Conversation: 261-042
Prev:  261-041 Next: 261-043Start Date: 1-Jul-1971 5:55 PM
End Date: 1-Jul-1971 6:20 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Kissinger, Henry A.; Hoover, J. Edgar; Recording Device: Old Executive Office Building
Full Tape Conversation Start Time: 04:19:29
Full Tape Conversation End Time: 04:46:46
NARA Description:
On July 1, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, and J. Edgar Hoover met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 5:55 pm to 6:20 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 261-042 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 261-42 Date: July 1, 1971 Time: 5:55 pm - 6:20 pm Location: Executive Office Building The President met with Henry A. Kissinger President’s schedule -Forthcoming Bicentennial speech at National Archives -Television coverage by Columbia Broadcasting System [CBS], National Broadcasting Company [NBC], and American Broadcasting Company [ABC] -Language of speech -Speech writers 26 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/08) Pentagon Papers -Forthcoming statement by President -Clark MacGregor -Daniel Ellsberg Cease fire [in Vietnam?] Michael J. (“Mike”) Mansfield -Prior conversation with President -MacGregor [?] -Kissinger’s foreign trip President’s relations with the press -Public perception of President and the media [The President talked with J. Edgar Hoover between 6:00 pm and 6:07 pm] [Conversation 261-42A] [See Conversation No. 6-84] [End of telephone conversation] Freedom of the press issue -Ellsberg case -Supreme Court decision -Public reaction -Declassification of top secret documents -Administration’s position -Integrity of government -Justice for individuals -Competence Freedom of the press versus repression -Public perception Supreme Court decision -Pentagon Papers -Administration’s position -Prosecution 27 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/08) Classified documents -President’s position -Integrity of government -Declassification study President’s prior speech in Colorado Springs, Colorado Forthcoming statement on publication of classified documents Conv. No. 261-42 (cont.) President and press -Paris talks -Peking, People’s Republic of China [PRC] -Press -PRC announcement -Effect on press -Timing Vietnam -William P. Rogers -Le Duc Tho meeting with Kissinger -Mansfield -Prior conversation with President -Le Duc Tho -Rogers -Marshall Green -Peking Press PRC -Kissinger’s possible trip -Press speculation -David Kraslow [?] General Alexander M. Haig, Jr. -Conversation with Kraslow [?] Pakistan -Kissinger’s trip 28 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/08) PRC -Kissinger’s trip -Preparation -Announcement Press -PRC announcement -Forthcoming press conference Conv. No. 261-42 (cont.) -Use of unidentified letter as prop Kissinger left at 6:20 pm