Conversation No. 77-2

Date:  September 24, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 8:13 am and 11:03 am
Location:  Cabinet Room

William P. Rogers met with John B. Connally, David Packard, John N. Mitchell, Rogers C. B. Morton, Clifford M. Hardin, Maurice H. Stans, Laurence H. Silberman, Elliot L. Richardson, George W. Romney, James M. Beggs, David M. Kennedy, George P. Shultz, Robert H. Finch, George H. W. Bush, H. R. (ABob@) Haldeman, John D. Ehrlichman, Peter M. Flanigan, Peter G. Peterson, Herbert G. Klein, Arnold R. Weber, Raymond K. Price, Jr., Gerald L. Warren, Alexander P. Butterfield, Colonel Richard T. Kennedy, John N. Irwin, II, U. Alexis Johnson, Nathanial Samuels, Paul A. Volcker, Arthur F. Burns, Paul W. McCracken, Ezra Solomon, and Caspar W. (ACap@) Weinberger

	Greetings

	Speech
		-AToday@ show excerpts

	The press
		-Column
		-Attitude

	[Unintelligible]

An unknown woman [Mary Ellen [?] [Surname unknown] entered at an unknown time after 8:13 am; the unknown woman left at an unknown time before 9:05 am

	[Unintelligible]

	Greetings

	League of California cities
		-San Francisco
			-The President=s address to police chiefs
				-City council
				-Fire chief
				-Police chief
				-City managers
				-Auditors

	Potter and Mary Ann (AAnnie@) Stewart

Vice President Spiro T. Agnew entered at an unknown time after 8:13 am

	Compliance in legal case
		-Connecticut
		-Arizona
		-Supreme Court
		-Connecticut
		-Appeal of case

Unknown people entered at an unknown time after 8:13 am

	[General conversation/Unintelligible]

	Greetings

	Initiative

	New York

	Greetings

The President entered at 9:05 am

	The economy
		-Members of the Cabinet as spokesmen
			-Briefing
			-Handling of sensitive economic issues
			-Surcharge
			-International monetary situation

	Forthcoming International Monetary Fund [IMF] meeting
		-A united front
			-Meeting of the President, Connally, Burns
				-The State Department
				-Peterson, McCracken
			-Foreign ministers
			-The press
			-Connally
				-Schedule
		-Temporary surcharge
			-IMF meeting
			-US policy
				-Permanent versus temporary action
				-Japanese stance
				-German stance
				-French stance
				-European stance
					-Bargaining
						-Benefits for the US
							-Negotiations
								-Changes in world attitude towards US

	Meeting agenda
		-Negotiations
			-US trading partners
			-US public perceptions
				-The President=s August 15, 1971 speech
					-Ten percent cut in foreign aid
						-Implementation of ten percent import surcharge
							-Symbolism
								-Fair trade for the US
					-US situation in London

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	US and foreign trade

[To listen to the segment (39m8s) declassified on 02/28/2002, please refer to RC# E-558.]

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							-J. William Fulbright and the Senate Foreign Relations committee
								-Rogers= discussion about the status of the dollar
								-Understanding of monetary situation
							-Senate Finance Committee

The President left at 9:52 am

	[General conversation/Unintelligible]

Recording was cut off at an unknown time before 11:03 am

Conversation No. 77-3

Date:  September 24, 1971
Time:  Unknown after 9:53 am until 11:03 am
Location:  Cabinet Room

George P. Shultz and Milton Friedman [?] met

	[General conversation/Unintelligible]

	Work

	Legal action

	Foreign trade
		-Wheat deal [?]
			-Terms
			-Post-1969 action
		-Meeting with Peter G. Peterson
			-Unilateral action

	The economy
		-Proposed October 15, 1971 action

An unknown man entered at an unknown time after 10:29 am

	The President=s schedule

Shultz, et al. left at 11:03 am

Conversation No. 77-5

Date:  September 24, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 11:03 am and 9:29 pm
Location:  Cabinet Room

Stephen B. Bull met with unknown men

	The Cabinet Room
		-Floor
			-Quality
			-Refinishing requirements
				-Schedule
					-The East Room
					-The President=s schedule
			-The President=s schedule
				-Departure on morning of September 25, 1971
			-Refinishing Schedule

Bull and the unknown men left at an unknown time before 9:29 pm

Conversation No. 77-6

Date:  Unknown between September 24 and September 28, 1971
Time:  Unknown between 9:53 am, September 24 and 3:15 pm, September 28, 1971
Location:  Cabinet Room

An unknown man [Manolo Sanchez?] met with an unknown person

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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1
[Non-historical]
[Duration:  30s  ]

END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1

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Conversation No. 77-7

Date:  September 28, 1971
Time:  3:15 pm - 3:52 pm
Location:  Cabinet Room

The President met with President Moktar Ould Daddah, Hamdi Ould Mouknass, Dr. Njoroge Mungai, Captain Charles Sissoko, Elijah Mudenda, Jean Keutcha, Diallo Telli, Mohamed Sahnoun, William P. Rogers, Henry A. Kissinger, Emil (ABus@) Mosbacher, Jr., David D. Newsom, W. Marshall Wright, Robert Bruce, and Alec G. Toumayan; members of the press were present at the beginning of the meeting

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	Africa

[To listen to the segment (38m11s) declassified on 02/28/2002, please refer to RC# E-558, E-559.]

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Recording was cut off at 3:52 pm