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Conversation: 252-005

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Start Date: 21-Apr-1971 2:42 PM

End Date: 21-Apr-1971 2:54 PM

Participants:

Nixon, Richard M. (President)Kissinger, Henry A.

Recording Device: Old Executive Office Building

Full Tape Conversation Start Time: 00:09:05

Full Tape Conversation End Time: 00:14:24

252a.mp3

252b.mp3

NARA Description:

On April 21, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 2:42 pm and 2:54 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 252-005 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid:

Conversation No. 252-5

Date: April 21, 1971
Time: Unknown between 2:42 pm and 2:54 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

The President talked with Henry A. Kissinger

     People’s Republic of China [PRC] ping pong team’s upcoming visit
          -John A. Scali
          -United States Information Agency [USIA]
          -State Department
          -Instructions to Kissinger
          -Scali’s role
          -State Department
          -Kissinger and Scali
          -Culture exchange
          -State Department
          -USIA
                -Frank J. Shakespeare
          -William T. Gossett
                -Marriage to daughter of Chief Justice Charles E. Hughes
          -President’s policies
          -Press
          -State Department
          -Marshall Green
          -H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman
          -Scali
          -PRC
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                          NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF

                                      Tape Subject Log
                                         (rev. 9/08)




     United Nations

     Kissinger’s forthcoming meeting with Scali
          -Ping pong team visit
          -State Department
          -President’s instructions to Kissinger
                -Need for subtlety
          -Gossett