449–1

Conversation No. 449-1

Date: September 21, 1971
Time: Unknown between 9:19 am and 9:36 am
Location: Oval Office

The President met with Manolo Sanchez.

Greeting

The President left at an unknown time after 9:19 am.

H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman entered at an unknown time after 9:19 am.

Refreshments

Sanchez left and John D. Ehrlichman entered at 9:22 am.

Pentagon Papers
-Melvin R. Laird
-Henry A. Kissinger's telephone call about release of official version
-Ehrlichman's contacts with J. Fred Buzhardt
-Kissinger

The President entered at an unknown time after 9:22 am.

-Buzhardt
-Pentagon General Counsel
-Release of official expurgated version
-Kissinger, Laird
-Release
-Kissinger
-Issue
-Administration policy
-Kissinger
-Washington Post story
-Leak
-Kissinger
-Ehrlichman's talk with Kissinger
-Politics of the issue
Ehrlichman's and Charles W. Colson’s forthcoming conversation with Kissinger
-Kissinger
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-Effects on Vietnam elections
-Vietnam issue
-Administration strategy
-Pressure
-New York Times
-Kissinger
-Discrepancies between versions
-Politics
-Daniel Ellsberg
-Differences between versions
-New York Times
-The President's schedule
-International drug seminar
-Forthcoming call from the Pentagon
-Meeting between Kissinger, Colson and Ehrlichman
-Political situation
-Colson's role
-Importance of issue
-Democrats
-Kissinger's concerns
-Vietnam issue
-Release of Pentagon version
-Newspaper story
-Japan
-Use by political opposition
-Eisaku Sato

Pentagon papers and the declassification issue
-Ehrlichman's schedule
-Meeting with Richard M. Helms
-List
-Cuban missile crisis
-Bay of Pigs
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-Tom C. Huston
-Bombing halt information
-Timing of issue
-Release
-Pentagon Papers
-Timing
-Kissinger
-Issue
-Involvement in Vietnam
-Democrats
-Nixon administration
-News story
-Possession of documents
-John N. Mitchell

Ehrlichman's schedule

Ehrlichman left at 9:27 am.

Kissinger
-Pentagon Papers

Haldeman's schedule
-Previous staff meeting
-Meeting with Kissinger
-Union of Soviet Socialist Republics [USSR] summit
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Public affairs
-Kissinger
-Polls
-Distribution
-Contacts
-Washington, DC
-Negotiations
-Polls
-Gallup
-Haldeman's previous conversation with Kissinger
-Colson
-Trial heat
-Businessman

Council on International Economic Policy [CIEP]
-Meeting between Haldeman, Kissinger, and John B. Connally
-Planning and staffing
-Connally
-White House
-Kissinger
-Peter G. Peterson
-Responsibility
-George P. Shultz
-Economic programs
-Importance
-People's Republic of China [PRC]
-Kissinger
-Peterson
-Peterson
-Kissinger's strategy
-Peterson's counsel
-Other advisers
-Connally
-Shultz
-Paul W. McCracken
-Kissinger
-Private meetings
-CIEP
-Decisions
-CIEP staffing
-Connally
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-Shultz
-Kissinger
-McCracken
-Staffing
-The President's plan
-Kissinger's forthcoming conversation with Connally
-Connally
-Shultz's responsibility
-Paul A. Volcker
-Shultz
-Meeting with the President
-Shultz
-Peterson
-Commerce Department
-Administration strategy
-Peterson
-Maurice H. Stans
-Herbert W. Kalmbach
-San Diego
-Peterson

The President's schedule
-The President's forthcoming trip to Detroit, September 25-27, 1971
-Radio broadcast at the Detroit Economic Club
-Television
-Coverage
-Live television
-Midwest regional broadcast
-The President's meeting with consumer leaders, September 21, 1971
-Arrangements
-Proposals
-The President's contact with consumers
-Consumer affairs advisor [Virginia H. Knauer]
-Stans's approach
-Work with people prior to meeting
-Television coverage of the President's trip
-Film coverage
-Portland, Oregon
-Coverage
-News shows
-Local shows
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Conv. No. 449-1 (cont.)


-\"Today\" show
-Length of coverage on news shows
-Picture

The President and Haldeman left at 9:36 am.