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- President Richard M. Nixon
- Henry A. Kissinger
- Alexander P. Butterfield
- William P. Rogers
- Alexander M. Haig
- John D. Ehrlichman
- Ronald L. Ziegler
September 6, 1972
Conversation No. 771-2
Date: September 6, 1972
Time: 8:13 am - 9:48 am
Location: Oval Office
The President met with Henry A. Kissinger.
Foreign policy
-Soviet Union trade agreement
-Anatoliy F. Dobrynin
-Kissinger’s schedule
-Alexander M. Haig, Jr.
-Percentage agreement
-William P. Rogers
-Lend-lease deal
2
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. Oct-06)
-October signing ceremony
-Kissinger
-Kissinger’s forthcoming trip to Moscow
-Importance
-Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty [SALT]
-Mutual Balanced Force Reductions [MBFR]
-European Security Conference
-Status
-Department of State
-SALT agreement
-Announcement
-Timing
-1972 election
-Rogers
-Timing of agreement announcement
-Pre-election
-Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe
-Rogers’s conversation with H.R. (“Bob”) Haldeman
-Presedential election
-Effect
-Withdrawal of forces from Europe
-Rogers
-Timing of announcement
-Pre-election
-George S. McGovern’s position
-MBFR
-Nuclear agreement
-Soviet Union
-The People’s Republic of China [PRC]
-Status of negotiations
-October
-Vietnam War
-US strategy
-Middle East comparison
-Objective
-Soviet Union positions
-Japanese relations with PRC
-Rearmament
-Statements by Kakuei Tanaka
-US proposals
-Defense of Taiwan, Republic of China
3
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. Oct-06)
-Security treaty for Japan
-Rogers’s forthcoming meeting with Masayoshi Ohira
-Taiwan
-Kissinger’s schedule
-PRC
-Israeli reaction to Munich murders
Murder of Israeli athletes at Olympic Games in Munich
-Israel
-Kissinger’s view
-Pakistani-Indian comparison
-The President’s actions
-Statement by the President
-Comparison to World War I
-Austrian frustration
-Archduke Franz Ferdinand’s assassination
-World outrage
-Serbs
-Israeli attitude
-Yitzhak Rabin
-The President’s previous conversation
-Forthcoming meeting with Kissinger
-Israeli abilities
-Golda Meir
-International Olympic Committee [IOC]
-Jewish attitude
-The President’s view
-Jewish Defense League
-Arab diplomats
-The President’s policy
-Rogers
-Empathy
-Jewish media
-Papers
-The President’s policy
-Empathy
-Extremists
-Kissinger and Haig’s schedule
-Telephone call to the Israelis
-Suggestions
-IOC
4
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. Oct-06)
-Cancellation of Olympic Games
-Meir
-Terrorists aims
-Anti-government protestors
-Comparison
-Possible US actions
-Rogers
-Kissinger
-Rabin
-Kissinger
-Rogers
-National Day of Mourning
-Kissinger’s view
-Kissinger’s family
-Anti-semitic reaction
-Day of mourning
-Jewish influence
-Haig
-West Germany
-United Nations [UN]
-US role
-Possible resolutions
-Harboring terrorists
-UN Security Council
-Soviet Union
-PRC
-UN General Assembly
-Dobrynin
-Reaction
-PRC
-Kissinger’s forthcoming trip to Moscow
-Jewish exit visas
-Need for action
-Dobrynin’s schedule
-Yuli M. Vorontsov
-State Department
-U. Alexis Johnson
-Rogers
-Israeli action
-The President’s previous conversation with Rabin
-Forthcoming call
5
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. Oct-06)
-Rabin
-Kissinger’s forthcoming meeting
-Position
-Possible action in Beirut
-Soviet Union
-US election
-Meir
-Previous agreement on Beirut
-Kissinger’s view
-Rabin
-Forthcoming Israeli election
-US action
-UN Security Council
-Rogers
-Press conference
-UN Security Council
-International action against countries
-Guerrilla sanctuaries
-Rogers
Alexander P. Butterfield entered at 8:20 am.
Rogers schedule
Butterfield left at 8:21 am.
Kissinger’s schedule
-Kissinger’s forthcoming trip to Munich and Moscow
-Olympic Games
-Willy Brandt
-Kissinger’s forthcoming meeting
-Edward R.G. Heath
-Sir Alexander F. (“Alec”) Douglas-Home
-Haig
-Nuclear agreements with Soviet Union
-Great Britain
Rogers and Haig entered at 8:32 am.
Murder of Israeli athletes at Olympic Games in Munich
-The President’s previous telephone call to Rabin
6
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. Oct-06)
-Meir
-Reaction to news
-Timing
-US policy
-Forthcoming meeting
-Israeli action
-Beirut
-The President’s view
-The President’s previous talk with Meir
-US consideration
-US statement
-Pueblo incident
-EC-121 incident
-US response
-Possible Israeli actions
-US view
-The president’s conversation with Meir and Rabin
-West German involvement
-Early press reports
-Israeli reaction
-The Pesident’s previous trip to San Clemente
-Haig’s schedule
-Reaction to premature report
-US response
-Brandt
-Responsibility for first reports
-West German government
-British television
-German spokesman
-Police
-US response
-Rogers view
-Task force
-Police alert
-Statement
-Mark Spitz
-US swimmer
-Ethnicity
-Security precautions
-The President’s view
-Israeli request to US
7
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. Oct-06)
-Cancellation of Olympic Games
-US actions
-Counsel General
-Avery Brundage
-IOC
-Meeting
-Memorial service
-Brundage announcement
-Possible withdrawal of US athletes
-Israeli withdrawal
-New York Times plea
-Possible withdrawal of US athletes
-Dual citizenship
-Wrestler [David Berger]
-Columbia University
-Statement to Meir
-Rogers’s statement to Brandt
-Ronald L. Ziegler
-The President’s view
-Possible withdrawal of US athletes
-Possible cancellation of Olympic Games
-US position on terrorists aims
-May Day demonstrations in Washington
-Lafayette Park
-West German actions
-Rogers view
-Nelson A. Rockefeller
-Attica prison takeover
-West German position
-Effect of cancellation
-Brundage
-Political issue in US
-McGovern
-New York Times
-Jewish vote
-US actions
-Flags
-The President’s view
-Earthquake in Peru
-Shooting in North Ireland
-Period of silence
8
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. Oct-06)
-Israeli funeral ceremony
-Delegations
-Brandt
-Israeli attitude
-US athlete representation
-Emil (\"Bus\") Mosbacher, Jr.
-Jesse Owens
-Spitz
-Reaction
-Safety
-London
-Brandt
-Political aspect
-UN action
-Gunnar Jarring
-PRC
-Soviets
-Rogers’s possible statement
-UN resolution
-International terrorism
-US position
-West German relations
-Israeli responses
-Israeli cabinet statement
-Hijacking conference
-Department of State
-Rogers’s schedule
-Statement at conference
-International attendance
-Israeli cabinet statement
-The President’s previous talk with Rabin
-Rogers’s schedule
-Rabin
-Hijacking conference
-Rogers’s view
-UN use
-International rules of conduct
-Sanctions against harboring guerrillas
-Kissinger’s view
-Possible PRC vote
-Israeli action
9
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. Oct-06)
-UN General Assembly
-UN Security Council
-US statement
-Algeria
-Public relations
-The President’s view
-Hijacking conference
-International boycotts
-Algeria
-Ziegler
-White House position
-UN action
-Possible PRC response
-Coverage
-Effectiveness
-Lebanon
-Definition of terrorists
-Responsible groups
-Beirut terrorists
-Munich massacre
-Lod airport
-Algeria
-Black Panthers
-Statement content
-Need for UN action
-Kissinger’s view
-Possible PRC reaction
-Soviet Union
-Consultation
-Compared with UN action on hijacking
-Kissinger’s view
-Israeli attitude
-UN Security Council influence
-Lebanon
-Lod airport incident
-Israeli statement
-Israel
-UN
-Publicity
-Rabin
-Previous conversation with the President
10
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. Oct-06)
-Effect of murders
-Settlement of cause of problem
-Rogers’s view
-Israeli interest
-Moshe Dayan
-Egyptian proposals
-UN General Assembly
-UN action
-US role
-Issues
-Terrorists
-Message to Israel
-Dayan
-Israel
-Reaction
-Effect
-Rogers’s view
-Egyptian statement
-Palestinian deaths
-Palestinian issues
-Negotiations
-Israeli retaliation
-Possible response
-Possible arab reaction
-John D. Ehrlichman
-Hijacking
-Kidnapping
-Possible US hijacking
-The President’s view
-US consultation with Israel
-UN resolution
-UN Security Council
-Rogers’s schedule
-Kissinger’s schedule
-Congressional schedule
-UN action
-Legislation
-Conventions
The President talked with Ehrlichman at an unknown time between 8:32 am and 9:22 am.
11
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. Oct-06)
[Conversation No. 771-2A]
Kissinger left at 9:13 am.
Congressional schedule
-Hijacking convention
-Terrorism
-Convention
-Hijacking
-Rogers’s schedule
[End of telephone conversation]
Murder of Israeli athletes at Olympic Games in Munich
-UN action
-US action
-Timing
-Visibility
-Israeli action
-Public effect
-Rogers possible conversation with Dayan
-Rabin
-West Germany
-Israeli attitude
-US action
-Adolf Hitler
-The President’s previous talk with Meir
-West German security
-West German early statement
-Israeli view
-West German forces involved
-The President’s previous conversation with Haig
-West German actions
-Possible US action
-UN action
-Ehrlichman’s schedule
-Congressional action
-US response
-Election image
-McGovern
-Consultation with Rabin
12
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. Oct-06)
-Rogers
-Haig’s schedule
-Kissinger’s schedule
-Report to Rabin
-Rogers’s schedule
-Possible call form Rabin
-The President’s schedule
-Forthcoming meeting with George P. Shultz
The President’s forthcoming International Monetary Fund [IMF] speech
-Shultz
-Arthur F. Burns
-Rogers
-UN
-Advantages
-Election effect
-Inflation policies
-Haldeman
-Rogers
-Shultz
-Burns
-Peter M. Flanigan
-Shultz’s schedule
-Speech
-Monetary program
-Convertibility
-Burns’s position
-Effect on world market
-Speech
-Rogers view
-1972 election
-Shultz’s speech
Kissinger entered at 9:22 am.
Murder of Israeli athletes at Olympic games in Munich
-Rogers’s schedule
-Kissinger’s schedule
-Congressional action
-Hijacking convention
-Legislation implementation
13
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. Oct-06)
-US action
-US flag
-President’s view
-Precedent
-Foreign leaders
-Winston S. Churchill
-Kissinger’s view
-Moment of silence
-Funeral
-India-Pakistan conflict
-Olympic Games
-The President’s interest
-Nature of games
-Department heads
-US action
-Moment of silence
-Compared with Taiwan’s expulsion from the UN
-Personal action
-The President’s schedule
-Church
-Department head action
-Moment of silence
-The President’s view
-Merriman Smith’s death
-President’s press conference, May 8,
1970
-US Flag
-Rogers’s view
-Olympic Games
-Day of mourning
-The President’s lead
-Rogers’s schedule
-Forthcoming meeting with Rabin
-Rabin’s schedule
-Washington, DC
-Canada
-Anti-West German feeling in Israel
-Effect on US action
-Meir
-West German action
-West German action
14
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. Oct-06)
-Terrorists
-Capital punishment
-Kissinger’s view
-Possible Lufthansa plane hijacking
-Comparison to guerrilla in British jail
-West German procedures
-Capital punishment
-Comparison to US Airlines plane
-Compared to Attica prison uprising
-Use of gas
-US actions
-Rogers
-Kissinger’s schedule
-Statement for Ziegler
-Telegram to Israel
-Wording
-Rogers’s schedule
-Rabin
-Telephone calls to ambassadors
-Funeral attendance
-Brandt
-Effect on chiefs of state schedules
Ziegler entered at 9:38 am.
Murder of Israeli athletes at Olympic Games in Munich
-Statements by US
-US efforts
-Rogers’s schedule
-Hijacking conference
-Television
-Meir
-The President’s telegram
-Rogers’s schedule
-Meeting with Israeli officials
-Security measures
-US flag
-Day of mourning
-Funeral
-Announcement of Olympic Games resumption
-Olympic memorial service schedule
15
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. Oct-06)
-Funeral
-Questions at press conference
-US flag
-John V. Lindsay
-George H.W. Bush
-The President’s position
-Kissinger
-Possible questions
-Press conference substance
-White House interest
-Possible Congressional action
-National day of mourning
-Congress
-Precedents
-Proclamations by the President
-Dag Hammarskjöld
-Churchill
-The President’s possible personal action
-Church prayer
-Rogers’s forthcoming speech publicity
-Ziegler’s schedule
-Telegram
-Call to Rabin
-US flag
Kissinger, Rogers, Ziegler, and Haig left at 9:48 am.
Date: September 6, 1972
Time: 8:13 am - 9:48 am
Location: Oval Office
The President met with Henry A. Kissinger.
Foreign policy
-Soviet Union trade agreement
-Anatoliy F. Dobrynin
-Kissinger’s schedule
-Alexander M. Haig, Jr.
-Percentage agreement
-William P. Rogers
-Lend-lease deal
2
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. Oct-06)
-October signing ceremony
-Kissinger
-Kissinger’s forthcoming trip to Moscow
-Importance
-Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty [SALT]
-Mutual Balanced Force Reductions [MBFR]
-European Security Conference
-Status
-Department of State
-SALT agreement
-Announcement
-Timing
-1972 election
-Rogers
-Timing of agreement announcement
-Pre-election
-Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe
-Rogers’s conversation with H.R. (“Bob”) Haldeman
-Presedential election
-Effect
-Withdrawal of forces from Europe
-Rogers
-Timing of announcement
-Pre-election
-George S. McGovern’s position
-MBFR
-Nuclear agreement
-Soviet Union
-The People’s Republic of China [PRC]
-Status of negotiations
-October
-Vietnam War
-US strategy
-Middle East comparison
-Objective
-Soviet Union positions
-Japanese relations with PRC
-Rearmament
-Statements by Kakuei Tanaka
-US proposals
-Defense of Taiwan, Republic of China
3
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. Oct-06)
-Security treaty for Japan
-Rogers’s forthcoming meeting with Masayoshi Ohira
-Taiwan
-Kissinger’s schedule
-PRC
-Israeli reaction to Munich murders
Murder of Israeli athletes at Olympic Games in Munich
-Israel
-Kissinger’s view
-Pakistani-Indian comparison
-The President’s actions
-Statement by the President
-Comparison to World War I
-Austrian frustration
-Archduke Franz Ferdinand’s assassination
-World outrage
-Serbs
-Israeli attitude
-Yitzhak Rabin
-The President’s previous conversation
-Forthcoming meeting with Kissinger
-Israeli abilities
-Golda Meir
-International Olympic Committee [IOC]
-Jewish attitude
-The President’s view
-Jewish Defense League
-Arab diplomats
-The President’s policy
-Rogers
-Empathy
-Jewish media
-Papers
-The President’s policy
-Empathy
-Extremists
-Kissinger and Haig’s schedule
-Telephone call to the Israelis
-Suggestions
-IOC
4
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. Oct-06)
-Cancellation of Olympic Games
-Meir
-Terrorists aims
-Anti-government protestors
-Comparison
-Possible US actions
-Rogers
-Kissinger
-Rabin
-Kissinger
-Rogers
-National Day of Mourning
-Kissinger’s view
-Kissinger’s family
-Anti-semitic reaction
-Day of mourning
-Jewish influence
-Haig
-West Germany
-United Nations [UN]
-US role
-Possible resolutions
-Harboring terrorists
-UN Security Council
-Soviet Union
-PRC
-UN General Assembly
-Dobrynin
-Reaction
-PRC
-Kissinger’s forthcoming trip to Moscow
-Jewish exit visas
-Need for action
-Dobrynin’s schedule
-Yuli M. Vorontsov
-State Department
-U. Alexis Johnson
-Rogers
-Israeli action
-The President’s previous conversation with Rabin
-Forthcoming call
5
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. Oct-06)
-Rabin
-Kissinger’s forthcoming meeting
-Position
-Possible action in Beirut
-Soviet Union
-US election
-Meir
-Previous agreement on Beirut
-Kissinger’s view
-Rabin
-Forthcoming Israeli election
-US action
-UN Security Council
-Rogers
-Press conference
-UN Security Council
-International action against countries
-Guerrilla sanctuaries
-Rogers
Alexander P. Butterfield entered at 8:20 am.
Rogers schedule
Butterfield left at 8:21 am.
Kissinger’s schedule
-Kissinger’s forthcoming trip to Munich and Moscow
-Olympic Games
-Willy Brandt
-Kissinger’s forthcoming meeting
-Edward R.G. Heath
-Sir Alexander F. (“Alec”) Douglas-Home
-Haig
-Nuclear agreements with Soviet Union
-Great Britain
Rogers and Haig entered at 8:32 am.
Murder of Israeli athletes at Olympic Games in Munich
-The President’s previous telephone call to Rabin
6
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. Oct-06)
-Meir
-Reaction to news
-Timing
-US policy
-Forthcoming meeting
-Israeli action
-Beirut
-The President’s view
-The President’s previous talk with Meir
-US consideration
-US statement
-Pueblo incident
-EC-121 incident
-US response
-Possible Israeli actions
-US view
-The president’s conversation with Meir and Rabin
-West German involvement
-Early press reports
-Israeli reaction
-The Pesident’s previous trip to San Clemente
-Haig’s schedule
-Reaction to premature report
-US response
-Brandt
-Responsibility for first reports
-West German government
-British television
-German spokesman
-Police
-US response
-Rogers view
-Task force
-Police alert
-Statement
-Mark Spitz
-US swimmer
-Ethnicity
-Security precautions
-The President’s view
-Israeli request to US
7
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. Oct-06)
-Cancellation of Olympic Games
-US actions
-Counsel General
-Avery Brundage
-IOC
-Meeting
-Memorial service
-Brundage announcement
-Possible withdrawal of US athletes
-Israeli withdrawal
-New York Times plea
-Possible withdrawal of US athletes
-Dual citizenship
-Wrestler [David Berger]
-Columbia University
-Statement to Meir
-Rogers’s statement to Brandt
-Ronald L. Ziegler
-The President’s view
-Possible withdrawal of US athletes
-Possible cancellation of Olympic Games
-US position on terrorists aims
-May Day demonstrations in Washington
-Lafayette Park
-West German actions
-Rogers view
-Nelson A. Rockefeller
-Attica prison takeover
-West German position
-Effect of cancellation
-Brundage
-Political issue in US
-McGovern
-New York Times
-Jewish vote
-US actions
-Flags
-The President’s view
-Earthquake in Peru
-Shooting in North Ireland
-Period of silence
8
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. Oct-06)
-Israeli funeral ceremony
-Delegations
-Brandt
-Israeli attitude
-US athlete representation
-Emil (\"Bus\") Mosbacher, Jr.
-Jesse Owens
-Spitz
-Reaction
-Safety
-London
-Brandt
-Political aspect
-UN action
-Gunnar Jarring
-PRC
-Soviets
-Rogers’s possible statement
-UN resolution
-International terrorism
-US position
-West German relations
-Israeli responses
-Israeli cabinet statement
-Hijacking conference
-Department of State
-Rogers’s schedule
-Statement at conference
-International attendance
-Israeli cabinet statement
-The President’s previous talk with Rabin
-Rogers’s schedule
-Rabin
-Hijacking conference
-Rogers’s view
-UN use
-International rules of conduct
-Sanctions against harboring guerrillas
-Kissinger’s view
-Possible PRC vote
-Israeli action
9
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. Oct-06)
-UN General Assembly
-UN Security Council
-US statement
-Algeria
-Public relations
-The President’s view
-Hijacking conference
-International boycotts
-Algeria
-Ziegler
-White House position
-UN action
-Possible PRC response
-Coverage
-Effectiveness
-Lebanon
-Definition of terrorists
-Responsible groups
-Beirut terrorists
-Munich massacre
-Lod airport
-Algeria
-Black Panthers
-Statement content
-Need for UN action
-Kissinger’s view
-Possible PRC reaction
-Soviet Union
-Consultation
-Compared with UN action on hijacking
-Kissinger’s view
-Israeli attitude
-UN Security Council influence
-Lebanon
-Lod airport incident
-Israeli statement
-Israel
-UN
-Publicity
-Rabin
-Previous conversation with the President
10
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. Oct-06)
-Effect of murders
-Settlement of cause of problem
-Rogers’s view
-Israeli interest
-Moshe Dayan
-Egyptian proposals
-UN General Assembly
-UN action
-US role
-Issues
-Terrorists
-Message to Israel
-Dayan
-Israel
-Reaction
-Effect
-Rogers’s view
-Egyptian statement
-Palestinian deaths
-Palestinian issues
-Negotiations
-Israeli retaliation
-Possible response
-Possible arab reaction
-John D. Ehrlichman
-Hijacking
-Kidnapping
-Possible US hijacking
-The President’s view
-US consultation with Israel
-UN resolution
-UN Security Council
-Rogers’s schedule
-Kissinger’s schedule
-Congressional schedule
-UN action
-Legislation
-Conventions
The President talked with Ehrlichman at an unknown time between 8:32 am and 9:22 am.
11
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. Oct-06)
[Conversation No. 771-2A]
Kissinger left at 9:13 am.
Congressional schedule
-Hijacking convention
-Terrorism
-Convention
-Hijacking
-Rogers’s schedule
[End of telephone conversation]
Murder of Israeli athletes at Olympic Games in Munich
-UN action
-US action
-Timing
-Visibility
-Israeli action
-Public effect
-Rogers possible conversation with Dayan
-Rabin
-West Germany
-Israeli attitude
-US action
-Adolf Hitler
-The President’s previous talk with Meir
-West German security
-West German early statement
-Israeli view
-West German forces involved
-The President’s previous conversation with Haig
-West German actions
-Possible US action
-UN action
-Ehrlichman’s schedule
-Congressional action
-US response
-Election image
-McGovern
-Consultation with Rabin
12
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. Oct-06)
-Rogers
-Haig’s schedule
-Kissinger’s schedule
-Report to Rabin
-Rogers’s schedule
-Possible call form Rabin
-The President’s schedule
-Forthcoming meeting with George P. Shultz
The President’s forthcoming International Monetary Fund [IMF] speech
-Shultz
-Arthur F. Burns
-Rogers
-UN
-Advantages
-Election effect
-Inflation policies
-Haldeman
-Rogers
-Shultz
-Burns
-Peter M. Flanigan
-Shultz’s schedule
-Speech
-Monetary program
-Convertibility
-Burns’s position
-Effect on world market
-Speech
-Rogers view
-1972 election
-Shultz’s speech
Kissinger entered at 9:22 am.
Murder of Israeli athletes at Olympic games in Munich
-Rogers’s schedule
-Kissinger’s schedule
-Congressional action
-Hijacking convention
-Legislation implementation
13
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. Oct-06)
-US action
-US flag
-President’s view
-Precedent
-Foreign leaders
-Winston S. Churchill
-Kissinger’s view
-Moment of silence
-Funeral
-India-Pakistan conflict
-Olympic Games
-The President’s interest
-Nature of games
-Department heads
-US action
-Moment of silence
-Compared with Taiwan’s expulsion from the UN
-Personal action
-The President’s schedule
-Church
-Department head action
-Moment of silence
-The President’s view
-Merriman Smith’s death
-President’s press conference, May 8,
1970
-US Flag
-Rogers’s view
-Olympic Games
-Day of mourning
-The President’s lead
-Rogers’s schedule
-Forthcoming meeting with Rabin
-Rabin’s schedule
-Washington, DC
-Canada
-Anti-West German feeling in Israel
-Effect on US action
-Meir
-West German action
-West German action
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-Terrorists
-Capital punishment
-Kissinger’s view
-Possible Lufthansa plane hijacking
-Comparison to guerrilla in British jail
-West German procedures
-Capital punishment
-Comparison to US Airlines plane
-Compared to Attica prison uprising
-Use of gas
-US actions
-Rogers
-Kissinger’s schedule
-Statement for Ziegler
-Telegram to Israel
-Wording
-Rogers’s schedule
-Rabin
-Telephone calls to ambassadors
-Funeral attendance
-Brandt
-Effect on chiefs of state schedules
Ziegler entered at 9:38 am.
Murder of Israeli athletes at Olympic Games in Munich
-Statements by US
-US efforts
-Rogers’s schedule
-Hijacking conference
-Television
-Meir
-The President’s telegram
-Rogers’s schedule
-Meeting with Israeli officials
-Security measures
-US flag
-Day of mourning
-Funeral
-Announcement of Olympic Games resumption
-Olympic memorial service schedule
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-Funeral
-Questions at press conference
-US flag
-John V. Lindsay
-George H.W. Bush
-The President’s position
-Kissinger
-Possible questions
-Press conference substance
-White House interest
-Possible Congressional action
-National day of mourning
-Congress
-Precedents
-Proclamations by the President
-Dag Hammarskjöld
-Churchill
-The President’s possible personal action
-Church prayer
-Rogers’s forthcoming speech publicity
-Ziegler’s schedule
-Telegram
-Call to Rabin
-US flag
Kissinger, Rogers, Ziegler, and Haig left at 9:48 am.