Conversation: 577-016
Prev: 577-015 Next: 577-017Start Date: 20-Sep-1971 5:04 PM
End Date: 20-Sep-1971 5:12 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Colson, Charles W.; Kissinger, Henry A.;Recording Device: Oval Office
Full Tape Conversation Start Time: 02:26:10
Full Tape Conversation End Time: 02:53:18
NARA Description:
On September 20, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, Charles W. Colson, and Henry A. Kissinger met in the Oval Office of the White House from 5:04 pm to 5:12 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 577-016 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 577-16 Date: September 20, 1971 Time: 5:04 pm - 5:12 pm Location: Oval Office The President talked with Charles W. Colson. [Conversation No. 577-16A] [See Conversation No. 9-99; one item has been withdrawn from the conversation] Henry A. Kissinger entered after 5:05 pm. ********************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 [Personal Returnable] [Duration: 2m 24s ] END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 ********************************************************************** 33 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) [End of telephone conversation] Vietnam negotiations -National Security Council [NSC] meeting -Spiro T. Agnew -William P. Rogers -Status -Revelations -Effect -The President's speech on October 7, 1971 PRC initiative -Summit trip to the PRC -Announcement -Possible date -Hanoi -Nikolai V. Podgorny -Trip -Date options -Lt. Gen. Vernon A. Walters -Kissinger's schedule -Trip itinerary -Hawaii, Shanghai, Peking -Effect on negotiations -Date of negotiating session -Agreement between the US and the PRC -Dates -Order of dates -Flexibility of dates -Podgorny -Hanoi, Soviet Union Soviet Union -Summit meeting with the President -Announcement -Timing -Podgorny -Announcement timing -Anatoliy F. Dobrynin 34 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) Conv. No. 577-16 (cont.) Vietnam -Air strikes -Time -Target -Petroleum, oil and lubricants [POL] dumps -Cambodia -Target -Time -Air strikes -Weather -Date -Targets -Weather factor -Number of planes -Minimum -Maximum -Negotiations -Agnew -Rogers -Melvin R. Laird -Knowledge -Casualties -Number -Effect on negotiations -Hanoi -Blockade -Soviet Union -PRC -Soviet Union -Egon Bahr -Cable -Leonid I. Brezhnev -Comments about the President -Détente -Leaks -The President's trip to the PRC 35 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) Conv. No. 577-16 (cont.) PRC initiative -Political attitudes within the US -Right wing -PRC trip Vietnam -The President's statement -Foreign policy -The President's Administration -Unified Government -Laird -Alternatives In Vietnam -Thieu -Communism -Ngo Dinh Diem -Effect on US in negotiations -Soviet Union, PRC -Negotiations -Effect of US military actions -"Menu" air strike -Cambodia -Laos -Military standpoint -Diplomatic effect -PRC trip -Laos -Compared to Cambodia -North Vietnamese -Date -Balance of negotiations -Laos and Cambodia -Attacks -Timing on negotiations -Laos -Helms -Timing of attacks in Vietnam -Date -Air strikes -Military action -Timing -Soviet announcement 36 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) Conv. No. 577-16 (cont.) -US election -Effect on US-PRC and US-Soviet negotiations -US goals -Verdun Battle during World War I -The President's possible policy in 1965 -Bombing -Escalation -Targets -Locations -Compared to World War II -Date -US position in negotiations -Speculation -Foreign policy -Domestic policy -Effect on the Administration -Effect on US domestic policy -Saigon -Communist rule -Kissinger's memorandum -Peace talks -Election -Bombing halt -Time duration -South Vietnam -Projected status -North Vietnam -Laird -Military supplies -Equipment -Congress's possible action -Military Supplies -North Vietnam -Offensive -Tanks -Laos -Prisoner of war [POW] issue -Bombing -Effect of re-election of the President -Effect of election on the North Vietnamese -Soviet Union 37 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) Conv. No. 577-16 (cont.) -Defeat of the President in election -Re-election of the President -Polls -Effect on negotiations -North Vietnam position -1968 election -North Vietnam -Bombing halt prior to 1968 election -Clark M. Clifford -W. Averell Harriman -John N. Mitchell -Conversation with Kissinger -Bombing halt -North Vietnam position -Attitude toward the President -Defeat -Victory -1972 election -Polls -Re-election of the President -Strategic Arms Limitation Talks [SALT] agreement -Summits with the PRC and the Soviet Union -European summit -Campaign -Public news -Public reaction -Economy -George H. Gallup polls -Louis P. Harris polls -Gallup Polls -The President's position -Percentage Kissinger’s schedule -Meeting with Dobrynin -Forthcoming call to the President Kissinger left at 5:33 pm