Date: March 8, 1973
Time: Unknown between 12:46 pm and 1:15 pm
Location: Oval Office
The President met with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman.
President’s schedule
-Staff meeting
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-Kissinger’s work
-Preliminaries
-Meeting with Brezhnev
-Importance of success
-Subjects for discussion
-Arrangements
-Brezhnev’s requests
-Protocol
US-USSR relations
-Brezhnev’s goals for summit
-Brezhnev’s assessment of current state
-Future visit by the President to the USSR
-Moscow
-National tour
-Impact of upcoming meetings
-Compared to 1972 Moscow summit
-Difficulties
-Public opinion
-Major issues
-Agreement on the Prevention of Nuclear War
-Psychological impact
-USSR Politburo
-Progress in economic areas
-George P. Shultz’s trip to USSR
-Strategic Arms Limitation Talks [SALT]
-Difficulty
-US security
-National Security Council [NSC] meeting
-Agreement
-Timing
-Middle East
-Kissinger’s and Dobrynin’s roles
-Talks
-Goals
-Agreement on the Prevention of Nuclear War
-Difficulty
-Allies
-Europe
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-Psychological compared to substantive issues
-Kellogg-Briand pact
-Shared sentiments
-Brezhnev
-Work on language
-Approach
-Draft for Dobrynin
-Mutual ground
-Commitments
-Importance
-Work during Brezhnev’s visit
-Work on language
-Need for discretion
-Hugh S. Sidey’s article
Brezhnev’s visit to US
-Suggestions for plans
-Dinner
-Invitation list
-Guest lists
-President’s suggestions
Kissinger and Dobrynin left at 1:15 pm.
-Dinner
Work of departing staff members
-Pay
-Allen Kaupinen’s new job
-General Services Administration [GSA]
-President’s appreciation
-Placement in Federal agencies
Robert Reisner
-Assistance to Clark MacGregor
-President’s appreciation
-Photograph session
Jane Eberle
-Work with Ronald W. Reagan
-Job at State Department
Carolyn Muse
-Work for Jerry Jones
-New job
-J. D. Serle [?]
Gary Axelson
-Press coverage of campaign
-William P. Rogers
-Radio compared to television [TV]
Photograph
Axelson’s desk job
An unknown man entered at 1:21 pm.
Davidson et al. left at 1:21 pm.
Meeting with Tony Martin
The unknown man left at 1:21 pm.
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