Conversation: 677-004
Prev: 677-003 Next: 677-005Start Date: 6-Mar-1972 8:38 AM
End Date: 6-Mar-1972 9:08 AM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Kissinger, Henry A.; Sanchez, Manolo;Recording Device: Oval Office
Full Tape Conversation Start Time: 00:58:30
Full Tape Conversation End Time: 01:29:07
NARA Description:
On March 6, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House from 8:38 am to 9:08 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 677-004 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 677-4
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Date: March 6, 1972
Time: 8:38 am - 9:08 am
Location: Oval Office
The President met with Henry A. Kissinger.
The People’s Republic of China [PRC] trip
-Nelson A. Rockefeller’s view
-News summary
-Vietnam
-[Telegraph Agency of the Soviet Union [TASS]]
-Pravda
-Vietnam
-Hanoi
An unknown man [Manolo Sanchez?] entered and left at an unknown time between 8:38 am and
9:08 am.
-Weekend news summary
-Hugh S. Sidey
-Patrick J. Buchanan
-Peter Lisagor
-Chou En-lai
-Concessions
-Shanghai communiqué
-Taiwan, Republic of China
-Trade and exchanges
-Diplomatic contacts
-Lisagor
-Sidey
-Public reaction
-Lisagor
-Sidey
-News summary
-Buchanan
-New York Times
-Nguyen Van Thieu
-The President’s view
-Chiang Kai-shek
-US statement of commitment to South Vietnam
-Compared to statement for South Korea
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Conv. No. 677-4 (cont.)
-Treaty
-Ellsworth F. Bunker
-Vietnam
-Chinese statements
-Hanoi
-Thieu
-Right wing
-Rockefeller
-Kissinger’s forthcoming meeting with William F. (“Billy”) Graham
-H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman
-Evangelicals
-Taiwan
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1
[National Security]
[Duration: 25s ]
TAIWAN
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1
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-Taiwan
-Hubert H. Humphrey
-The President’s view
-Washington Post
-[Forename unknown] Gratinov [?] article
-Robert S. McNamara
-Stewart J.O. Alsop
-Vietnam
-Kissinger’s view
-Stewart Alsop compared to Joseph W. Alsop
-Soviet Union
-Chinese communists
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Conv. No. 677-4 (cont.)
-Report
-Communiqué
-Mutual trade
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 6
[National Security]
[Duration: 13s ]
TAIWAN
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 6
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-Political enemies
-Shanghai communiqué
-The President’s image
-Stewart Alsop
-Previous talk with Kissinger
-Hanoi
-PRC
-Taiwan
-Joseph Alsop
-Forthcoming meeting with Kissinger
-The President’s report to Congress
-Taiwan
-Peking
-Press
-Alexander M. Haig, Jr.
-Positive articles
-Martin Z. Agronsky show
-News summaries
-Negative stories
-Kissinger’s view
-Intellectuals
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Conv. No. 677-4 (cont.)
-The President’s forthcoming report to Congress
-William P. Rogers
-Kissinger
-Backgrounders
-Press conference in Shanghai
-Communiqué
-The President’s possible report to the nation
-Barry M. Goldwater
-Michael J. Mansfield
-Chou En-lai
-Domestic situation compared to the President’s domestic situation
-Radio Moscow
-Peking
-Ferdinand E. Marcos
-Possible Asian summit
-Possible PRC participation
-Communiqué
-Press
-The President’s image
-The President’s possible report to Congress
-Rogers, Melvin R. Laird and Kissinger
-National Security Council [NSC]
-Vice President Spiro T. Agnew
Cambodia
-Marshall Green
-Rogers
-North Vietnam
-Sihanoukville
-Northeast section of Cambodia
-Emory C. Swank
-Kissinger’s view
-Lon Nol
-The President’s view
-Charles S. Whitehouse
-Unknown Man
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Conv. No. 677-4 (cont.)
Political opposition
-Lisagor
-Sidey
-Press
-Agronsky
-Lisagor
-Sidey
-News summary
-Buchanan
The PRC trip
-American public reaction
-Kissinger’s view
-Key Biscayne
-New York
-Rockefeller
-Humphrey
-Lisagor
-John F. Kennedy’s 1962 European trip comparison
-Press coverage
-Chinese
-Shanghai communiqué
-Press
-Lisagor
-Sidey
-American public reaction
-Today show
-Henry Brandon
-Muffie Brandon
-Democratic candidates’ debate
-Campaign contributions
-John N. Mitchell
-International Telephone and Telegraph [ITT]
Vietnam
-Le Duc Tho
-Paris
-Possible negotiations with Kissinger
-Politics
-W[illiam] Averell Harriman
-New York Times
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Conv. No. 677-4 (cont.)
-Edmund S. Muskie
The PRC trip
-Lisagor
-Compared to the moon landing
-Chinese
-Trade
-Report to the nation
-Busing
-Criticism
-Right wing
-Peking
-Allegations of secret deals
-Communiqué
-Trade
-Diplomatic relations
-Taiwan
Kissinger’s schedule
-Florida
NSC staff
-Possible memoranda
-Members of NSC
-John B. Connally
Richard G. Kleindienst
-Mitchell
Possible memoranda
-Timing
Kissinger left at 9:08 am.
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