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papers for Ford. (Task Force on 7th floor; S/P quality control over all).

October 1974- trip to Moscow, New Delhi, Bangledesh, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran, Romania, Yugoslavia, Rome (Food Conference)

Generally uneventful Moscow stop with emphasis on SALT, MFN, CSCE, and Middle East. Stayed at usual villas with heavy food, crazy billiard tables, hair-raising motorcade to Kremlin, etc. 1st trip with Ford as President (I think). To New Delhi and the icy cold Mrs. Ghandhi (though HAK warmed her up a bit at lunch). At Ambassador Kaul's suggestion Lord (with help from embassy and usual superb Rodman editing) slaps together HAK speech for India radio. Speech (drafted in three hours compared to the usual process) reaches largest audience in HAK's career - estimate 400 million villages all over India. HAK also gives formal speech at World Affairs Council (recognizes India's predominance, says neutrality is good for you, etc) - introduced by 90-year-old man who goes on incoherently for over 10 minutes, says HAK was born in 1823. HAK rejoins that one of his staff members said that he felt like he'd been working for him 100 years. The contrast between the Indians and the stoic, warm, lively Bengalees in Dacca. Despite unbelievable poverty and unfortunate recent history, they go out of way to be hospitable, including variety show. Variety show included song dedicated to HK

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(sincerely) but with some unusual lines; "Forgive him when he lies...when he deals with things that aren't his...he'll die soon." Tragic country - floods, cyclones, population, starvation, slaughters. Charismatic Mujib. Friendliness of Pakistan, sparring on military aid, impressive global tour with Bhutto and toasts at lavish dinner. Poverty of Kabul and somewhat disappointing Buzkashi game (drag dead calf on horseback) in stadium. Iran - vision of Shah, self-confidence and forward-looking of Iranians. Beauty of Isfahan square and hotel.Persepolis. Stiff dinner with Ceaulescu. Belgrade and Tito. Very tight security in Rome. Lavish dinner with President Leone in Quirinale Palace and dinner next day with FM Moro. HAK makes us all nervous with his two toasts. At dinner he refers to Volpe helping to form Italian Governments; at lunch he jokes about how long it takes to explain Italian domestic politics to Moro. (Both hit a bit close to the mark.) Throughout trip Lord and Palmer and Rodman and HAK work on World Food Conference speech. Unbelievable process - 15 drafts; back and forth by cable every day with Washington on substance of proposals (e.g. food aid increased in quantity as well as value or value only, which means little because of inflation) - Enders, Scowcroft, Lewis, Hormats versus Agriculture, Treasury, domestic types on White House staff. Butz outrageous press conference on eve of

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speech and HAK backgrounder. Speech itself at FAO. HAK then on to Middle East (Lord returns to Washington to get ready for China trip).

## November 1974 - Trip to China.

President and HAK to Japan and Vladivostok. Warm reception for Ford at the former. Great progress on SALT at latter with unbelievable communications foul-up (Sonnenfeldt/Hyland know details) at end bound to make Russians suspicious. We get behind the Jacksons and others on public relations effort on SALT because HAK not in Washington to brief media and public, never really catch up despite obvious Soviet concessions (equal number, FBS, allied nukes etc.); this plus defeat of MFN and Ford concern about right wing eats away at detente and effectively halts SALT progress for remainder of term. (Long, careful exposition on detente before Senate Foreign Relations Committee in September completely lost in Watergate shuffle.) Concern about psychological impact on Chinese of our going from Vladivostok to Peking. HAK presses Lord/Gleysteen etc. by cables for various formulations on Taiwan issue and normalization. We prepared to probe concretely but Teng clearly not interested and sticks to hard line. Nancy and kids with HAK. Last, 1/2 hour meeting with Chou in hospital. Food at Great Hall banquets get less good each trip; we joke that this is a political signal. Rumsfeld along. Chaio responds to our lengthy communique draft with brief one and we settle quickly. Lovely day in exquisite, delicate, man-carved Soochow (versus rough, wild, natural beauty of Hangchow).

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## Early-mid 1975.

Many domestic speeches and informal sessions around the country, whether specific foreign policy topic (June Japan speech in New York) or more philosophic consensus-building (morality speech in Minneapolis and All-Star game in Milwaukee). July trip to Europe.

## August - September 1975 - Middle East and 7th Special Session Speech.

Both the 2nd Sinai Agreement (3rd Mideast agreement) and blockbuster of UN 7th Special Session speech (1 3/4 hours+ and very substantive, the charter for our North-South strategy) are delivered on same day, Labor Day, September 1. The incredible tension, ups and downs, hard work and final exhilaration of these parallel efforts. The surly mood of the Israelis at first, including organized demonstrations to "prove" how hard it is to make concessions. The shortsightedness of the Israeli trio versus Golda Meir. The constant haggling, legalistic nit-picking, ill-humor, suspicion of HK, "grocery" mentality. the concentration on very minor points instead of the larger aim of keeping Sadat afloat. The trips to Alexandria to see SAdat. Swimming with Sadat amidst journalists' wisecracks. "Hope they 're not at sea...or out of their depth." Meetings with him in garden, around table, in wicker chairs. Fahmy's disdain of the Israelis; often

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flippant: The cockroaches on the bottom floor of the Palace force the secretaries to move upstairs, including Sisco's bedroom. The jokes and candor of talks with Assad; his fingering of beads. Contrived Talmudic, intense, semantic haggling by Israelis; almost contemptuous treatment of the US and HAK; the resutling sourness of Sadat/Fahmy instead of building up of trust and goodwill.

Echos of March breakdown. Dignity of Gur and Gamasy. Final wearing down of Israelis produces agreement but feeling all around is an exhaustion, cynicism, disrespect, foreboding about Israel's ability to survive without vision rather than sense of exhilaration, warmth and a step toward peace. Hot, crowded initialling in Israel and outdoors evening initialling in Alexandria. To Taif for Saudi support. Meeting with new King Khalid and real-power Fahd. The bitter tea. Cool-mood in JOrdan as Hussein worried about Egypt being taken out of front-line, failure of HAWK deal in Congress, edging toward Syria. HAK, 15 minutes late for breakfast with Crown Prince, then kept waiting 15 minutes for meeting with King. Suave, Byzantine Prime Minister Rifai. Generally unproductive talks with Assad in hot Damascus. Throughout the trip and up to September 1 the fantic substantive and editorial process of the UN speech. Lord, Rodman and HAK (joined at the end by Hormats) at the King DAvid Hotel with Enders, Lewis, Moynihan and various agencies at the other end. The sheer logistic problems of sending drafts, questions, data, rationale back and forth in 100 page cables under tight deadlines and simultaneous pressure of Mideast negotiations.

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October - November, 1975 Halloween Massacre and China.

Frosty treatment -- privately on substance and publicly
-- toasts about detente -- by Chinese in October as we
prepare for Ford's trip. Nancy and Bette Lord in official
party. Most unpleasant trip of the nine. Good talk with
Mao though he was very sick and spoke in grunts or wrote
things down. Chinese reject any real meaningful outcome
for communique; sit on our draft for a couple of days and then
throw cold water on it on last day. We resign ourselves to
negotiations by cables. Contrast to warmth and meticulous
preparations for Nixon visit. On return to Washington we
learn that Schlesinger is to be sacked, Rockefeller forced to
resign (offered HAK's job in next administration?) and HAK
to lose White House hat. What the Chinese must think as
Schlesinger goes right after a trip in which they praise
him, are cool to HAK. Long skull sessions with Eagleburger,
Scowcroft, Lord etc. leading into several weeks of Hamlet act on
resignation. Various meetings at State and at apartment with
the above plus outsiders like Bruce, Peterson, Simon, etc.
Contingency planning, checklists by above plus Rodman, Bremer,
etc. Up to the brink including one Sunday when HK bids
farewell to Eagleburger and Lord at diplomatic entrance on
way to see President with draft letter. Merits of staying
for SALT, impact on world leaders etc. versus diminished
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including White House staff. Lord and Eagleburger went
through literally two dozen drafts -- but not one ever
seemed to hit the mark convincingly and this inability to
find credible rationale for American people was telling us
all something. Finally decision to think over during
Christmas holidays and gradual fading away of issue. In
retrospect, clearly the right choice for country and HAK
personally. Meanwhile we are very rough with Chinese
through our messages, cutting down of President's stay in
lengths and itinerary, and adding of Indonesia and Phillipines.
This softens Chinese up who reaffirm desire for trip and
promise of warm welcome.

## December 1975 - Ford's Asian Trip.

Fly by way of pipeline and Anchorage. Then sitting in staff
cabin with Hartman. Listening to the incredible Redskin-
Viking game as we fly over the Pacific and do last minute
work on the briefing books, toasts, President's "Pacific
Doctrine" speech. Identical greeting at airport, welcoming
banquet for Ford as it was for Nixon, except diplomatic
community was also present. For Mao meeting, HAK assures
that substantive people get to shake hands (Lord and Scowcroft
and Bush stay behind); Cheney and Nessen try to force their
way to the meeting, are instead forced out of the car by
tough little Mr. Tang of Portocol. Mao agrees with almost
everything the President says. As they say goodbye, the

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President tells the Chairman that he will talk to god and overrule Kissinger so that Mao will go to heaven soon!

Renewed Chinese respect and warmth for HAK. White House staff shabby treatment of HAK and his staff (lousy rooms for HAK and Lord, for example; Lord kept off official party for Indonesia; Lord and Sisco cut out of Suharto dinner, etc. etc. Teng's more deft handling of American press -- "no need of communique; the discussions themselves are key; relations good and getting better." HAK and Lord pay sentimental farewell visit to Forbidden City alone and have tea in same spot as July 1971. Spectacular motorcade in Manila - probably the greatest of the eight years. On the boat with President and Mrs. Marcos, her singing, everyone dancing in and out of the clicking bamboo sticks. President goes to Hawaii for Pacific Doctrine speech, we go to Japan.

## January 1976 - Trip to Moscow and Europe.

Imperatives of Angola versus SALT. No progress on former, considerable progress on latter in Moscow. Probable deal on latter except for anti-detente mood and domestic politics and President's position in the USA. Continued undercutting by White House staff and lingering thoughts of resignation.

Briefing of NATO Foreign Ministers in Brussels. Stop in Spain, including visit to top Flamenco night club where there is a bomb threat.

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April 1976 - African trip and Lusaka Speech.

Frantic work before trip and on plane trips on strategy papers and three major speeches as well as various toasts (Rodman, Hill and Lord). Stop off in London to see Crosland - breakfast meeting in his constituency British insights into Africa and various leaders. Fantastic presence and nobility of elderly Kenyatta, former Mau Mau leader. Helicopter ride to his village. HIs fly whisk, spirited "Harambees" and very brief meetings. HAK and Kenyatta dancing with Masai and other villagers. Contrast between bustling, cook, semi-modern, capitalist Nairobi and grimy, poor, hot, socialistic Dar-es Salaam.

Demonstrations at latter and Nyerere's skillful overall orchestrations of public reaction, press editorials, toasts, etc. -- he is like Chinese in his overall integration of various parts of visit. We meet him and his elderly mother in very sparse home. His quickness, irony, deviousness, quick laugh, soft-spokeness. After private meetings with HAK he skillfully has whole rationale replayed for his Ministers and advisers. Military parade in the stadium in which many of the goose-stepping marchers kick off their sneakers. The surprising beauty and cleanliness of Lusaka. Kaunda's animal strength and sincerity.

The watershed speech and the emotional Zambian reaction, including Kaunda's embracing of HAK and his warm remarks. Meanwhile the primaries in Texas, Alabama etc. are in full swing back home (the disastrous results came in when we reach Dakar). Questioning of timing by the President's political advisers! HAK wonders

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too. Trip to Victoria Falls, we all step into Rhodesia symbolically on the bridge; dancing performance at nearby hotel. HAK and company almost sink in swamped boat on Zambezi River above Victoria Falls. The colorful, lively airport reception at Zaire - a country the size of Western Europe or the US east of the Mississippi. The Zaire ballet out doors after a banquet where the lights go out. The gaudy Guest house. Mobutu's obsession with his encirclement by red sea. His swaggar stick and leopards. HAK very sick for a whole day and therefore in a benign mood. The depressing physical and psychological ambiance of Monrovia. Major toast at banquet (Shirley Temple Back, fresh from cool handling of Ghana's cancellation of invitation to HAK, meets us there.)

Scowcroft complains about overly "florid" reports to President and Lord blasts back, also writes exceptionally dull parody the next day. The brief ride on the swollen Congo River. The refreshing contrast of beautiful, clean, dignified Dakar and the impressive intellect of Senghor.

Quiet, small dinner with him at his residence and his insights into black history, psychology etc. "Roll back the desert" speech on the Sahel. Spectacular hotel. The depressing visit to the Gore stand where slaves were held before being shipped to the New World. The travelling reporters serenade HAK with "The Eyes of Texas are Upon You" as Reagan's victory returns roll in. Long cross-continent flight back to Nairobi for UNCTAD. Usual hectic final countdown on massive speech there and at Masai Mara safari camp. Senators Ribicoff and

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Javits along. Long speech delivered after typical last night all-night editing, clearing with Washington, etc. etc.

## Summer 1976 - Prelude to 2nd African Safari

Private meetings with British - Washington, London; Schaufele - Rogers trips to Africa; devising of politician and economic packages; Namibia issue; meetings with black leaders; Boston and Philadelphia speeches. London, then Bavaria meeting with Vorster, then back to London and Paris and Hamburg. Blunt, straightforward, square-dealing within their distorted framework, of South Africans. Another meeting in Zurich at spectacular hotel. Mixup over majority on Council of State with British. Return home instead of going on to Africa right away. Evans and Novak, and Buckley hit Lord on alleged remarks about Solzhenitsyn. Late June-European trip; OECD and Alastair Buchan Memorial speeches. Work on Law of Sea and August trip/speech in New York.

## September 1976 - Africa Trip.

Misunderstandings with British, their offer lukewarm support, as we brief them daily on trip. In Dar-es-Salaam we encounter demonstrators and Nyerere's very downbeat press conference (after being positive with HAK in private meeting). Throughout trip Rodman and Lord and HAK work on final United Nations speech. Kaunda tries to improve atmosphere with press conference in Lusaka. Contrast between warm Zambians and generally sullen

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Tanzanians, Kaunda pours coffee personally. On to South Africa. South African always courteous and a minimum of haggling - but unconsciously racist. Example: John Reinhardt along (gives tough, incisive advice throughout trip) and throughout dinner Vorster and others talk about backwardness of blacks - "can't dam streams, dig wells etc."

Beauty of South Africa combined with eerie feeling of doom.

Heavy security at hotel. HAK late for first meeting with Vorster because of report that he has been assassinated. He assures Hyland that report of his death is "premature."

Meetings with Vorster in his lovely residence with lovely summit view of Praetoria. Private HAK-Vorster sessions and larger ones. Much small talk about big rugby match with New Zealand.

Continued movement toward meeting with Smith (begun in Zurich).

Riots continue in Soweto, elsewhere. After talk to embassy employees, we meet with two private groups - 1st blacks and coloreds; 2nd mix of opposition leaders, academics, journalists of all races and political views. We emerge from these sessions with a sense of doom, of time for moderate solutions perhaps already passed.

Statements by these leaders that they no longer have mandate from next generation, that someday they may even be killed for having talked to HAK etc. Feeling that only big steps can save situation and that these will not be forthcoming.

Passion and eloquence and dignity in these sessions at which HAK primarily listens. Dinner session with Vorster. On

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Sunday am to Ambassador's residence for meeting with Smith and Rhodesians. Tension, dignity, straight-talk first between HAK and Smith and then whole group in semi-circle of armchairs. Smith asks for a few hours to talk over. Then to Vorster's residence for climactic three-way meeting.

Basically HAK-Rhodesian dialogue with Vorster being helpful around the edges. Basic agreement and timing for Smith speech agreed. Small dinner with Prime Minister and Mrs. Vorster.

Continued work on economic plan and Namibia. We take off next day for Zambia where Kaunda enthusiastic and Dar-es-Salaam where Nyerere says "you've done it" while cleverly not discussing any details whatsoever. Stops in Kinshasa and Nairobi to line up further support. Home via London where there is a rather dramatic 10:00 pm meeting at 10 Downing Street with Callaghan and cabinet; careful joint planning on scenario with British; and joint press conference with Crosland. HAK and Rodman and Lord work throughout on UNGA speech. British publicly fulsome in praise of HAK's efforts in contrast to White House: Lord, after 10 Downing meeting, drafts statement for President Ford with only one very glancing reference to HAK role so as not to look self-serving; this reference is deleted by the White House when text is called to Washington (the only change made in the entire draft). Despite basic success, HAK not really elated on plane back because of problems he sees ahead.

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October 1976 - January 1977.

Almost daily skull sessions on Africa as scenario evaporates
and Geneva gets nowhere. Sentimental farewells for HAK -
last UN appearance; last NATO meeting in Brussels; exhausting
(for HAK and for his stable of writers - Hill, Rodman, Lord,
Eagleburger, etc.) round of farewells at embassy dinners,
friends' dinners, receptions, President's surprise giving of
Freedom Medal, globetrotters and Redskins State Department
ceremonies, etc. etc.

PWR 6/15

VIGNETTES

(There were many others on my list but they are
covered in Winston's excellent paper. These are
additional.)

-- Story of how you were offered the job (Nixon, Mitchell)

-- Origin of "Secret Swinger" image 1969 (Sally Quinn
article; sitting next to Zsa Zsa at astronauts dinner
in L.A.)

-- Franco falls asleep in meeting with Nixon in Madrid
(Oct. 1970).

-- J. Edgar Hoover uncovers Berrigan plot (Dec. 1970);
beginning of Secret Service detail (and NY Post
clipping mounted with note from Ehrlichman .. in
Suzanne's office now).

-- Sonnenfeldt's many resignations, beginning in 1969

-- Relationship with Kraemer in Washington.

-- October 1970: Press guidance for Haile Selassie
visit ("narrow range of subjects ... of no mutual
interest, discussed in Amharic") (drafted by Houdek,
Rodman, Lord & Marshall Wright).

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-- "60 Minutes" does segment on HAK (Meg Osmer).

-- Secret backchannel negotiations on Berlin, January - August 1971, resulting in Four-Power Agreement.

-- Argument over published Russian translation of May 20, 1971 SALT announcement. (Soviets try to recoup in translation all the concessions they made.)

-- Secret meetings in NY with Huang Hua after PRC joins UN, until creation of Liaison Offices in May 1973.

-- January 1972: Annual Review team in San Clemente drafts talking points for President's "Summit Meeting with God."

-- Nixon in Ottawa April 1972: Advance men rearrange furniture in Trudeau's office.

-- April 1972 trip to Moscow: Arguing with Gromyko over announcement text (he has to call Brezhnev).

-- April 1972 trip to Moscow: General Antonov, riding by film studio on way to airport.

-- Nixon, Brezhnev discuss silo dimensions at May 1972 Moscow Summit, an issue already settled. HK misses Leningrad, never gets to see it, doubts its existence.

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-- Oriana Fallaci interview November 1972; reaction
of your White House colleagues.

-- Threat of Connally being dangled in front of you by
White House all thru 1972.

-- Secret meetings with Hafez Ismail (Armonk, N.Y., Feb. 1973; Paris, May 20, 1973). Long walk in garden with him in Paris.

-- Davidovo (May 1973): Boar-hunting with Brezhnev;
Brezhnev picks up Bonnie Andrews and takes her on boat
ride; boar's heads given to HK and Sonnenfeldt as
gifts; lists of Soviet Jews handed over.

-- King Faisal's dinner: picture of Holy Oasis (1974).

-- Masseur in Jerusalem (1974).

-- Egyptian belly-dancer in Cairo -- Nagwa Fuad. Valeriani
pool report.

-- May 1974 shuttle: Giving Golda and Elazar the list of POW's held in Syria; waiting up past 3 a.m. at Cairo Sheraton so Fahmy could show Nancy Nagwa Fuad, who had to drive from Alexandria; Golda at 4 a.m. says "we should adjourn now: the young ones need their sleep;" Asad serves us dinner that was prepared for Gromyko, and Gen. Tlas recites nonsense poetry; McCloskey and press on way home present an "excavated" rock saying "HAK was here -- Kuneitra -- 1923 B.C." in Hebrew.

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-- June 1974: Wienerschnitzel dinner in Salzburg after Salzburg press conference (Scowcroft, Eagleburger, Rodman).

-- HK helps get Panovs out of Russia (phone conversations with Dobrynin, Javits).

-- August 1974: Camp David meeting (Yigal Allon, Dinitz, Scowcroft, Rodman) to talk about Middle East over long term.

-- Jordanian disengagement explored in fall of 1974, killed by Rabat Conference.

-- Walt Bothe's gun goes off while taxiing at Cairo airport (Oct. 1974).

-- 1974: Memo to HK on Mrs. Downey's mother and Chinese displeasure -- shown to Ford.

-- Nov. 1974 Food Conference: Rodman writes fake page about "food loss after eating."

-- Helsinki Conference July-August 1975: Solzhenitzyn creates flap by denouncing CSCE as sellout; Ford fails to see Solzhenitsyn. Ford's speech at Helsinki. Camera catches HK reading intelligence reports. HK's bilaterals with Palme, others. Meetings with Brezhnev.

-- Marilyn Berger gets Sadat momentarily to endorse her proposal for joint patrols in Sinai; Israelis accept, and HK has to explain to them it was Marilyn's, not

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Sadat's proposal (1975).

-- Charade with Frank Church over publication of Sinai accord documents after they leaked.

-- Iranian Oil deal aborts, 1975.

-- Oct. 1975: Mao writes "yes", meets Nancy.

-- Dec. 1975: Fuerth Gold Medal.

-- Feb. 1976: Latin American trip - Brazil briefing paper with 24 clearances.

ANECDOTES (Supplementary Material)

Walters' gruff complaints (page 3)

In driving us to and from the secret apartments, and
on the shuttle planes in France, Walters could always
be counted on to point out how his fantastic skills
(general and in particular his genius at making all the
logistic arrangements with the French, Vietnamese etc.
without the secret covers being blown) were not really
appreciated by us or Washington. The ease with which we
whipped into, around, and out of France without detection
resulted from his careful planning and quick-witted
resourcefulness. We and Washington took all this for
granted. More generally CIA did not really appreciate
or reward him the way he deserved. He was considered an
errand boy. He continually complained about being kept
on in Paris doing the James Bond act when really he was of
much greater stature.

September 1970 - Amb. Watson takes HK for drive in the country (change cars at Trocadero) (page 3)

This was the late September meeting with the North Vietnamese
when we were in Paris publicly because of the President's
European trip. A cover for HK's activities was therefore
necessary. The Ambassador ostensibly took HK for a drive

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in the country. In fact they went as far as Trocadero (a place not far from the Embassy that is a wide open square that has a nice view of the Eiffel Tower) where Lord and Smyser were prepositioned in Walters' rented car.

[The three specific references to meetings with the North Vietnamese on page 3 concern the times we were in Paris publicly and the covers that were used for HK.]

## October 1971 - Trip to China

Press and logistic demands by White House staff. (page 6). The contrast between the huge travelling, communications and media entourage of a Presidential visit versus what the Chinese were used to and had done on previous summits. We pared down Haldeman/Ziegler demands as far as possible before going to Peking. HK made jokes to the Chinese about American White House habits. HK and technical types (Chapin et al) negotiated what was a very large number of press, logistic support elements etc. in Chinese terms though very sparse in White House terms. (actual figures may be in files - should be)

## Meeting in Situation Room on May 72 Bombing Decision.

(page 10) The basic issue of course was how to respond to the massive North Vietnamese invasion of the South on the eve of the Moscow Summit, in particular whether to bomb extensively (including around Hanoi) and to mine Haiphong. The general feeling was that there was a 90%

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chance that Moscow would cancel the President's trip
if we took such a step, that it was just too much for
Brezhnev despite their obvious desire for a trip and all
the agreements. Thus it was agreed in any event that
to bomb/mine would have to be taken on the assumption
that we would lose all the international and domestic
political benefits of the summit and SALT, principles,
bilateral agreements, as well as overall detente progress.
There would also be a huge outcry at home from the media,
students, etc. exacerbating all the wounds. Balanced against
these considerations was the spectre of the U.S. President
going to Moscow and talking to Brezhnev while they (and
the Chinese) were fueling a massive attack on our allies and
our own fighting men. Such eagerness and acquiescence
in aggression would have a devastating impact abroad and
among many Americans. It would be better to stand firm
and gain respect and pick up the pieces later. If by
chance Moscow did not cancel the summit, we would of course
have the best of both worlds. Carver opened the meeting
with CIA assessments on the military impact/effectiveness
and likely international reactions. The basic thrust of his
remarks argued against bombing/mining, especially with
respect to the issue that not even these major efforts
would cripple Hanoi's war-fighting capability. The various
people at the meeting then rehearsed all the arguments,

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including the ones above. HK played his usual role as
honest broker, asking the tough questions, not revealing
his own views. At the end he polled the group -- everyone
was for going ahead with the bombing/mining (including
the assumption that this would sink the summit) except
Lord, who was the only one against going ahead.

[Rodman to check to see if there are minutes of the
meeting in the files.]

Tie for Xuan Thuy (page 19).

In January 1973, either in last negotiating session or at
initialling ceremony, HK gave Tho (?) and Thuy (tie)
presents. Xuan Thuy proudly wore tie at January 27
signing ceremony. [Rodman checking minutes]

Dear Jock,

Per our conversation, enclosed are the notes for Henry.
I believe you and Rodman can help the secretaries through
the rough spots of my handwriting. In any event, I suggest
you collect all the questions and call me for any assistance
needed just before you send the material to our leader. Please
double space. I would appreciate getting back about 4 good
copies.

Thanks for sending me the 1977 gospel according to HAK.
If it is not too much trouble, I would like to receive any
significant pronouncements by him as they appear.

With best regards and sympathy to all my old friends
there.

[lc]

May 23, 1977.

Dear Henry,

You asked me to set down a few anecdotes of the last several
years. During the past six weeks, I have tried something much
more ambitious, and I think/hope more helpful to you. I have
raked my memory and the sporadic notes that I jotted down concerning
(primarily) the various trips that we took. (The notes, though
very episodic and lacking literary quality, were more extensive
and useful than I had remembered them). The results are enclosed --
Jock will have them typed up double-space so that they are legible.

These notes should help jog your own memory and stir your
great capacity for story-telling. They contain specific incidents
or quips, a sense of mood and atmosphere, traces of personalities,
strands of narrative and chronology. Some of this will be familiar;
some you will have forgotten; much will be unusable. By definition
it is egocentric - the material only deals with what I was involved
in; mostly the major trips (but not all of them). While much
is expendable, a good deal is also expandable: Le Duc Tho's
headaches, redrafting the whole Shanghai Communique in one October
evening, searching for the microphones with Gromyko -- such
events can be covered in a throw-away sentence or built into
a good paragraph. The secret plane flight into China or the meeting

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with Ian Smith can make for a few sentences or a few pages.

Overall, I think this material can help lighten your Teutonic, didactic narrative with some personal color, humor, pathos and bathos!

For other material of this type Rodman will be inexhaustible on most fronts; Eagleburger should be helpful on the domestic bureaucratic scene; Haig and Scowcroft on the White House and Defense; Sisco on the Middle East; Sonnenfeldt and Hyland on the Soviet Union and Europe.

I did not, of course, need this exercise to remind me of the high drama, the low comedy, the feeling of historic accomplishment, the agonies and ecstasies of the past eight years. But one cannot go through notes and memories like these without a fresh sense of excitement, pride, kinship and gratitude for the chance to take part.

Nostalgiacally —

Winston