Conversation: 582-006
Prev:  582-005 Next: 582-007Start Date: 30-Sep-1971 3:38 PM
End Date: 30-Sep-1971 4:10 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Phouma, Souvanna; Khammao, Prince; Toumayan, Alex; Haig, Alexander M., Jr.; Recording Device: Oval Office
Full Tape Conversation Start Time: 00:29:23
Full Tape Conversation End Time: 00:46:04
NARA Description:
On September 30, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, Souvanna Phouma, Prince Khammao, Alex Toumayan, and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. met in the Oval Office of the White House from 3:38 pm to 4:10 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 582-006 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 582-6 Date: September 30, 1971 Time: 3:38 pm - 4:10 pm Location: Oval Office The President met with Souvanna Phouma, Prince Khammao, Alec Toumayan, Alexander M. Haig, Jr.; members of the press were present at the beginning of the meeting. [The recording began while the conversation was in progress] Vietnam -Military leaders 7 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) -North Vietnam -Period after Dien Bien Phu -1962 and 1963 -Situation -Laotian soldiers -Captured North Vietnamese soldiers -Handling -Economy of the North -Bombing -Floods -Hanoi -Red River Delta The President's forthcoming visit to he People's Republic of China [PRC] -Reaction -Effect on Southeast Asia -Great power relationships -Expectations -Differences between the US and the PRC -Rapprochement -Future foreign relations with the PRC US relations with the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics [USSR] -Issues -Berlin -Strategic arms limitation -Middle East The President's forthcoming visit to the PRC -Reaction of North Vietnam -Relations between the PRC and North Vietnam -French Colonial rule, North Vietnamese -South Vietnam -Cambodia -Laos -Pathet Lao -Role -Analogy to Central Europe and Moscow -Possible events after end of Vietnam War -The Prime Minister’s conversation with the Secretary of State -Thailand And North Vietnam 8 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) Conv. No. 582-6 (cont.) -Pathet Lao -US relations with Asian nations -US Congress -Aid for Laos -US assistance to foreign countries -Proximity to the PRC Relations between the US and Laos -The President's visit to the PRC -USSR -1962 Geneva Accords -US policy -History of Laos The President, Souvanna Phouma et al. left at 4:10 pm.