612–4

Conversation No. 612-4

Date: November 3, 1971
Time: 4:34 pm - 5:31 pm
Location: Oval Office

The President talked with Russell B. Long.

[Conversation No. 612-4A]

[See Conversation No. 13-108]

[End of telephone conversation]

H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman entered at 4:35 pm.

Robert H. Finch

The President's schedule
-Allen J. Ellender
-Foreign aid program
-Continuing resolution
-George H. Mahon
-Finch

The President talked with the White House operator at an unknown time between 4:40 pm and
4:42 pm.

[Conversation No. 612-4B]
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[See Conversation No. 13-109]

[End of telephone conversation]

Julie Nixon Eisenhower
-Conversation with Haldeman
-David N. Parker
-Schedule
-Tricia Nixon Cox and Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon

The President talked with Finch between 4:42 pm and 4:43 pm.

[Conversation No. 612-4C]

[See Conversation No. 13-110]

[End of telephone conversation]


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The President talked with the White House operator at an unknown time between 4:43 pm and
4:46 pm.

[Conversation No. 612-4D]

[See Conversation No. 13-111]

[End of telephone conversation]

Julie Eisenhower
-Schedule
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-Youth vote
-James McLane and Kenneth S. Rietz
-Rockford College, Illinois
-Irv Kupcinet's television show
-James County, Indiana 4-H Club group

Vietnam
-Casualties
-Henry A. Kissinger
-Rate
-Announcement
-William P. Rogers
-Timing

Julie Eisenhower
-Schedule


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Mrs. Nixon's schedule
-Receptions
-Patricia R. Mosbacher
-[Mrs. Roger E.?] Johnson
-Kathleen Stans
-Mrs. Bill Carson
-Elinor I. Agnew

Stephen B. Bull entered at 4:46 pm.

Arrival of Kissinger, Alexander M. Haig, Jr. and Finch
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Kissinger, Haig and Finch entered and Bull left at 4:46 pm.

W. Dewey Clower
-Advance work

Finch's forthcoming trip to Latin America
-Kissinger
-Haig
-Timing
-John B. Connally's schedule
-Canadian negotiations
-Haig
-Kissinger's forthcoming meeting with Peter G. Peterson
-Import surcharge
-Timing of announcement
-Connally
-Talking papers
-National Security Council [NSC]
-State Department
-Views
-Compared to Connally
-Military assistance
-Connally
-Military assistance
-Col. Gravel [sp?]
-Finch's conversation with Ronald H. Walker
-Argentina and Brazil
-Presidents
-Forthcoming meetings with Finch
-Brazil
-William M. Rountree
-Meetings with Heads of State
-Connally
-Finch
-Gifts
-Wedding photographs
-Emilio Garrastazu Medici
-Possible channel
-Schedule
-Ecuador
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-[Jose Maria Velasco Ibarra]
-Fishing dispute
-State Department
-US military aid
-Ashley Hewitt and Charles A. Meyer
-Rogers
-William J. Mazzocco
-Peterson
-Herbert G. Klein
-[Luis Echeverria Alvarez]
-United Nations [UN] vote to expel Taiwan

The President talked with Philip M. Crane between 4:54 and 4:55 pm; Kissinger, et al.,
continued with their conversation during the President's phone call.

[Conversation No. 612-4E]

[See Conversation No. 13-112]

[End of telephone conversation]

Birthday greetings
-Kissinger's practice

Finch's forthcoming trip to Latin America
-Memorandum
-The President's letters to Heads of State
-Content
-State Department
-Finch
-Relationship with the President
-UN vote
-Mexico
-Expropriations
-Connally
-Walker
-Possible announcement
-Import surcharge
-Foreign aid
-Announcement
-Timing
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-Meyer
-Hewitt
-US foreign policy
-Military compared to foreign aid
-Meyer
-Nixon Doctrine
-Democracy
-Brazil


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-The President's schedule
-Medici
-Gifts
-Photograph
-Gifts
-Rose Mary Woods
-The President's schedule
-Hewitt's possible role
-Peterson
-Import surcharge
-Connally’s schedule
-International Business Machines [IBM]
-Export-Import [Ex-Im] Bank
-Loan
-Director
-Henry Burns
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-Schedule
-McCullough [first name unknown]
-Foreign aid program
-Possible continuing resolution
-Timing
-House of Representatives
-Ellender and Michael J. Mansfield
-Clark MacGregor's views

The President talked with the White House operator at an unknown time between 4:55 pm and
5:04 pm.

[Conversation No. 612-4F]

[See Conversation No. 13-113]

[End of telephone conversation]

Foreign aid program
-Continuing resolution
-Likelihood of success
-The President's view

The President talked with Clark MacGregor between 5:04 pm and 5:08 pm.

[Conversation No. 612-4G]

[See Conversation No. 13-114]

[End of telephone conversation]

Ellender
-Home movie
-Trip to Union of Soviet Socialist Republics [USSR]
-MacGregor
-Staff meeting

Foreign aid program
-Continuing resolution
-MacGregor
-John Sherman Cooper
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-Amendment
-Rogers
-Cooper's conversation with Kissinger

Robert H. Steele
-Identity
-Drug program
-Armed forces
-Voting record

Finch's forthcoming trip to Latin America
-Scheduling
-Haig and Kissinger
-Press conferences
-Meetings
-Small groups
-Nelson A. Rockefeller's previous trip
-US trade with Latin America
-Invitations
-Intentions
-Continuing resolution
-Kissinger, State Department
-Trade
-Importance
-The President's schedule
-Ecuador
-Request for military sales
-Airplanes
-F-5s’s
-Number
-State Department
-Peru
-[Unintelligible]
-French airplanes
-Licensing
-Public announcement of 1970
-Ship seizure
-Rogers
-Kissinger’s view
-Finch’s possible comments
-Mirage airplanes
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-Problems
-Maintenance
-Expense
-Training
-Duration
-Finch's previous trips
-Chile, Peru, Ecuador
-Brazil and Argentina

1971 elections
-Finch's conversations with Harry S. Dent and Haldeman
-Results
-Analysis
-Henry M. (“Scoop”) Jackson
-Kentucky
-Impact on the public
-Black power
-Television coverage
-Today, Columbia Broadcasting System [CBS] news
-Kentucky
-The President and his economic policies
-Richard G. Lugar
-Indianapolis
-Bond issues
-Revenue-sharing
-Pete Wilson, Lugar and Ralph J. Perk
-Frank L. Rizzo
-William Thacher Longstreth
-Television coverage
-Kentucky
-Albert B. (“Happy”) Chandler
-Significance
-Mayors
-Cleveland
-Indianapolis
-San Diego
-Philadelphia
-San Francisco
-Joseph Alioto
-Busing
-Virginia
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-Henry E. Howell, Jr.
-Rizzo
-Significance
-Longstreth's campaign
-Ohio and Indiana
-Lugar
-New Jersey
-Frank S. Farley
-Legislature
-John N. Mitchell
-Issues
-William T. Cahill
-[James] Charles Evers
-Blacks

Haldeman, Haig and Finch left at 5:20 pm.

The President's schedule
-Indira Gandhi
-US-Pakistan relations
-Actions
-Refugees
-The President's demeanor
-East Pakistan
-Autonomy
-Agha Muhommad Yahya Khan
-Mujibur Rahman
-Negotiations
-Possible political impact

Pakistan


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-The President's forthcoming conversation with Gandhi
-US-Pakistan relations
-Military aid
-Suspension
-Pakistan military deployment
-Yahya Khan
-Unilateral withdrawal
-Timing
-India’s possible reaction
-Actions of government
-List
-Civilian government
-Constitution
-Amnesty
-United Nations [UN]
-Observers
-Relief supplies
-The President's forthcoming conversation with Gandhi
-Refugees
-Numbers
-Dispute
-US aid

The President's schedule
-Gandhi
-The President's demeanor
-Mujibur Rahman
-Negotiations
-Impact
-Meaning

Haldeman entered at an unknown time after 5:20 pm.

Stock market
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-Performance
-Volume of trading

National economy
-Wholesale price index [WPI]
-Industrial price index
-Farm, food prices
-Consumer price index [CPI]
-Unemployment
-WPI
-Price freeze
-Stock market
-Arthur F. Burns's statement regarding dividends
-Wages
-Effect
-Employment

Haldeman left at an unknown time before 5:31 pm.

Vietnam
-Casualties
-Timing
-Senate
-The President's previous meeting with Gerald R. Ford and Leslie C. Arends
-Prisoners of war [POWs]
-1968 and 1972 elections
-The President's conversation with Charles W. Colson
-Settlement
-Failure
-Announcement
-Timing
-Possible bombing of North Vietnam
-Possible bombing of North Vietnam
-Effect
-USSR and People’s Republic of China [PRC] trips
-Announcement
-Frequency
-POWs
-Negotiations
-The President's possible statement
-Recall of negotiator
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-Record

Alexander P. Butterfield entered at an unknown time after 5:20 pm.

Message for an unknown person
-Information from Haldeman

Butterfield left at an unknown time before 5:31 pm.

-Seven Points
-Le Duc Tho's conversation with Kissinger
-Recall of William J. Porter
-Warning
-POWs

PRC
-Messages
-The President’s conversation with Kissinger, November 2, 1971
-Timing
-UN vote
-Dwight L. Chapin
-Lt. Gen. Vernon A. Walters

The President and Kissinger left at 5:31 pm