833–20

Conversation No. 833-20

Date: January 4, 1973
Time: 12:45 pm - 1:01 pm
Location: Oval Office

The President met with Henry A. Kissinger.

Meeting with Elliot L. Richardson
-The President’s subtlety
-Authority

Gerard C. Smith entered; Stephen B. Bull, members of the press, and the White House
photographer were present for the beginning of the meeting.

Photograph session
-Positions
-Press

Relations with Soviet Union
-Length of service

Protocol

Photograph session
-Kissinger

[General conversation]

[Camera noise]

League of Nations
-Ethiopia
-European colonies
-Effectiveness
-United Nations [UN]
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Conversation No. 833-20 (cont’d)

-US absence
-Treaty of Versailles
-Possible impact
-Germany
-World War II
-Benito Mussolini
-Adolf Hitler
-Japan

Smiths's future plans
-Law firm
-Temporary assignments
-Negotiations
-Robert C. Tyson
-US Steel
-Trade area
-David Rockefeller
-Commitment


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Smith's usefulness to administration
-Negotiations

David M. Abshire
-Negotiation skills
-Georgetown Center
-Arleigh A. Burke
-Seminars
-Cooperation
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Conversation No. 833-20 (cont’d)

-Congress, business
-Career at State Department
-Respect
-Congress

Research council
-Rockefeller
-Funding
-McGeorge Bundy
-The President's support
-Rockefeller
-Abshire
-Zbigniew Brzezinski
-Columbia University
-Executive Committee
-US, Canada, Europe, Japan
-Research studies
-Energy

Energy
-White House role
-Japan
-Europe
-Common interests
-Middle East
-Japanese-Iranian relationships
-Natural gas
-Japanese
-Middle East
-Eisaku Sato
-Kakuei Tanaka
-Masayoshi Ohira
-Importance in energy

Smiths's future plans
-Research council
-Public statement
-Organization
-The President's support
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Conversation No. 833-20 (cont’d)

The President's statement concerning Smith's service
-Gerald L. Warren

Smith's house on Eastern Shore
-Thomas B. McCabe
-Easton, Maryland

Presidential gifts
-Cuff links
-Pen
-Smith’s wife
-Ashtray
-Cabinet

Smith and Kissinger left at 1:01 pm.