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581–6
  • President Richard M. Nixon
  • William P. Rogers
  • Henry A. Kissinger
September 30, 1971
Conversation No. 581-6

Date: September 30, 1971
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF

Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 581-4 (cont.)


Time: 12:20 pm - 12:45 pm
Location: Oval Office

The President met with William P. Rogers and Henry A. Kissinger.

The President's schedule

Souvanna Phouma

Rogers's schedule
-Lunch with Anatoliy F. Dobrynin
-New York

United Nations [UN] vote on Taiwan
-Timing of Kissinger's trip to People's Republic of China [PRC]
-Possible Chinese action
-Internal political situation in the PRC
-Kissinger's trip to the PRC
-Timing
-UN vote
-Result
-Threats by us conservatives
-Japan
-Australia
-New Zealand
-Kissinger's trip to the PRC
-Status
-UN vote
-State Department official
-Announcement
-Status, options
-PRC
-Possible action
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF

Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 581-6 (cont.)


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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1
[National Security]
[Duration: 12s ]


FOREIGN AFFAIRS


END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1

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-US political/domestic situation
-George H.W. Bush's efforts
-UN
-The President's meeting with Bush, morning of September 30, 1971
-PRC trip and UN vote
-Timing of trip and UN vote
-Gromyko's trip to the US
-Timing
-Gromyko's previous visit to the US
-Announcement of Soviet Union summit
-PRC trip
-Delay
-Timing with UN vote
-Possible implications
-Status of trip to the PRC
-Timing
-Gromyko's previous trip to the US
-Effect of announcement of Kissinger's trip to the PRC compared to actual trip to the
PRC
-Timing with UN vote
-[Unintelligible]
-Announcement of trip
-Ronald l. Ziegler
-Regular briefing
-Details of trip
-Kissinger, Dwight L. Chapin
-Preparation for forthcoming trip by the President
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF

Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 581-6 (cont.)


-Date of vote
-UN debate
-Date
-Announcement of trip
-Announcement of trip
-Date
-US-Soviet Union relations
-Meeting with Dobrynin
-PRC
-Lt. Gen. Vernon A. Walters
-Announcement of Soviet trip
-Date
-Potential situation
-Dates
-The PRC
-US position


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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2
[National Security]
[Duration: 4s ]


FOREIGN AFFAIRS


END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2

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-Perceptions
-Date of PRC trip
-US dealings with the Chinese
-Announcement of trip
-Kissinger's PRC trip compared to the President's PRC trip
-Time interval

Rogers's schedule
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF

Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 581-6 (cont.)


-Dobrynin
-Gromyko
-The President's conversation with Gromyko
-Issues
-PRC
-Middle East
-Brezhnev

Rogers's forthcoming meeting with Gromyko
-US-Soviet Union relationship in the Middle East
-Rogers's conversation with soviets
-Egypt and US relations
-Israel and US relations
-US position
-Soviet Union's view of Middle East relations
-Conference on European security and cooperation
-Handling by Rogers
-Strategic Arms Limitation Talks [SALT]
-The president's conversation with Gromyko
-SALT and Europe
-Wording of the President's statement
-Rogers's discussions with the Soviets
-The President's conversation with Gromyko

Rogers left at 12:36 pm.

US foreign policy
-Announcement of PRC trip
-Congressional action in the US
-Josip Broz Tito's trip to the US
-Announcement of PRC trip
-Timing
-Rogers
-Date of announcement
-Kissinger's PRC trip
-Timing
-Rogers's analysis
-Vote in UN
-Timing of Kissinger's presence in the PRC
-Rogers
-Analysis
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF

Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 581-6 (cont.)


-US position
-Public appearance
-US communications with the PRC
-Announcement
-Gromyko's visit to the US
-Dates of trip and announcement
-UN debate and vote
-Previous years' schedule
-Kissinger's presence in the PRC
-Possible speech by Bush
-Haig's trip to Vietnam
-Kissinger's meeting with traveling members
-Results of trip
-Domestic situation
-Nguyen Van Thieu
-Samuel David Berger
-Tran Kiem
-Ellsworth F. Bunker
-Charles Whitehouse
-Kissinger's trip to the PRC
-Rogers's analysis
-Dates of communication with PRC
-Schedule
-Tito visit
-Trip by Kissinger
-Georges J.R. Pompidou

Kissinger left at 12:45 pm.
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Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
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