582-3

Conversation No. 582-3

Date: September 30, 1971
Time: 2:25 pm - 2:50 pm
Location: Oval Office

The President met with Henry A. Kissinger.

United Nations [UN] vote on the People's Republic of China [PRC] and Taiwan, Republic
of China [ROC]
-Kissinger's conversation with Alexander M. Haig, Jr.
-Haig’s conversation with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman
-US message
-Instructions to George H.W. Bush
-Timing
-US strategy
-Kissinger's trip to the PRC
-Announcement
-Dates
-UN vote
-Public relations effects of announcements
-Timing
-Haig
-Delay
-US options
-Vote
-Effect
-Status of Taiwan's seat
-Vote
-William P. Rogers
-List
-Kissinger's plans
-Trip to the PRC
-Possible reaction
-Bush
-Action on vote
-Possibility of postponement
-Support
-Announcement of Kissinger's PRC visit vis-a-vis UN vote
-Haig's opinion
-Meeting between Kissinger and Haig
-Negotiations with the PRC about Kissinger's trip
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF

Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 582-3 (cont.)


-Democrats
-Press
-Japan
-Newsmen
-Handling after James B. (“Scotty”) Reston's visit
-Rogers
-US strategy
-Congressional session
-UN vote
-Time
-Vietnam
-Dates of announcement
-PRC
-US
-Effect on the PRC
-Agreement
-Dates of trip
-Date of announcement
-Administration strategy
-Credibility
-Kissinger's handling of foreign relations
-US public reaction
-Conservatives
-US position at the UN
-UN Security Council
-Possible veto
-Rogers
-Presentation of US resolution
-Outcome of vote
-US position
-Relations with foreign diplomats
-Roll call
-Bush
-Rogers
-Position of US allies

Kissinger's trip to the PRC
-Date
-Unknown man
-Note
-Negotiation process
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF

Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 582-3 (cont.)


-Duration
-Complication
-Opposition
-Criticism
-Date of UN vote
-Choice of dates
-Reaction by PRC
-Soviet summit
-The President's meeting with Andrei A. Gromyko
-State Department
-Comparison with preparation for trip to the PRC
-Rogers
-Note
-Paper
-Influence on UN vote
-Right-wingers
-Taiwan seat action
-Timing of Kissinger's trip vis-a-vis UN vote
-UN debate
-UN vote
-Dates
-Kissinger's return
-Objections to Kissinger's trip
-Announcement of trip
-Dates
-Taiwan
-Outcome of UN vote
-Effect on the US
-Opposition to Kissinger's trip
-Rogers
-Lt. Gen. Vernon A. Walters
-Timing of trip and UN vote
-Date of announcement
-Bush
-Possible actions
-Outcome of vote

The President's schedule
-Meetingswith congressmen, Souvanna Phouma
-Time
-Length
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF

Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 582-3 (cont.)


-Kissinger's schedule
-Meeting
-Haig
-Duration of meeting
-Michael J. Mansfield
-Vote on bill by Charles H. Percy

UN vote and Kissinger's trip
-Rogers
-Haldeman

The President's schedule
-Time
-Meeting
-Haig
-Phouma
-Haig

Kissinger left at 2:50 pm.