Conversation: 639-014
Prev:  639-013 Next: 639-015Start Date: 18-Dec-1971 2:10 PM
End Date: 18-Dec-1971 2:31 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haig, Alexander M., Jr.; Recording Device: Oval Office
Full Tape Conversation Start Time: 01:25:34
Full Tape Conversation End Time: 01:46:12
NARA Description:
On December 18, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. met in the Oval Office of the White House from 2:10 pm to 2:31 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 639-014 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 639-14 Date: December 18, 1971 Time: 2:10 pm - 2:31 pm Location: Oval Office The President met with Gen. Alexander M. Haig. Jr. The President’s schedule -Recent meeting with Zulfikar Ali Bhutto Pakistan -United Nations [UN] -Bhutto’s speech ********************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 [National Security] [Duration: 1m 5s ] PAKISTAN 18 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 ********************************************************************** -Zulfikar Ali Bhutto -Toughness -Future with US -Possible outcome -George H.W. Bush -Feelings toward US -People’s Republic of China [PRC] [Unintelligible] -Effect on US-Union of Soviet Socialist Republics [USSR] relations -President’s opinion -Henry A. Kissinger -Need for discretion -US role -Outcome of conflict Middle East -Haig’s opinion -Possible trouble spots -Egypt -USSR involvement -Kissinger -Egyptian arms -USSR air coverage South Asia -Gains in the Middle East Middle East -Negotiations -State Department -Egypt -Possible frustrations 19 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) Conv. No. 629-14 (cont.) Pakistan -USSR action -Restraint -Kissinger's role -USSR view -Yuli M. Vorontsov -Meeting with USSR Agriculture Minister -USSR-India relations -Dacca ************************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 3 [National Security] [Duration: 25s ] INDIA END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 3 ************************************************************************** -[Unintelligible] -US position towards the USSR -PRC role -US plans -USSR and PRC -John A. Scali Vietnam -North Vietnam -Objections -Laos -Cambodia -Possibility for internal collapse -Cambodia 20 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) Conv. No. 629-14 (cont.) -Gen. Lon Nol -Health -South Vietnam -Unknown leader -Forces -Chup -Regiment 271 -Rout 6 -Strategy -Army of the Republic of Vietnam [ARVN] [South Vietnam] -Air power -ARVN -Cambodians -US strategy -Joint Chiefs of Staff [JCS] -Post-Christmas offensive -Air fields -Mikoyan-Gurevich [MIGs] -Military targets -Vinh -Off-shore forces -South Vietnam -Paris talks -Postponement -Enemy initiative -Propaganda -William J. Porter -Performance -Strategy -Propaganda -Analogy to Korean War PRC -PRC and USSR involvement -Effect of India-Pakistan conflict -US-PRC relations -Strengthening of relations -Laos -Cambodia -Possible beneficial effects 21 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) Conv. No. 629-14 (cont.) Haig left at 2:31 pm.