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Conversation No. 603-4

Date: October 27, 1971
Time: 12:53 pm - 1:10 pm
Location: Oval Office

The President met with Ronald L. Ziegler.

Media reaction to Ziegler's previous press briefing
-Administration response to United Nations [UN] action on Taiwan, Republic of
China
-United Press International [UPI]
-Associated Press [AP]
-Delegate responses
-William P. Rogers previous statement
-Question of US funding for UN
-Congress
-The President's position
-Ziegler’s comments
-Foreign aid
-UN delegates behavior and votes
-Ziegler’s comments
-Peter Lisagor
-UN
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Conv. No. 603-4 (cont.)


-Rogers's previous statement
-Congress
-Lisagor
-Television report of vote
-Effect
-Football game
-Detroit Lions
-News reports
-American public opinion
-Taiwan
-Ziegler’s view
-The President's People's Republic of China [PRC] initiative
-Alexander M. Haig, Jr.
-Conservatives
-Supreme Court appointments
-John Birch Society
-Support for the President’s policies
-Public relations
-Effect of Ziegler’s statement
-US funding for UN
-Relationship with the President's forthcoming PRC trip
-Henry A. Kissinger forthcoming briefing
-Lisagor
-Rogers

The President's trip to PRC
-Participants
-Lisagor
-The President’s handling
-James B. (“Scotty”) Reston
-Wire services
-Television
-New York Times
-Robert B. Semple, Jr.
-Max Frankel

Ziegler left at 1:10 pm.
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