MEMORANDUM

THE WHITE HOUSE

WASHINGTON

December 1, 1971

MEMORANDUM FOR: DR. KISSINGER

FROM: PETER W. RODMAN

SUBJECT: Your Remarks at the Business Council Dinner this Evening

**Time & Place:** Members and guests will be gathering in the Chinese Room (!) of the Mayflower Hotel for cocktails at 7:00 p.m., but dinner is not expected to begin until 8:00 p.m. Their letter to you is at Tab B.

**Your Remarks:** About 9:15 they will be ready for your after-dinner remarks. You are the only speaker. Subject matter is up to you. They understand that you will speak for about 15 minutes and then answer questions.

Talking points on the general philosophy of the Administration are at Tab A.

**Attendees:** About 100 of the Council's active and graduate members [marked in red in the accompanying booklet] will be there, plus about a dozen USG officials as guests.

The officials will include: James Hodgson, David Packard, Charles Walker, Arthur Burns, Robert Finch, Peter Peterson, James Schlesinger, Paul McCracken, James Lynn (Under Sec. of Commerce), Samuel Pierce (General Counsel, Treasury), William Casey (Chairman, SEC), Elmer Staats (Comptroller General), Senator Charles Percy, and Cong. Hale Boggs. (Packard and Percy are also Council members. Walker, Burns, and Finch will stay for cocktails only.)

**Press:** We have been advised that press and TV people may be hovering outside before and/or after the dinner. They will not be allowed in, but they may try to collar you and ask what you are speaking to the Council about.

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