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On November 4, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, Kofi A. Busia, and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. met in the Oval Office of the White House from 4:02 pm to 4:48 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 614-012 of the White House Tapes. Topics include: The President met with Kofi A. Busia and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. Introductions Busia's trip - Mexico Photograph - Arrangements Busia's trip - Northwestern University - Teaching Ronald L. Ziegler and members of the press entered at an unknown time after 4:02 pm. Introductions to members of the press Presidential pens Ziegler and the press left at an unknown time before 4:39 pm. United Nations [UN] vote on Taiwan, Republic of China - Ghana's vote - The President's appreciation - Luis Echeverria Alvarez - Conversation with the President - Mexico - Non- Aligned status Echeverria - Wife Manolo Sanchez entered at an unknown time after 4:02 pm. Cocoa Sanchez left at an unknown time before 4:39 pm. Liberia - William R. Tolbert, Jr's inauguration - The President's schedule - Thelma C. ("Pat") Nixon's schedule Mrs. Nixon's schedule - Peru - Ghana - Possible tour - Schools - Hospitals - Liberia - Monrovia - Ghana - Taiwan - UN vote - Julie Nixon Eisenhower - Education - Smith College - Ghanaian ambassador Ghana - Kwame Nkrumah's legacy - Finances - Debt - Busia's Cabinet changes - Debt - Short- Term - Credits - Cocoa - Finances - Foreign exchange - Rescheduling debts - Possible consortium - Medium term debt - Short- Term debt - Interest - Rice production - Imports - Rural development - Water - Roads - Self- Help - Trade - Import surcharges - Attracting investment capital - Prices - Democratic institutions - Busia's conversation with Edward R.G. Heath - Economy - Growth - Desirable rate - Unemployment - Compared to US - International Monetary Fund [IMF] - Creating confidence - Credit - Haig's forthcoming conversation with John B. Connally - IMF and World bank - Planning - Connally and Henry A. Kissinger - Possible meeting with Robert S. McNamara - The President's previous conversation with McNamara - Rescheduling debts - Time frame - Indonesian pattern - Busia's conversation with Heath - Possible meetings - Short- Term debt - Consortium - Medium and long- Term debt - Creditors - Great Britain, West Germany, France, Japan, US - Connally - Great Britain - Compared to Indonesia - T. N. J. Suharto - Sukarno - Economic legacy - Nkrumah's legacy - Finances - US assistance - Great Britain - Congress - Busia's conversation with McNamara Stephen B. Bull entered at an unknown time after 4:02 pm. Mrs. Nixon's schedule - Rose Mary Woods's forthcoming call - White House social event - Tea Bull left at an unknown time before 4:39 pm. Ghana - Population - The President's 1957 visit - Growth - Nkrumah Cocoa - Busia's possible conversation with Peter G. Peterson - Busia's schedule - Briefing paper Bull entered at an unknown time after 4:02 pm. Mrs. Nixon's schedule - Ghana Bull left at an unknown time before 4:39 pm. Ghana - Mrs. Nixon's schedule - Previous trip - Popular morale - Unemployment - Democracy - Neighbors - Latin America - Unemployment - Foreign aid - Technical Bull[?] entered at an unknown time after 4:02 pm The President's schedule Bull[?] left at an unknown time before 4:39 pm. - Cooperation with Ivory Coast Ivory Coast - Foreign investment - Agriculture - President [Felix Houphouet- Boigny] - Popularity - The President's visit Nigeria - Relations with Ghana Mali - Relations with Ghana - Busia's trip - Nigeria - Reception - Trade Ghana - Finances - IMF -[Houphouet- Boigny] - Possible economic community of West Africa - People's Republic of China [PRC] and Union of Soviet Socialist Republics [USSR] Bull entered at an unknown time after 4:02 pm. Mrs. Nixon's schedule Bull left at an unknown time before 4:39 pm. The President's forthcoming visits to the USSR and the PRC - Importance - The President's previous conversation with Indira Gandhi Ghana - Talks with South Africa - The President's conversations with Kissinger and William P. Rogers - US assistance - Relations with the US - State Department - Ambassador's possible call to Haig - Finances - Connally's schedule - Paul A. Volcker - McNamara - Cocoa - Peterson - Foreign minister Haig talked with the White House operator at an unknown time between 4:02 pm and 4:39 pm; Haig talked with Peterson. [Conversation No. 614-12a] [See Conversation No. 13-122] [End of telephone conversation] Bull entered at an unknown time after 4:02 pm. Foreign minister and ambassador from Ghana - Meeting with the president Bull left at an unknown time before 4:39 pm. Busia's family - Gifts - Son at Oxford The President's daughters William Ofori- Atta, Ebenezer M. Debrah and the White House photographer entered at 4:39 pm. Arrangements for photograph Busia's schedule - Mexico City - Echeverria Peterson - Schedule The White House photographer left at an unknown time before 4:48 pm. Mrs. Nixon's schedule - Ghana - Tolbert - Ghana Ghana - The President's 1957 visit - Independence Day - Festivities - Unknown man who assisted President and Mrs. Nixon - Letter - IMF - Debt rescheduling - Investment - Connally - Cocoa - Peterson Peterson entered at an unknown time after 4:39 pm. Introductions Ghana - International cocoa agreement - Peterson's role - Finances - Debt - Amount - McNamara - Forthcoming conversation with Peterson - Busia's schedule - Peterson's schedule - Surcharges - Canada - US support - Finances - Rescheduling of debt - Indonesian pattern - Sukarno - Heath - World Bank - Connally - The President's 1957 visit - Population The President, et al. , left at 4:48 pm. Participants: Nixon, Richard M. (President); Busia, Kofi A.; Haig, Alexander M., Jr.