Conversation: 675-010
Prev:  675-009 Next: 675-011Start Date: 29-Feb-1972 11:45 AM
End Date: 29-Feb-1972 11:59 AM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Kissinger, Henry A.; Recording Device: Oval Office
Full Tape Conversation Start Time: 02:01:33
Full Tape Conversation End Time: 02:15:38
NARA Description:
On February 29, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:45 am to 11:59 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 675-010 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 675-10 Date: February 29, 1972 Timing: 11:45 am - 11:59 am Location: Oval Office The President met with Henry A. Kissinger. [Recording begins while the conversation is in progress] President’s trip to People’s Republic of China [PRC] -President’s previous briefing -Taiwan, Republic of China -Troops -Vietnam -PRC understanding -Communiqué -President’s briefings -Length -Administration’s stance -William P. Rogers’s briefings -Taiwan -Comparisons with PRC -Possible State Department stance -Peking -Rogers -The President’s accomplishments 22 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) Conv. No. 675-9 (cont.) -Rogers’s schedule -The President’s previous comments -Mao Tse-tung -PRC Foreign Minister -Recognition of the President’s efforts -President’s previous briefing -Cabinet -Rogers’s role -PRC people -Comparisons and differences -Youth -President’s previous briefing -Administration’s stance -Mao Tse-tung -President’s previous briefing -Rogers’s role -Communist nations -East and West Berlin, Austria, Hungary -Rogers’s role -Report about foreign reaction -Allen J. Ellender -New York Times story concerning Soviet reaction -Rogers’s view -Concern -Rogers’s schedule -Mao Tse-tung -President’s forthcoming briefing -Importance -Kissinger’s role -President’s instructions -President’s previous briefing -Rogers’s role -Concern for Rogers -Taiwan -Barry M. Goldwater -Praise for the President -Rogers’s role -Foreign reaction -Japan and Union of Soviet Socialist Republics [USSR] -Ellender -New York Times 23 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) Conv. No. 675-9 (cont.) -Rogers’s possible attitude -Hugh Scott, Michael J. Mansfield -President’s presentation -Rogers’s comments -USSR strengths -Chinese -Purpose -Taiwan -PRC comparisons -Rogers’s possible diplomatic actions -Singapore -Hong Kong -Kissinger -Communiqué -Deputy Minister [Chiao Kuan-Hua] -Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon -Acknowledgement from Rogers -Importance -President’s forthcoming briefings -Cabinet members -Kissinger’s role -Mao Tse-tung, Chou En-lai -President’s previous briefing -Rogers’s comments -Technology and trade -USSR and Japanese -Possible message to PRC -US-USSR relations -State Department stance -Rogers -Congressional Committee -State Department -Press -Taiwan compared to PRC -Rogers Kissinger left at 11:59 am. 24 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06)