502–11

Conversation No. 502-11

Date: May 20, 1971
Time: 11:18 am - 11:59 am
Location: Oval Office

The President met with H.R. (“Bob”) Haldeman.

Strategic Arms Limitation Talks [SALT] agreement Congressional briefing
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J. William Fulbright
-Michael J. (“Mike”) Mansfield
-Allen J. Ellender
-F. Edward Hébert
-Staff reaction
-Henry A. Kissinger
-Effect
-Cabinet meeting Conv. No. 502-11 (cont.)
-Reaction
-Undersecretaries
-White House staff
-William L. Safire
-John B. Connally's reaction
-Treaty
-Mansfield reaction
-Yesterday's Congressional vote
-William P. Rogers

Strategic Arms Limitation Talks [SALT] agreement
-Kissinger
-Soviet public opinion
-US public opinion
-Soviet and American agreement
-President's efforts

Alexander P. Butterfield entered at 11:26 am.

Evening cocktails with President and Mrs. Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon, May 20, 1971
-Arms Control and Disarmament Agency [ACDA] staff
-Rogers
-Melvin R. Laird
-National Security Council [NSC] members
-Kissinger
-Connally
-Richard S. Schweiker
-Other guests
-Tricia Nixon
-Julie Eisenhower
-Mrs. Nixon
-SALT delegation
-Possible location
-Truman Balcony
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-Yellow Room
-Mrs. Nixon
-Connally
-Laird
-NSC members
-Richard M. Helms
-John N. Mitchell
-Refreshments Conv. No. 502-11 (cont.)
-White House kitchen
-Estimates of number of guests
-Balcony
-White House public rooms

Butterfield left at 11:31 am.

Press reaction to SALT agreement
-Questions
-Headlines
-Kissinger
-John A. Scali
-Kissinger's relations with press
-Style of press conferences
-Gallup poll ratings
-Ronald W. Reagan
-Spiro T. Agnew
-Nelson A. Rockefeller
-Reagan and Agnew

President's schedule
-Lyndon B. Johnson Library dedication, May 22, 1971
-Departure time
-Length of flight
-Upcoming visit of Malik Faisal ibn Abd al-Aziz al-Saud, King of Saudi Arabia
-Possible dinner
-Kennedy dinner
-Attendees
-Possible daytime event
-Arrival of Faisal and delegation
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-Morning meetings
-Review of troops
-Credentials
-Press conference on May 28th
-Options

Kissinger entered at 11:34 am.
Conv. No. 502-11 (cont.)
Congress and SALT agreement
-Gerard C. Smith
-Performance at Congressional leader's meeting
-Smith's and Kissinger's views on Congressional consultations regarding SALT
-Smith's schedule
-Meeting with Congressional leaders
-Unknown person
-President's meeting with Congressional leaders
-Kissinger's attendance
-Allen J. Ellender
-J. William Fulbright
-Michael J. (“Mike”) Mansfield
-John G. Tower
-Antiballistic Missile [ABM] efforts
-Kissinger's press briefing, May 20, 1971
-Victor Riesel [?]
-United Press International [UP]
-Television people
-Unknown person
-Press

SALT agreement announcement, May 20, 1971
-Text of President's statement
-Kissinger's views

Kissinger left at 11:38 am.

-Pointers for President's delivery
-Haldeman's views
-Press
-John D. Ehrlichman's views
-Importance of announcement
-Live television
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Butterfield entered at 11:40 am.

SALT announcement, May 20, 1971
-President's statement for press
-Change of wording
-Rose Mary Woods
-Butterfield's views
Conv. No. 502-11 (cont.)
Secretaries

White House internal operations
-President's shower
-Hot water supply
-Repairs
-Rex W. Scouten
-Lyndon B. Johnson
-Hot water supply
-White House plumbing
-Water

Butterfield left and Stephen B. Bull entered at 11:43 am.

SALT agreement announcement, May 20, 1971
-Location
-Press room
-Equipment
-Lights
-Podium

Bull left at an unknown time before 11:47 am.

[The President talked with Gerald R. Ford between 11:50 am and 11:53 am]

[See Conversation No. 3-80]

[Conversation No. 502-11A]

Rose Mary Woods entered at 11:51 am.

[End of telephone conversation]
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SALT agreement announcement [?]
-Press
-Ronald L. Ziegler

Woods left at 11:54 am.

Bull entered at an unknown time after 11:54 am.
Conv. No. 502-11 (cont.)
President's meeting with Mark I. Goode

Bull left at an unknown time before 11:57 am.

Goode entered at 11:57 am.

SALT agreement announcement, May 20, 1971
-Ziegler
-White House Communications
-Announcement
-Cameras
-Unknown person
-Time till President goes before cameras

Goode left and Kissinger entered at 11:58 am.

Kissinger's briefing of press, May 20, 1971
-Peter Lisagor
-[Forename unknown] Sheldon
-Frank Cormier
-Soviet position
-Text of President statement announcing SALT agreement
-Change of wording

The President, Haldeman, and Kissinger left at 11:59 am.