Conversation: 001-004
Prev:  001-003 Next: 001-005Start Date: 6-Apr-1971 11:53 AM
End Date: 6-Apr-1971 12:10 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Kissinger, Henry A.; Recording Device: White House Telephone
Full Tape Conversation Start Time: 00:01:19
Full Tape Conversation End Time: 00:10:33
NARA Description:
On April 6, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:53 am and 12:10 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 001-004 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 1-4 Date: April 6, 1971 Time: Unknown between 11:53 am and 12:10 pm Location: White House Telephone The President talked with Henry A. Kissinger. President's upcoming speech on Vietnam -Input from White House staff and others -Rose Mary Woods -Patrick J. Buchanan -John A. Scali -Possible American withdrawal -Leonard Garment -Anatoliy F. Dobrynin -John D. Ehrlichman -Laos -Creighton W. Abrams -Administration’s credibility -Garment's views -Kissinger's future statement -Tone -White House "Doves" -George P. Shultz -Ehrlichman -Donald H. Rumsfeld -Clark MacGregor -Robert H. Finch -Domestic issues -George S. McGovern -Drop in American and Vietnamese casualties -Bombing reduction -Regions -Defense of Administration -Staff -New York Times, Washington Post -Joseph W. Alsop column Recording ends while the conversation is in progress. 3 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 9/08)