574–4

Conversation No. 574-4

Date: September 17, 1971
Time: 10:04 am - 10:26 am
Location: Oval Office

The President met with Charles S. Rhyne and Alexander M. Haig, Jr.

Josip Broz Tito
-Meeting with Rhyne
-location
-Tito's forthcoming trip to the US
-Dinner
-Timing
-Meeting
-Agneda
-The People's Republic of China [PRC]
-The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics [USSR]
-Tito’s forthcoming visit
-Conference
-Constitutional change in Yugoslavia
-Discussion between Rhyne and the ambassador from the PRC
-Telecast of reception for Yugoslavian prime minister
-Ambassador from the PRC
-Yugoslavia
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-Reception
-The US-PRC opening
-Tito’s support
-Yugoslavia's position
-USSR, PRC
-The President's PRC initiative

International Law Conference
-Rhyne's visit
-Invitation
-Alexander Fyodorovich Gorkin
-Leonid Smirnov
-Airport reception
-Gorkin
-Meeting with the President in Tunisia
-Position in USSR
-Rhyne’s earlier trips to the USSR
-Dates
-Dinner
-Smirnov, Gorkin
-Query on number of Americans coming to Belgrade
-Compared to Russians
-The President's trip to the PRC
-Tito's reaction to meeting
-Russians

Tito’s forthcoming trip to the US
-Timing
-Washington

International Law Conference
-International lawyers
-Bolshoi Theater
-attendance
-Court
-Warren E. Burger
-Handling
-Meeting with Tito
-Illness
-Meeting with people
-Tito
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-Constitutional changes
-Lawyers
-Age
-Health
-Meeting with people
-Open convertible
-Speech
-Number of hours
-Pictures
-Discussions
-Country
-Vatican representative
-Message for the Pope
-Conference's participants
-Types of people
-Chief justices, ministers of justice
-Rhyne's trip to Yugoslavia
-Press stories
-Report of Rhyne's trip
-Frank S. Shakespeare
-Tito
-Forthcoming trip to US by Tito
-Tito
-Attire
-White suit
-The President's letter
-Treatment
-Attire
-Yugoslavia
-Weather
-Blazo Jovanovic
-Chief Justice
-Relationship with Tito
-Tito
-Yugoslavia
-Two Chief Justices
-Meeting
-Participants

US foreign relations
-Developments regarding the PRC
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-US public stance
-Leadership position in the world
-Supremacy
-Forthcoming speech to United Nations [UN]
-Domestic issues
-Handling
-Effect on US leadership role
-President Nixon's presidency
-World attitude
-Support
-Moral leadership
-Base to build upon
-Support for the President
-Lawyers
-Small countries
-Nepal

Report on world law
-Completion date
-Interest in world law
-Maritime law
-Two hundred mile limit
-Concept of future law maker of the world
-Henry Luce

Policy statement forum
-United Nations [UN]
-PRC initiative
-Israelis
-Arabs
-White House
-Timing
-Telecast
-Sunday radio broadcast
-Distribution
-United States Information Agency [USIA]
-Translation

Washington, DC Bar
-Anniversary
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International law forum in the US
-Lawyers
-Administration strategy
-Individual working with Rhyne
-Wording of statement
-Commitment
-US role
-Interests
-International court
-Conflicts
-Role of international court
-Anti-ballistic missile [ABM]

International Law Conference in Yugoslavia
-Japan
-Italy
-US
-Leon Jaworski
-Yugoslavia
-Audience
-Number of people
-Lawyers
-Court
-Supreme Court justices
-Burger
-Role
-View of the President’s possible talk

Prison reform
-Williamsburg conference?
-The President’s attendance with Tom C. Clark and Burer

International law
-Writing
-William H. Taft
-John F. Dulles
-Research
-Report
-Number of words
-Dulles
-Speech to New York Bar Association
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-Maurice H. Stans

Presidential gifts
-Clients
-Secretary
-Book marker

Introduction to incoming group

Instruction to Haig

Rhyne and Haig left at 10:26 am.