284–12

Conversation No. 284-12

Date: October 6, 1971
Time: 4:06 pm - 4:30 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

The President met with Henry A. Kissinger.

Senate
-J. William Fulbright amendment
-Vote
-Robert C. Byrd amendment
-Vote
-Application delay
-The President's previous conversation with Robert Dole

Foreign policy
-Allies
-William P. Rogers
-Nixon’s role

Vietnam
-Forthcoming election
-John G. Gorton’s visit to Vietnam
-People's Republic of China [PRC]
-The President's schedule
-Forthcoming announcement on Vietnam War

Announcement of Kissinger's PRC trip
-Barry M. Goldwater, Sr.
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Tape Subject Log
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Conv. No. 284-12 (cont.)


-Hugh Scott
-Rogers
-Lyndon B. Johnson
-The President's activities

PRC announcement
-Chou En-lai
-Press responses
-United Nations [UN]
-Union of Socialist Soviet Republics [USSR]
-Taiwan

Foreign policy
-New York Times editorial
-Kissinger’s conversation with Stewart J.O. Alsop
-Strategic Arms Limitation Talks [SALT]
-Berlin
-Antiballistic missiles [ABM]
-Cambodia
-Rogers [?]
-John B. Connally
-Harry S. Truman
-PRC announcement
-Vietnam
-Troop withdrawal announcement
-Alsop
-Summit
-USSR
-Laos military action
-Chou En-lai
-Domestic concerns
-UN Vote
-Political concerns
-The President’s instructions
-Kissinger’s comments

Kissinger’s comments to Chou En-lai
-Vietnam
-North Vietnamese
-Nguyen Van Thieu
-The President’s policy
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF

Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 284-12 (cont.)


PRC
-Newsweek
-Time

The President's conversation with William L. Safire
-World outlook
-Berlin, Middle East, Vietnam
-Hotline

Alsop
-The President’s policies
-Economy


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Kissinger's conversation with Alsop
-Thieu
-Vietnam election
-Effect
-Communion

The President's foreign policy record
-John F. Kennedy
-Johnson
-Eisenhower

Byrd Amendment

Kissinger's schedule
-India and Pakistan
-Forthcoming meeting
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF

Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 284-12 (cont.)


-Joseph J. Sisco

Alsop
-Rogers
-USSR

The President's objectives with the USSR
-SALT
-Trade
-Middle East
-Possible conversation Rogers
-Jewish vote

Kissinger left at 4:30 pm.