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Start Date: 20-May-1971 10:09 AM

End Date: 20-May-1971 10:12 AM

Participants:

Nixon, Richard M. (President)Kissinger, Henry A.Bull, Stephen B.

Recording Device: Oval Office

Full Tape Conversation Start Time: 00:55:16

Full Tape Conversation End Time: 01:01:25

502a.mp3

502b.mp3

NARA Description:

On May 20, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 10:09 am to 10:12 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 502-009 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid:

Conversation No. 502-9

Date: May 20, 1971
Time: 10:09 am - 10:12 am
Location: Oval Office

The President met with Henry A. Kissinger.

     Strategic Arms Limitation Talks [SALT] agreement announcement
           -President's talking points with Congressional leaders
                 -Defensive weapons
                 -Role for Kissinger
                 -Credit for the agreement
                       -Kissinger
                       -Melvin R. Laird
                       -Gerard C. Smith
                       -President's initiative

Stephen B. Bull entered at an unknown time after 10:09 am.

     President's meeting with Congressional leaders
          -Carl B. Albert, [Thomas] Hale Boggs, Thomas P. (“Tip”) O’Neill, Jr.
          -Gerald R. Ford and Leslie C. Arends
          -W. Averell Harriman
          -President's instructions

Bull left at an unknown time before 10:12 am.
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                              NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF

                                       Tape Subject Log
                                          (rev. 9/08)



           -J. William Fulbright
                -Views on Kissinger's relations with Congress
                -Congressional vote, May 19, 1971

     SALT agreement announcement
          -Smith
                 -Multiple Independently Targetable Reentry Vehicle [MIRV]
                                                                      Conv. No. 502-9 (cont.)
     President's talking points with Congressional leaders
          -Effective presentation
          -Text of President's statement on May 20, 1971

Kissinger left at 10:12 am.