Conversation: 482-010
Prev:  482-009 Next: 482-011Start Date: 19-Apr-1971 9:58 AM
End Date: 19-Apr-1971 10:13 AM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Kissinger, Henry A.; Bull, Stephen B.; Recording Device: Oval Office
Full Tape Conversation Start Time: 01:11:40
Full Tape Conversation End Time: 01:30:53
NARA Description:
On April 19, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 9:58 am to 10:13 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 482-010 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 482-10 Date: April 19, 1971 Time: 9:58 am - 10:13 am Location: Oval Office The President met with Henry A. Kissinger. Foreign relations -Anatoliy F. Dobrynin -Schedule -People's Republic of China [PRC] Vietnam 17 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 9/08) -Anti-war rally -Allard K. Lowenstein -Henry M. (“Scoop”) Jackson -Liberal Democrats -Television coverage Earth Day -John V. Lindsay Conv. No. 482-8 (cont.) -John D. Ehrlichman -Environment -Possible Congressional resolution -President's proclamation ********************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2 [Personal Returnable] [Duration: 4s ] END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2 ********************************************************************** -Participants -Gen. Lewis B. Hershey -J. Edgar Hoover PRC -Newsweek coverage -Mention of President -Time coverage -Newsweek coverage -Time -President’s 1967 article in foreign affairs -John F. Osborne Vietnam -Negotiations -Pham Van Dong 18 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 9/08) -French change` d’affaires -Kissinger’s forthcoming message to Union of Soviet Socialist Republics [USSR] -Dobrynin's Schedule [Transcript #1: A transcript of the following portion of this conversation was prepared under court order from December 1978 through March 1979 for Special Access 8, Ronald V. Dellums, et al. v. James M. Powell, et al., No. 71-2271. The National Archives and Records Administration produced this transcript. The National Archives does notConv. guarantee No. 482-10 its accuracy.] (cont.) [End of transcript] -US position -Dobrynin -Message -USSR -Negotiations -Timing -Demonstrations -Dobrynin ********************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 4 [National Security] [Duration: 28s ] FOREIGN AFFAIRS END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 4 ********************************************************************** US - Soviet Relations -US position -Negotiations on Vietnam -Newsweek article -Zbigniew Brzezinski -Hubert H. Humphrey -Strategic Arms Limitation Talks [SALT] -Washington Post article, April 19, 1971 19 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 9/08) -Administration's foreign policy -Lyndon B. Johnson administration -Democrats -SALT -Soviet military buildup -Possible consequence by 1972 election -Size -Democrats Conv. No. 482-10 (cont.) -Jackson Stewart J.O. Alsop's article -Democrats -Vietnam -Defense Vietnam -US casualties -Compared with previous week Nelson A. Rockefeller -Schedule -Meeting with Kissinger President's meeting with American Society of Newspaper Editors [ASNE], April 16, 1971 -H.R. (“Bob”) Haldeman -Media coverage -Questions Stephen B. Bull entered at an unknown time after 9:58 am. President's schedule Bull left at an unknown time before 10:13 am. President's meeting with ASNE -Television -Applause -Questions -PRC -Vietnam -Lt. William L. Calley, Jr. 20 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 9/08) Polls -Vietnam -Opinion Research Corporation [ORC] -News summary -Approval rate -President's speech on Southeast Asia, April 7, 1971 Cabinet -John B. Connally Conv. No. 482-10 (cont.) -Domestic issues -William P. Rogers -Melvin R. Laird -Dwight D. Eisenhower -John Foster Dulles -Presidency -Dulles Democrats -Disloyalty The President and Kissinger left at 10:13 am.