Conversation: 536-014
Prev: 536-013 Next: 536-015Start Date: 3-Jul-1971 10:01 AM
End Date: 3-Jul-1971 10:40 AM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haig, Alexander M., Jr.; Bull, Stephen B.; Andrews, John K., Jr.;Recording Device: Oval Office
Full Tape Conversation Start Time: 02:14:14
Full Tape Conversation End Time: 02:51:26
NARA Description:
On July 3, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, Alexander M. Haig, Jr., Stephen B. Bull, and John K. Andrews, Jr. met in the Oval Office of the White House from 10:01 am to 10:40 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 536-014 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 536-14
Date: July 3, 1971
Time: 10:01 am - 10:40 am
Location: Oval Office
The President met with General Alexander M. Haig, Jr.
Greetings
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[National Security]
[Duration: 5m 41s ]
MIDDLE EAST
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Foreign policy
-Summit meetings
-Henry A. Kissinger
-Union of Soviet Socialist Republics [USSR]
-People’s Republic of China [PRC]
-Timing in 1972
-Bi-partisanship
-Compared to Lyndon B. Johnson’s administration
Conv. No. 536-14 (cont.)
-Edmund S. Muskie, Edward M. (“Ted”) Kennedy
-Vietnam negotiations in Paris
-News stories
-Michael J. (“Mike”) Mansfield, Carl B. Albert
-Clark M. Clifford
-US relations with the PRC
[The President talked with an unknown person [Stephen B. Bull?] at an unknown time between
10:01 am and 10:15 am]
[Conversation No. 536-14A]
Request for John K. Andrews, Jr.
[End of telephone conversation]
Foreign relations
-US-PRC
-Kissinger
-US-USSR
-Anatoliy F. Dobrynin
-Kissinger
-Haig’s view
-Summit results
-PRC and USSR trips compared
-Areas of interest at Soviet summit
-Berlin, Strategic Arms Limitation Talks [SALT], Middle East
-History of US-Chinese relations
-Vietnam
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[National Security]
[Duration: 41s ]
PRC Conv. No. 536-14 (cont.)
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-Ideological differences
-Liberals
-US Defense Department
-Robert S. McNamara’s appointees
-Comparison to Arthur W. Radford’s tenure
-J. William Fulbright
-Loyalty of appointees
An unknown person [Bull?] entered at an unknown time after 10:01 am
The President’s schedule
The unknown person [Bull?] left at an unknown time before 10:15 am
US foreign relations
-Reaction of liberals
-Division
-Walt W. Rostow
-Telephone calls to Haig
-Clifford
-William P. Rogers
-Knowledge of Developments
-PRC
-Kissinger’s activities
-Paris Peace Talks
-Mansfield Amendment
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-Haig’s conversation with Rogers
-Possible meeting between the President, Haig, and Rogers
-The President’s schedule
Andrews entered at 10:20 am
Greetings
Conv. No. 536-14 (cont.)
Haig left at 10:20 am
The President’s forthcoming speech at the National Archives, July 3, 1971
-Deletions, revision
-Use of God’s name
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[Personal Returnable]
[Duration: 34s ]
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-Deletions, revisions
-Word length
-Comparison of writing and speaking style
-Deletions, revisions
-Use of painting
-Rose Mary Woods
-Andrews
-Work on Ronald L. Ziegler’s staff during first year
-Speech revision
-Time
Andrews left at 10:40 am
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