615–23

Conversation No. 615-23

Date: November 5, 1971
Time: 11:21 am - 12:20 pm
Location: Oval Office

The President met with Indira Gandhi.

White House dinners
-Guest list

Parmeshwar N. Haksar and Henry A. Kissinger entered at an unknown time after 11:21 am.

Refreshments

Agriculture
-The President's visit to India in 1967
-Drought
-The President’s conversation with Indian Minister of Agriculture
-Self-sufficiency
-Wheat and rice
-1971
-US research in desalination
-Prototypes
-California
-Texas

The President's forthcoming trip to People's Republic of China [PRC]
-Kissinger's meetings with Chou en-Lai
-Ideological differences
-Handling
-Anticipated results
-Communiqué
-Dialogue
-Possible agenda
-Bilateral issues
-Union of Soviet Socialist Republics [USSR]-PRC relations
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PRC


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PRC’s foreign policy
-Kissinger’s reports
-USSR
-Japan
-India
-Japan
-John B. Connally's visit

The President's forthcoming visit to PRC


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CHINA


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-US allies' fears
-Taiwan
-Japan
-Europe
-USSR
-US principles
-The President’s welcoming remarks
-Freedoms
-Speech, press
-Totalitarianism
-PRC
-Political system
-US association with allies
-Views of US conservatives
-Political orientation
-The US left
-Pragmatism
-USSR trip

India's foreign policy
-Non-alignment
-Jawaharlal Nehru

US-PRC relations
-The president's views on communism and history
-Importance
-The future
-Moderating effects

India's foreign policy
-Domestic criticism
-Recent election
-Communists

India’s domestic policy
-Gandhi’s knowledge

The President’s trips to India
-Communists
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Vietnam
-US military activity
-Casualties
-Troops
-Prisoners of war [POWs]
-Number
-Negotiations with North Vietnam
-North Vietnamese demands
-US withdrawal
-US aid cut off
-Removal of South Vietnam government
-US military activity in Cambodia and Laos
-The President’s conversation with Gandhi in 1969
-US negotiations with North Vietnam
-Status
-US offer
-Economic aid
-Timing
-Possible failure
-Consequences
-Possible US action
-POWs
-POWs
-Red Cross
-US offer
-Prisoners
-Possible US action
-Laos and Cambodia
-North Vietnam
-Negotiations
-The President's conversation with Andrei A. Gromyko
-POWs
-US offer of economic aid
-Southeast Asia
-North and South Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos
-US goals
-PRC and USSR assistance to North Vietnam
-PRC-USSR relations
-The President’s conversations with Gromyko
-Leonid I. Brezhnev
-The President's forthcoming trips to PRC and USSR
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Taiwan
-US commitments
-US-PRC relations
-Diplomatic relations

The President's forthcoming trip to USSR
-Consultation with European allies
-Timing

US-USSR relations
-Glassboro summit
-Berlin settlement
-Autobahn closing
-Strategic Arms Limitation Talks [SLAT]
-Middle East
-Central Europe
-Southeast Asia
-Middle East
-United Arab Republic [UAR]
-Jordan crisis
-SALT
-Effect of possible war
-Trade
-Possible European security conference
-Georges J.R. Pompidou
-Timing
-North Atlantic Treaty Organization [NATO]
-Warsaw pact
-Mutual and Balanced Force Reduction [MBFR]
-Berlin
-Gromyko's views
-SALT
-Intercontinental ballistic missiles [ICBMs]
-Polaris submarines
-Anti-ballistic missiles [ABM]
-NATO and Warsaw pact

Stephen B. Bull entered at an unknown time after 11:21 am.

Gandhi's schedule
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-National Press Club

Bull left at an unknown time before 12:20 pm.

US-USSR relations
-Possible European security conference
-British
-Edward R.G. Heath
-Germans
-MBFR
-Europeans' views
-Possible European security conference
-Europeans' views
-USSR interest
-Possible motivation
-Italy
-Pompidou and Brezhnev
-Timetable
-Berlin Agreement
-East and West Germany
-The President's forthcoming trips to PRC and USSR
-Timing

Middle East
-Status
-Cease-fire
-Anwar el-Sadat
-Cease-fire
-USSR’s role
-UAR
-US
-Israel
-Negotiations
-Problems
-Interim settlement
-Israel
-Withdrawal
-Principle
-Israeli public
-Details
-Arab nations
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-Dissension
-UAR
-Jordan
-Cease-fire
-USSR interest
-USSR and US
-Influence

US foreign policy

Bull entered at an unknown time after 11:21 am.

Gandhi's schedule
-Press

Bull left at an unknown time before 12:20 pm.

United states foreign policy
-1969
-India
-Media
-Middle East
-Berlin Agreement
-Biological war ban
-Non-proliferation agreement
-Okinawa
-Japan
-PRC
-International Monetary Fund [IMF]
-Prospects
-Peace and progress
-Hope
-Pragmatism
-The President's first meeting with Gandhi in 1953
-The President's visits to Rumania and Yugoslavia
-Goals

US efforts

Problems
-Nehru
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-Gandhi
-American’s perceptions
-Handling
-Leaders’ responsibilities
-The President
-As Asia-Firster, Europe-Firster

Picture

Gift for the president

The President, Gandhi, et al., left at 12:20 pm.