Conversation: 284-012
Prev:  284-011 Next: 284-013Start Date: 6-Oct-1971 4:06 PM
End Date: 6-Oct-1971 4:30 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Kissinger, Henry A.; Recording Device: Old Executive Office Building
Full Tape Conversation Start Time: 00:45:43
Full Tape Conversation End Time: 01:09:40
NARA Description:
On October 6, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 4:06 pm to 4:30 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 284-012 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 284-12 Date: October 6, 1971 Time: 4:06 pm - 4:30 pm Location: Executive Office Building The President met with Henry A. Kissinger. Senate -J. William Fulbright amendment -Vote -Robert C. Byrd amendment -Vote -Application delay -The President's previous conversation with Robert Dole Foreign policy -Allies -William P. Rogers -Nixon’s role Vietnam -Forthcoming election -John G. Gorton’s visit to Vietnam -People's Republic of China [PRC] -The President's schedule -Forthcoming announcement on Vietnam War Announcement of Kissinger's PRC trip -Barry M. Goldwater, Sr. 6 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) Conv. No. 284-12 (cont.) -Hugh Scott -Rogers -Lyndon B. Johnson -The President's activities PRC announcement -Chou En-lai -Press responses -United Nations [UN] -Union of Socialist Soviet Republics [USSR] -Taiwan Foreign policy -New York Times editorial -Kissinger’s conversation with Stewart J.O. Alsop -Strategic Arms Limitation Talks [SALT] -Berlin -Antiballistic missiles [ABM] -Cambodia -Rogers [?] -John B. Connally -Harry S. Truman -PRC announcement -Vietnam -Troop withdrawal announcement -Alsop -Summit -USSR -Laos military action -Chou En-lai -Domestic concerns -UN Vote -Political concerns -The President’s instructions -Kissinger’s comments Kissinger’s comments to Chou En-lai -Vietnam -North Vietnamese -Nguyen Van Thieu -The President’s policy 7 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) Conv. No. 284-12 (cont.) PRC -Newsweek -Time The President's conversation with William L. Safire -World outlook -Berlin, Middle East, Vietnam -Hotline Alsop -The President’s policies -Economy ********************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 4 [Personal Returnable] [Duration: 4m 14s ] END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 4 ********************************************************************** Kissinger's conversation with Alsop -Thieu -Vietnam election -Effect -Communion The President's foreign policy record -John F. Kennedy -Johnson -Eisenhower Byrd Amendment Kissinger's schedule -India and Pakistan -Forthcoming meeting 8 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) Conv. No. 284-12 (cont.) -Joseph J. Sisco Alsop -Rogers -USSR The President's objectives with the USSR -SALT -Trade -Middle East -Possible conversation Rogers -Jewish vote Kissinger left at 4:30 pm.