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543–1

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543–1
  • President Richard M. Nixon
  • William P. Rogers
  • Henry A. Kissinger
July 22, 1971
Conversation No. 543-1

Date: July 22, 1971
Time: Unknown between 3:49 pm and 5:05 pm
Location: Oval Office

The President met with William P. Rogers; this recording begins at an unknown time while the
meeting is in progress.

Foreign relations
-Negotiations
-Rogers’ conversation with Clark MacGregor
-Foreign policy briefing for members of Congress
-George H.W. Bush, Rogers
-Henry A. Kissinger's briefings
-Samuel L. Devine's group
-Barry M. Goldwater's group
-National Review hoax on secret Vietnam War documents
-Walter Cronkite's reaction to hoax revelation
-William F. Buckley, Jr.

Pentagon Papers
-Effect of case on the Democrats
-Edward M. (“Ted”) Kennedy, John F. Kennedy
-Edmund S. Muskie

The US initiative towards the People's Republic of China [PRC]
-Poll taken in Japan
-Effect on Asian and world peace
-The PRC
-Japan's policy towards the PRC
-Japan vis-a-vis the US
-United Nations [UN] membership
-The PRC, Taiwan, Republic of China [ROC]
-Two-China policy
-UN membership for PRC, Taiwan

Michael J. (“Mike”) Mansfield's Congressional resolution
-Rogers’ conversation with Kissinger and MacGregor
-Mansfield's possible concurrent resolution on PRC
-Kissinger
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Diplomatic credentials ceremony, July 22, 1971
-Haiti, Laos, Fiji, Sierra Leone

Mansfield's resolution

Kissinger entered at 4:05 pm.

Mansfield's resolution Conv. No. 543-1 (cont.)
-Support for the President's foreign policy
-Mansfield amendment
-Forthcoming foreign policy endeavors
-Rogers’ conversation with Mansfield
-Memorandum
-Wording
-Vietnam ceasefire
-Coordination with John C. Stennis
-Vietnam ceasefire, withdrawal of military forces, prisoners of war [POWs]
-Date
-The President's October 7, 1970 speech
-Hanoi
-Effect of resolution on relations between the President and Congress
-MacGregor

PRC initiative
-White House efforts
-Briefings of Congressmen on the PRC
-MacGregor
-Attendees
-Forthcoming US-PRC summit
-Comparison with previous summits
-Kissinger's 1968 article
-Changes after meeting the President
-Dwight D. Eisenhower and John F. Kennedy's meetings with
Soviet leaders
-The President's speech
-Japanese poll
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 3
[National Security]
[Duration: 12s ]


SUDAN Conv. No. 543-1 (cont.)


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The PRC initiative
-Public response
-Letters
-Young people's reaction

UN
-China representation issue


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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 4
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[Duration: 13m 7s ]


CHINA


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-Japanese poll
-Two-China policy
-Microcosm of global opinion
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Vietnam War
-Status of negotiations
-Speculations on the effect of the PRC initiative
-Chou En-lai
-Recent statements
-Seven Points
-Chou’s statements to student group Conv. No. 543-1 (cont.)
-Rogers’ recent conversation with Anatoliy F. Dobrynin

The PRC
-Dobrynin’s comments
-People
-The Long March
-Chou En-lai
-Background


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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 6
[National Security]
[Duration: 5m 41s ]


JAPAN


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Japan
-Forthcoming Joint Cabinet Ministers meeting
-Date
-Eisaku Sato
-Takeo Fukuda
-Dinner

Rogers’ schedule
-Forthcoming meeting with Indian Ambassador
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 7
[National Security]
[Duration: 1m 38s ]
Conv. No. 543-1 (cont.)

TAIWAN, REPUBLIC OF CHINA [ROC]


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Union of Soviet Socialist Republics [USSR]
-Middle East
-Europe

Dalai Lama
-Schedule
-Postponement
-Film on Tibet produced by the US Information Agency [USIA]

Voice of America [VOA]
-Broadcasts
-USSR

Handling of memoranda

The PRC trip results
-Frozen financial assets in Western banks
-Belgium bank
-Cultural, student exchanges
-Table Tennis team
-Peking opera
-Cultural events

Japan
-Cancellation of visit by five US senators
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-J. William Fulbright
-Kissinger’s conversation with Robert A. Taft, Jr. (?)
-The PRC
-Edward M. (“Ted”) Kennedy
-Forthcoming US trip by Fukuda and other Ministers
-Dinner
-Nobuku Kishi
-Fukuda's political situation Conv. No. 543-1 (cont.)
-Nobuhiko Ushiba
-Rogers and U. Alexis Johnson

The President’s schedule
-Forthcoming meeting with Melvin R. Laird

Rogers left at 4:51 pm.

The PRC initiative
-Letters from abroad
-Forthcoming trip by the President
-Advance work
-John D. Ehrlichman
-Position
-PRC perceptions
-US delegation
-Dwight L. Chapin
-Coordination
-Kissinger
-H.R. (“Bob”) Haldeman
-Ronald H. Walker
-Kissinger's forthcoming trip to the PRC
-Walker
-Level of staff
-Ehrlichman
-Vernon A. Walters’ contacts with the PRC
-Treatment

UN membership
-Taiwan
-US stance on issue
-Chiang Kai-shek
-Public support
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PRC initiative
-Kissinger's briefing of Congressional leaders
-MacGregor
-Mansfield’s resolution
-Alexander M. Haig, Jr.
-Wording
-Mansfield
-Forthcoming US-PRC Summit Conv. No. 543-1 (cont.)
-Perceptions, expectations
-USSR, Vietnam


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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 8
[National Security]
[Duration: 3s ]


PRC


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-Kissinger’s briefing of Congressional leaders
-The President
-Vietnam

Schedule
-Meeting on Vietnam
-Kissinger's prior commitment to meet with Nelson A. Rockefeller
-The President's schedule
-Laird meeting
-Kissinger's schedule
-Haldeman’s schedule
-Rockefeller
-Anne Whitman's call

Vietnam
-Status of negotiations
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-Le Duc Tho
-Projected November 1971 announcement
-POWs
-Senate
-Situation of the Army of South Vietnam [ARVN]
-Laird
-Stockpiling of supplies
Conv. No. 543-1 (cont.)
Rockefeller's schedule
-Whitman
-Dinner

Kissinger left at 5:05 pm.
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