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  • President Richard M. Nixon
  • John B. Connally
  • John D. Ehrlichman
  • George P. Shultz
  • Henry A. Kissinger
November 24, 1971
Conversation No. 624-29/625-1

Date: November 24, 1971
Time: Unknown between 4:06 pm and 4:35 pm
Location: Oval Office

The President met with John B. Connally, John D. Ehrlichman, George P. Shultz and Henry A.
Kissinger.
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House Resolution [HR] 1
-Senate action

Kissinger's schedule
-Forthcoming meeting with Japanese Ambassador

India-Pakistan
-Kissinger’s forthcoming meeting with Pakistan Ambassador
-State Department
-Statement
-The President's instructions
-Assistant secretaries

1973 budget
-Department of Defense
-Amount
-Military forces
-Barry M. Goldwater and John G. Tower
-Tactical aircraft
-Submarines
-Weapons system
-Melvin R. Laird
-Forthcoming conversation with Kissinger
-David Packard
-Thomas H. Moorer
-Air defense
-National defense
-Amounts
-Kissinger's possible meeting with conservatives
-Memorandum
-Laird
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Tape Subject Log
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Conv. No. 624-29/625-1 (cont.)


-Negotiations


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India-Pakistan
-Kissinger's possible action
-Edward M. Kennedy's statement in India
-US policy
-India
-Loans
-Henry Kearns

Laird
-Memorandum

Portugal
-United Nations [UN] action regarding Senegal
-William P. Rogers
-US position
-Previous UN vote on Taiwan
-President’s forthcoming meeting with Georges J.R. Pompidou in the Azores

Kissinger left at 4:17 pm.

Connally's previous press conference
-Tricia Nixon Cox's views


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Tape Subject Log
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Connally's schedule
-Forthcoming conversation with the President

International monetary situation
-Connally's forthcoming conversation with unknown person
-Gold
-The President's previous meeting with Arthur F. Burns and Connally

Connally left at 4:19 pm.

1973 budget
-Arthur S. Flemming
-Conversation with Ehrlichman
-Performance in office
-Social Security
-Leonard Garment's views
-Medicaid prescriptions
-Amendment to HR 1
-Federal employees' pay
-Clark MacGregor's possible efforts
-Medicaid prescriptions
-Ehrlichman's forthcoming conversation with Flemming

Pending legislation
-Tax Bill
-Financing of presidential campaigns
-Ehrlichman's meeting with MacGregor and House Republicans
-Wilbur D. Mills
-Possible veto
-Lobbyists
-Effect
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF

Tape Subject Log
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Conv. No. 624-29/625-1 (cont.)


-The President’s view
-Democrats' motives
-George C. Wallace
-William L. Springer's views
-William E. Brock, III's views
-Ehrlichman's forthcoming conversation with Charles W. Colson
-Businessmen
-The President's possible veto
-Possible congressional action
-Possible veto

State of the Union speech

Value Added Tax [VAT]
-Connally's views
-White House handling
-The President's possible efforts
-Possible poll

Pending legislation
-Tax Bill
-Shultz's forthcoming call to Brock
-Colson
-Possible veto
-Connally

The President's schedule
-Departure
-Shultz

Ehrlichman and Shultz left at an unknown time before 4:35 pm.
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Tape Subject Log
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