Conversation: 451-023
Prev:  451-022 Next: 451-024Start Date: 18-Feb-1971 6:16 PM
End Date: 18-Feb-1971 6:37 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Kissinger, Henry A.; Recording Device: Oval Office
Full Tape Conversation Start Time: 04:36:26
Full Tape Conversation End Time: 04:57:13
NARA Description:
On February 18, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger met in the Oval Office of the White House from 6:16 pm to 6:37 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 451-023 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 451-23 Date: February 18, 1971 Time: 6:16 pm - 6:37 pm Location: Oval Office The President met with Henry A. Kissinger Vietnam -Military developments -Troop deployment -Tactical situation -Melvin R. Laird -President’s view of war -Presidential election -Bombing -Missions 28 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 9/08) -Khe Sanh -Laos -North Vietnamese losses -South Vietnamese Army -Effect ****************************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 [National Security] [Duration: 41s ] CAMBODIA END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 ****************************************************************************** -Troops -Reserves -General Creighton W. Abrams, Jr. -Helicopter losses -Admiral Thomas H. Moorer -Laos operation -Communist influence in United States’ government -John W. Gardner -Morton H. Halperin -William A. K. (“Tony”) Lake -Edmund S. Muskie -Halperin -Role on Kissinger’s staff -Gardner -Lyndon B. Johnson’s comment -Kissinger’s forthcoming luncheon with John Dutton -Gardner -Effect of liberal positions on the war -South Vietnamese military activity -Laos 29 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 9/08) -Progress -Future prospects ****************************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2 [National Security] Conv. No. 451-23 (cont.) [Duration: 2m 43s ] VIETNAM, ITALY END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2 ****************************************************************************** The Vice President -Possible foreign trip -President’s view -Priority -Laos operation Vietnam -Kissinger’s conversation with Joseph C. Kraft -President compared with Democrats -Hubert H. Humphrey -1968 election -Danger of radicals on policy -George C. Wallace -Ronald W. Reagan Peace prospects -Kissinger’s suggestions -Forthcoming meeting with Le Duc Tho -Withdrawal -Cease-fire -Prospects -Bombing -General Nguyen Van Thieu agreement 30 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 9/08) Kissinger left at 6:37 pm