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Conversation No. 576-15/577-1

Date: September 20, 1971
Time: Unknown between 12:25 pm and 12:44 pm
Location: Oval Office

The President met with Ronald G. S. Au, Andre LeTendre, and George T. Bell; the White House
photographer was present at the beginning of the meeting.
[The recording begins at an unknown time while the meeting is in progress]

[Photographs]

Meeting with the President
-Thanks for the opportunity

US Jaycees organization
-The President’s membership
-Jaycee convention in St. Louis, June 25, 1970
-The President's attendance
-Enthusiasm of greeting
-Cambodia
-The President's relationship with the Jaycees
-Membership
-Age
-Relationship with the younger generation
-Age group
-Jaycee role within the US
-US as country
-Critics of the “system”
-Economics
-Foreign policies
-Leaders
-Types

Miss America Contest
-Miss America contestants
-The President's meeting with winners [Phyllis A. George, Laurie Lee Schaefer]
-Conservative values in relation to perceived current societal values
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Tape Subject Log
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Conv. No. 576-15/577-1 (cont.)


US Jaycees organization
-Partnership relationship
-Tradition
-Jaycee role in the United States
-Effort by LeTendre
-Support of the President
-The President's policies
-Au's ancestry
-Race
-Election to office
-Press appearances
-Questions
-Answers in relation to the President's forthcoming trip to the People's
Republic of China [PRC]
-Jaycee friends in Taiwan
-Address at Jaycee national convention

PRC initiative
-Au's support
-Purpose of trip
-Public speculation
-US foreign relations with the PRC
-Differences between the US government and the governments in the PRC and
the Soviet Union
-Negotiation as option
-Future environment
-US-Soviet relations
-Middle East, Berlin, arms limitation issues
-Detente
-Communications
-Methods of communications
-Superpowers
-Initiation
-Negotiation of differences
-Taiwan
-Amount of progress
-Type of society
-Population
-Trade
-Position in United Nations [UN]
-UN
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Tape Subject Log
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Conv. No. 576-15/577-1 (cont.)


-China membership issue
-PRC admission
-Secretary of State [William P. Rogers]
-Vote
-PRC, Taiwan
-Vote
-Negotiations
-George H.W. Bush
-Pragmatism
-Position in the world
-Philosophies
-Foreign relations
-Type of world
-Chou en-lai
-PRC and US position in the world
-Superpowers
-Negotiations
-Future
-Au's forthcoming trip to Taiwan
-State Department
-Vote in UN
-Au's meeting with Vice President Chiang Ching-Kuo
-Message from the President
-Cordialities
-Friendship between the US and Taiwan
-International relations
-Responsibilities

East Asian affairs
-Au's request to Ronald W. Reagan
-Reagan's trip to the Far East
-Au's attendance
-Jaycees' representation in the Far East
-Industry
-Request
-Date
-Governor’s office
-Lieutenant Governor Edwin Reinecke
-Date

Au
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Tape Subject Log
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-Ethnic background
-Attainment of office of presidency of the Jaycees
-Travel
-Representation of the Jaycees
-Manila, Philippines
-Relationship with Taiwan
-Manufacturing of campaign paraphernalia by Taiwan
-Relationship with Au
-Comparison to Irish and Germans

Chinese
The President's view
-Taiwan
-Manila
-Singapore
-Bangkok
-Hong Kong
-Accomplishments

PRC
-Relations with the US
-Type of relations
-Population
-Type of culture
-Relations with the US
-Types of government
-PRC relations
-Au’s support for the President
-The President's foreign policy

Presidential gifts
-Cuff links
-Golf balls
-Tie clasps
-Paperweight
-Lady's gifts
-Signatures
-Stephen B. Bull

US Jaycees
-Support of the President
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-Re-election
-Au's leadership
-Age

Au, LeTendre, and Bell left at 12:44 pm.