Conversation: 018-062
Prev: 018-061 Next: 018-063Start Date: 10-Jan-1972 8:53 PM
End Date: 10-Jan-1972 9:11 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Kissinger, Henry A.;Recording Device: White House Telephone
Full Tape Conversation Start Time: 02:30:45
Full Tape Conversation End Time: 02:47:24
NARA Description:
On January 10, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger talked on the telephone from 8:53 pm to 9:11 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 018-062 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 18-62
Date: January 10, 1972
Time: 8:53 pm and 9:11 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with Henry A. Kissinger.
Weather in California
-Weather in Washington
Work on annual foreign policy report
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The President's meeting with Alexander M. Haig, Jr.
-Fatigue
-Trip to the People's Republic of China [PRC]
-Taiwan, Republic of China issue
-Dealings with the Chinese
[Unintelligible]
Trip to the PRC
-Value
-Ronald L. Ziegler, John A. Scali, Haig
-India-Pakistan War
Bangladesh
-Sheik Mujibur Rahman's arrival
-British, French
-US policy
-Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
-The PRC
-New Delhi
-US consular official in Dacca
Haig
-Chou En-lai statement
-Mujibur Rahman
Bhutto
-Plans
-Soviet Union
Soviet Union, India
-Chou En-lai’s view
-Haig
India-Pakistan relations
-Kissinger’s view
-Kissinger’s role
-Possible conflict
-Indian radio broadcast, January 9, 1972
-Unknown people, Baluchistan
-East Bengal
-Possible military occupation
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-Bangladesh
-Nationality groups
Melvin R. Laird
-Vietnam US troop withdrawal figure
-Call to Kissinger
Vietnam negotiations
-Nguyen Van Thieu
-Political prospects
State of the Union message
The President's schedule
-Kissinger's schedule
Vietnam speech
-Draft
-Timing
-State of the Union address
-Congress
Hubert H. Humphrey's announcement
-Vietnam
-Humphrey’s efforts
December 1971 bombing of Vietnam
-Public opinion
-Troop withdrawal
-Democrats
India-Pakistan War as issue
-Public opinion
-US policy
Appointments
-[David] Kenneth Rush
-Talk with the President
-H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman
-Col. Richard T. Kennedy
-John N. Mitchell
-Washington Special Action Group [WSAG]
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-Mitchell
-Trustworthiness
-Laird, Kissinger
-Relationship
-Laird
-Recommendation
-Conflict of interest
-[Union Carbide]
-Defense contracts
-David Packard
-Confirmation
-Term as ambassador to Germany
-Senate
-Meeting with Laird
-Effectiveness
-Compared to Packard
-Laird
-Berlin
Annual foreign policy report
-Staff effort
-India-Pakistan War
-The President’s conversation with Haldeman
-The President's press conference
-Date
Press conference
-Date of Kissinger's report
Trip to the PRC
-Schedule
The President's schedule
-Trip to Florida
-Kissinger's conversation with Haig
-Chou- En-lai
-February 1971
-Press conference
Emilio Colombo
-Schedule
-Political prospects
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