544–4

Conversation No. 544-4

Date: July 23, 1971
Time: 9:40 am - 10:21 am
Location: Oval Office

The President met with Henry A. Kissinger.

Kissinger's schedule
-H.R. (“Bob”) Haldeman's office
-Meeting with Nelson A. Rockefeller

[The President talked with the White House operator at an unknown time between 9:40 am and
9:45 am]

[Conversation No. 544-4A]

[See Conversation No. 6-194]

Haldeman entered at 9:45 am.

[End of telephone conversation]

Hal Plumber (?)

The US initiative towards the People's Republic of China [PRC]
-Rockefeller
-Reaction
-The President
-Second term
-Forthcoming election
-Impact of initiative
-New York State
-Forthcoming speech to the Republican National Committee [RNC]
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-Robert J. Dole
-Paragraphs about the President's foreign policy accomplishments
-Peace
-John V. Lindsay
-Barry M. Goldwater's speech
-RNC
-Conservatives
Conv. No. 544-3 (cont.)

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CHINA


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-Future of the Two Chinas
-Chiang Kai-shek
-Chou En-lai, Mao Tse-tung, Lin Piao
-Opponents of the PRC opening
-John G. Schmitz
-Rockefeller
-Appearance on the David Frost Show
-The PRC, Vietnam
-Stance towards the President's administration
-Domestic policy

[The President talked with Stewart J.O. Alsop between 9:48 am and 9:51 am]

[Conversation No. 544-4B]

[See Conversation No. 6-195]

[End of telephone conversation]
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Alsop
-Health
-Leukemia
-Prognosis
-Kissinger's dinner

Foreign relations Conv. No. 544-4 (cont.)
-Maurice H. Stans
-Trip to the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics [USSR]
-Melvin R. Laird
-The President's July 22, 1971 meeting with Laird, Kissinger
-US-PRC relations
-Joseph W. Alsop's column
-Speculation about Kissinger-Chou conversation topics
-PRC
-USSR
-Rockefeller
-Meeting
-PRC initiative
-World peace
-Haldeman's daughter
-Youth reaction
-Gordon Craig’s reaction
-Vietnam
-Speculation
-W. Averell Harriman

Kissinger left at 9:55 am.

The President's PRC trip
-Advance work
-Kissinger's conversation with Haldeman
-John D. Ehrlichman's role
-Perceptions
-Ronald H. Walker
-Ehrlichman
-Role
-The press
-Television networks
-National Broadcasting Corporation [NBC]
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Stephen B. Bull entered at an unknown time after 9:55 am.

The President's schedule
-Delay of budget meeting

Bull left at an unknown time before 10:21 am.

The President's PRC trip Conv. No. 544-4 (cont.)
-The press
-Preparations
-Advance work
-John D. Ehrlichman
-Walker
-Dwight L. Chapin
-Kissinger

Robert H. Finch
-Office of Emergency Preparedness [OEP]
-Peter G. Peterson
-Herbert W. Kalmbach's effort
-Stans
-Focus
-California
-Other states
-Responsibilities
-Emergency preparedness, disasters, stockpiles

David M. Kennedy
-Ambassadorship to Japan
-Haldeman's conversation with William P. Rogers
-Background
-Business community
-State Department

Donald H. Rumsfeld
-North Atlantic Treaty Organization [NATO] position
-John N. Mitchell
-White House compared to campaign role
-Chairman of citizens group
-Value as spokesman
-NATO
-Effect
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-Finch
-Abilities

Charles W. Colson
-Job
-Staff assistance
-Finch
Conv. No. 544-4 (cont.)
Rumsfeld
-Areas of attention
-Suburbia
-Youth

Issues appealing to young people
-Peace
-Environment, civil rights
-The PRC initiative
-College age
-Coordination of student appeal effort
-The President's Ohio trip
-Meeting with Mitchell
-James W. McLane
-Charles McWhorter (?)
-Blue collar youth
-Coordination
-Chapin
-McLane
-Finch
-Rumsfeld
-Blue collar youth
-Rumsfeld

Finch
-OEP
-Areas of attention
-Volunteers
-Youth
-Possible role
-OEP
-Ambassador to Mexico
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END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 7 Conv. No. 544-4 (cont.)

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-OEP, National Security Council [NSC]
-Counsellor to the President
-Retention of post
-Kissinger

Rumsfeld
-Roving ambassador to Latin America
-Europe
-Kissinger's attitude
-Value
-Relations with Mitchell
-Political matters
-Harry S. Dent
-Citizen’s chairman

The Bohemian Grove

Polls

The President's schedule
-Canton, Ohio Football Hall of Fame ceremony
-Vincent T. (“Vince”) Lombardi
-Inductees, presenters
-Length of ceremony

Polls
-Release of White House poll
-Post-April poll as benchmark
-Compared to Gallup poll
-Questions to be asked
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-Foreign policy
-Focus on PRC initiative
-The President's leadership
-Timing
-Forthcoming Gallup release
-Momentum
-Gallup
-Possible overcompensation on Blacks, youth Conv. No. 544-4 (cont.)
-Louis P. Harris
-White House poll
-John B. Connally's forthcoming television appearance

White House staff
-Colson's workload
-Assistance
-Tasks assigned by the President
-Follow-up

Poll preparation
-Questions
-Focus of poll
-Use of benchmark figure
-Gallup, Harris
-Perception of country's mood
-PRC initiative's effect
-Approval
-Youth
-Intellectuals

News stories
-Vietnam casualties
-Sudan coup
-John Patton Davis, Robert Service
-Vietnam casualties

Haldeman left at 10:21 am.
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