Date: January 5, 1973

Time: 3:03 pm – 3:36 pm

Location: Oval Office

The President met with John Lynch, Peter M. Flanigan, and Col. Richard T. Kennedy; the White

House photographer was present at the beginning of the meeting.

Greetings

Harry S. Truman memorial service

Ulster situation

-US concern

Meeting between the President and Lynch

-Scheduling

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The President’s schedule

-Meetings with leaders

-Republic of Korea [ROK]

-People’s Republic of China [PRC]

-The Philippines

Ulster

-Settlement

-Irish government white paper

-Proposition for Settlement

-Unionists

-Ulster Defence Association [UDA]

-Ratio of Protestant and Catholic

-Campaign of violence

-Provisional Irish Republican Army [IRA]

Irish border towns

-Murder of young couple

-UDA

British Prime Minister

-Edward R.G. Heath

-Irish problem

-Heath

-Willingness to deal with Irish problem

-Unionists in Conservative Party

Common Market

-Irish support

-Meat prices

-Shortages

-Consumption

American investments in Ireland

-John W. Mulcahy

-Labor force

-Irish products

Trade unions

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-Alexander F. Douglas-Home

-George Meany

-British and Irish unions

-Compared to US unions

-Agreement with government

-Renewal

Attitude of union leaders

-Wage and price controls

-US position

Mulcahy

Peter M. Flanigan

US Ambassador to Ireland

-John D. J. Moore

-Tenure

US­Irish trade

-Shannon Airport

-Airline Operations

-Aer Lingus

-Civil Aeronautics Board [CAB]

-Ruling on North Atlantic tariffs

-Cost to airlines

-European competition

-Use of charters

-France

-US

-John Moore

US-Irish relations

-Moore

-Understanding of problems

-Air tariff concerns

-American investments

-Brandon Rivington [?]

-Report back to Irish parliament

-Flanigan

-Agreement

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-Value of meetings

-Other issues

-American investment

-Irish entry into Europe

-New European community

-Economics

-Ireland’s role

-New York investors

Landing rights

Weather

The President, Lynch, et al., left at 3:36 pm.