Conversation: 548-003
Prev:  548-002 Next: 548-004Start Date: 27-Jul-1971 2:29 PM
End Date: 27-Jul-1971 3:05 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Kissinger, Henry A.; Cook, Marlow W.; Bull, Stephen B.; Recording Device: Oval Office
Full Tape Conversation Start Time: 00:06:04
Full Tape Conversation End Time: 00:42:05
NARA Description:
On July 27, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, Marlow W. Cook, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 2:29 pm to 3:05 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 548-003 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 548-3 Date: July 27, 1971 Time: 2:29 pm - 3:05 pm Location: Oval Office The President met with Henry A. Kissinger. Henry A. Kissinger's schedule 2 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/08) -Workload Vietnam negotiations -Meeting in Paris, July 26, 1971 -Le Duc Tho -Moscow -Hanoi Conv. No. 548-3 (cont.) -The Soviet Union -Anatoliy F. Dobrynin -Kama River Project -Mack Trucks, Inc. -Dresser Corporation -Status -US stance US foreign policy -Hugh S. Sidey's article -Recent developments -The People's Republic of China [PRC] ****************************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 [National Security] [Duration: 1m 13s ] SOVIET UNION END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 ****************************************************************************** The President's schedule -Oval Office press conference -H.R. (“Bob”) Haldeman, Patrick J. Buchanan -Scope -Foreign policy, domestic issues 3 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/08) -The PRC -Questions -Handling -Senators -Ronald L. Ziegler, William P. Rogers -State Department -Timing of United Nations [UN] membership Conv. issue No. 548-3 (cont.) -Rogers US foreign policy -Taiwan, The Republic of China [ROC] -James C.H. Shen -Taiwan’s actions -The President’s record -The President, Kissinger -US relations with the ROC -The United Nations [UN] -Mao Tse-Tung -Chiang Kai-Shek -Chou En-lai -Kissinger's report to the President on the PRC trip The President’s schedule -Forthcoming press conference -Type of Presidential statements -Press reaction -John F. Kennedy's press conferences -Scope of comment on the PRC Dean G. Acheson Forthcoming press conference -Taiwan issue -UN membership -The PRC -Wording Acheson -The President's foreign policy -Support for the President -Democrats 4 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/08) -Domestic issues -The middle-class -Labor unions -Wage demands -Economic concerns -Inflation Conv. No. 548-3 (cont.) ********************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 4 [Personal Returnable] [Duration: 1m 47s ] END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 4 ********************************************************************** Foreign policy -Acheson -Summit -The PRC meeting -Difference from other Summit meetings -The Soviet Union -The President's role -Channels of communication -George C. Marshall -Chou En-lai -Age -The PRC initiative -Letters to Heads of State -Prime Minister of Australia -Cabinet -Content -Agha Muhommad Yahya Khan -Eisaku Sato -Georges J.R. Pompidou -Edward R.G. Heath -Kissinger briefing -Timing of Summit trip to the PRC 5 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/08) -Budget meetings ****************************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 5 [National Security] [Duration: 37s ] Conv. No. 548-3 (cont.) SCHEDULE END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 5 ****************************************************************************** -Kissinger’s forthcoming trip -Weather -Timing of announcement -US-Soviet Union Summit -Japan -The President’s schedule -Foreign travel [The President talked with Marlow W. Cook between 2:49 pm and 2:51 pm] [Conversation No. 548-3A] [See Conversation No. 7-9] [End of telephone conversation] US foreign relations -US-Soviet Union Summit -Timing of meeting -PRC -Timing of trip -Vietnam negotiations -Edgar P. Snow -Dissemination 6 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/08) -Chou En-lai -Role of newspapers in the PRC -US press -Vietnam negotiations -North Vietnamese -William J. Porter -Hanoi radio -Vietnam negotiations Conv. No. 548-3 (cont.) -Kissinger's meeting with Le Duc Tho ****************************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 6 [National Security] [Duration: 3s ] COUNTRY END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 6 ****************************************************************************** -Kissinger's trip -Perceptions -Press coverage -Proposals -Nguyen Van Thieu -US troop withdrawal -Military action -Laos, Cambodia -Gen. Creighton W. Abrams, Jr. -Kissinger's meeting -Transcripts Foreign policy -Poll -Haldeman’s analysis -Shifts in support by people 7 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/08) -Blue collar, grade-school level educated -White collar, college-education ********************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 7 [Personal Returnable] Conv. No. 548-3 (cont.) [Duration: 42s ] END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 7 ********************************************************************** Pentagon Papers -New York Times publication -Daniel Ellsberg -Timing of legal action -John N. Mitchell -Vietnam negotiations Stephen B. Bull entered at an unknown time after 2:29 pm. The President's schedule Bull left at an unknown time before 3:05 pm. Pentagon Papers -Ellsberg -Extent of possible forthcoming information -Vietnam war settlement Leaks -Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty [SALT] negotiations -Source of leak Acheson -Edward M. (“Ted”) Kennedy -John F. Kennedy's letter -Cuban missile crisis 8 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/08) PRC initiative -Ambassador’s comments -World opinion -Nelson A. Rockefeller Forthcoming foreign policy developments -Paris Peace Talks -PRC trip Conv. No. 548-3 (cont.) Kissinger left at 3:05 pm.