcoming trip
-Forthcoming talks with the President
-David D. Newsom
-Stuart W. Rockwell
-Rabat
Middle East crisis
******************************************************************************
BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1
[National Security]
[Duration: 3m 57s ]
MIDDLE EAST
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1
******************************************************************************
-King Hassan II’s initiatives
-Timing
-Possible Arab summit meeting
-Press reaction
-New York Times
-Le Monde
3
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 9/08)
-Islamic countries
-United Nations [UN] resolution
-Arab summit meeting
-King Hussein ibn Talal
-Anwar el-Sadat
-Palestinians
-Current situation
-Arab summit Conv. No. 480-3 (cont.)
-Moroccan objectives
-Realism
-Arabs
-Errors
-King Hassan II’s possible initiatives
-Arab summit meeting
-Schedule
-King Hassan II’s visit to US
******************************************************************************
BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2
[National Security]
[Duration: 3m 24s ]
MIDDLE EAST
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2
******************************************************************************
King Hassan II’s possible visit to US
-Schedule
-Proposed visit, April 22, 1971
-National Press Club
-”Meet the Press”
-Silence
-Arabs
-Middle East
-US efforts
4
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 9/08)
-Difficulties
-Silence or jeopardizing King Hassan II’s role in Arab summit meeting
-President’s schedule
-Options
-Private visit
-Possible itinerary
-US-Moroccan relations
-Context Conv. No. 480-3 (cont.)
-Options
-President’s decision
-Postponement
-Postponement
-Duration
-Arab summit meeting
-Arabs
-Moroccan position
-King Hassan II’s role in Middle East
-President’s conversation with Moroccan ambassador
-Morocco
-Status in region
-Stability
-Objectivity
-Strength
-King Hassan II’s role in Middle East
-Avoiding interference by the US
-King Hassan II’s prerogative
-Private visit
-Schedule
-Dinner
-Meeting with press
-Statement
-Nature
-US-Moroccan relations
-Toast
-Dinner
-National Press Club
-Postponement
-Timing
-President’s schedule
-Difficulties
-Official/private visit
-Avoiding misunderstanding
5
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 9/08)
-Arab summit meeting
-Options summarized
-Private visit
-Dinner
-Protocol
-Statement
-Bilateral relations
-Postponement Conv. No. 480-3 (cont.)
-President’s schedule
-King Hassan II’s schedule
-Formal or private visit
-Timing
-King Hassan II’s role in Middle East
-Postponement
-Private visit
-Lunch or dinner
-King Hassan II’s prerogative
-King Hassan II’s delegation of decision to Laraki
Possible reaction to private meeting
-Arab leaders
-Press and public opinion
-Impression
Postponement of meeting
-Timing
-Arab summit meeting
-Possible Moroccan course of action
-Briefing
Possible future meeting
-Private visit
-Formal dinner
-President’s 1957 trip to Morocco
-Timing
-Moroccan ambassador
-President’s schedule
-Timing
-June/October
-Postponement
-Timing
-Kissinger and H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman
6
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 9/08)
-Postponement
-Arab summit meeting
-John N. Irwin, II
-Briefing
-Newsom
-President’s schedule
-Schedule
-Blair House Conv. No. 480-3 (cont.)
-Williamsburg
-New York
-Finance dinner
-Importance for US-Moroccan relations
Middle East
-President’s statement on Southeast Asia, April 7, 1971
-President’s and King Hassan II’s tutors
-Dwight D. Eisenhower
-King Mohammed V [Sidi Mohammed Ben Youssef]
Visit of King Mohammed V to US
-Reception by Eisenhower at airport
-Eisenhower’s stroke
-President’s role as host
-Mamie G. D. Eisenhower
Visit of King Hassan II
-Postponement
-Middle East
Presentation of gifts
-Golf balls
-Cufflinks
Visit of King Hassan II
-Schedule
Farewells
Toumayan, et al., left at 11:42 am; Kissinger remained
President’s schedule
-Meeting with Kissinger and Haldeman
7
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 9/08)
Reaction to Laraki visit
-King Hassan II
-Admiration for President’s speech on Southeast Asia, April 7, 1971
-Comments about the President
-Eisenhower and King Mohammed V
-Foreign visitors
King Hassan II’s visit Conv. No. 480-3 (cont.)
-Postponement
-Timing
Haldeman entered at 11:45 am
-European summit
President’s schedule
State visits
-Yakubu Gowon
-Senegal
-Leopold Sedar Senghor
-Willy Brandt
-President’s forthcoming trip [to Florida]
-Tricia Nixon
-Wedding
-Trip to Florida
-Timing
-Gowon
-Josip Broz Tito
-Indira Gandhi
-European summit
-King Hassan II
-Timing
-Peru
-[Juan Velasco Alvarado]
-King Hassan II
-Schedule
-President’s schedule
-Western trip
-Congressional recess
-Peru
-President’s schedule
8
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 9/08)
-Congressional recess
-Peru
-State visit
-Dinner
-Summer
-General Lon Nol
-King Hassan II
-President’s schedule Conv. No. 480-3 (cont.)
-Press conference
-King Hassan II
-Timing
-Congress
-General Lon Nol
-King Hassan II
-State visits in 1972
-President’s schedule
-Newsom
-Ivory Coast
-Value
-Time-consuming
-State Department
-Importance
-Africa
-Latin America
-Brazil
-Asia
-Japan
-Emperor Hirohito
-Timing
-US policy
-Problems
-Scheduling
-William P. Rogers
-Irwin
-Dates
-State Department
-List of visitors
-Foreign policy perspective
-Edward R. G. Heath
9
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 9/08)
-1972
-Foreign activities
-Possible security conference
-Possible visit by Russians
-Laraki
-King Hassan II
-Postponement
-State Department Conv. No. 480-3 (cont.)
-King Hassan II
-Schedule
-Timing
-General Lon Nol
-Problems
-Cambodian situation
-President’s schedule
Haldeman left at 11:55 am
Cambodia
-Possible enemy strategy
-Interpretation of US military actions
-Sanctuary operation
-US position
People’s Republic of China [PRC]
Vietnam
-Fire Base 6
-Deadline
-Congress
-John Sherman Cooper
-Edward W. Brooke
-Charles H. Percy
-PRC
PRC
-John A. Scali
-Union of Soviet Socialist Republics [USSR]
-Ronald L. Ziegler’s press briefing
-Scali
-State Department
-US policy
10
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 9/08)
-USSR
-US relations
-Evaluation of PRC diplomacy
-American press corps
-Compared with European press
-Peregrine Worsthorne
-View of the President’s initiative
-Scali Conv. No. 480-3 (cont.)
Vietnam
-North Vietnamese position
-Prisoners of War [POWs]
-Negotiations
-Effect of War
-PRC
-Laos
******************************************************************************
BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 3
[National Security]
[Duration: 5s ]
FOREIGN AFFAIRS
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 3
******************************************************************************
PRC
-British ambassador
-USSR
-Chou En-lai
-North Vietnam
11
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 9/08)
Vietnam
-North Vietnam
-News magazines
-President’s November 3, 1969 speech on Vietnam War
-Messages to Kissinger
Kissinger left at 12:00 pm
Conv. No. 480-3 (cont.)