Conversation: 611-021
Prev: 611-020 Next: 611-022Start Date: 2-Nov-1971 12:47 PM
End Date: 2-Nov-1971 1:13 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Kissinger, Henry A.;Recording Device: Oval Office
Full Tape Conversation Start Time: 04:09:53
Full Tape Conversation End Time: 04:36:38
NARA Description:
On November 2, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:47 pm to 1:13 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 611-021 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 611-21
Date: November 2, 1971
Time: 12:47 pm - 1:13 pm
Location: Oval Office
The President met with Henry A. Kissinger.
The President's previous meeting with William McMahon
-The President's statement to press
-Ronald L. Ziegler
-Australia-New Zealand-United States [ANZUS] Treaty
-McMahon
-John G. Gorton
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06) Conv. No. 611-21 (cont.)
-[Edward Gough Whitlam]
-The President's schedule
-Foreign travel
-Vietnam
-People’s Republic of China [PRC]
-New Zealand
-McMahon’s forthcoming campaign
Pierre E. Trudeau
-The President’s forthcoming visit
-Political purpose
-Canadian right-wing
The President's schedule
-Foreign travel
-Timing
-Iran
-Australia
-New Zealand
-Moscow
-Peking
-Press corps
-Timing
-Canada
Alexander P. Butterfield entered at 12:52 pm.
The President's call to Clarence E. Miller
Butterfield left at 12:53 pm.
The President's schedule
-Foreign travel
-PRC trip
-Timing
-Australia
-Taiwan, Republic of China
-Japan
-[Emperor of Japan] Hirohito
-Australia
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06) Conv. No. 611-21 (cont.)
The President's previous conversation with McMahon
-The President as Statesman
United Nations [UN] vote on Taiwan
-PRC statement
-Albania
-PRC representation
-Ottawa
The President's schedule
-Foreign travel
-Canada
-Australia, New Zealand
The President talked with Miller between 12:56 pm and 12:57 pm.
[Conversation No. 611-21A]
[See Conversation No. 13-68]
[End of telephone conversation]
The President's schedule
-Foreign Travel
-Eisaku Sato
-Hawaii
-[Australia]
-PRC trip
-Sato
-Hawaii
-Nelson A. Rockefeller’s property
-Australia, New Zealand, Iran
-India, Pakistan
-Iraq
-Compared with Lyndon B. Johnson
William P. Rogers's schedule
-Taiwan
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06) Conv. No. 611-21 (cont.)
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 4
[National Security]
[Duration: 9s ]
JAPAN
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 4
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The White House operator talked with the President at an unknown time between 12:57 pm and
1:06 pm.
[Conversation No. 611-21B]
[See Conversation No. 13-69]
[End of telephone conversation]
Japan
-Kissinger's conversation with U. Alexis Johnson
-Kissinger's schedule
-PRC trip
[Forename unknown] Hormel [sp?]
-Rogers
-Willy Brandt
-Nobel Peace Prize
The President's previous conversation with McMahon
-Kissinger's previous trip to PRC
-UN vote on Taiwan
-[State Department]
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06) Conv. No. 611-21 (cont.)
UN vote on Taiwan
-Kissinger's previous trip to PRC
-Belgium
-George H. W. Bush
-Conversation with Kissinger
-Belgium and Cyprus
-Outcome
-Kissinger's previous trip to PRC
-Timing
-1971 compared to 1972
-The President's trip to PRC
-Possible political impact
-Chou En-lai
Kissinger's activities
-Georges J.R. Pompidou and Brandt
-Messages
-Sato
-The President’s PRC trip
Kissinger's schedule
-Foreign travel
-Japan
-The President’s possible trip
-U. Alexis Johnson
-Rogers
-Timing
The President talked with John H. Rousselot between 1:06 pm and 1:08 pm.
[Conversation No. 611-21C]
[See Conversation No. 13-70]
[End of telephone conversation]
The President's foreign policy
-McMahon's views
-Compared to US right wing
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06) Conv. No. 611-21 (cont.)
The President talked with Barber B. Conable between 1:09 pm and 1:10 pm.
[Conversation No. 611-21D]
[See Conversation No. 13-71]
[End of telephone conversation]
The President's previous meeting with McMahon
-Japan
-State Department
-US Ambassador
-Walter L. Rice
-Kissinger
The President's foreign policy
-Contacts with allies
-Letters
The President's previous meeting with McMahon
-Vietnam
-The President’s forthcoming announcement
The President's schedule
-Indira Gandhi
-Kissinger
Rogers's meeting with Indian Foreign Minister
-Pakistan
-Timing
The President's schedule
-Gandhi
-Parmeshwar N. Haksar And Kissinger
-Agenda
-Refugees
-Politics
-Pakistan
Mujibur Rahman
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06) Conv. No. 611-21 (cont.)
-Treatment by Pakistan
-Trial
-Promise
The President and Kissinger left at 1:13 pm.