Conversation: 487-007
Prev: 487-006 Next: 487-008Start Date: 23-Apr-1971 11:56 AM
End Date: 23-Apr-1971 12:19 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Kissinger, Henry A.; Ziegler, Ronald L.;Recording Device: Oval Office
Full Tape Conversation Start Time: 02:18:20
Full Tape Conversation End Time: 02:40:23
NARA Description:
On April 23, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:56 am to 12:19 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 487-007 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 487-7
Date: April 23, 1971
Time: 11:56 am - 12:19 pm
Location: Oval Office
The President met with Henry A. Kissinger.
Ambassadors
-G. Mcmurtrie Godley
-Performance
-Edward M. Korry
-Chile
-Letter to the President
-William P. Rogers
-Instructions
-James L. Buckley
-Letter to administration
Ronald L. Ziegler entered at 11:56 am.
President's schedule
-Meeting with Anatoliy F. Dobrynin
Ziegler left at 11:57 am.
Chile
-Korry’s activities
-Administration’s action
-Rogers
-Agency for International Development [AID]
-Department of State
-Tenure
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1
[Privacy]
[Duration: 3s ]
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 Conv. No. 487-7 (cont.)
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Korry
-Possible reassignment
-President’s concern
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 6
[Privacy]
[Duration: 9s ]
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 6
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US and Soviet negotiations
-Kissinger’s forthcoming meeting with Dobrynin
-Strategic Arms Limitation Talks [SALT]
-Possible Summit meeting
-US position
-Dobrynin
-Summit announcement
-Timing
-Dobrynin's schedule
-Developments
-Summit announcement
-Timing
-SALT announcement
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-Timing
-Summit announcement
-Timing
-US strategy
-Dobrynin
-Soviet strategy
-SALT
-Possible agreement Conv. No. 487-7 (cont.)
-Release
-President’s position
-Announcement
-US position
-Timing
-People's Republic of China [PRC] initiative
PRC initiative
-Press reporting
-Donald Oberdorfer, Jr.
[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 not guarantee its accuracy.]
[End of transcript]
Vietnam
-President's policies
-Opposition
-The President
-Critics
-Lyndon B. Johnson
-Goals
-South Vietnam’s survival
-Press
-Television
-Print media
-Kissinger's conversation with Henry Hubbard
-Washington Post editorial, April 23, 1971
-Views regarding South Vietnam
-Ceasefire
-U.S. policy
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-Vietnamization
-US forces
-South Vietnam
-Critics
-Goals
-Press
-Christian Science Monitor
-Radicals Conv. No. 487-7 (cont.)
-Issues
-Confrontation tactics
-Effect on Vietnam on national mood
-Kissinger’s view
-College and University presidents
-Views
-Introspection
[Transcript #2: 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 not guarantee its accuracy.]
[End of transcript]
Vietnam
-Kissinger’s view of future
-Post-Vietnam society
-Radicals
-Views regarding the President
-Goals
-Tactics
-Issues
-End-of-war
-Prospects
-Radicals
-US policy
-Nguyen Van Thieu and Nguyen Cao Ky
-Cambodia
-Critics
-Public relations
-Possible administration counterattacks
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-President's speech, April 7, 1971
-President's meeting with newspaper editors, April 16, 1971
-President's options
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2 Conv. No. 487-7 (cont.)
[Personal Returnable]
[Duration: 33s ]
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2
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Economy
-Outlook
-Critics
Vietnam
-Press
-Otis Chandler
-Children
-Mary McGrory
-Liberals
-Post-Vietnam society
-Liberals
-President’s options
-US strategy
US and Soviet negotiations
PRC initiative
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Vietnam
-Thomas W. Braden's call to Kissinger
-Democrat critics
-Communist takeover issue
-Braden's views
-Frank Mankiewicz
-Democrat critics
-US Intervention Conv. No. 487-7 (cont.)
-Withdrawal
-US strategy
-Kissinger's conversation with Braden
-President's position
-Administration critics
-Braden
-Mankiewicz
-Robert F. Kennedy
-Politics
-Washington Post article
-John B. Connally's views
-1972 campaign issues
-War
-Economy
[Transcript #3: 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 not guarantee its accuracy.]
[End of transcript]
Congress
-Democrats
-George S. McGovern - Mark O. Hatfield Amendment
-John Sherman Cooper - Frank Church Amendment
-McGovern - Hatfield Amendment
Vietnam
-Withdrawal
-Congressional critics
-Negotiations
-Possible North Vietnamese Initiatives
-US stance
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-Prospects
-Kissinger’s assessment
-Paris Peace negotiations
-Kissinger’s presence
-Possible US proposals
-Rogers
-Prospects
-Possible US proposals Conv. No. 487-7 (cont.)
-Strategy
-Possible public relations benefit
-Stance
-Possible North Vietnamese stance
-US stance
-Ceasefire
-Timing
-Prisoners of War [POWs]
-Possible North Vietnamese position
-Thieu, Ky and Tran Thien Khiem
-Possible US proposals
-Xuan Thuy
-Possible meeting with Kissinger
-Possible US stance
-Military options
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 5
[National Security]
[Duration: 15s ]
VIETNAM PEACE NEGOTIATIONS
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 5
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-Outlook
-Meeting with the President
Kissinger left at 12:19 pm.
Conversation No.(cont.)
Conv. No. 487-7 487-8
Date: April 23, 1971
Time: 12:19 pm
Location: Oval Office
The President met with Stephen B. Bull.
The President's schedule
-Open door hour
-Deaf child
-Communication
-Lip-reading
-Age
Bull left at 12:19 pm.