Conversation: 621-038
Prev: 621-037 Next: 621-039Start Date: 22-Nov-1971 8:30 AM
End Date: 22-Nov-1971 8:50 AM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Kissinger, Henry A.; [Unknown person(s)];Recording Device: Oval Office
Full Tape Conversation Start Time: 03:58:13
Full Tape Conversation End Time: 04:15:45
NARA Description:
On November 22, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House from 8:30 am to 8:50 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 621-038 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 621-38
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Date: November 22, 1971
Time: 8:30 am - 8:50 am
Location: Oval Office
The President met with Henry A. Kissinger.
The President's schedule
-Foreign visits and visitors
-Timing of announcements
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-Georges J.R. Pompidou and Willy Brandt
-Edward R.G. Heath
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-The President’s trip to the People's Republic of China [PRC]
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 621-38 (cont.)
-Announcement
-Ronald L. Ziegler
An unknown person entered at an unknown time after 8:30 am.
-Unknown woman
-The President's date book
The unknown person left at an unknown time before 8:50 am.
An unknown woman entered at an unknown time after 8:30 am.
-Foreign visits and visitors
-Announcements
-Timing
-Dates
-Locations
-Azores
-Bermuda
-Key Biscayne
-Logistics
-H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman
The unknown woman left at an unknown time before 8:50 am.
Vietnam
-Casualties
-Cambodia
-Military dispositions
-North Vietnam
-South Vietnam
-Press reporting
-Washington Post
-New York Times previous editorial
-The President's policy
-Withdrawal date
-Conversation with Michael J. Mansfield
-Prisoners of war [POWs]
-Withdrawal date
-Military aid
-POW wives
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 621-38 (cont.)
-POWs
-New York Times
-Cambodia
-Press reports
-Military dispositions
-Bombing
-Press reporting
-Kissinger's speech to Air Force wives
-Cincinnati
-Withdrawal date
-Negotiations
-The President's opponents
-Kissinger’s view
-White House response
-The President
-Cabinet
-Congress
-Goals
-Peace negotiations
-Le Duc Tho
-Cambodia
-PRC announcement
-Military dispositions
-Bombing
-Kissinger's conversation with Thomas Karamessines
-The President's conversation with Richard M. Helms
-Forthcoming conversation between Helms and Kissinger
-Briefings
-Central Intelligence Agency [CIA]
-Joint Chiefs of Staff [JCS]
-Military operations
The President's schedule
-Previous speech to American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial
Organizations [AFL-CIO] convention
-Kissinger's conversations
-Kissinger's parents
-Frank J. Lausche's call to the President
-George Meany
Barry M. Goldwater
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 621-38 (cont.)
-Forthcoming conversation with Kissinger
-Forthcoming meeting with the President
-Kissinger's schedule
Kissinger left at 8:50 am.