768–5

Conversation No. 768-5

Date: August 14, 1972
Time: 10:42 am - 11:09 am
Location: Oval Office

The President met with William D. Eberle, Peter M. Flanigan, and Alexander M. Haig, Jr.;
members of the press and the White House photographer were present at the beginning of the
meeting.

Greetings

Photograph

Eberle’s previous visit to Japan
-Kakuei Tanaka’s message for the President

[Photograph session]

Eberle’s previous visit to Japan
-Golf
-Hakone, Japan
-Unknown hotel
-Negotiating team
-Tanaka’s nonparticipation in golf
-Tanaka’s other activities

Tanaka
-Youth
-Political future

US-Japan trade relations
-Trade imbalance
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-Possible reduction
-The President’s forthcoming meeting with Tanaka
-Time frame of Japanese fiscal year
-Possible trade pact
-Japanese distribution system
-Japanese Foreign Office
-The President’s forthcoming meeting with Tanaka
-Tanaka
-Political situation
-Agricultural purchases
-Australia
-Canada
-Uranium
-Japanese political situation
-Masayoshi Ohira and Tanaka
-Forthcoming session of the Japanese Diet
-Tanaka’s cabinet
-Yasuhiro Nakasone
-Unknown representative of Takeo
Fukuda political faction
-Minister of Communications
-Equivalent of Chairman of Council of Economic
Advisors [CEA]
-Fukuda
-Political activity
-The President’s previous meeting with Fukuda
-San Clemente
-Eisaku Sato
-Power in Diet
-Tanaka
-Nakasone
-The President’s forthcoming meeting with Tanaka
-Hawaii
-Trade imbalances
-Short term purchases
-Special purchases
-Japanese proposal
-Uranium enrichment plant
-Joint US-Japan ownership
-Eberle’s view
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-Japanese foreign office
-Eberle
-The President’s view
-Correspondence from Japanese housewives
-Agreement with US desire to lower prices in Japan
-Eberle’s work with Flanigan and Henry A. Kissinger
-Arrival of Japanese uranium team

Haig and Flanigan left at 10:55 am.


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[Duration: 4m 20s ]


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Senate
-Frank F. Church
-Speeches on Latin America
-Church amendment
-1972 election
-Idaho
-Church
-Prospects in 1974
-Opposition to the Administration
-Eberle’s possible candidacy
-Republicans
-Charles H. Percy
-Charles McC. Mathias, Jr.
-James L. Buckley
-Need for moderates
-Church
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[Duration: 7m 42s ]


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Eberle left at 11:09 am.