633-6

Conversation No. 633-6

Date: December 9, 1971
Time: 10:04 am – 11:02 am
Location: Oval Office

The President met with Emilio G. Medici and Lt. Gen. Vernon A. Walters.


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[PROCESSING NOTE: WITHDRAWAL NO. 1 HAS BEEN DECLASSIFIED IN PART]

Greetings

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Memorandum for President
-Inter-American Development Bank
-Difficulties with Congress

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[Duration: 33s]

Europe
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Cuba
-Readmission to Organization of American States [OAS]
-US policy toward People’s Republic of China [PRC]
-President’s reassurance
-Relations with US
-Fidel Castro
-Press
-State Department bureaucrats
-Change
-President’s categorical opposition
-Economy [?]
-Readmission to OAS
-Peru
-Committee
-Study
-Prevention
-Committee
-US and Brazil’s participation


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Diplomatic channels
-Alternative private channel
-Henry A. Kissinger
-Medici’s representative
-Special file [?]
-Future contact
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Chile
-Military
-Strength
-Overthrow of Salvador Allende Gossens
-US assistance
-Confidentiality
-Cut off of private sector contacts
-Money

Walters
-Reassignment
-Central Intelligence Agency [CIA]


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Chile
-Allende

Peru
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-Juan Velasco Alvarado
-US policy
-Support for Castro

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Paraguay
-Parana River
-Border
-Hydroelectric dam project
-Generation capacity
-Bolivia
-Electricity sales
-Chaco War


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[Duration: 14m 59s]

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Road construction in Brazil
-Pan American Highway
-Road connections
-Peru
-Ecuador
-Uruguay
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-Argentina
-Bolivia
-Time zones
-Sao Paulo
-Army’s role

Draft communiqué
-Review
-Medici’s satisfaction
-Contents

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The President, Medici and Walters left at 11:02 am.