Conversation No. 283-015
Date: October 6, 1971
Time: 8:28 am - 9:05 am
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Location: Executive Office Building
The President met with Henry A. Kissinger.
The President talked with David Henderson between 8:28 am and 8:32 am.
[Conversation No. 283-15A]
[See Conversation No. 10-67]
[End of telephone conversation]
The President talked with the White House operator at 8:32 am.
[Conversation No. 283-15B]
[See Conversation No. 10-68]
[End of telephone conversation]
People’s Republic of China [PRC]
-Kissinger's announcement on trip
-Television
-News summary
-New York Times
-Coverage
-Robert B. Semple, Jr.
-W[illiam] Averell Harriman
-The President
-William P. Rogers
-Marquis W. Childs
-The President's role
-Alice Roosevelt Longworth
-David K.E. Bruce
Textiles
-The President's conversation with Harry S. Dent
-Anthony J. Jurich
-Taiwan, Republic of China
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-Japanese
-State Department comments
-October 15 deadline
State Department
-Leak
-PRC
-Two-China policy
The President talked with the White House operator at an unknown time between 8:32 am and
8:50 am.
[Conversation No. 283-15C]
[See Conversation No. 10-69]
[End of telephone conversation]
State Department
-PRC initiative
-Lt. Gen. Vernon A. Walters
-Trip
-Scheduling
-John D. Ehlrichman
-Information access
-Walters
-Chinese diplomats
-State Department statement
-Kissinger's recent statement
-Kissinger's schedule
Textile negotiations
-Japanese Ambassador
-Meeting with Kissinger
-Timing
-Counter-story from White House
-Wire services
-Japanese Ambassador
-Prospects
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-Strategy
-Trading with the Enemy Act
Rhodesia
-Chrome
-Harry F. Byrd, Jr. Amendment
-Forthcoming call from Kissinger
-Amendment
-Great Britain
-Parliamentary action
-Sanctions
-United Nations [UN]
Africa (Southern Africa)
-State Department
-David D. Newsome
-US foreign relations with African countries
-US domestic political situation
-Domestic political situation
-Blacks
-Support
-American interests
-British
-African interests
-The President's comments to Sukarno in 1953
-Solving internal problems
-Previous meeting with the President
-Possible Meeting with the President
-South Africa
-John N. Irwin
-Possible leaks
-Blacks
-Newsome
-Rogers
-State Department
-Byrd Amendment
-White House
-Perceptions of stance
-Rogers
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-Hugh Scott
-Conservatives
-Taiwan
The PRC
-UN vote
-Albanian resolution
-Message
-Walters
-Memorandum
-Chou En-lai
-Trip
The President talked with Scott between 8:50 am and 8:52 am.
[Conversation No. 283-15D]
[See Conversation No. 10-70]
Senate vote
-Pay bill
-The President’s schedule
-Phase 2 announcement, 10/7/71
-Filibuster possibility
-Tom C. Korologos
-Scott’s action
-Wallace F. Bennett
-Effect on labor unions
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[Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift 12/04/2017.
Segment cleared for release.]
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[283-015-w003]
[Duration: 2m 6s]
The President’s attendance at a dinner
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-John Rollins
-Dinner speech
-Edward L. Howard
-Bucks County
-Elsie Hilman
-Sally Stouffer
-The President’s opinion
-Richard M. Scaife
Frank Rizzo mayor race
-William J. Green
-Arlen Spector
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The President’s schedule
-Henry A. Kissinger
[End of telephone conversation]
Foreign policy
-State Department
-Textiles
-Africa
-Kissinger’s opinion of State Departmen
-PRC
-Directive
-Speculation on PRC internal developments
-News stories
-Administration reaction
-Ronald L. Ziegler
-Kissinger’s trip
-Speculation
-United Nations [UN]
-Two-China policy
-Discussion of President’s trip
-Purpose of Kissinger's trip
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Kissinger's forthcoming PRC trip
-Harriman
Anatoliy F. Dobrynin's comments
-Diplomacy
-John F. Kennedy
US Foreign Relations
-Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty [SALT]
-PRC
-Soviets
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[Previous archivists categorized this section as unintelligible. It has been rereviewed and
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[283-015-w005]
[Duration: 34s]
Chile
-Salvador Allende
-President’s opinion
-State Department
-Chilean Foreign Minister Clodomiro Almeyda Medina
-Forthcoming conversation with Henry A. Kissinger
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-Byrd Amendment
-Forthcoming conversation with Kissinger
-Taiwan issue
-Votes in the UN
-Scott
-Byrd Amendment
Henry A. Kissinger left at 9:05 am.
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