539–6

Conversation No. 539-6

Date: July 19, 1971
Time: 11:18 am - 11:37 am
Location: Oval Office

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

Meeting
-Rogers C. B. Morton


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Henry A. Kissinger entered at 11:19 am


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The US initiative towards the People’s Republic of China [PRC]
-William P. Rogers’ role
-Media coverage
-Briefing book
-Media coverage
-The President’s role
-Kissinger’s role
-Rogers Conv. No. 539-6 (cont.)
-The State Department
-Public perceptions
-Newsweek article, Time article
-Tone
-Presidential role
-Covers of magazines
-The President, Chou En-lai, Kissinger
-Columnists
-Hugh S. Sidey
-Public statement by the Soviet ambassador to Indonesia
-Briefing for White House staff
-President’s role
-Request for meeting
-Kissinger’s role
-Secrecy in negotiation
-President’s role

Schedule
-Kissinger

White House staff briefing
-Leak of story
-James B. (“Scotty”) Reston story

Meeting with Congressional leaders
-J. William Fulbright
-Rogers’ role
-John C. Stennis’ comment to Kissinger
-Michael J. (“Mike”) Mansfield
-Mansfield Amendment
-Rogers
-Vietnam War settlement
-Release of prisoners of war [POWs], cease fire
-Self-determination
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Schedule
-Kissinger

Kissinger left at 11:29 am

David M. Kennedy
-Use of airplane Conv. No. 539-6 (cont.)
-Payment
-Rogers
-State Department
-Comparison with the President’s 1967 world travel

John B. Connally
-Schedule

The President’s schedule
-The Bohemian Grove
-Possible visit

Polls
-George H. Gallup
-Edward M. (“Ted”) Kennedy
-Comparison to Louis Harris’ poll
-Presidential approval poll
-Effect of Pentagon Papers case
-Gallup
-Poll results
-Potomac Associates
-John W. Gardner comparison
-Vietnam War settlement issue
-Timing of polls
-News impact
-The President’s television appearance

Cabinet
-Support for administration
-John A. Volpe
-George W. Romney
-Walter J. Hickel
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Congress
-Appropriations Committee
-Scheduling

Schedule
-Clark R. Mollenhoff
-Bureau Chief
-Richard (“Dick”) Wilson Conv. No. 539-6 (cont.)

The PRC initiative
-Kissinger
-Rogers’ role
-Media coverage
-The President
-Kissinger
-Newsweek


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Alexander P. Butterfield entered at an unknown time after 11:29 am

Schedule
-Kissinger’s briefing in the Roosevelt Room

Butterfield left at an unknown time before 11:37 am

[Haldeman talked to an unknown person at an unknown time between 11:29 am and 11:37 am]

[Conversation No. 539-6A]

Instructions for Kissinger
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[End of telephone conversation]

The President and Haldeman left at 11:37 am



Conv. No. 539-6 (cont.)