Conversation: 566-014
Prev:  566-013 Next: 566-015Start Date: 17-Aug-1971 2:55 PM
End Date: 17-Aug-1971 3:23 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob"); Kissinger, Henry A.; Recording Device: Oval Office
Full Tape Conversation Start Time: 02:54:50
Full Tape Conversation End Time: 03:18:34
NARA Description:
On August 17, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, and Henry A. Kissinger met in the Oval Office of the White House from 2:55 pm to 3:23 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 566-014 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 566-14 Date: August 17, 1971 Time: 2:55 pm - 3:23 pm Location: Oval Office The President met with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman. President's schedule -Grand Tetons -Speech 25 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) Conv. No. 566-12 (cont.) -Itinerary -Sightseeing -Rogers C.B. Morton Accommodations -Cabin -Julie Nixon Eisenhower -Forthcoming speech at Veterans of War [VFW] meeting -Draft -John K. Andrews, Jr. -Idaho Falls -Montana, Oregon, Washington -[Emperor of Japan] Hirohito -Alaska -Michigan -Previous trips to states -The South -Idaho -James Byrnes -South Carolina -Number -Georgia, Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi -Massachusetts, Rhode Island -Trip files -Oregon, Washington, Montana, Alaska, Michigan -Idaho, Wyoming -Arkansas, Texas, New Mexico, South Dakota, North Dakota -Karl E. Mundt -General Beadle College -Green Bay, Wisconsin National economy -President's program -John B. Connally's role -Momentum -Public reaction -Polls -Possible speeches -Inflation, employment -Charles W. Colson -Effect -Congress 26 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) Conv. No. 566-14 (cont.) -Reaction -Stock market -Volume -Traders -News media -Possible Administration response President's speeches -President’s schedule President’s schedule -Women’s meeting President’s speeches -Milk producers -Preparation -Thomas R. Shepard, Jr. of Look magazine -Speechwriter Henry A. Kissinger entered and Haldeman left at 3:07 pm. Stock market US-Union of Soviet Socialist Republics [USSR] relations -Kissinger's conversation With Anatoliy F. Dobrynin -Accidental War Treaty -Signing -Timing -William Rogers -President's forthcoming Summit meeting -Announcement -Timing -Trip -Timing -Berlin -[David] Kenneth Rush -Message -Dobrynin -The President’s second term -Kissinger's conversation with Dobrynin -President's economic program 27 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) Conv. No. 566-14 (cont.) National economy -President's program -Kissinger's conversations -Nelson A. Rockefeller -1930’s -Jacob K. Javits -Statement -1972 election -Administration -Wage and price freeze -Public psychology -Vietnam -USSR News media -Attack on presidential policy -Lyndon B. Johnson -Youth -Vietnam -July 15, 1971 -Madame Binh -Negotiating points -National economy -Issue US-USSR relations -President's forthcoming Summit meeting -Announcement -Timing -Kissinger’s conversation with Dobrynin -People's Republic of China [PRC] -India -Kissinger's conversations in PRC -India Kissinger's schedule -Children -Vietnam negotiations -Possible trip -Elections 28 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) Conv. No. 566-14 (cont.) -Eight Points -Le Duc Tho -Eight Points -Possible North Vietnamese attacks -PRC -Kissinger’s and the President’s trips Vietnam -Negotiations -Announcement of President's forthcoming trip to Moscow -President's forthcoming trip to PRC -Connally's conversation with Kissinger -Pace -PRC -Possible effect of USSR and PRC invitations to the President Kissinger's forthcoming trip to PRC -Announcement -Timing -Compared to USSR summit announcement President's schedule -Andrei A. Gromyko -Kissinger’s conversation with Dobrynin National economy -President's program -Reaction -Hubert H. Humphrey -Edmund S. Muskie, Edward M. Kennedy Kennedy -Trip to India -Pakistan -Claim -Possible effect -Biafra -Constituency 29 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) Conv. No. 566-14 (cont.) Vietnam -President's policy -Johnson's policy -Possible military activities -President's forthcoming trips -Possible reaction by Americans -Negotiations -Prospects -US troop withdrawals -Prisoners of War [POWs] -Cease-fire -Schedule Kissinger's schedule Javits -Relationship with the Administration -Schedule -San Clemente -Kissinger -The President Kissinger’s schedule -The announcement -PRC Kissinger left at 3:23 pm.