633-4

Conversation No. 633-4

Date: December 9, 1971
Time: Unknown between 9:13 am and 10:04 am
Location: Oval Office

The President met with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman.

The President's schedule
-Executive Office Building [EOB]
-Meetings with Adm. Thomas H. Moorer and David Packard
-Defense personnel
-Melvin R. Laird
-Packard’s possible resignation
-December 10, 1971
-Report of the President’s Commission on Federal Statistics
-W. Allen Wallis
-Ceremony on Farm Credit Act
-The President’s view
-Possible postponement
-Office of Economic Opportunity [OEO] appointments
-Swearings-in
-Philip V. Sanchez
-Romana A. Banuelos
-California
-John B. Connally
-Willy Brandt
-Eisaku Sato meeting
-Supreme Court
-Press story
-Appointments
-OEO
-Appointments
-Mexican-Americans
-Wallis
-Packard
-Defense personnel
-Henry A. Kissinger
-Forthcoming talks with the President
-Banuelos
-Appointment
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF

Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/10)
Conversation No. 633-4 (cont.)


-Connally

Ronald L. Ziegler entered at 9:33 am.

Columbia Broadcasting System [CBS]
-Ziegler’s previous conversation with CBS executives
-Television special
-New York
-Julie Nixon Eisenhower Christmas special
-Possible one-on-one interview
-Potential problems
-William Small
-Unwillingness by CBS
-Concerns
-American Broadcasting Corporation [ABC]
-Julie Eisenhower Christmas special
-One-on-one interview
-National Broadcasting Company [NBC]
-Stance on interview
-One-on-one interview
-Timing
-The President’s forthcoming trip to the Peoples Republic of China
[PRC]
-Importance of interview
-Ziegler’s previous conversation with CBS
-Dan Rather
-Walter L. Cronkite, Jr.
-Commitment to Rather
-New York
-Concern from CBS
-Julie Eisenhower Christmas special
-Tricia Nixon Cox's wedding coverage
-Seeking balance
-Potential problem with the networks
-NBC
-ABC
-One-on-one interview
-To be done in alphabetical order
-Timing
-President’s availability
-President’s trip to the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics [USSR]
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF

Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/10)
Conversation No. 633-4 (cont.)


-PRC
-CBS
-Small
-Particular type of interview
-Commitment

NBC
-“A Day in the Life of the President”
-Ziegler’s previous telephone conversation with Small

The President’s telephone call to Ruth H. Bunche
-Timing
-Purpose of call

Ziegler left and Kissinger entered at 9:47 am.

Kissinger's visit to the Brazilian Embassy
-Talk with Foreign Minister
-Support
-Organization of American States [OAS] and Cuba
-Maintain public support
-Possible change in US policy
-Fidel Castro
-USSR
-Emilio Garrastazu Medici
-Issue to be discussed by the President
-Castro

India-Pakistan situation
-USSR
-Letter to the President
-Old proposal
-Possible ceasefire
-Negotiations between Pakistan and Awami League
-US response
-Pakistan
-West compared to the East
-Islamabad
-Forms of negotiation
-Specific goals
-Hard line
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF

Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/10)
Conversation No. 633-4 (cont.)


-Jordanians
-Planes
-Forthcoming meeting
-Anatoliy F. Dobrynin
-Message for the President
-Meeting with Agricultural Minister
-Topic for discussion
-Rowland Evans
-Backgrounder
-Foreign policy article
-Opinion
-USSR Agricultural Minister
-Message from Leonid I. Brezhnev
-Meeting with the President

The President's schedule
-Meetings
-Moorer
-Packard
-Kissinger
-Laird
-Department of Defense [DOD] personnel
-Robert C. Seamans, Jr.
-Robert F. Froehlke
-Packard
-Personnel issue
-Possible resignation
-The President’s involvement
-Laird's schedule
-Location
-India-Pakistan situation
-Richard M. Helms
-Packard
-Joint Chiefs of Staff [JCS]

World situation
-Crises
-Cambodia
-Laos
-Cienfuegos
-Middle East
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF

Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/10)
Conversation No. 633-4 (cont.)


-India-Pakistan
-Numbers
-New York Times
-Evans
-Previous conversation with Kissinger
-President’s instructions
-Kissinger’s call to the State Department
-Diplomats
-Articles
-Wire
-Forthcoming meeting
-USSR
-United Nations [UN] vote
-George H.W. Bush
-Press conference on UN vote
-Kissinger's backgrounder
-Washington Post
-Front page article
-Stance on India
-New York Times
-Broadcast media [?]
-UN vote
-Bush
-Difficulty
-India
-General Assembly
-Importance of vote
-Press coverage
-South Africa comparison

Haldeman and Kissinger left at 10:04 am.