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Conversation No. 670-18

Date: February 14, 1972
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Time: 3:05 pm - 3:45 pm
Location: Oval Office

The President met with Slaheddine El Goulli and Henry A. Kissinger.

Greetings

Photograph opportunity

Greetings to Habib Bourguiba

Kissinger
-El Goulli

People’s Republic of China [PRC] trip
-Impact on world

El Goulli left at 3:06 pm.

Vietnam
-Message
-Possible rejection
-Action

Stephen B. Bull entered at an unknown time after 3:06 pm.

Thomas C. Korologos
-Arrival

Bull left at an unknown time before 3:45 pm.

Vietnam negotiations
-The President’s peace proposal speech, January 25, 1972
-Secret channel
-Stories

James L. Buckley and Korologos entered at 3:07 pm.

Seating arrangements

Buckley’s Far East trip
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-Length
-South Pole
-Ceremony
-Flag
-Treaty
-US territory
-PRC trip
-Return
-Marshall Greene’s travels
-Anchorage
-Japan
-Korea
-Taiwan, Republic of China
-Indonesia
-Australia
-New Zealand
-Thailand
-Media
-State Department
-Indonesia
-Thailand
-Vietnam
-Taiwan
-South Korea
-Japan
-Indonesia
-Conservative
-Buckley’s previous visit
-US aid
-Difficulties
-Indonesia
-Military
-US Senate
-US
-Buckley’s comments at National Press Club
-Allaying leadership fears
-Nixon Doctrine
-Media
-Nixon Doctrine
-President’s news summary
-Media
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-Effect
-Vietnam
-Thailand
-Indonesia
-South Korea
-Taiwan
-J. William Fulbright
-Media
-Washington Post, New York Times, Time and Newsweek
-Leadership
-Chinese
-Possible Administration action
-Senators
-United Nations [UN]
-Support of Nixon Doctrine
-South Korea
-Bilateral relations
-Treaty
-Unification of Korea
-Chinese
-South Korea
-The President’s forthcoming PRC trip
-Position
-Japan
-Soviets
-North Korea
-Japan
-Union of Soviet Socialist Republics [USSR]
-Nuclear arms


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JAPAN
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-PRC
-Kissinger’s talks
-Japan
-Sense of destiny
-Economy
-Expansionism
-History
-Treaty
-US and Japan
-Soviets
-Chinese
-South Korea
-Malaysia
-Buckley’s possible meeting with Lee Kuan Yew

The President’s forthcoming PRC trip
-Return
-Possible report to American people
-Mutual defense treaty
-Reassurances
-Détente
-Nixon Doctrine
-Congress

The President’s forthcoming trip to the USSR
-Timing

Asia
-Soviets
-PRC
-Avoiding sophisticated weapons
-Soviets
-Chinese
-1964-65
-Ho Chi Minh
-Military assistance
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-USSR aid to Vietnam
-Tanks
-Laos
-Compared to those provided by US to South Vietnam
-Guns
-Congress
-Disarmament
-Involvement
-Thailand
-Indonesia and Australia
-Domino Theory
-South Vietnam
-Cambodia
-Prospects
-Buckley’s view
-Observations on recent trip
-Kissinger’s view
-Laos
-Status


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LAOS


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Vietnam
-Military operations
-Laos
-Long Tieng
-Timing
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-Bombing
-Meo tribal forces
-North Vietnamese
-Laos
-Budget constraints
-Lyndon B. Johnson
-1967, 1968
-Bombing
-Carriers
-Saturation bombing
-Possible offensive
-Timing
-1972 election
-Election

Buckley
-Written summary of trip for Kissinger
-Country by country analysis

Buckley’s Far East trip
-Hong Kong
-PRC
-State Department
-Buckley meetings
-The President’s travels abroad
-Embassies

The President’s forthcoming PRC trip
-Possible impact on US allies
-Need for reassurance
-Possible impact on world
-PRC, USSR
-Chinese
-Change
-Length of time
-Communism
-Korea
-Involvement
-Vietnam
-PRC
-Nuclear power
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-US support
-Japan
-Thailand
-Future
-PRC’s strength as a world leader
-The President
-Soviet policy
-Cuban Missile crisis
-US nuclear advantage
-Moscow
-Change in strategic balance
-Risks
-Changes
-Philosophy
-Invitations to press
-Joseph C. Kraft
-William F. Buckley, Jr.

Housing
-Scattered housing
-Federal government role

Northern Ireland
-The President’s previous conversation with John M. (“Jack”) Lynch
-Edward R.G. Heath
-History
-Irish Republic
-Heath
-Lynch

Kissinger’s background

Buckley, Kissinger, and Korologos left at 3:45 pm.
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