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DIPARTMENT UNITED OF STATE
Department of State
TELEGRAM
STATES
OF
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FMI AMEMBASSY CANBERRA
TO SECSTATE WASHDC 3704
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SUBJECT: GORTON PARTY
COMPOSITION OF GORTON PARTY, NOT YET MADEI PUBLIC, IS SAME AS
EMBASSY REPORTED FOR EARLIER VISIT:
PRIMEI MINISTER AND MRS. GORTON
MISS J. LESTER, MRS. GORTON'S PERSONALI SECRETARY
ANTHONY (TONY) EGGLETON, PM'S PRESS SECRETARY
MISS AINSLIE GOTTO, PM'S PRIVATE SECRETARY
SIR JAMES PLIMSOLL
C. L. (LEN) HEWITT
A . T. GRIFFITH, ASST. SECY. PMIS DEPT.
CRONKI
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STATE
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024076
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FM AMEMBASSY CANBERRA
TO SECSTATE WASHDC 3628
INFO AMEMBASSY WELLINGTON
CINCPAC
UNCLAS CANBERRA 1863
CINCPAC FOR POLAD
SUBJ: PM GORTON'S WASHINGTON VISIT - PRESS REACTION
10 SUMMARY. TODAY'S PRESS REACTION TO PM GORTON'S
WASHINGTON VISIT AND TALKS WITH PRESIDENT NIXON AND
OTHERS HAS BEEN UNIVERSALLY WARM WITH EMPHASIS GIVEN
TO LENGTH OF TIME ACCORDED PM BY PRESIDENT ("ONE
MINUTE MORE THAN DEGAULLE"), CORDIAL NATURE OF MEET-
INGS, AND SPECULATION TO EFFECT GORTON SATISFIED THERE
WILLIBE NO RADICAL CHANGES IN US: POLICY AND COMMITMENTS
IN SOUTHEAST ASIA POST-VIETNAM END SUMMARY.
2. ALL MAJOR NEWSPAPERS TODAY GAVE EXTENSIVE FRONT
OR INSIDE PAGE COVERAGE TO PM'S MEETINGS WITH PRESI-
DENT AND SECRETARIES OF STATE, DEFENSE, AND TREASURY,
AND WITH DR © KISSINGER. HEADLINE THEMES VARIED BUT
ALL FAVORABLE, E.G.I AUSTRALIA8 "U.S. MAKES IT
CLEAR THEY WILLISTAY
IN EMIA SYDNEY DAILY TELEGRAPH8
"GORTON ELATED OVER U.S. TALKS". MELBOURNE AGE
"GORTON SCORES HIGH MARKS FROM NIXON," FINANCIAL
REVIEWs "GORTON CONVINCED U.S. WILLI NOT ABANDON
S.E. ASIA:" MELBOURNE SUN: "GORTON AGREES WITH NIXON
ON VIETs" SYDNEY MORNING HERALD: GORTON'S 51 MINUTES
NIXON REVIEWS VIETNAM TALKS." MOST COVERAGE GAVE
PARTICULAR PROMINENCE TO FACTGORTON APPARENTLY ALLOTTED
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MORE TIME THAN BY OTHER HEAD OF GOVERNMENT, AND THAT
STRETCHING-OUT OF CALL ON PRESIDENT WAS AT LATTER'S
INITIATIVE. ALL PAPERS ALSO REPORTED, USUALLY IN
-
FAVORABLE CONTEXT, GORTON'S REMARK TO WASHINGTON
PRESS, "I LIKE THE GUY" (NIXON), AND SIMILAR COMMENT
ON CABINET OFFICERS. ONLY DISSENTING NOTE WAS ROY
MCCARTNEY'S COLUMN FROM WASHINGTON IN MELBOURNE AGE
WHICH COMPARED, WITH SOME CONCERN, THESE REMARKS WITH
FORMER PM HOLT'S "ALLI THE WAY WITH LBJ" STATEMENT
OF SEVERAL YEARS AGO
3. ALMOST ALL PAPERS GAVE PARTICULAR PRIMINENCE TO
ASSURANCE ON US POLICY ALLEGED TO HAVE BEEN MADE
TO GORTON. TYPICAL WAS FINANCIAL REVIEW STORY:
"PM GORTON LEFT WHITE HOUSE CONVINCED THAT THERE
WOULD BE NO MAJOR CHANGE IN US POLICY IN SOUTHEAST
ASIA, AND THAT AMERICAN HAVE NO INTENTION OF ABAN-
DONING REGION AFTER VIETNAM WAR PRIME MINISTERIAL
PARTY GOT STRONG IMPRESSION NIXON ADMINISTRATION'S
ATTITUDE ON ISSUES VITALLY AFFECTING AUSTRALIA WAS
CERTAINLY AT LEAST AS COOPERATIVE AND FAVORABLE AS
THAT OF ITS PREDECESSORO.."
40 REPORTAGE IS SOMEWHAT CONFUSED AS WHAT WAS DIS-
CUSSED WITH WHOM IN WASHINGTON, BUT THERE IS GENERAL
AGREEMENT ON AND ACCLAIM FOR FACT THAT NOT ONLY VIETNAM,
MALAYSIA-SINGAPORE, AND US POLICY IN ASIA, BUT ALSO
NPT, F-111, MILITARY PROCUREMENT IN AUSTRALIA, TRADE,
AND APPOINTMENT OF NEW AMERICAN AMBASSADOR WERE ALL
AT LEAST TOUCHED UPON PRESS WELCOMED SETTING OF
FURTHER TALKS FOR EARLY MAY AND CLAIMS SECRETARY
ROGERS WILL NAME NEW AMERICAN AMBASSADOR AT THAT TIME.
SEVERAL NEWSPAPERS ALSO WELCOMED REPORTED GORTON
AGREEMENT MEET SENATORI FULBRIGHT IN MAY AS MEANS OF
OBTAINING "DEVIL"S ADVOCATE VIEWS. MOST STORIES
GAVE EMPHASIS TO FACT GORTON LEFT WASHINGTON FEELING
HE WAS "IN THE PICTURE ON VIETNAM" AND WAS IN FULLI
AGREEMENT ON IMPORTANCE SECRET NEGOTIATIONS. SAME
STORIES ALSO REPORTED PRESIDENT AND OTHERS EXPRESSED
WARM APPRECIATION FOR AUSTRALIAN DECISION RETAIN
FORCES IN MALAYSIA-SINGAPOREAFTER 1971. THESE STORIES
CLAIMED NO NEW US COMMITMENTS RELATIVE TO THAT AREA
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WERE SOUGHT OR RECEIVED.
5. ONLY EDITORIAL THUS FAR WAS IN SYDNEY DAILY TEL
EGRAPH WHICH SAID, IN PART: "MRio GORTON CLICKS WITH
MR. NIXON - GORTON'S LONG AND IMPORTANT INTERVIEW WITH
PRESIDENT NIXON WAS A GOOD DEAL MORE THAN MIGHT HAVE
BEEN EXPECTED IN CIRCUMSTANCES." IN SHORT, THIS WAS
GENERAL REACTIONOF AUSTRALIAN PRESS, WHO, BY AND LARGE,
EXPRESSED PRIDE AND PLEASURE OVER MANNER IN WHICH
PM RECEIVED IN
WASHINGTON. CROOK
BT
BOD
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OF STATE
#
Department of State
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
TELEGRAM
LIMITED OFFICIAL USE
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1. THERE FOLLOWS TEXT OF LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENT DATED
APRIL 17 TO PRIME MINISTER GORTON QTE: DEAR MR. PRIME
MINISTER: I DEEPLY APPRECIATE YOUR KINDNESS AND YOURI COURTESY
IN COMING TO WASHINGTON TO ATTEND THE FUNERAL SERVICES
FOR GENERAL EISENHOWER.
YOUR PRESENCE ON THIS SAD OCCASION PROVIDED A VERY MEANING-
FUL SYMBOL OF THE FRIENDSHIP CHARACTERISTIC OF RELATIONS
BETWEEN OUR TWO NATIONS. I REGRET THAT YOUR OFFICIALI VISIT
HAD TO BE POSTPONED, BUT I GREATLY ENJOYED MEETING YOU
AND I FEEL THAT OUR CONVERSATION WAS VALUABLE IN OPENING
UP SUBJECTS WHICH WE CAN EXPIRORE IN GREATER DEPTH WHEN You
RETURN IN MAY. MRS. NIXON AND I ARE LOOKING FORWARD VERY
MUCH TO SEEING YOU AND MRS. GORTON AT THAT TIME.
WITH VERY GOOD WISH, SINCERELY, RICHARD NIXON UNQUOTE
2. WHITE HOUSE DOES NOT PLAN TO PUBLISH TEXT BUT HAS: NO
OBJECTION TO RELEASE BY RECIPIENT
3. SIGNED ORIGINAL FOLLOWS BY AIR POUCH.
4. DECONTROL ON RECEIPT. ROGFRS
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INFO CINCPAC
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CINCPAC FOR POLADI
SUBJECT GORTON VISIT
REF: STATE 60783
1. ADDITIONS AND CHANGES TO GORTON PROGRAM AS SET FORTH REFTEL
FOLLOW:
A. MAY 11
(1) 7:55 A.M. ARRIVE HONOLULU, QANTAS FLIGHT 596.
(PROTOCOL ATTENTION SHOULD BE LOW KEY, SIMILAR TO THAT EXTENDED
WHEN GORTON TRANSITED HONOLULU ON PREVIOUS TRIP.)
(2) 9100 A.M. DEPART HONOLULU, SAME FLIGHT.
(3) 4:50 P.M. ARRIVE SAN FRANCISCO.
(4) 5:20 P.M. DEPART SAN FRANCISCO ON USAF SPECIAL
FLIGHT FOR LANGLEY AFB.
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B. MAY 2-41 AT WILLIAMSBURG, PRIVATELY.
C. MAY 51
(1) 2:30 P.M. DEPART WILLIAMSBURG BY USMC HELICOPTER.
(2) 3:30 P.M. ARRIVE PENTAGON HELIPORT, PROCEED TO
BLAIR HOUSE. (PARTY WILL REMAIN AT BLAIR HOUSE NIGHTS OF
MAY 5, 6 AND 7.)
(3) 8:00 P.M. BLACK TIE DINNER HOSTED BY AMBASSADOR
ANDI LADY WALLER.
D. MAY 61 UNCHANGED.
E. MAY 7 : UNCHANGED.
F . MAY 8:
(1) 1:00 P.M. SENATOR FULBRIGHT WILL HOST LUNCHEON
WITH SENATE FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE IN GORTON'S HONOR.
(2) 4:00 P.M. DEPART ANDREWS AFB, USAF SPECIAL FLIGHT.
(3) 6:30 P.M. ARRIVE SAN FRANCISCO.
(4) 9:00 P.M. DEPART SAN FRANCISCO, QANTAS FLIGHT 597.
(5) 11:00 P.M. ARRIVE HONOLULU. (MINIMUM PROTOCOL
G. MAY 91 DEPART HONOLULU FOR SYDNEY QANTAS FLIGHT 597,
AT 1:00 A.M.
2. SEPARATE PROGRAM FOR MRS. GORTON INCLUDES (A) TOURS OF
L'ENFANT PLAZA AND DUMBARTON OAKS ON MAY 6 AND 7, RESPECTIVELY
(B) LUNCHEON HOSTED BY MRS. ROGERS MAY 71 (C) LUNCHEON HOSTED
BY LADY WALLER MAY 81 (D) MEETING WITH NEWSWOMEN MAY 6.
ROGERS:
100/10/0160
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OF STATE
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CINCPAC FOR POLAD
SUBJECT: GORTON VISIT
1. WITH GORTON VISIT TO WASHINGTON RESCHEDULED FOR MAY 6-7,
WE ARE WORKING OUT PROGRAM WITH AUSTRALIAN EMBASSY WASHINGTON.
FOR YOUR INFO AND FOR DISCUSSIONI WITH GOA AS MAY BE NECESSARY,
THERE FOLLOW HIGHLIGHTS OF PROGRAMI AS OF NOW:
A. MAY 31 TRAVEL FROM SYDNEY TO SAN FRANCISCO (VIA
HONOLULU BY QANTAS. CONTINUE TO WILLIAMSBURG BY USAF AIRCRAFT.
FLIGHT NUMBERS AND TIMES: NOT YET CONFIRMED.
B. MAY 48 AT WILLIAMSBURGI
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(1) 2:30P.M. PMI DEPARTS WILLIAMSBURG: BY USMC HELICOPTER.
(2) 3:30 P.M. PARTY ARRIVES PENTAGONI HELIPORT.
PROCEEDS TO BLAIR HOUSE. (PARTY WILL STAY AT BLAIR HOUSE THROUGH
NIGHT OF MAY 7.1
(3) 8100 P.M. AMBASSADORI AND LADY WALLER GIVE BLACK TIE
DINNER IN HONOR OF PM AND MRS. GORTON.
D. MAY 61
(1) 10:30 A.M. PRESIDENT RECEIVES PM AT WHITE HOUSE IN
INFORMAL CEREMONY, FOLLOWING WHICHI THEY HOLD DISCUSSIONS.
(2) 3100 P.M. PM MEETS WITH SECRETARY ROGERS.
(3) 8100 P.M. PRESIDENT AND MRS. NIXON GIVE WHITE TIE
DINNER AT WHITE HOUSE IN HONOR OF PM AND MRS. GORTON.
E. MAY 7
(1) 12:00 NOON PM MAKES FAREWELLI CALLI ONI PRESIDENT.
(2) 1:00 P.M. SECRETARY ROGERS GIVES LUNCHI IN HONOR
OF PM
(3) 4100 P.M. PMI MEETS: WITH SECRETARY OF DEFENSE.
F. MAY 88
NO PLANS YET FOR MORNING AND LUNCHTIME PM PROBABLY WILLI
PROCEED MID-AFTERNOON FROM ANDREW AFB TO SANI FRANCISCO BY USAF
AIRCRAFT TO PICK UP QANTAS FLIGHT FOR RETURN TO AUSTRALIA VIA
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OF STATES AMERICA ORING
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EXDIS
CINCPAC FOR POLAD
SUBJECT: GORTON VISIT
1. GORTON VISIT RESCHEDULED FOR MAY 6-7. MEANTIME HE HAD TALKS
WITH PRESIDENT AND SECRETARIES OF STATE, DEFENSE AND TREAS-
URY WHILE HERE FOR EISENHOWER FUNERAL. HE SAID HE REGARDED
THESE MEETINGS AS MEANS OF INTRODUCING TOPICS WHICH COULD
THEN BE DISCUSSED IN DEPTH IN MAY
2. PRINCIPAL TOPICS GORTON OPENED WERE AS FOLLOWS:
A. WHAT WILL BE EXTENT OF U.S. INTEREST IN SOUTHEAST ASIA
GENERALLY AND MALAYSIA/SINGAPORE SPECIFICALLY AFTER WAR ENDS
IN VIET-NAM, WITH PARTICULAR RERERENCE TO SUPPORT AUSTRALIA
MIGHT EXPECT IF HER FORCES BECAME INVOLVED IN SITUATIONS
BEYOND HER CAPACITY TO HANDLE HE RAISED THIS (THOUGH ONLY
IN BROADEST TERMS WITH PRESIDENT, SECRETARY ROGERS AND SEC
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FORET
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RETARY LAIRD. IT WAS AGREED THAT THIS WOULD BE CHIEFI TOPIC
FOR DISCUSSION IN MAY.
B. PROJECT 949. GORTON'S CHIEF CONCERN WAS TO SECURE AGREE-
MENT FOR EARLY ANNOUNCEMENT OF PROJECT. THIS WAS ACCOMPLISHED
(SEE STATE 507371.
C. MEAT INSPECTION. GORTON ASKED BOTH PRESIDENT AND SEC
RETARY ROGERS TO LOOK INTO POSSIBILITY OF EXTENDING MAY 1
DEADLINE FOR CERTAIN NEW USDA INSPECTION REQUIREMENTS ON AUS
TRALIAN MEAT DESTINED FOR U.S. MARKET (STATE 476811. IGORTON'S
REQUEST UNDER ACTIVE INTER-DEPARTMENTAL CONSIDERATION.
D. SABAH DISPUTE. GORTON TOOK PAINS TO INFORM PRESIDENT AND
S
SECRETARY ROGERS OF AUSTRALIA'S DESIRE AND INTENTION TO AVOID
INVOLVEMENT IN THIS DISPUTE, HER WISH NOT TO ANT GONIZE THE
PHILIPPINES, AND HER CONVICTION THAT U.S. INFLUENCE WILL EFFE
ECTIVELY PREVENT AN OVERT FILIPINO ATTACK ON MALAYSIA.
E. VIET-NAM. GORTON SOUGHT STATEMENT OF U.S. STRATEGY IN SEEK-
ING SETTLEMENT. HE SAID AUSTRALIA WISHES TO SEE PEACE IN VIET-
NAM BUT NOT AT COST OF "LAOTIAN SOLUTION" WHICH HEI DESCRIBED
-
AS: "DISGUISED SELLOUT." HE FLOATED FOR CONSIDERATION IDEA THAT
INTERNATIONALLY SUPERVISED ELECTION IN SVN MIGHT BE USEFUL
DEVICE TO ASSURE SVN PEOPLE DEMONSTRABLY FREE OPPORTUNITY TO
SELECT GOVERNMENT OF OWN CHOICE, WHICH GOA REGARDS: AS MAIN
OBJECTIVE OF ITS AND OUR EFFORT IN VIET=NAM.
F. MALAYSIAN AIRCRAFT PURCHASES. PM SAID GOA SEEKING TO DIS.
SUADE GOM FROM PURCHASE OF SOPHISTICATED JET FIGHTERS BY
OFFERING TO SUPPLY MALAYSIAN AIR FORCE WITH SABRESS
(NUMBERS AND TERMS UNSPECIFIEDI.
G. NPT. GORTON SUGGESTED TO SECRETARY ROGERS (AND SEC-
RETARY AGREED) THAT THEY DISCUSS THIS IMPORTANT TOPIC IN MAY!
H. INDIAN OCEAN BASES. IN EFFECT, GORTON INVITED
(SECRETARIES OF STATE AND DEFENSE) TO ESTABLISH NAVAL BASE
FACILITIES AT PERTH IF WF NEEDED BASES: IN INDIAN OCEAN AREA,
RATHER THAN ON SMALL, REMOTE ISLAND SUCH AS DIEGO GARCIA LACK-
ING PERTH'S SUPPORT FACILITIES.
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I. DEFENSE PROCUREMENT. GORTON STRESSED TO SECRETARY LAIRD
AUSTRALIA'S STRONG DESIRE TO RECEIVE MORE DOD PURCHASE CON-
TRACTS, PARTICULARLY FOR MANUFACTURED COMPONENTS. DISCUSSION
WAS INCONCLUSIVE AND WILL PROBABLY CONTINUE IN MAY.
J. SINGAPORE NAVAL FACILITY GORTON EXPRESSED HOPEI THAT
U.S. WOULD DECIDE FAVORABLY ON PROPOSAL FOR JOINT USE OF THIS
FACILITY. SECRETARY LAIRD REPLIED THAT FEASIBILITY STUDY
NOW UNDERWAY WE FAVOR IDEA IN GENERAL AND NO PROBLEMS
FORESEEN.
3. IN HIS MEETINGS WITH USG LEADERS, GORTON WAS CONSISTENTLY
AFFABLE, EVEN AGGRESSIVELY CHARMING AT TIMES. HE WAS PERSISTENT
S
IN REITERATING THOSE IDEAS AND RLEAS HE PARTICULARLY
DESIRED TO PUT ACROSS, BUT HIS DEMEANOR WAS GENERALLY MODEST
TO THE POINT OF DIFFIDENCE.
40 DETAILED MEMCONS FOLLOW. REQUEST FOREGOING BE HANDLED WITH
PARTICULAR CARE AS SECRET/EXDIS. ROGERS
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REF CANBERRA 726 AUSTRALIA
SUBJ: GORTON VISIT
1. PLS INFORM PRIMIN GORTON THAT PRESIDENT WILL BE HAPPY TO
RECEIVE HIM FOR PRIVATE VISIT MARCH 31, IF THAT DATE CONVENIENT
FOR GORTON. WE WILL PROPOSE DETAILED SCHEDULE OF MEETING AND
SOCIAL EVENTS LATER.
2° PRIVATE VISIT, WHICH IS CONFINED TO ONE DAY AND IS LARGELY
FREE OF PROTOCOL FORMALITIES, IS PROPOSED IN ORDER TO CONSERVE
PRESIDENT'S TIME AND ON ASSUMPTION IBASED ON GORTON'S CORRES-
PONDENCE WITH PRESIDENT AND INDICATIONS RECEIVED FROM AUSTRALIAN
EMB HERE) THAT ESSENTIALLY WORKING VISIT WILL SATISFY GORTON.
PRIVATE VISIT PRECLUDES NEITHER INFORMAL WHITE house SOCIAL
FUNCTION NOR PUBLICITY, OF COURSE.
3 ° UPON RECEIPT GORTON'S ACCEPTANCE WE WILL WISH WORK OUT JOINT
UNDERSTANDING WITH GOA RE PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT OF VISIT. ROGERS
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SUBJECT: GOV INTEREST IN WHITE HOUSE PUBLIC TOURS
REF: CARACAS 1787 AND 1887.
APPROPRIATE WHITE HOUSE OFFICIALS UNAVAILABLE MAY ! AND 2.
JOHN DAVIES, SPECIAL ASSISTANT TO THE PRESIDENT, HAS GRANTED
TENTATIVE APPOINTMENT TO GUILLERMO BETANCOURT FOR 2:30
PM MONDAY MAY 5. CHARLES WALL, RESIDENT DIRECTOR MT. VERNON,
HAS SCHEDULED APPOINTMENT FOR 10:00 AM SAME DAY, APPOINTMENTS
WITH NATIONAL PARK SERVICE CAN ALSO BE ARRANGED IFI BETANCOURT
WISHES DISCUSS MANAGEMENT OF OTHER PUBLIC BUILDINGS AND
MONUMENTS. ADVISE WHETHER THESE ARRANGEMENTS SATISFACTORY.
APPRECIATE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION EMBASSY CAN DEVELOP WITH
REGARD TO TYPE OF INFORMATION ON PUBLIC ACCESS TO WHITE HOUSE
BETANCOURT WILL BE SEEKING. ROGERS
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GUILLERMO BETANCOURT WILL ARRIVE IN WASHINGTON MAY 3 OR 4
TO KEEP APPOINTMENTS MAY 5 WITH CHARLES WALL AT MOUNT
VERNON AND JOHN DAVIES AT WHITE HOUSE. HE IS REQUESTING
VENEZUELAN EMBASSY TO MAKE HOTEL RESERVATIONS AND TO
INFORM VENEZUELAN DESK OF THESE ARRANGEMENTS. IN
ADDITION TO INFORMATION FORWARDED, BETANCOURT IS
INTERESTED IN SECURITY ASPECTS WHITE HOUSE PUBLIC TOURS
PROGRAM, ADMINISTRATIVE ORGANIZATION AND PUBLIC RELATIONS.
ACTIVIITES RELATED TO TOURS. HE IS ALSO INTERESTED IN
OVER-ALL PUBLIC RELATIONS ACTIVIITES OF WHITE HOUSE.
BETANCOURT WILL BE IN WASHINGTON UNTIL MAY 7. HE HAS
OPEN MIND AS TO OTHER ASPECTS OF PROGRAM.
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1. PRIME MINISTER JOHN G. GORTON OF AUSTRALIA AND PARTY ENROUTE
TO WASHINGTON, D.C. FOR AN OFFICIAL VISIT, WILL BEI ABOARD QANTAS
596 ARRIVING HONOLULU AT 7:55 A.M. MAY 1, 1969 AND CONTINUING
TO SAN FRANCISCO AT 9:00 AM®
2. PRIME MINISTER AND PARTY WILL BE RETURNING THROUGH HONLOULU
THURSDAY, MAY 8, 11:00 P.M. ABOARD QANTAS 597.
3. IT WOULD BEI APPRECIATED IF YOU WOULD ASSIGN OFFICERS TO
PROVIDE SECURITY FOR THE PRIME MINISTER DURING THESEI STOPS.
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LIMDIS
SUBJECT: MOI'S VISIT TO US
1. WHILE I AM FULLY COGNIZANT OF THE VERY HEAVY
AND CONTINUOUS DEMANDS PLACED ON THE PRESIDENT
AND THE EXTREME DIFFICULTY OF HIS RECEIVING THE
MANY VISITORS WHO WOULD LIKE TO SEE HIM, AND WHILE
I HAVE FROM THE VERY BEGINNING OF MY CONVERSATIONS
WITH VP MOI ON HIS US TRIP MADE IT CLEAR THAT IT
MIGHT NOT BE POSSIBLE TO ARRANGE A CALL ON THE
PRESIDENT, I MUST REPORT CANDIDLY THAT KENYAN
OFFICIALS - FROM PRESIDENT KENYATTA ON DOWN - ARE
COUNTING HEAVILY ON MOI'S SEEING PRESIDENT NIXON.
IF THIS DOES NOT OCCUR B DESPITE MY EXPLANATIONS TO
MOI PERSONALLY NAD TO OTHERS RE THE PROBLEMS IN
SCHEDULING SUCH MEETINGS: B KENYAN LEADERS WILL
CONSIDER VISIT LESS THAN A SUCCESS. RELATIONS
WITH THE EMBASSY AT LEAST FOR TIME, COULD WELL BE
LESS WARM THAN THEY ARE AT PRESENT. MOREOVER,
ATMOSPHERE MIGHT BE MORE STRAICYD AT TIME NEW
AMBASSADOR ARRIVS.
2. VP MOI HIMSELF HAS NEVER PRESSED ME PERSONALLY
ON NEED FOR HIM TO SEE PRESIDENT, AND HE HAS ALWAYS
INDICATED UNDERSTANDING OF POSITION I HAVE PRESENTED
TO HIM. IN PAST TWO DAYS, HOWEVER, ATT. GEN. NJONJO,
MINSTATE FOR FORNAFFS KOINANGE, PERMSEC MFA KYALO
AND PERMSEC OFFICE OF PRESIDENT KARIITHI HAVE INQUIRED
OF ME AS TO WHETHER MOI WILL SEE PRESIDENT. AT SAME
TIME EACH STATED OPENLY OR INFERRED NONE TOO SUBTLY
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THAT GOK EXPECTS MOI TO HAVE SAME RED-CARPET TREATMENT
AND RECEPTION IN WASHINGTON AS FORMER VP HUMPHREY HAD
HERE MAIN PURPOSE OF KENYATTA'S LETTER OF INTRODUCTION
TO PRESIDENT (NAIROBI'S 18561 WHICH BEING DRAFTED BY
NJONJO PRESUMABLY AT KENYATTA'S REQUEST, IS TO
ASSURE MOI VISIT WITH PRESIDENT. MOI SAYS HE DID NOT
INITIATE LETTER BUT IS DELIGHTED THAT KENYATTA THOUGHT
HIGHLY ENOUGH OF HIM TO WANT TO WRITE SUCH LETTER.
3. MFA HAS INFORMED ME THAT MOI IS BEARING GIFTS
FOR PRESIDENT AND SECRETARY OF STATE, AND MRS. MOI
FOR MRS, NIXON. WHILE I DO NOT KNOW WHAT SPECIFIC
OBJECTS ARE, I WAS TOLD THAT THEY ARE VARIOUS ITEMS
OF KENYAN HINDICRAFT. SPECIAL POINT WAS MADE TO ME
THAT MOI AND WIFE, WELL AS GOK, WOULD BE VERY
DISAPPOINTED IF THEY ARE UNABLE MAKE SUCH PRESENTATIONS
PERSONALLY.
4. NJONJO TOOK OCCASION OF HIS TELEPHONE CONVERSATION
WITH ME YESTERDAY AFTERNOON TO SAY HE STILL SMARTING
FROM LACK OF HIGH-LEVEL TREATMENT WHICH HE AND MINAG
BRUCE MCKENZIE RECEIVED ON THEIR VISIT TO US IN
MAY 1968 (I.E. THEY NOT RECEIVED BY FORMER VP HUMPHREY
IN SPITE THEIR EFFORTS TO SEE HIM) SHORTLY AFTER GOK
HAD GONE ALL OUT TO RECEIVE HUMPHREY. BOTH MCKENZIE
AND NJONJO HAD MADE THIS SAME POINT PERSONALLY TO
AMB. FERGUSON UPON THEIR RETURN FROM TRIP NJONJO
ADDED THAT HE EXPECTED USG TO DO BETTER BY MOI.
(COMMENT: EMBASSY AT TIME EXPLAINED THAT VISITORS,
NO MATTER WHO THEY WERE OR HOW MUCH VP HUMPHREY WOULD
LIKE TO SEE THEM., COULD NOT EXPECT TO BE ASSURED OF
APPOINTMENT WITH HIGH-LEVEL US OFFICIAL SUCH AS
VP VIRTUALLY AT SPUR OF MOMENT. HOWEVER UNJUSTIFIED
NJONJO MAY BE, AND IN THIS INSTANCE HE HAD NO
JUSTIFICATION WHATSOEVER, HE RETAINS SSTRONG FEELING
THAT HE WAS SLIGHTED
5. ASSUMING PRESIDENT IS ABLE TO SEE MOI AT ALL, I
BELIEVE IT COULD BE BRIEF MEETING WITH ONLY MINIMUM
OF SUBSTANTIVE DISCUSSION. FURTHER BELIEVE MOI, AND
GOK GENERALLY, WOULD BE SATISFIED IF MAIN RESULT OF
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VISIT WERE PICTURE OF MOI WITH PRESIDENT, MAKING
PRESENTATION OF GIFTS OR OTHERWISE, WHICH COULD BE
PUBLISHED IN KENYAN PRESS. BRIEF VISIT WITH PRESIDENT
WOULD DO MUCH TO ASSURE SUCCESS OF TRIP IN KENYAN EYES
AND KEEP U.S. - KENYAN RELATIONS AT CURRENT WARM
STATE. WHILE MOI'S VISIT STARTED AS PRIVATE ONZXWITH
ONLY HE AND HIS WIFE INVOLVED, AND WHILE I HAVE STRESSED
TOU ALL CONCERNED PRIVATE NATURE OF VISIT AND ALL
THAT THIS IMPLIES, FACT REMAINS THAT NOW THAT MOI
IS LEAVING WHOLE OF GOK IS IN ACT ANDD APPEARS TO
BE MAKING KENYA'S NATIONAL PRESTIGE AN ISSUE.
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SUBJECT: MOI'S VISIT TO US
ATTORNEY GENERAL NJOENYATTA'S CLOSEST
ADVISOR, CALLED ME "ON PRESIDENT'S BEHALF" TO SAY THAT
KENYATTA WOULD BE DISAPPOINTED IF VP MOI, HAVING
FINALLY BEEN ABLE TO GET TO WASHINGTON, WERE NOT ABLE
TO SEE PRESIDENT NIXON. NJONJO FURTHER SAID THAT
from
KENYATTA IS WRITING PERSONAL LETTER TO PRESIDENT,
INTRODUCING MOI AND EXPRESSING HOPE THAT PRESIDENT
WILL BE ABLE TO FIND TIME IN HIS BUSY SCHEDULE TO HAVE
AT LEAST SHORT MEETING WITH MOI. EXEMPT. COOTE
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USIA WASHDC IMMEDIATE
UNCLAS NAIROBI 1850
JOINT STATE/USIA MESSAGE
USIA FOR IAA, IMV, IBS, IPS
THE GOK MINISTRY FOREIGN AFFAIRS TODAY RELEASED THE FOLLOWING:
THE VICE-PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF KENYA, THE HONORABLE
DANIEL ARAP MOI WILL BE PAYING A VISIT TO THE UNITED STATES
OF AMERICA AT THE INVITATION OF THE STATE DEPARTMENT. THE VICE
PRESIDENT WILL LEAVE NAIROBI ON WEDNESDAY, 30TH APRIL, AND WILL
BE ACCOMPANIED BY MRS. MOI. THE VISIT WILL LAST ABOUT TEN DAYS
AND WILL COMBINE CONSULTATIONS WITH US GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS IN
WASHINGTON AND VISITS TO OTHER PARTS OF THE UNITED STATES.
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SUBJECT: MOI'S VISIT TO US
REFERENCE: NAIROBI 1813
1. EMBASSY HAS JUST NOW BEEN INFORMED PARTY OF
EIGHT WILL BE ACCOMPANYING VP MOI TO US. ADDITIONALLY,
AMBASSADOR KIBINGE WILL BE TRAVELLING WITH PARTY
IN US.
2. WE HAD NOT EVEN HEARD RUMORS PREVIOUSLY THAT
PARTY WOULD BE THIS LARGE. QUITE OBVIOUSLY MOI HAS
BEEN SUBJECTED TO MANY PRESSURES FROM A VARIETY OF
SOURCES TO TAKE LARGE RETINUE. UNDOUBTEDLY THESE
PRESSURES HAVE INCREASED AS DATE OF DEPARTURE NEARED.
3. FOLLOWING ARE MEMBERE OF PARTY: DAWSON MLAMBA,
PERMSEC MINAG; CHARLES DEBUCHI, UNDERSECRETARY MINECON
PLANNING & DEVELOPMENT JOSEPH GACHUI, SENIOR ASSISTANT
SECRETARY MFA: STEPHEN MURIITHI, DEPUTY DIRECTOR FOR
INTELLEIGENCE SPECIAL BRANCH: MARTIN KINANJUI,
SPECIAL BRANCH: GEORGE KIMUTO, SPECIAL BRANCH: I.K.A.
SALAET, VP'S PRIVATE SECRETARY: MISS G.J. CHEMNJOR,
MRS. MOI'S COSIAL SECRETARY.
4. KIBINGE AND MLAMBA ARE SENIOR MEMBERS OF PARTY
AND SHOULD, IF FEASIBLE, BE INCLUDED IN ALL FUNCTIONS
AND DISCUSSIONS. NEXT TWO RANKING OFFICIALS ARE KEBUCHI
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AND GACHUI. SUGGEST DEPARTMENT MAY WISH TO RAISE WITH
KIBINGE QUESTION OF WHO ATTENDS WHAT MEETINGS AND
SOCIAL FUNCTIONS, INCLUDING LUNCHEONS - ESPECIALLY IN
WASHINGTON.
5. MOI WOULD LIKE ALL MEMBERS OF PARTY TO ACCOMPANY
HIM ON SAME FLIGHTS AND HAVE RESERVATIONS IN SAME HOTELS.
EXCEPT FOR VP AND MRS. MOI ALL HOTEL ROOMS SHOULD BE
SINGLE, IF THIS IS POSSIBLE. AIR RESERVATIONS NOR
KIBINGE AND MLAMBA SHOULD BE FIRST CLASS, ALL OTHERS
ECONOMY.
6. INFORMED MFA THAT USG IS PLACED AT EXTREME
DISADVANTAGE IN BEING TOLD AT LAST MOMENT THAT
SO MANY PEOPLE WOULD BE ACCOMPANYING MOI. ADDED
THAT DEPARTMENT WOULD DO ALL IT COULD TO SECURE
DESIRED FLIGHT AND HOTEL RESERVATIONS BUT THAT IN
VIEW LATENESS OF HOUR, THIS MIGHT NOT BE POSSIBLE
IN EVERY INSTANCE. ALSO MADE IT CLEAR ON SEVERAL
OCCASIONS, INCLUDING A WRITTEN COMMUNICATION TO
MOI HIMSELF, THAT USG WAS FINANCING COST OF MOI AND
WIFE ONLY. IT IS QUITE POSSIBLE HOWEVER THAT IN
SPITE OF FACT THAT SITUATION IS CLEAR TO MOI AND TO
GOK, SOMEONE IN PARTY MAY RAISE QUESTION WITH
DEPARTMENT OF ASSISTING WITH FINANCING OF OTHER
MEMBERS OF PARTY WHILE IN US. USG, OF COURSE, IS
UNDER NO COMMITMENT TO DO THIS.
7. WE REGRET INCONVENIENCES THAT LARGE PARTY MAY
CAUSE DEPARTMENT, BUT CAN ASSURE THAT WE HAVE
REPEATEDLY URGED AT EVERY OPPORTUNITY THAT SIZE OF
PARTY BE RESRICTED TO SMALL GROUP. GP-4. COOTE
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SUBJECT: MOI VISIT
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REFERENCE: NAIROBI 1775
1. IN SPITE OF MY STRESSING TO MOI AT LAST MEETING THAT DEPT
NEEDS NUMBER AND COMPOSITION HIS PARTY FOR US TRIP IMMEDIATELY,
HE DID NOT FURNISH THIS INFORMATION APRIL 25, AS PROMISED. MORE-
OVER, HE LEFT NAIROBI IN AFTERNOON APRIL 25 AND WILL NOT RETURN
UNTIL APRIL 280 HIS SECRETARY SAID DECISION NOT YET FINAL, BUT
BELEIVES TOTAL NUMBER IN PARTY, INCLUDING VP AND WIFE, WILL BE
SEVEN. HEARD SIMILAR FIGURE FROM ANOTHER SOURCE CLOSE TO MOI,
BUT HAVE NOT RECEIVED OFFICIAL WORD FROM MOI HIMSELF. AMBASSADOR
DESIGNATE KIBINGE MAY BE ONE MEMBER OF PARTY TRAVELING WITH VP
WITHIN US.
2= I NOW HAVE APPOINTMENT TO SEE MOI MORNING APRIL 28.
REGRAT DELAY BUT UNFORTUNATELY GOK DOES NOT MAKE DECISIONS SUCH
AS THIS UNTIL LAST MINUTE, AMONG OTHER THINGS MEANS OF FINANCING
ADDITIONAL PERSONS APPEARS TO BE PROBLEM. COOTE
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1. AMBASSADOR KIBINGE PRESENTED CREDENTIALS TO PRESIDENT NIXON
AFTERNOON MAY 6.
2. IMMEDIATELY AFTERWARDS, VICE PRESIDENT MOI MET WITH PRESIDENT
NIXON AND PRESENTED GIFTS FROM PRESIDENT KENYATTA TO PRESIDENT
AND MRS. NIXON. MOI INTERRUPTED ITINERARY AND DEPARTED TVA
EARLIER THAN SCHEDULED IN ORDER FLY TO WASHINGTON FOR MEETING
WITH PRESIDENT. AFTERWARDS HE FLEW TO AKRON WHERE HE REJOINED
REST OF HIS PARTY AND CONTINUES WITH TRIP AS PLANNED. ROGERS
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MEMORANDUM FOR MR. KISSINGER
FROM: Richard Sneider
SUBJECT: Gorton Visit: F-111 Aircraft Procurement for Australia
Attached is a brief memorandum to the President for the F-111
problem since it now appears that Gorton may raise this with the
President. Briefly, the Australians are concerned that they may
be left with an obsolete aircraft. In addition, Gorton may be looking
for an excuse to get out from under the Australian purchase of 24
F-111s.
The proposed talking points for the President have been checked out
with Defense.
RECOMMENDATION:
That you sign the memorandum to the President at Tab A.
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5-5-69
FROM: Henry A. Kissinger (sl
SUBJECT: Corton Visit: F-111 Aircraft Procurement for Australia
Background: Prime Minister Gorton may raise with you Australian
concerns about the F-111 aircraft. In 1963, Australia agreed to
purchase 24 F-111A aircraft at a program cost of $125 million.
Since then the cost of the total package has risen to $240 million and
may go up further.
The Australians have been continuously concerned about the rising
cost of the F-111s. However, their present anxiety arises from re-
ports that we may be writing off the F-111 program for the US Air Force
due to technical problems and cutbacks in the number of aircraft pur-
chased for the US Air Force. Corton would probably prefer to cancel
the contract, if this could be done without serious embarrassment.
However, he is probably prepared to continue with the purchase of the
F-llis providing he is assured the US Government does not consider
the plane obsolete for its own purposes, technological problems in the
wing configuration have been worked out, and there will be a sufficient
production run to assure availability of spare parts. The Royal Aus-
tralian Air Force has recently completed a special study raising these
problems.
Corton discussed the F-111 problem with Secretary Laird during his
first visit here. At that time he was assured that procurement of the
fighter version is being continued for use by the Air Force and that
changes are being made to correct difficulties in the wing. He will
probably seek reiteration of these assurances, possibly in writing, during
his current visit.
Recommended talking points:
1. The US plans to continue the F-111 program and difficulties
in the aircraft are being worrected before the F-111 aircraft are delivered
to Australia.
2. Secretary Laird will be prepared to discuss the problem in
detail with Corton.
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MEMORANDUM FOR JOHN P. WALSH
FROM:
Richard M. Moose /s/
REF:
Your Memorandum of May 15, 1969
SUBJECT:
Memoranda of Conversation re Prime Minister
Gorton's Visit
Subject memcoms are approved as submitted, but the distribution
of the Presidential memcoms should be revised to delate CLA, DOD,
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Memoranda of conversation re Prime Minister Gorton's
Visit - May 6, 1969
For approval prior to distribution.
The President's remarks are sidelined in red.
These memoranda were drafted in EA/ANZ by Mr. Moore.
John P. Walsh S
Acting Executive Secretary
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1. Future U.S. Role in Pacific Area
2. Presidential Visit to Australia
3. Non-Proliferation Treaty
4. Meat Inspection
5. ANZUS Council Meetin
6. Viet-Nam
7. North Korea
8. Communist China
9. U.S.-USSR Relations
10. Czechoslovakia
11. Germany
12. Press Statement
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MEMORANDUM OF CONVERSATION
Prime Minister Gorton's Meeting with the President
May 6, 1969
PART 1 of 12 PARTS
SUBJECT: Future U. S. Role in Pacific Area
PARTICIPANTS:
Australia
Prime Minister John G. Gorton of Australia
Cyrus L. S. Hewitt, Secretary to the Prime Minister's Dept.
Sir Keith Waller, Australian Ambassador
Sir James Plimsoll, Secretary, Department of External Affairs
Anthony Eggleton, Press Secretary to the Prime Minister
Alan T. Griffith, Assistant Secretary, External Relations
and Defense Branch
U. S.
The President
The Secretary of State
Henry A. Kissinger, Special Assistant to the President
Richard Sneider, National Security Council, White House
Robert W. Moore, Country Director, Australia, New Zealand
Affairs, Department of State
Emil Mosbacher, Chief of Protocol
After having met privately with Gorton, the President
invited the other participants to join the meeting. He said
that he and the Prime Minister had discussed this subject
and that he wanted to summarize the views he had conveyed
to the Prime Minister. These were not views he would
express publicly, but he thought he should voice them to
the group.
How the war ends in Viet-Nam will have an enormous effect
on the future U. S. role in the Pacific, the President said.
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He said it is a fact that the past conduct of the war, its
cost in money and lives, have had a strong, negative
impact on the thinking of the American public. There is,
he said, a growing, dangerous tendency for people to
visualize the situation as one in which a great power is
hopelessly mired down in a futile war. They throw up
their hands in despair and say let's get out of Viet-Nam
right now.
Unfortunately, said the President, persons holding
this attitude tend to say that we should not only get out
of Viet-Nam but should pull back everywhere. This is the
new isolationism, the President said, and ironically, it
derives from the overdone disillusionment of those who
only a few years ago were in the forefront of internationalism
in the U. S. Once a great nation starts down this path
of withdrawal, giving way to disillusion, said the President,
the process is very difficult to reverse. The resulting
"domino effect," should the U. S. take this road, could
affect not only Southeast Asia but our entire global
posture.
The President declared that the U. S. seeks peace in
Viet-Nam as does Australia. But it must be achieved, he
said, so that two years hence, say, we look back upon it
as a reasonable, honorable conclusion to the war. Otherwise,
public opinion will make it extremely difficult for the
U. S. to continue to play a responsible role in the region
in the future. We must end the Viet-Nam war in such a
way that we can continue to meet the minimum objective
of preventing the countries of the region from being
taken over by external forces.
The next few months will be critical, the President
said. The pressure on the USG to get out of Viet-Nam will
mount. The easiest, most popular thing for him to do,
said the President, would be to withdraw American forces
from Viet-Nam. He said he would resist this pressure,
however, and would continue to pursue what he believes is
a well-planned strategy to gain a sound settlement. It is
a strategy which should be acceptable to the NVN and VC.
The strategy envisaged no specific timetable, said the
President, but he was convinced we were on the right course.
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The Prime Minister expressed his agreement. He said
Australia wanted no more "fake" solutions such as that
reached in Laos. That sort of solution in Viet-Nam
would quickly demonstrate that the domino theory is valid,
he asserted. He said there was no doubt that the
countries of Southeast Asia are conscious of being dominoes,
lined up behind Viet-Nam. Let us adhere to our basic, mutual
objective, he said, which is simply to ensure that the
people of South Viet-Nam have the opportunity freely to
choose the government they wish.
The President said he would hold out no false hope
that peace in Viet-Nam is at hand, but he assured the
Prime Minister that the U. S. is moving on every possible
front in its efforts to end the war. He gave this
assurance, he said, since Australia might well wonder,
from a reading of the U. S. press, whether the U. S. can
in fact stay the course in Viet-Nam. Gorton responded
that he was aware of the great pressures on the USG, but
that he was not concerned that we might fail to stay
the course.
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Prime Minister Gorton's Meeting with the President
May 6, 1969
PART 2 OF 12 PARTS
SUBJECT: Presidential Visit to Australia
PARTICIPANTS:
Australia Prime Minister John G. Gorton of Australia
Cyrus L. S. Hewitt, Secretary to the Prime Minister's Dept.
Sir Keith Waller, Australian Ambassador
Sir James Plimsoll, Secretary, Department of External Affairs
Anthony Eggleton, Press Secretary to the Prime Minister
Alan T. Griffith, Assistant Secretary, External Relations
and Defense Branch
U. S.
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The Secretary of State
Henry A. Kissinger, Spacial Assistant to the President
Richard Sneider, National Security Council, White House
Robert W. Moore, Country Director, Australia, New Zealand
Affairs, Department of State
Emil Mosbacher, Chief of Protocol
Gorton invited the President to visit Australia in 1970.
The President spoke warmly of his two previous visits to
Australia, praising the vitality one senses in Australian
society. He said he was not sure he could take up the
Prime Minister's invitation in 1970, but he promised that
he would make a visit sometime during his (first) term in
office. He said he had in mind a wide-ranging East Asian
trip. Asia is not low on the "priority list" of his
Administration among regions of the world, he said, denying
speculative press comment to this effect which appears from
time to time. On the contrary, during the remainder of this
century the Paeific will be "where the action is."
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Date: May 6, 1969
Place: White House
PART 3 OF 12 PARTS
SUBJECT: Non-Proliferation Treaty
PARTICIPANTS:
Sir Keith Waller, Australian Ambassador
Cyrus L. S. Hewitt, Secretary to the Prime Minister's Dept.
Sir James Plimsoll, Secretary, Department of External
Affairs
Alan T. Griffith, Assistant Secretary, External Relations
and Defense Branch
Anthony Eggleton, Press Secretary to the Prime Minister
The Secretary
Henry A. Kissinger, Special Assistant to the President
Emil Mosbacher, Chief of Protocol
Samuel King, Deputy Chief of Protocol
Richard Sneider, National Security Council, White House
Robert W. Moore, Country Director, Australia, New Zealand
Affairs, Dept. of State
The Secretary said he had talked with Kuznetzov (Soviet
representative at General Eisenhower's funeral) about the
NPT, urging that the U. S. and the USSR ratify it simultane-
ously. Kuznetzov responded that the Soviet Union is
reluctant to ratify until West Germany has signed. The
Secretary said we will continue to press the Russians on
this question.
Replying to a question from the Secretary, Sir James
confirmed that Australia has not yet decided whether to sign
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the NPT. Sir James asked whether Russian reluctance to
ratify stems in part from apprehension concerning Communist
China's growth as a nuclear power. The Secretary replied
in the affirmative.
What was the ratification procedure in Australia,
the Secretary inquired. Sir James said a treaty could be
ratified without reference to Parliament, but Hewitt
added that in the case of the NPT the government had
undertaken to submit it to parliamentary debate.
The Secretary said that, as he had told the Australians
during their visit in April, it was the President's policy
not to pressure any country to sign the NPT, although
the U. S., of course, favors and supports the treaty and
would like to see other countries sign it.
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Date:
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Place:
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PART 4 OF 12 PARTS
SUBJECT: Meat Inspection
PARTICIPANTS:
Sir Keith Waller, Australian Ambassador
Cyrus L. S. Hewitt, Secretary to the Prime Minister's Dept.
Sir James Plimsoll, Secretary, Department of External
Affairs
Alan T. Griffith, Assistant Secretary, External Relations
and Defense Branch
Anthony Eggleton, Press Secretary to the Prime Minister
The Secretary of State
Henry A. Kissinger, Special Assistant to the President
Emil Mosbacher, Chief of Protocol
Samuel King, Deputy Chief of Protocol
Richard Sneider, National Security Council, White House
Robert W. Moore, Country Director, Australia, New Zealand
Affairs, Department of State
Referring to his meeting with the Prime Minister in
April, the Secretary noted that we had succeeded in having
postponed until August the USDA deadline for changes in
Australia's inspection procedure for meat destined for the
U. S. market. Sir James Plimsoll and Hewitt said this
action on the Secretary's part had been helpful and was
appreciated, as the meat inspection issue had been a
touchy one in terms of Australian domestic politics.
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Date: May 6, 1969
Place: White House
PART 5 OF 12 PARTS
SUBJECT: ANZUS Council Meeting
PARTICIPANTS:
Sir Keith Waller, Australian Ambassador
Cyrus L. S. Hewitt, Secretary to the Prime Minister's Dept.
Sir James Plimsoll, Secretary, Department of External
Affairs
Alan T. Griffith, Assistant Secretary, External Relations
and Defense Branch
Anthony Eggleton, Press Secretary to the Prime Minister
The Secretary of State
Henry A. Kissinger, Special Assistant to the President
Emil Mosbacher, Chief of Protocol
Samuel King, Deputy Chief of Protocol
Richard Sneider, National Security Council, White House
Robert W. Moore, Country Director, Australia, New Zealand
Affairs, Department of State
The Secretary said there appeared to be only two possible
times for an ANZUS Council meeting this year: July in
Canberra or September in the U. S. He said that in
conjunction with histrip to Japan it might be feasible
for him to attend a meeting at Canberra the first week in
August. He asked whether Australia considered it important
that a meeting be held, and if so, whether that timing
would be suitable.
Sir James Plimsoll replied that in Australia's view
the Council should meet at least once a year to show that
ANZUS is a "working alliance." This year, he added,
there would be much of interest to discuss at a meeting in
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July or August, such as the SEATO, TCC and Five-Power
meetings, all of which would have taken place earlier.
The Secretary speculated that if he went to Canberra
for an ANZUS meeting he probably should visit Wellington
also. Sir James agreed that a stopover in Wellington
on the way back to Washington would be indicated.
The discussion ended inconclusively.
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MEMORANDUM OF CONVERSATION
Date: May 6, 1969
Place: White House
PART 6 OF 12 PARTS
SUBJECT: Viet-Nam
PARTICIPANTS:
Sir Keith Waller, Australian Ambassador
Cyrus L. S. Hewitt, Secretary to the Prime Minister's Dept.
Sir James Plimsoll, Secretary, Department of External
Affairs
Alan T. Griffith, Assistant Secretary, External Relations
and Defense Branch
Anthony Eggleton, Press Secretary to the Prime Minister
The Secretary of State
Henry A. Kissinger, Special Assistant to the President
Emil Mosbacher, Chief of Protocol
Samuel King, Deputy Chief of Protocol
Richard Sneider, National Security Council, White House
Robert W. Moore, Country Director, Australia, New Zealand
Affairs, Department of State
The Secretary asked about the current state of public
opinion in Australia regarding Viet-Nam. Sir James said
that there is anti-Vietnam sentiment but that it is at
about the same level as in the past. He said Australian
concern about Viet-Nam relates primarily to the question
of whether U. S. policy towards Viet-Nam will remain firm.
The Secretary asked whether the Australian public
understood the U. S. negotiating stance in Paris. Sir James
said there had been a tendency for the public to be bemused
by press treatment which emphasized disputes over the shape
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of the table, etc.; he thought there was still a job to
be done in making the public aware of the issues involved
in the negotiations.
There are indications that the American public has
gained increased appreciation of the USG negotiating
position, the Secretary said. He noted that the U. S.
has gone a long way to try to establish a fruitful climate
for genuine negotiations by meeting Communist demands
such as that for simultaneous discussion of military and
political matters. He said it had been helpful also that
President Thieu had expressed willingness to negotiate
with the NLF.
Sir James said that the mere fact that the Paris
talks were going on had taken much of the steam out of
the anti-Vietnam campaign in Australia. He observed also
that opposition to the Viet-Nam war tends to become
intertwined with the essentially different matter of
opposition to conscription, as is the case in the U. S.
He said it was useful to keep in mind that not all
opposition to the GOA's Viet-Nam policy comes from those
who favor drawing back. There are also those who favor
a harder line, both in the negotiations and on the military
front.
In reply to the Secretary's question as to whether
there was much student unrest in Australia over Viet-Nam
and conscription, Sir James acknowledged that unrest exists
but observed that the Gallup poll had shown disproportionate
support for Viet-Nam policy among younger age groups.
Mr. Hewitt asked the Secretary whether American servicemen
who have served in Viet-Nam return home foes of U. S.
Viet-Nam policy. The Secretary said he thought not; in
fact, he said, it appeared that in the main those who had
fought in Viet-Nam became convinced supporters of the
policy. Hewitt said this seemed to have been the case
among Australians, too.
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MEMORANDUM OF CONVERSATION
Date: May 6, 1969
Place: White House
PART 7 OF 12 PARTS
SUBJECT: North Korea
PARTICIPANTS:
Sir Keith Waller, Australian Ambassador
Sir James Plimsoll, Secretary, Department of External
Affairs
Cyrus L. S. Hewitt, Secretary to the Prime Minister's Dept.
Alan T. Griffith, Assistant Secretary, External Relations
and Defense Branch
Anthony Eggleton, Press Secretary to the Prime Minister
The Secretary of State
Henry A. Kissinger, Special Assistant to the President
Emil Mosbacher, Chief of Protocol
Samuel King, Deputy Chief of Protocol
Richard Sneider, National Security Council, White House
Robert W. Moore, Country Director, Australia, New Zealand
Affairs, Department of State
Had the U. S. a theory as to what the North Koreans hoped
to accomplish by shooting down the EC-121 aircraft,
Mr. Hewitt inquired. The Secretary said we had no certain
knowledge. It might be simply a reflection of North Korean
unpredictability and uncontrollability. It was also
possible that the Russians had put them up to it.
Sir James observed there seemed some reason to suppose
the Russians might have done so in the case of the Pueblo,
in order to obtain the intelligence gear used by the ship.
Dr. Kissinger said there was no firm evidence of this, however.
Both he and the Secretary concurred in a comment by Sir James
that the South Koreans have behaved with encouraging
restraint and responsibility in the EC-121 incident.
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MEMORANDUM OF CONVERSATION
Date: May 6, 1969
Place: White House
PART 8 OF 12 PARTS
SUBJECT: Communist China
PARTICIPANTS:
Sir Keith Waller, Australian Ambassador
Cyrus L. S. Hewitt, Secretary to the Prime Minister's Dept.
Sir James Plimsoll, Secretary, Department of External
Affairs
Alan T. Griffith, Assistant Secretary, External Relations
and Defense Branch
Anthony Eggleton, Press Secretary to the Prime Minister
The Secretary of State
Henry A. Kissinger, Special Assistant to the President
Emil Mosbacher, Chief of Protocol
Samuel King, Deputy Chief of Protocol
Richard Sneider, National Security Council, White House
Robert W. Moore, Country Director, Australia, New Zealand
Affairs, Department of State
Sir James said he supposed we were pretty much in the
dark regarding the Ninth Party Congress, as was the GOA.
The Secretary admitted that our intelligence on the congress
was limited. Sir James said the Russians seemed not to
have much information on it either, inasmuch as they had
queried the GOA on the subject in Canberra.
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MEMORANDUM OF CONVERSATION
Date: May 6, 1969
Place: White House
PART 9 of 12 PARTS
SUBJECT: U.S.-USSR Relations
PARTICIPANTS:
Sir Keith Waller, Australian Ambassador
Cyrus L. S. Hewitt, Secretary to the Prime Minister's Dept.
Sir James Plimsoll, Secretary, Department of External
Affairs
Alan T. Griffith, Assistant Secretary, External Relations
and Defense Branch
Anthony Eggleton, Press Secretary to the Prime Minister
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Henry A. Kissinger, Special Assistant to the President
Emil Mosbacher, Chief of Protocol
Samuel King, Deputy Chief of Protocol
Richard Sneider, National Security Council, White House
Robert W. Moore, Country Director, Australia, New Zealand
Affairs, Department of State
Sir James asked the Secretary to comment on U.S. -Soviet
relations. The Secretary said the USSR was acting as if
it wanted to be friendly. He cited a generally accommodating
Russian attitude in the Middle East, assurances by the
Soviets that they would not harass the President during his
European trip, Russian restraint in pushing their views on
arms limitation, and Russian quickness to help in the search
for the EC-121 aircraft shot down by the North Koreans.
The Secretary noted also that the Soviet Union had shown
little inclination actively to encourage or support
"liberation" movements in Southeast Asia.
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Sir James said the Russians appear fearful that the
U. S. and Communist China will "gang up" on them. He said
the Russian Ambassador in Canberra had told him that it
was not in the general interest for the USSR and Communist
China to be fighting each other. When Plimsoll agreed
with him, the Ambassador urged the GOA so to advise the
USG. Plimsoll added that the Indians also report real fear
of a U.S. -Communist Chinese understanding on the part of
the Soviets.
Dr. Kissinger mentioned that Ambassador Dobrynin had
talked to him about the Soviet Union's troubles with
Communist China and, when Dr. Kissinger said that that was
Russia's problem, the Ambassador vigorously insisted that
Communist China is "everybody's problem." Dr. Kissinger
and the Secretary agreed that it was just as well to keep
the Russians uneasy by not denying U. S. interest in
achieving an improved relationship with Communist China.
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MEMORANDUM OF CONVERSATION
Date: May 6, 1969
Place: White House
PART 10 OF 12 PARTS
SUBJECT: Czechoslovakia
PARTICIPANTS:
Sir Keith Waller, Australian Ambassador
Cyrus L. S. Hewitt, Secretary to the Prime Minister's Dept.
Sir James Plimsoll, Secretary, Department of External
Affairs
Alan T. Griffith, Assistant Secretary, External Relations
and Defense Branch
Anthony Eggleton, Press Secretary to the Prime Minister
The Secretary of State
Henry A. Kissinger, Special Assistant to the President
Emil Mosbacher, Chief of Protocol
Samuel King, Deputy Chief of Protocol
Richard Sneider, National Security Council, White House
Robert W. Moore, Country Director, Australia-New Zealand
Affairs, Department of State
Sir James asked if the invasion of Czechoslovakia had
created an obstacle to the effective conduct of diplomatic
business between the U. S. and the USSR. The Secretary
responded that it had not. He added that the invasion
made Western Europeans see more realistically the problems
of dealing with the USSR which the U. S. has always had to
take into account. He said we believe the Soviets will find
it hard to live with their doctrine of limited sovereignty,
used to justify the Czech invasion, since it alarms
Communist and non-Communist nations alike.
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Date: May 6, 1969
Place: White House
PART 11 OF 12 PARTS
SUBJECT: Germany
PARTICIPANTS:
Sir Keith Waller, Australian Ambassador
Cyrus L. S. Hewitt, Secretary to the Prime Minister's Dept.
Sir James Plimsoll, Secretary, Department of External
Affairs
Alan T. Griffith, Assistant Secretary, External Relations
and Defense Branch
Anthony Eggleton, Press Secretary to the Prime Minister
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Henry A. Kissinger, Special Assistant to the President
Emil Mosbacher, Chief of Protocol
Samuel King, Deputy Chief of Protocol
Richard Sneider, National Security Council, White House
Robert W. Moore, Country Director, Australia-New Zealand
Affairs, Department of State
Sir James asked the Secretary whether he foresaw any
change in the situation in Germany. The Secretary said no.
Dr. Kissinger added that if the question had to do with
the German situation as it affected East-West relations,
he thought there might be an easing of access to Berlin
but he foresaw no likelihood of progress towards reunification.
He said that after the election in West Germany the Socialists
and the Free Democrats might well form a coalition which
would take a softer attitude with regard to the legitimacy
of East Germany with the possible result that more countries
would recognize East Germany.
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The Secretary commented that the USSR prefers that
Germany remain divided. Dr. Kissinger underscored this
point, noting that the USSR would not wish to see Germany
united even under a Communist government. Sir James
agreed, reporting that Russian diplomats in Canberra had
told him that a divided Germany is in the interest of
"all of us. "
Dr. Kissinger said that East Germany will be increasingly
a factor in West German politics. Sir James expressed the
view that one of the main reasons for the invasion of
Czechoslovakia was Russian fear that the liberalizing
tendency in that country would spread to East Germany.
Commenting on this point, Dr. Kissinger described the
evidence of mounting nationalistic feeling in East Germany,
quoting in particular a West German observer who declared
that East Germany is now much more traditionally German than
West Germany.
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MEMORANDUM OF CONVERSATION
Date: May 6, 1969
Place: White House
PART 12 OF 12 PARTS
SUBJECT: Press Statement
PARTICIPANTS:
Sir Keith Waller, Australian Ambassador
Cyrus L. S. Hewitt, Secretary to the Prime Minister's Dept.
Sir James Plimsoll, Secretary, Department of External
Affairs
Alan T. Griffith, Assistant Secretary, External Relations
and Defense Branch
Anthony Eggleton, Press Secretary to the Prime Minister
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Henry A. Kissinger, Special Assistant to the President
Emil Mosbacher, Chief of Protocol
Samuel King, Deputy Chief of Protocol
Richard Sneider, National Security Council, White House
Robert W. Moore, Country Director, Australia-New Zealand
Affairs, Department of State
There was discussion of the text of a press statement
that the President might issue after his final meeting
with Gorton May 7. A text prepared by the U. S. side was
put forward and found generally agreeable, subject to
structural changes which the Secretary deemed necessary to
avoid any suggestion that the USG, in this statement, was
taking on a new or expanded security commitment. The
Secretary reminded the Australians of Congressional and
public sensitivity on this point. He recalled that an
earlier statement, the so-called Rusk-Thanat communique
concerning U. S. concern for Thailand's security, had led
to argument in this country because it appeared to some to
expand the U.S. commitment to Thailand beyond that assumed
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