536–14

Conversation No. 536-14

Date: July 3, 1971
Time: 10:01 am - 10:40 am
Location: Oval Office

The President met with General Alexander M. Haig, Jr.

Greetings


******************************************************************************

BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1
[National Security]
[Duration: 5m 41s ]


MIDDLE EAST


END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1

******************************************************************************
 14

NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF

Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/08)



Foreign policy
-Summit meetings
-Henry A. Kissinger
-Union of Soviet Socialist Republics [USSR]
-People’s Republic of China [PRC]
-Timing in 1972
-Bi-partisanship
-Compared to Lyndon B. Johnson’s administration
Conv. No. 536-14 (cont.)
-Edmund S. Muskie, Edward M. (“Ted”) Kennedy
-Vietnam negotiations in Paris
-News stories
-Michael J. (“Mike”) Mansfield, Carl B. Albert
-Clark M. Clifford
-US relations with the PRC

[The President talked with an unknown person [Stephen B. Bull?] at an unknown time between
10:01 am and 10:15 am]

[Conversation No. 536-14A]

Request for John K. Andrews, Jr.

[End of telephone conversation]

Foreign relations
-US-PRC
-Kissinger
-US-USSR
-Anatoliy F. Dobrynin
-Kissinger
-Haig’s view
-Summit results
-PRC and USSR trips compared
-Areas of interest at Soviet summit
-Berlin, Strategic Arms Limitation Talks [SALT], Middle East
-History of US-Chinese relations
-Vietnam
 15

NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF

Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/08)



******************************************************************************

BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 4
[National Security]
[Duration: 41s ]


PRC Conv. No. 536-14 (cont.)


END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 4

******************************************************************************


-Ideological differences
-Liberals
-US Defense Department
-Robert S. McNamara’s appointees
-Comparison to Arthur W. Radford’s tenure
-J. William Fulbright
-Loyalty of appointees

An unknown person [Bull?] entered at an unknown time after 10:01 am

The President’s schedule

The unknown person [Bull?] left at an unknown time before 10:15 am

US foreign relations
-Reaction of liberals
-Division
-Walt W. Rostow
-Telephone calls to Haig
-Clifford
-William P. Rogers
-Knowledge of Developments
-PRC
-Kissinger’s activities
-Paris Peace Talks
-Mansfield Amendment
 16

NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF

Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/08)



-Haig’s conversation with Rogers
-Possible meeting between the President, Haig, and Rogers
-The President’s schedule

Andrews entered at 10:20 am

Greetings
Conv. No. 536-14 (cont.)
Haig left at 10:20 am

The President’s forthcoming speech at the National Archives, July 3, 1971
-Deletions, revision
-Use of God’s name


******************************************************************************

BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 3
[Personal Returnable]
[Duration: 34s ]


END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 3

******************************************************************************


-Deletions, revisions
-Word length
-Comparison of writing and speaking style
-Deletions, revisions
-Use of painting
-Rose Mary Woods
-Andrews
-Work on Ronald L. Ziegler’s staff during first year
-Speech revision
-Time

Andrews left at 10:40 am
 17

NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF

Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/08)