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MEMORANDUM
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
TOP SECRET
December 6, 1971
MEMORANDUM FOR:
THE PRESIDENT'S FILE
FROM:
HENRY A. KISSINGER
SUBJECT:
Meeting with Canadian Prime Minister
Pierre Trudeau, Monday, December 6,
1971, 4:00 - 6:00 p. m., the Oval Office
PARTICIPANTS:
The President
Prime Minister Trudeau
Dr. Henry A. Kissinger
Mr. Ivan Head, Special Assistant to
the Prime Minister
The opening few minutes of the meeting were filmed by an NBC-TV
film crew for a program on "A Day in the Life of the President. 11
The President began the conversation by saying that he should have
thought of such a meeting earlier and was glad the Prime Minister
raised the matter. Dr. Kissinger remarked that the Prime Minister
accepted the invitation in record time. Prime Minister Trudeau
thanked the President for receiving him now. Earlier he had been
convinced that a spring meeting would be sufficient, and he had been
taking the position publicly that he and the President were always in
contact. But when the White House began announcing the series of
bilateral meetings with allies, he had no choice but to go along. "We
have both had a bad press, 11 the Prime Minister remarked. "Each of
us is accused of neglecting the other. 1.1 The President said that he
agreed, and that was why he had agreed so quickly to having the
meeting.
At the Prime Minister's suggestion, they turned to the agenda. Neither
the President nor the Prime Minister wanted to get into a technical
discussion, the President expressing complete confidence in Secretary
Connally's handling of the technical side.
DECLASSIFIED
SO. 12958, Sect 3.5
SECRET
By CIM
NLN 03-84/3 pes eir 18 Feb 2009
23 Mas 2009
[p.1 of4]
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