683–15

Conversation No. 683-15

Date: March 13, 1972
Time: 3:15 pm - 3:41 pm
Location: Oval Office

The President met with Otto E. Passman, Henry A. Kissinger and Richard K. Cook; the White
House photographer was present at the beginning of the meeting.

Greetings

Photographs

The President’s telephone remarks to a drug education seminar in Monroe, Louisiana,
October 4, 1971
-Size of the audience

Congress
-George H. Mahon
-Republicans compared to Democrats
-J. William Fulbright
-Allen J. Ellender
-William Proxmire
-Security assistance
-Barry M. Goldwater
-Talk with Passman
-Masons
-Passman’s political affiliation
-Voting record
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Passman’s support for the President

1973 foreign assistance bill
-Support
-Military assistance
-John A. Hannah
-Henry Kearns
-Export-Import [Ex-Im] Bank
-Multilateral foreign aid
-Congress
-Bilateral aid
-John B. Connally
-Talk with Passman
-Congress
-Finances of other countries
-Development loans
-Diplomatic relations
-International loan provisions
-Amounts requested
-Repayment
-Interest
-US treasury
-Inter-American development bank
-Passman compared to the president
-Military assistance programs
-Vietnam War
-The President’s efforts to end the war
-Reductions in outlays
-Fulbright
-Proxmire
-Multilateral aid
-Peace corps
-Finances
-Reasons for being removed from countries
-Bilateral technical aid employees compared to Peace Corps employees
-Finances
-Laws and statutes violated by lobbying efforts
-General Accounting Office [GAO] audit
-Hannah
-Talk with Passman
-Finances
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Conv. No. 683-15 (cont.)

-Multilateral assistance
-Paper
-Connally
-Secretary of State
-Kissinger’s possible call to Passman
-National security
-Cook
-Cambodia
-Finances
-Peace Corps
-Passman’s support for the President
-Connally
-Treasury Department
-Effect on US
-Mahon
-Karl E. Mundt

The President’s schedule
-The President’s forthcoming trip to the Soviet Union
-Invitation to Louisiana Press Association
-Kissinger


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Passman’s experience
-Reports

Schedule
-Sunday service at the White House
-Baptist preacher
-Southern Baptist Convention

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Foreign assistance bill
-Security

Gifts
-Cufflinks

Passman’s secretaries
-Number
-Salaries

Forthcoming busing meeting

Clocks
-Passman’s hobby
-The President
-Antique clock
-Possible gift from Passman
-Antique hunting case watch

Kissinger’s schedule

Gift
-Peking
-Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon

Gold watch

Secret Service

Passman, et al. left at 3:41 pm.
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