Date: May 20, 1971
Time: Unknown between 2:09 pm and 2:46 pm
Location: Oval Office
The President dictated a memorandum to William P. Rogers.
Memorandum
-Rough draft
-Secret
-Middle East
Charles W. Colson entered at 2:16 pm.
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
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Strategic Arms Limitation Talks [SALT] agreement announcement
-Implications
-Administration's position
-President's political position
-People's Republic of China [PRC]
-Union of Soviet Socialist Republics [USSR]
-Soviets
-”Doves” Conv. No. 502-19 (cont.)
-Political opportunities
-Hubert H. Humphrey's comments on February 1, 1971
-Antiballistic missile [ABM], Multiple Independently Targetable Reentry
Vehicles [MIRV]
-SALT negotiations
-Edmund S. Muskie's comments on SALT
-Humphrey
-Democratic candidates position on SALT and ABM
-Political implications
-Humphrey
-Senators
-Supporters
-Critics
-President's credibility
-John A. Scali, press
-John W. Chancellor's commentary, May 20, 1971
-President's political position
-Muskie
-Humphrey
-SALT negotiations
-Critics and commentators
-Public opinion
-Mystique
-Length of announcement
-President's stature
-Arms
-PRC
-Public image of the President
-Peace
-North Atlantic Treaty Organization [NATO]
-Humphrey's comments
-”Doves”
-J. William Fulbright
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 9/08)
Public affairs
-President's cabinet meeting on May 20, 1971
-Casualties in South Vietnam
-Franklin D. Roosevelt's 1941 freedom speech
-War production
-State of the country
-Political impact
Conv. No. 502-19 (cont.)
SALT agreement announcement
-Moscow
-Text of the SALT agreement
-Treaty
-ABM
-Mood of the country
-Muskie's statement
-Humphrey
-Muskie
-Edward M. (“Ted”) Kennedy
-ABM
-Offensive weapons
-Colson's call to Thomas J. McIntyre
-Vote on ABM