Conversation: 031-018
Prev: 031-017 Next: 031-019Start Date: 6-Oct-1972 2:09 PM
End Date: 6-Oct-1972 2:26 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Rogers, William P.;Recording Device: White House Telephone
NARA Description:
On October 6, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and William P. Rogers talked on the telephone from 2:09 pm to 2:26 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 031-018 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 31-18 Date: October 6, 1972 Time: 2:09 pm - 2:26 pm Location: White House Telephone The President talked with William P. Rogers. [See Conversation No. 354-25] Foreign policy -George S. McGovern's statements in Cleveland -The People’s Republic of China’s [PRC] role in Asia -Possible response of Thailand -Possible response by Rogers -Charles W. Colson -The President’s view -Role of Melvin R. Laird -Televised press conference 13 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Oct-06) -Alternatives -PRC relationship with India, Indonesia, Japan -Rogers’s response -Timing and forum -Previous conversation with Colson -Rogers’s previous speech before the United Nations [UN] General Assembly -Japan -Kakuei Tanaka -McGovern’s foreign policy positions -McGovern’s forthcoming statements on Vietnam -Rogers’s view -McGovern’s previous statement on Japan -Compared with Rogers’s previous speech before the UN -Tanaka -US military bases in the Pacific -US commitment to Taiwan -Involvement in Europe -Abram Chayes -Vietnam -Communism -Gen. Nguyen Van Thieu -The President’s schedule -Meeting with Irish foreign minister Patrick Hillary, October 6, 1972 -Meeting with Pote Sarasin, October 6, 1972 -Rogers’s meetings with foreign officials -Czechoslovakia -Settlement of outstanding issues in relations with US -Trade status -Invitation to visit -European Security Conference -Exchange of scientists -Consulate convention -Invitations to visit -Hungary -Bulgarian contacts with US -Recent trends in foreign relations -PRC -Visit by members of the American Society of Newspaper Editors [ASNE] 14 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Oct-06) -Talks with Japan and PRC -White House barber [Milton Pitts ?] -North Korea and South Korea -India -Pakistan -Indira Gandhi’s recent comments about the US -Central Intelligence Agency [CIA] -Rogers’s schedule -Rogers’s meeting with PRC -Ch'Iao Kuan-Hua -PRC Deputy Foreign Minister -George H.W. Bush -Background -Henry A. Kissinger -The President’s view -Soviet Union issue -The President’s conversation with an unknown official from Thailand -PRC comments about the Soviet Union -PRC comments about the US -Mao Tse-Tung, Chou En-Lai -Comments about the US -McGovern’s statements in Cleveland -Colson -Press reaction -Implications -Vietnam War -Response by the President ***************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2 [Personal returnable] [Duration: 1m 28s ] END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2 ***************************************************************** 15 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Oct-06)