Conversation: 261-035
Prev: 261-034 Next: 261-036Start Date: 1-Jul-1971 3:55 PM
End Date: 1-Jul-1971 4:25 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Kissinger, Henry A.; Butterfield, Alexander P.; Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob"); [Unknown person(s)]; Ehrlichman, John D.;Recording Device: Old Executive Office Building
Full Tape Conversation Start Time: 02:17:37
Full Tape Conversation End Time: 03:30:50
NARA Description:
On July 1, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, Alexander P. Butterfield, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, unknown person(s), and John D. Ehrlichman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:55 pm to 4:25 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 261-035 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 261-35
Date: July 1, 1971
Time: 3:55 pm - 4:25 pm
Location: Executive Office Building
The President met with Henry A. Kissinger
Vietnam War
-Michael J. (“Mike”) Mansfield’s comments
-North Vietnamese
-Mansfield Amendment
-President’s previous conversation with Mansfield
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Tape Subject Log
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William P. Rogers
People’s Republic of China [PRC]
-Item about Peking
-David [Surname unintelligible]
-National Security Council [NSC]
-Reference to comment made by President in press conference
Draft of Presidential speech Conv. No. 261-33 (cont.)
-Bicentennial
-Taiwan
-Length
Vietnam War
-Le Duc Tho
-Statement
-Paris
-Administration’s response
-Ronald L. Ziegler
-Negotiations
-US position
-Ziegler
-North Vietnamese position
-Prisoners of War [POWs] release
-American withdrawal
-Clark MacGregor’s conversation with Kissinger
-Timing
-Rogers
-Kissinger’s proposal
-Vietnamese cease fire
-American withdrawal
Chou En-lai
-Conversation with Yugoslav
-US-China relations
Population of the United States
-Andrew Jackson’s administration
Alexander P. Butterfield [Stephen B. Bull?] entered at 4:08 pm
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Tape Subject Log
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President’s schedule
-Declassification meeting
-Timing
-John D. Ehrlichman, General Alexander M. Haig, Jr., William H. Rehnquist
[The President talked with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman at an unknown time between 4:09 pm and
4:11 pm]
[Conversation No. 261-35A] Conv. No. 261-35 (cont.)
President’s schedule
-Forthcoming meeting with declassification group
-Chairman
-Rehnquist
-Ehrlichman
-Presidential directive
[End of telephone conversation]
Butterfield [Bull?] left at 4:11 pm
White House staff
-President’s role
Speech draft for July 4th
-Language
-Thomas Jefferson
-Philosophy
-French Revolution
-John Adams
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics [USSR]
-Communication from USSR
-Kissinger’s trip
-Summit meeting
-Scheduling
An unknown person entered at an unknown time after 4:11 pm
President’s schedule
The unknown person left at an unknown time before 4:25 pm
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Tape Subject Log
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[Haldeman talked with the President at an unknown time between 4:11 pm and 4:25 pm]
[Conversation No. 261-35B]
[See Conversation No. 6-80]
[End of telephone conversation]
Ehrlichman Conv. No. 261-35 (cont.)
President’s draft of forthcoming Bicentennial speech
-Language
-Compared to Emmett Hughes
-William L. Safire
-Bicentennial celebration
Negotiations with North Vietnamese
-Dr. David K. E. Bruce
-Timing
-October
-Soviet Summit [?]
-Soviet Union
-Anatoliy F. Dobrynin
-President’s condolence call
-Hubert H. Humphrey
Ehrlichman entered at an unknown time after 4:11 pm
President’s schedule
-Meeting with declassification group
-Participants
-Rehnquist
-Interim report
Ehrlichman left at an unknown time before 4:25 pm
President’s schedule
Vietnam negotiations
-Sources of problems
-State Department
-Bruce
-Rogers
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/08)
-John N. Irwin, II
-Marshall Green
-Bruce
Soviets
-Summit meeting
-Timing
-Bruce Conv. No. 261-35 (cont.)
-Kissinger’s forthcoming trip
PRC
Declassification
-Ehrlichman
-Administration’s position
-Conspiracy
Daniel Ellsberg case
-Participants
-Ellsberg
-Elliot L. Richardson
-Ellsworth F. Bunker
-Cables
Dobrynin
-Prior conversation with Kissinger
-Soviets
-US relations with Asian allies
PRC
Kissinger’s staff
-Relations with press
-Kissinger’s schedule
Kissinger’s forthcoming foreign trip
The President and Kissinger left at 4:25 pm