Conversation: 632-002
Prev: 632-001 Next: 632-003Start Date: 8-Dec-1971 9:25 AM
End Date: 8-Dec-1971 10:18 AM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob");Recording Device: Oval Office
Full Tape Conversation Start Time: 00:06:44
Full Tape Conversation End Time: 00:59:14
NARA Description:
On December 8, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the Oval Office of the White House from 9:25 am to 10:18 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 632-002 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 632-2
Date: December 8, 1971
Time: 9:25 am - 10:18 am
Location: Oval Office
The President met with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman.
Foreign aid
-Continuing resolution
-Clark MacGregor
-Michael J. Mansfield
-Allen J. Ellender
-Hugh Scott
-House leadership
-60 or 90 day resolution
-Compromise
India-Pakistan relations
-Edward M. Kennedy
-Probable course of action
-News summary
-Henry A. Kissinger
-Edmund S. Muskie
-Washington Post article
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 632-2 (cont.)
-White House relations with the State Department
-Policy for India
Office of Economic Opportunity [OEO] legislation
-Veto
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[Personal Returnable]
[Duration: 2s ]
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-Child care
-“The right thing to do”
-Blacks and child care
India-Pakistan relations
-Kissinger
-Health
-Staff meeting
-Comments
-Conversation with the President
-United Nations [UN] vote
-Election
-[Arthur] Neville Chamberlain
-“Our Rhineland”
-Possible changes in the future
-Thailand
-Iran
-US policy
-Timing
-Indian intervention
-UN
-Emotion
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 632-2 (cont.)
-Pakistani air force
-Israel
-Bureaucracy
-Union of Soviet Socialist Republics [USSR] and India
-Possible tough stance by US
-People’s Republic of China [PRC]
-Haldeman’s previous conversation with Kissinger
-Cambodia
-State Department
-Bureaucracy
-Public position
-News summary
-Marvin L. Kalb
-Public relations
-Democracy compared to dictatorship
-Ronald L. Ziegler's meeting with Kissinger
-Ziegler’s previous meeting with Kissinger
-USSR
-Aid cut-off
-Bangladesh
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2
[National Security]
[Duration: 4s ]
INDIA-PAKISTAN RELATIONS
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 632-2 (cont.)
-Public relations
-Kissinger’s view
-Public opinion
-Morality
-Democracy compared to dictatorship
-The President's talks with Kissinger
-Timing
-Ziegler
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 9
[Privacy]
[Duration: 11s ]
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-USSR
-Finland
-Germany
-India
-Intentions
-Vietnam
-Kissinger
-Current developments
-Bureaucracy
-Aid cut-off
-Timing
-USSR
-Kissinger
-Wars
-Foreign policy
-Pakistan
-Concern from Haldeman
-Kissinger’s attitude
-John Kenneth Galbraith dinner
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 632-2 (cont.)
-Cancellation by Kissinger
-Talks with the President
-Timing
-Reasons for canceling dinner
-PRC-USSR initiatives
-Possible scrutiny by the press
-East Pakistan refugees
-Bureaucracy
-William P. Rogers
-Comments
-Changes in Kissinger over the past month
-Foreign policy matters
-Note to USSR
-Vietnam talks
-Kissinger
-Highs and lows
-Vietnam settlement, PRC summit and USSR summit
-Accomplishments for the Administration
-Prisoners of war [POWs]
-Kissinger's backgrounder
-Evaluation
-Talking papers
-MacGregor
-Charles W. Colson
-[Forename unknown] Cooper
-Expertise
-Kissinger
-State Department
-Neutrality
-The President’s comments to the leaders
-Aid cut-off
-Neutrality
-A question of “non-involvement”
-Possible US actions
-Kissinger
-Health
-Possible causes
-Backgrounder
-Rogers
-Press coverage
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 632-2 (cont.)
The President's schedule
-John B. Connally
-Meeting with Edward R.G. Heath [?]
-Azores
-Florida
-Time magazine interview
-Timing
Congressional adjournment
-William H. Rehnquist appointment
-Birch E. Bayh, Jr.
-Present state of Congress
India-Pakistan relations
-Kissinger
-Rogers
-Congress
-Imagined statements
-USSR
-US actions
-Futility
-Conservatives
-Handling
-Frustration
-Harvard University
-Article
-Possible problems for Kissinger
-Galbraith dinner
-Proposed “homecoming” for Kissinger
-Daniel Patrick Moynihan
-Thomas W. Braden
-Timing
-Galbraith
Foreign policy
-USSR
-Rogers
-Anatoliy F. Dobrynin
-Gen. Alexander M. Haig, Jr.
-Possible talks between the President and the USSR
-Rogers
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 632-2 (cont.)
-PRC
-Talks with Kissinger
-Haig
-Rogers
-Need for someone to broker a deal with PRC and USSR
-Experience
-Kissinger
-Political campaign
-Communiqués
-Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty [SALT]
-Negotiating ability
-Haig
-National Security Council [NSC] staff
-Rogers
-Nelson A. Rockefeller
-Kissinger’s problems
-Concern about talking to Rockefeller
-Staff meeting
-Liberals
-Possible US allegiance
-Pakistan
-India
-Democracies
-Critics of the Administration
-Galbraith dinner
-Harvard University
-Opinion poll
-India
-Democracy
-Aggression
-India
-Peaceful
-Liberals belief
-US public opinion
-MacGregor
-Thoughts about India
-World War II
-Indians
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 632-2 (cont.)
BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 6
[National Security]
[Duration: 6s ]
INDIA
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-Galbraith
-Kenneth B. Keating
-Support for India
-Allen S. Drury books
-Critical of India
-USSR
-UN vote of December 7, 1971
-Canadians
-Kissinger
The President’s schedule
-Kissinger's forthcoming meeting with Haldeman
-Politics
-Timing
-Haldeman's call to Kissinger
-President’s forthcoming talk with Kissinger
-Trips
-Unknown person
-Relationship with Haldeman
-Previous conversation with Haldeman
International monetary situation
-George P. Shultz
-Arthur F. Burns
-Peter G. Peterson
-Shultz's talks with John B. Connally
-Economy
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 632-2 (cont.)
-Convertibility
-Connally’s view
-Germany
-Deutsche mark
-France
-Deal with Germany
-Shultz in agreement with Connally
-Convertibility
-Bilateral lifting of the surcharge
-Canada
-Mexico
-Brazil
-Connally’s view
-Previous conversation with Haldeman
-Timing
Appointments
-Council of Economic Advisors [CEA]
-Geoffrey H. Moore
-Herbert Stein and Shultz
-Burns
-Bureau of Labor Statistics [BLS]
-Possible confirmation battle
-Harold Goldstein removal
-Moore
-As spokesman
-Unemployment
-Unemployment
-Colson
-CEA
-Shultz
-Moore
-Stein
-Forthcoming meeting with Haldeman
The President's schedule
-Meeting with John D. Ehrlichman and Shultz
-Continuing resolution
-Wrap-up meeting
-Budget
-OEO legislation
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 632-2 (cont.)
-Connally
-Schedule
-International monetary situation
Haldeman left at 10:18 am.