Conversation No. 612-1

Date:  November 3, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 4:28 pm and 4:34 pm
Location:  Oval Office

The President met with an unknown person.

[Unintelligible]

The unknown person left at an unknown time before 4:34 pm.

Conversation No. 612-2

Date:  November 3, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 4:28 pm and 4:34 pm
Location:  Oval Office

The President met with Alexander P. Butterfield.

The President's schedule
-State dinner for Indira Gandhi, November 4, 1971
	-Guests
		-Ambassadors
		-Secretary of Commerce [Maurice H. Stans]
		-Church service on November 14, 1971
	-Charles W. Colson's views
-Roman Catholic
-Fred B. Rhodes
-Fellowship of Christian Athletes
-Robert H. Finch's views
-Archbishop Humberto S. Madeiros of Boston

Butterfield left at an unknown time before 4:34 pm.

Conversation No. 612-3

Date:  November 3, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 4:28 pm and 4:34 pm
Location:  Oval Office

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 13-107]

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]

[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
	-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

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
	-[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
-Meyer
-Hewitt
-US foreign policy
	-Military compared to foreign aid
	-Meyer
	-Nixon Doctrine
		-Democracy
-Brazil

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	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
-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
-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
	-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
-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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	INDIA-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
	-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
		-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

Conversation No. 612-5

Date:  November 3, 1971 or November 4, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 5:31 pm, November 3 and 8:07 am, November 4, 1971
Location:  Oval Office

Unknown people [Secret Service agents] met.

The President's schedule
-Residence

The conversation was cut off at an unknown time.