Conversation: 605-009
Prev:  605-008 Next: 605-010Start Date: 28-Oct-1971 11:23 AM
End Date: 28-Oct-1971 12:45 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Tito, Josip Broz; Tambaca, Lijana; Akalovsky, Alexander; Ziegler, Ronald L.; Ziegler, Ronald L.; Zarkovic, Vidoje; Kissinger, Henry A.; Bull, Stephen B.; Recording Device: Oval Office
Full Tape Conversation Start Time: 01:08:55
Full Tape Conversation End Time: 02:30:54
NARA Description:
On October 28, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, Josip Broz Tito, Lijana Tambaca, Alexander Akalovsky, Ronald L. Ziegler, Ronald L. Ziegler, Vidoje Zarkovic, Henry A. Kissinger, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:23 am to 12:45 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 605-009 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 605-9 Date: October 28, 1971 Time: 11:23 am - 12:45 pm Location: Oval Office The President met with Josip Broz Tito, Lijana Tambaca and Alexander Akalovsky. Tito’s schedule 11 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) Conv. No. 605-8 (cont.) -Camp David -Franklin D. Roosevelt -Winston S. Churchill -Nikita S. Khrushchev -Willy Brandt -Georges J.R. Pompidou Ronald L. Ziegler entered at 11:24 am. Press Members of the press entered at 11:26 am. Photograph Cigars Press Refreshments Ziegler and press left at 11:32 am. Tito’s schedule -State Department Vidoje Zarkovic and Henry A. Kissinger entered at 11:32 am. Schedule -October 28, 1971 -Blair House -Meeting with the President -State Department -October 29, 1971 -Forthcoming Head of State dinner International affairs -People’s Republic of China [PRC] -Tito’s foreign trip -Egypt -Iran 12 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) Conv. No. 605-9 (cont.) -Pakistan -India-Pakistan -The President’s view -Middle East -Tito’s view Logistics for the President's conversation with Tito -Alexander Akalovsky [State Department interpreter] -Tito International affairs -India-Pakistan -India -Tito’s previous trip -Indira Gandhi -Agha Muhommad Yahya Khan -Pakistan -Tito’s view -Pakistan -East Pakistan -Sheik Mujibar Rahman -Refugees -India -Refugees -Tito’s previous conversation with Khan -Economic development -Comparison to Yugoslavia -Tito’s previous conversation with Mrs. Gandhi -War -India -US government -United Nations [UN] -Tito’s effort -The President's view -Tito’s efforts -Causation for dispute -India and Pakistan -Refugees -Possibility of war -India -Pakistan 13 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) Conv. No. 605-9 (cont.) -PRC -Union of Soviet Socialist Republics [USSR] -US -Refugees -US aid -India -UN involvement -US policy -US policy -USSR -Kissinger -PRC -Pakistan -US policy -Efforts to prevent war -USSR role -US aid -India -USSR -Leonid I. Brezhnev -Friendship treaty -Yugoslavia -USSR -Independence -Tito’s view -USSR -US -Policy -Détente -Tito’s view -The President's forthcoming trip to the PRC -Tito’s view -The President’s view -Kissinger -Andrei A. Gromyko -The President's talks -Forthcoming US-USSR summit -US objectives -PRC -Smaller countries -Independence 14 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) Conv. No. 605-9 (cont.) -Arms control -Tito's position on independence for smaller nations -US -Brezhnev’s views -India-Pakistan -The President’s previous discussions with Brezhnev Middle East -US efforts -Suez Canal -The President’s view -Peace negotiations -US efforts -Anwar el-Sadat -Israel Stephen B. Bull entered at an unknown time after 11:32 am. The President's schedule Bull left at an unknown time before 12:45 pm. International affairs -Middle East -Israel -US -USSR -Yugoslavia -Middle east -Sadat -Tito’s view -Gamal Abdel Nasser -India-Pakistan -Tito’s view Bull entered at an unknown time after 11:32 am. Tito's schedule -Blair House Bull left at an unknown time before 12:45 pm. 15 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) Conv. No. 605-9 (cont.) International affairs -India-Pakistan -Tito’s view Bilateral US-Yugoslav talks -William P. Rogers -Peter G. Peterson -The President’s previous discussions with Tito -Military cooperation -Defense Department -Schedule -Vietnam -Strategic Arms and Limitation Talks [SALT] -European security -Tito's visit to Blair House -Harry S. Truman The President et al. left at 12:45 pm.