715–1

Conversation No. 715-1

Date: April 26, 1972
Time: 11:41 am - 12:01 pm
Location: Oval Office

The President met with Alexander P. Butterfield, Kim Yong-sik, Dong Jo Kim and Alexander
M. Haig, Jr.; the White House photographer was present at the beginning of the meeting.

Greetings and introductions

Seating

Butterfield left at 11:42 am.

US-Republic of Korea [ROK] relations
-ROK concerns
-Park Chung Hee
-People's Republic of China [PRC]
-Communique
-Private talks
-Park Chung Hee
-The President's Moscow trip
-Subjects of discussion
-ROK
-US commitments
-Democratic People's Republic of Korea [North Korea]
-Current attitudes
-US support for Park
-Soviet support
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Tape Subject Log
(rev. 7/07)
Conv. No. 715-1 (cont.)


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-Soviet Union
-Modernization of ROK forces
-US commitments
-Congress
-Supporters of ROK
-Opposition to US support for ROK
-William P. Rogers's conversation with Kim
Vietnam
-ROK troops
-Number
-Areas of concern
-North Vietnamese invasion
-Duration
-ROK forces
-US air strikes
-Paris peace talks
-Ground action
-Allied actions
-ROK actions
-Defeat of North Vietnam
-Impact on ROK
-Soviet support
-North Vietnam
-Stakes in war
-ROK forces
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Tape Subject Log
(rev. 7/07)
Conv. No. 715-1 (cont.)


An unknown person entered at an unknown time after 11:42 am.

Refreshments

The unknown person left at an unknown time before 12:01 pm.

-Withdrawal of troops
-Timing
-The President’s trip to the Soviet Union
-US support
-Withdrawal of troops
-US consultations with ROK
-Troop withdrawal
-US retaliation
-Effectiveness
-B-52s
-US air support
-Helicopters
-US policy
-Kim's conversation with Rogers

United Nations [UN]
-George H. W. Bush
-Abilities
-Voting
-US position
-PRC, Soviet Union
-Biases
-Humanitarian problems
-Talks with North Korea
-Red Cross
-Berlin talks
-Status

Korea
-Modernization of ROK forces
-Standard of living
-US policies
-Support in Congress
-North Vietnamese invasion
-Demilitarized zone [DMZ]
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Tape Subject Log
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Conv. No. 715-1 (cont.)


-Impact on US attitudes
-Parallels with Korea
-The President’s message for Park
-The President's Soviet trip
-Consultations
-Compared with PRC trip
-Park’s wishes
-Koreans in US

Reception for Kim and Dong
-Unknown people

Golf game
-Burning Tree Country Club
-Park

Stephen B. Bull entered at an unknown time after 11:42 am.

Presidential gifts
-Golf balls

Bull left at an unknown time before 12:01 pm.

Golf game

Presidential gifts
-Golf balls
-Presentation
-Park

The President's schedule
-Foreign travel
-US election
-Trip to ROK
-1953
-View of ROK

Photographs
-Copies

President and Mrs. Park
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Tape Subject Log
(rev. 7/07)
Conv. No. 715-1 (cont.)


-President and Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon

US election

Car

Kim et al., left at 12:01 pm.