Conversation: 416-035
Prev:  416-034 Next: 416-036Start Date: 15-Mar-1973 10:39 AM
End Date: 15-Mar-1973 10:55 AM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Kissinger, Henry A.; Recording Device: Old Executive Office Building
NARA Description:
On March 15, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 10:39 am to 10:55 am. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 416-035 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 416-35 Date: March 15, 1973 Time: 10:39 am-10:55 am Location: Executive Office Building The President met with Henry A. Kissinger. People’s Republic of China [PRC] -Top experts -John H. Holdridge -Language abilities -Trips to PRC Dollar crisis -George P. Shultz -Instructions from President -Europe -Intervention John T. Downey -Captivity in PRC -Two Americans on mission -Questions -Whereabouts Vietnam settlement -Prisoners of war [POWs] -Escapees, absent without leave [AWOL] -Asylum -Condition after release -US note to North Vietnam -Quality -North Vietnam’s acceptance -Economic aid -South Koreans -Military equipment to South Vietnam Laos -Souvanna Phouma -43- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. Mar.-09) Conversation No. 416-35 (cont’d) -Harry F. Byrd, Jr. -Clifton Daniel -Most Favored Nation [MFN] status [?] Mansfield Amendment -Democratic caucus -Vote -Impact on foreign policy -Edward M. (“Ted”) Kennedy [?] Message for President -Arrival -Press conference Meeting with Leonid I. Brezhnev -News summary -Negotiations -Anatoliy F. Dobrynin -Meeting with President Willy Brandt visit -Date Nuclear Treaty -Kissinger’s conversation with Dobrynin -Kissinger’s letters -Soviet Union’s responses -Soviet Union -Relations with North Vietnam -President’s letter to Brezhnev [Pause] Daniel P. (“Pat”) Moynihan’s conversation with Indira Gandhi -Restraint Kissinger left at 10:55 am. -44- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. Mar.-09)