Conversation: 451-004
Prev:  451-003 Next: 451-005Start Date: 18-Feb-1971 9:56 AM
End Date: 18-Feb-1971 10:09 AM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Kissinger, Henry A.; Safire, William L.; Ziegler, Ronald L.; Recording Device: Oval Office
Full Tape Conversation Start Time: 00:09:44
Full Tape Conversation End Time: 00:23:13
NARA Description:
On February 18, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, William L. Safire, and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the Oval Office of the White House from 9:56 am to 10:09 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 451-004 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 451-4 Date: February 18, 1971 Time: 9:56 am - 10:09 am Location: Oval Office The President met with Henry A. Kissinger Visit of Emilio Colombo -Photograph with the President -Timing -Aldo Moro -Political future -Kissinger’s presence [The President talked with William L. Safire at an unknown time between 9:56 am and 9:57 am] [Conversation No. 451-4A] Forthcoming speech at [Thomas] Woodrow Wilson Foundation -Changes -Kissinger’s role -Wilson -President’s view -Franklin D. Roosevelt 3 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 9/08) -Dwight D. Eisenhower -World situation -Kissinger’s role -Length [End of telephone conversation] Ronald L. Ziegler entered at an unknown time after 9:57 am Speech -Revisions Ziegler left at an unknown time before 10:05 am ****************************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2 [National Security] [Duration: 55s ] ITALY END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2 ****************************************************************************** Arms control -Opposing views -Antiballistic Missile [ABM] agreement -US negotiators -Kissinger’s talks with Anatoliy F. Dobrynin -Joseph C. Kraft column -William P. Rogers and Gerard C. Smith -The President’s proposals -Soviet reaction -Kissinger’s position -Kraft’s column, 2/18 -Timing 4 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 9/08) -History -Effect on elections -Smith’s view -”ABM only” agreement Ziegler entered at 10:05 am Schedule Conv. No. 451-4 (cont.) -The Vice President -Lawyers Vietnam -Press conference coverage -Charles W. Colson Ziegler left at 10:06 am Arms control -Soviet Union press -Kraft column -Effect of media on United States’ position -Administration reaction -Ziegler’s role -Kissinger/Dobrynin meeting -Vietnam -Press accounts -Need for public relations effort -Laos operation -US strategy -US position Kissinger left at 10:09 am