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Date: September 25, 1972
Time: Unknown between 3:04 pm and 3:32 pm
Location: Oval Office
The President met with an unknown person. This recording began while the meeting was in
progress.
The President’s schedule
-Unknown person
Stephen B. Bull entered at an unknown time after 3:04 pm.
Thomas W. (“Teddy”) Gleason, John Bowers, Lawrence G. Molloy, Charles W. Colson and
Donald F. Rodgers entered at 3:05 pm. The White House photographer was present at the
beginning of the meeting.
Greetings and introductions
[Photograph session]
Introduction
-Bowers
-Prisoners of war [POWs]
International Longshoremen’s Association [ILA] support for the President’s policies
-The President’s reading of written text
-Gleason
-George Meany
-Golf
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US-Soviet Union trade deal
-Administration relations with the ILA
-Peter G. Peterson
-Soviet ships
-Longshoremen
-POWs
-Soviets
-Trustworthiness
-Meany
-Shipping action in Havana
-St. Marinas [sp?]
-Gleason’s telephone call to Andrew E. Gibson
-Gibson
-Relations with Gleason
-New Jersey
-Grace Line, Inc.
US-Soviet Union maritime agreement
-Timing
-Henry A. Kissinger
-People’s Republic of China [PRC] ship
US-Soviet trade deal
-Exit visas for Jews
-Publicity
-Quid pro quo
-Jobs
-Timing
-Jobs
-Balance of payments
-Merchant marine
-Gibson
-San Diego contract
-Maine contract
-Shipbuilding
-Compared to Japan
-Gleason’s previous visit
-PRC
-Vietnam
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Merchant marine
-Cruise ships
-ILA
-Miami
-Nassau
-U.S.S. United States
The President’s forthcoming trip to Quincy, Massachusetts
-Natural gas storage
-Operating Margins Gas [OMG]
-Size
Us-Soviet Union maritime agreement
-Shipping
-Division into thirds
-Colson’s conversation with Kissinger
-Jessie M. Calhoon
-The President’s schedule
-1964 grain shipment to Soviet Union
-The President’s previous conversation with George Meany during golf
date
-Publicity
-John F. Kennedy
-Meeting with Meany
-Chartered ships in Switzerland
1972 election
-Rodgers
-Labor support
-The President’s conversations with Meany
-[George S. McGovern]
-Meany
-Open door policy
-Labor-management issues
-National defense
-The President’s conversations with Meany
-Cambodia decision
-Mining Haiphong and bombing North Vietnam decision, May 1972
-Businessmen
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-Intellectuals
-Labor-management issues
-Meany
-Chicago
-Recent appearance on television program
-John V. Lindsay
-McGovern
Merchant Marine
-Calhoon
-Cooperation with ILA
1964 grain shipment to Soviet Union
-Kennedy
-ILA stand
-US shipping
-US ship crew
Soviet Union and the PRC
-Totalitarianism
-Beneficial agreements
-US
-Communists
-Differences
-US cooperation
-Business relations
1964 grain shipment to Soviet Union
-US ship crew
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Frank E. Fitzsimmons
-Relations with Gleason
-James R. (“Jimmy”) Hoffa
-Unification of unions
-Meany
-Joseph T. (“Joe T.”) Trerotola
-[International Brotherhood of Teamsters]-ILA cooperation
-Non-union shippers
-California
The President’s forthcoming trip to San Francisco
-Hippies
-Possible reception
-Police
1972 campaign
-Democratic National Convention
-Gleason’s attendance
-McGovern’s confrontation with protestors at Doral
Hotel, July 12, 1972
-POWs
-Cambodia
-Thailand
-Foul language
-Security
-Buses
-Violence
-Coverage on television
Bowers’s views
-Representation of passenger ships
-Unloading Soviet ships
-Gerhard Eisler
-Escape aboard Batory
-Soviet influence in returning POWs
-State Department
-Change of position
-Briefing
-White House staff
-Support for the President
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-Vietnam War
-POWs
-Soviet Union
-ILA slogan
US relations with the Soviet Union and PRC
Vietnam war
-US relations with North Vietnam
Eisler
-Labor Committee
-The President and Kennedy
-House Un-American Activities Committee [HUAC]
-Invocation of Fifth Amendment
-Citation of contempt
-J. Parnell Thomas
-The President’s first congressional speech
-Vote
-Vito Mercantonio
-Escape
-Polish ship
-East German service
Unloading Soviet ships
-Baggage handling
-ILA
Thomas
-Drew Pearson
Bull entered at an unknown time after 3:05 pm.
Presentation of Presidential gifts
-Cuff links
-Vice Presidents
-Hubert H. Humphrey [?]
-Cuff links
-Presidential seal
-Pins
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Consultations
-Colson
-George Beall
-Gleason
-Colson and Beall
-First POW released
-Timing
Concern for POWs
Presentation of Presidential gifts
-Pins
-Presidential seal
-Golf balls
Gleason’s meeting with Meany
The President’s forthcoming meeting with union leaders
-California
-Peter J. Brennan
Gleason et al. left at 3:32 pm.