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517–20
  • President Richard M. Nixon
  • Henry A. Kissinger
  • John B. Connally
June 11, 1971
Conversation No. 517-20

Date: June 11, 1971
Time: 2:05 pm - 2:38 pm
Location: Oval Office

The President met with Henry A. Kissinger and John B. Connally

Greetings

Schedules

Seating

International economics
-International Monetary Fund [IMF]
-Chile
-Salvador Allende Gossens
-Effect on other contacts
-Popular perception
-Effect of US rejection of help
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1
[National Security]
[Duration: 1m 27s ]


INDIA-PAKISTAN


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-John Sherman Cooper previous meeting with President
-Indira Gandhi
-Swaran Singh
-Elections
-Gandhi
-Assassination of Secretary of Interior in Chile
-Edmundo Perez
-Central Intelligence Agency [CIA]

India-Pakistan
-Connally and William P. Rogers’ views
-IMF role
-International Bank for Development and Reconstruction [IBRD/World Bank]
role
-Judgement of morality
-Pierre-Paul Schweitzer
-Robert S. McNamara
-Link to loans
-Criteria for loans
-Colombia
-International lending agencies’ role
-Chilean situation
-Bolivia
-Peter G. Peterson
-Connally’s role
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-Chile
-Connally
-Action by President
-Chilean desire for normal relations


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Conv. No. 517-20 (cont.)
BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2
[National Security]
[Duration: 5s ]


FOREIGN RELATIONS


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-Allende
-Loan amounts
-Security for loans
-US accused of assassination of Perez
-Allende
-Boeing 707 deal
-Credit restrictions
-Use of trade restrictions
-Benefits
-Credit continuance
-Allende
-US political motivations
-Loans
-Issues
-Copper
-Speech
-Rhetoric
-Expropriation of US assets
-Effect
-Request for guarantees
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-Connally’s role
-Economic and political consultations
-Peterson Committee
-Kissinger and [Forename unknown] Hill


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Conv. No. 517-20 (cont.)
BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 3
[National Security]
[Duration: 1m 32s ]


FOREIGN AFFAIRS


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-Bolivia
-Bilateral aid
-Inter-American Development Bank loan
-World Bank loan
-Use of loan
-Expropriation of oil well
-Gulf benefits
-Argentina
-Expropriation of other assets
-Background
-Losses to US
-Guyana
-Expropriation of aluminum companies
-Jamaica
-Guyana, Suriname
-Potential
-US investment
-Bolivia
-Inter-American Development Bank
-US voting posture
-Credit
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-Use of sanctions
-Latin America
-State Department position
-Daniel Holland [?]
-Christian Democrat
-Compared to Communists
-Charles A. Meyer
-Anastasio Somoza Debayle Conv. No. 517-20 (cont.)
-Brazil
-Forthcoming visit of Brazilian President


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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 4
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[Duration: 7s ]


FOREIGN AFFAIRS


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-Fishing controversy with US
-State Department’s stance on fishing rights controversy
-Need for strong US-Brazil ties
-Need for stable government
-Loans to Latin American countries
-Juan Velasco
-Chile
-Cuba
-Expropriations
-Expropriations
-US policy
-Retaliation for expropriations
-Withholding of loans
-World Bank role
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-Disparity in policies
-Effects
-Peterson
-Naivete of some US officials


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Conv. No. 517-20 (cont.)
BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 5
[National Security]
[Duration: 51s ]


CHILE


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-Chile
-Soviet influence
-Comparison to Cuba
-Cuba
-Fidel Castro
-US policy
-Normalization of relations
-Revolutionary views
-State Department thinking
-Implementation of strategy
-State Department role
-McNamara
-Schweitzer
-Other contacts

President’s schedule
-Wedding rehearsal

Kissinger and Connally left at 2:38 pm
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