Conversation: 245-006
Prev: 245-005 Next: 245-007Start Date: 6-Apr-1971 10:05 AM
End Date: 6-Apr-1971 11:03 AM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Kissinger, Henry A.; Bull, Stephen B.; Mansfield, Michael J. ("Mike");Recording Device: Old Executive Office Building
Full Tape Conversation Start Time: 00:53:11
Full Tape Conversation End Time: 01:49:43
NARA Description:
On April 6, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, Stephen B. Bull, and Michael J. ("Mike") Mansfield met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 10:05 am to 11:03 am. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 245-006 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 245-6
Date: April 6, 1971
Time: 10:05 am - 11:03 am
Location: Executive Office Building
The President met with Henry A. Kissinger
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Laos
-Casualty figures
-Military operations
-Comparison
Vietnam
-North Vietnamese Conv. No. 245-6 (cont.)
-President’s forthcoming statement on Prisoners of War [POWs]
-President’s options
-Possible statement
-Warning
-Credibility
-Kissinger’s statement on POWs
Laos
-Casualties
-South Vietnamese casualties
-Air sorties
-George S. McGovern’s statements
-Kissinger’s possible statement
President’s speech on Vietnam, April 7, 1971
-Draft
-President’s presentation
-Press
-Release
-Air sorties
-South Vietnamese casualties
-Warning
-Statement
-Warning
-Staff
Vietnam
-Withdrawal
-”Blockbusters”
-John D. Ehrlichman
-US proposals
-Negotiations
-Kissinger and Clark MacGregor
-Press
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-Proposals
-”Doves”
-Congress
-Withdrawal date
-Military aid
-General Nguyen Van Thieu and Nguyen Cao Ky
-Communist victory
-Kissinger’s relations with MacGregor Conv. No. 245-6 (cont.)
-Troop announcements
-Date for United States’ withdrawal
-Michael J. (“Mike”) Mansfield
-President’s meeting with Thieu
-United States’ position
-President’s policy
-North Vietnamese
-Lyndon B. Johnson
-Date for Withdrawal
-POWs
-Cease fire
-Negotiations
-Cease fire
-United States’ proposals
-Kissinger’s role
-Paris talks
Chile
-Elections
-Salvador Allende Gossens
-Control of media
-Eduardo Frei Montalva
-Christian Democrats
-Allende
-State Department
-Charles A. Meyer
-Allende
-United States’ policy
-Jorge Alessandri
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2
[National Security]
[Duration: 13s ]
FOREIGN AFFAIRS Conv. No. 245-6 (cont.)
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2
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-Edward M. Korry
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 4
[National Security]
[Duration: 26s ]
FOREIGN AFFAIRS
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 4
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-Korry
-Peter M. Flanigan
-Kenneth B. Keating
-Pakistan
-India
Kissinger’s relations with MacGregor
-Melvin R. Laird
-Ehrlichman
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Vietnam
-Ehrlichman
-Public opinion
-Johnson
Cambodia
-United States’ involvement Conv. No. 245-6 (cont.)
-Public opinion
Lieutenant William L. Calley, Jr.
-Impact on administration
-Background
President’s speech on Vietnam
-Possible question to Kissinger
-President’s policy
Stephen B. Bull entered at an unknown time after 10:05 am
Arrival of Mansfield
Bull left at an unknown time before 10:35 am
President’s speech on Vietnam
-Success of policy
-Possible wording on Vietnamization policy
-Relation to troop withdrawals
Mansfield entered at 10:35 am
Greetings
Kissinger left at 10:36 am
Vietnam
-President’s forthcoming call to Ellsworth F. Bunker
-Military situation
-Withdrawal date
-South Vietnamese leaders
-Withdrawal of United States’ troops
-Rate
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-Numbers
-Ceiling
-Level
-Announcement
-Dates
-Level
-Future announcements
-President’s options Conv. No. 245-6 (cont.)
-Negotiations
-Union of Soviet Socialist Republics [USSR]
-Attitude
-United States’ position
-President’s options
-Soviet Union
-President’s options
-Deadline
-President’s plans
-Troop withdrawals
-Chance of a breakthrough
-Announcements
-Withdrawal of troops
-Anatoliy F. Dobrynin’s mission
-United States’ offer
-Date
-United States’ plans
-Cease fire
-President’s speech, April 7, 1971
-Negotiations
-President’s forthcoming conversations with Dobrynin
-Possible topics
-North Vietnamese
-Madame Nguyen Thi Binh and Long Di [sp?]
-Date
-United States’ position
-Troop withdrawals
-Laos
-President’s policy
Arms control negotiations
-Leonid I. Brezhnev and Andrei A. Gromyko
-Communist Party Congress
-Fight
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-Military people
-Arms limitation issue
-Political people
-Aleksei N. Kosygin
-Brezhnev’s role
-Detente
-Arms limitation
-Date Conv. No. 245-6 (cont.)
-President’s options
Berlin
-United States-Soviet Union negotiations
Middle East
-United States’ policy
-Israel
-Support
-United States’ policy
-Other nations
-Cease fire
-Anwar el-Sadat
-Soviet Union
Vietnam and Laos
-Mansfield’s support for President
-Troop withdrawal
-Announcement
-South Vietnamese
-Military operations
-Location
-Negotiations
-Prospects
President’s trip to Montana
-Timing
-Labor Day
-Announcement
President’s briefing on Vietnam
-Value
Mansfield left at 11:03 am
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