Date: May 2, 1973
Time: Unknown between 4:56 pm and 5:23 pm
Location: Oval Office
The President met with Otto E. Passman, John A. Hannah, and William E. Timmons.
Greetings
Passman
-Age
-Personal habits
-Smoking, drinking, eating
-Sleeping
-Work habits
-Congress
Foreign Assistance Act of 1973
-Loans
-Cambodia
-Repayment
-Oil, mineral wealth
-Risk
-Developing nations
-Laos, Cambodia
Meeting attendance
-Henry A. Kissinger
-Hannah
Foreign Assistance Act of 1973
-Vote count
-Passman’s previous efforts for foreign aid
-Hannah
-President’s attempts to reach John McCollum
-Caucus
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-Timmons’s telephone call
-Hugh Scott, Michael (“Mike”) Mansfield, and George H. Mahon
-J. William Fulbright
-Continuing resolution
-Congressional support
-Passman’s efforts
-Repayment of loans
-Developing nations
-Asian Development Bank
-Inter-American Development Bank
-International Development Association [IDA]
-Terms
-Grace period
-Interest
-Principal
-Congressional support
-IDA
-Passman’s conversations
-Kissinger, Gerald R. Ford, and Hannah
-Trip to Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam
-Nguyen Van Thieu
-Thieu’s visit to US
-Passman’s visit to Vietnam
-James A. Knowle
-Edwin W. Edwards
-Saigon
-Pham Kim Ngoc
-Terms of loans
-Thieu’s agreement
-William P. Rogers’s endorsement
-Economic aid compared to military aid
-Defense Department
-Park Chung Hee
-Meeting with Passman
-Strength of economy
-Terms of loan
-Thieu
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-Reaction to Passman’s trip
-Hanoi
-Aid to North Vietnam
-Passman’s leadership
-Congressional support
-Loans
-Agency for International Development [AID] staff
-Maurice J. Williams
-Passman’s role
-Hannah’s conversation with William P. Rogers and William J. Porter [?]
-Hannah’s trips to Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia
-Thieu
-Ha Xuan Trung
-Ngoc
-Lon Nol
-Souvanna Phuoma
-Report to Rogers
-Thieu’s visit to US
-Ellsworth F. Bunker’s cable
-Passman’s visit to US
-Hannah’s knowledge
-Tran Kim Phuong’s invitation
-State Department
-Aid to North Vietnam compared to South Vietnam
-Congressional approval
-Grants
-Viability
Passman
-Relationship with Hannah
-Conversation with Timmons
-Public service
-Harry S. Truman, Dwight D. Eisenhower, John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B.
Johnson
-Support for President
-Party affiliation
-Chairmanship of Foreign Operations Subcommittee of House
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Appropriations Committee
-Clarence D. Long
Congressional legislation
-Fulbright, William Proxmire, and Mansfield
-Support for Gulf of Tonkin resolution
-Compared with continued support for Vietnam War
-Edward M. (“Ted”) Kennedy
-Defense Authorization Bill
-Cost of Vietnam War
-Report
Henry A. Kissinger entered at 5:10 pm.
Greetings
Foreign Assistance Act of 1973
-Congressional support
-Loans
-Passman’s previous votes
-Foreign aid authorizations
-Rule of Foreign Operations Subcommittee
-Current vote
-“Investment theory”
-Marshall Plan
-Cost
-Grants
-Compared with loans
-Loans
-Cambodia, Laos
-“All-inclusive policy”
-Korea
-Terms of repayment
-Park Chung Hee’s acceptance
-Cambodia, Laos
-All-inclusive policy
-Family planning
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-Technical aid
-Humanitarian support
-Refugees
-Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, Korea
-Possible terms
-Congressional support
-Potential votes
-Passman’s support
-Discussions with Timmons and Kissinger
-Hannah
-Support for administration
-Trip to Korea
-Park
-Nixon Doctrine
-Loans compared with grants
-Congressional support
-Passman’s rule
-Previous funding negotiations
-Dr. Thomas E. (“Doc”) Morgan
-Support
-Passman’s trip to Asia
-Congressional approval
-Authorization bill
-Passman’s support
-Funding for Peace Corps
-Passman’s reaction
-Passman
-Support for administration
-Loans compared to grants
-Aid to North Vietnam
-Ceasefire
-Agreement on Ending the War and Restoring Peace in Vietnam
-Congressional support
-Development loans
-Reconstruction programs
-Kissinger’s conversation with Passman [?]
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Passman’s work experience
-Sharecropper
-Entrepreneur
The recording cut off at an unknown time before 5:23 pm.
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