872–11

Conversation No. 872-11

Date: March 8, 1973
Time: Unknown between 12:46 pm and 1:15 pm
Location: Oval Office

The President met with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman.

President's schedule
-Staff meeting
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-John D. Ehrlichman
-Roy L. Ash
-George P. Shultz
-Treasury Department
-Radio speech
-Value [?]
-Ehrlichman’s opinion [?]

Haldeman left at 12:53 pm. Henry A. Kissinger and Analtoliy F. Dobrynin entered at 12:53 pm.

Travel schedules

Leonid I. Brezhnev's visit to US
-Purpose of meeting
-Dobrynin's message
-Announcement
-Date
-Advantages

-Scheduling conflicts
-Meeting with president
-President's schedule
-Meeting in San Clemente
-Social visit
-Camp David
-San Clemente
-Reception
-Compared to Kakeui Tanaka’s state visit
-Hollywood stars
-Priorities
-Embassy of France
-President's dinner at embassy of Union of Soviet Socialist Republics’ [USSR]
-State dinner, return dinner
-Reception at San Clemente
-Camp David
-Conference
-Preparations
-May 1972 Moscow summit
-Dobrynin's work
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Conversation No. 872-11 (cont’d)


-Kissinger's work
-Preliminaries
-Meeting with Brezhnev
-Importance of success
-Subjects for discussion
-Arrangements
-Brezhnev's requests
-Protocol

US-USSR relations
-Brezhnev's goals for summit
-Brezhnev's assessment of current state
-Future visit by the President to the USSR
-Moscow
-National tour
-Impact of upcoming meetings
-Compared to 1972 Moscow summit
-Difficulties
-Public opinion
-Major issues
-Agreement on the Prevention of Nuclear War
-Psychological impact
-USSR Politburo
-Progress in economic areas
-George P. Shultz’s trip to USSR
-Strategic Arms Limitation Talks [SALT]
-Difficulty
-US security
-National Security Council [NSC] meeting
-Agreement
-Timing
-Middle East
-Kissinger’s and Dobrynin’s roles
-Talks
-Goals
-Agreement on the Prevention of Nuclear War
-Difficulty
-Allies
-Europe
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

Tape Subject Log
(rev. May-2010)
Conversation No. 872-11 (cont’d)


-Psychological compared to substantive issues
-Kellogg-Briand pact
-Shared sentiments
-Brezhnev
-Work on language
-Approach
-Draft for Dobrynin
-Mutual ground
-Commitments
-Importance
-Work during Brezhnev's visit
-Work on language
-Need for discretion
-Hugh S. Sidey’s article

Brezhnev's visit to US
-Suggestions for plans
-Dinner
-Invitation list
-Guest lists
-President's suggestions

Kissinger and Dobrynin left at 1:15 pm.