930–7

Conversation No. 930-7

Date: May 30, 1973
Time: 9:06 am - 9:42 am
Location: Oval Office

The President met with Ronald L. Ziegler.

Press relations
-Ziegler’s press briefing, May 29
-Alexander M. Haig, Jr.

Press briefings
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Conversation No. 930-7 (cont’d)

-Handling by Ziegler

-Gerald L. Warren

-Congressional leaders

-Coordination of White House and Congressional press briefings

-Henry A. Kissinger

-Multiple stories

-Warren’s role

-Routine stories


-News leads

-Ziegler’s press briefing, May 29

-Watergate

-Foreign policy

-John A. Scali’s meeting with the President, May 29

-Television [TV] coverage
-American Broadcasting Company [ABC]
-People’s Republic of China [PRC] journalists’ meeting with the President,
May 29

-Kissinger

-Photograph

-Newspaper coverage

-President’s schedule

-President’s trip to Iceland

-Build-up

-Kissinger


Watergate
-Sam J. Ervin, Jr.’s comments
-Executive privilege
-President’s papers
-Contents

-John N. Mitchell

-John D. Ehrlichman

-Jeb Stuart Magruder

-Martha (Beall) Mitchell

-Issue of presidential papers
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News leads

Watergate
-Archibald Cox’s statement on investigation
-Possible response by congressman
-Ziegler’s meeting with William J. Baroody and William E. Timmons,
May 29
-Hugh Scott

President’s forthcoming trip to Iceland

-Possible demonstrations

-Kissinger’s possible press briefing

-Ireland

-Iceland

-Great Britain


Watergate

-John W. Dean, III

-Possible immunity

-Mitchell’s possible action

-Role in White House as counsel to the President


Henry A. Kissinger entered at 9:13 am.

Dean’s role in Watergate investigation

Ziegler left at 9:13 am.

President’s forthcoming meeting with Huang Chen

-Cambodia

-US response

-PRC understanding

-Formal letter

-Chen’s visit

-Significance

-Press coverage

-Photograph

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Conversation No. 930-7 (cont’d)

-PRC journalists meeting with the President
-Significance of PRC
-President’s possible trip to PRC

An unknown man entered at an unknown time after 9:13 am.

President’s schedule

-Huang


The unknown man left at an unknown time before 9:16 am.

Watergate

-Justice Department study of White House bugging

-McGeorge Bundy

-President’s conversation with J. Edgar Hoover
-Robert F. (“Bobby”) Kennedy
-Lyndon B. Johnson
-Joseph W. Alsop

Huang

-Central Committee

-Ambassador [?]


Press relations

-Statement


President’s meeting with southern Democratic congressmen, May 29

-Watergate

-Support for President


Foreign policy


An unknown man, Huang Chen, Chi Ch’ao Chu, members of the press, and the White House
photographer entered at 9:16 am.

Greetings
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Arrangements for photograph

-Mao Tse-tung


Welcome by President

Huang’s mission

-Kissinger’s responsibility


Members of the press who accompanied the President to PRC

President’s possible visit to PRC

The unknown man, the press and the white house photographer left at 9:20 am.

Refreshments

Huang’s conversation with Kissinger, May 29

-Gratitude

-Reception for press delegation


Greetings for the president

-Mao Tse-tung

-Chiang Ching

-Chou En-lai

-Reciprocity of greetings

-Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon

President’s letter to Mao and Chou, March 15

-Kissinger’s visit to PRC


US-PRC relations

-Huang

-Central Committee

-Messages to Mao

-Kissinger’s talks with Mao and Chou

-Third party actions

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-Kissinger’s statements

-President’s letter

-President’s commitment

-Kissinger’s return to PRC

-Chou, Mao approval

-President’s commitment

-Formal understanding

-US self interest

-Government cooperation

-PRC future

-Independence
-Sovereignty
-Neighbors
-US foreign policy
-Cornerstone
-President’s relationships with Mao and Chou
-PRC interests

President’s forthcoming meeting with Leonid I. Brezhnev

-Strategic Arms Limitation Talks [SALT]

-Agenda

-Trade

-Agreements


An unknown man entered at an unknown time after 9:20 am.

President’s schedule

-Delay in departure for Iceland


The unknown man left at an unknown time before 9:42 am.

President’s forthcoming meeting with Brezhnev

-PRC interests

-US consideration

-Kissinger’s forthcoming meeting with Huang

-Secrecy

-PRC

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Vietnam settlement
-Kissinger’s negotiations with Le Duc Tho
-Peace agreement
-Effect on US-PRC relations

-Cambodia

-Possible peace agreement

-Cease-fire

-Compared to Laos

-Cause of hostility

-United States policy
-Priority
-Government of peace
-Coexistence
-Coalition
-Cambodia’s self-determination
-Kissinger
-Huang
-Message
-Peace agreement

US-PRC

Communications
-Huang
-Kissinger
-Confidentiality

-Gratitude

-President’s trip to Iceland

-President’s message to Mao

-President’s meeting with Brezhnev

-Personal report

President’s secretary

Huang’s role in Washington
-Social events
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Kissinger et al left at 9:42 am.