Conversation: 685-002
Prev:  685-001 Next: 685-003Start Date: 14-Mar-1972 9:03 AM
End Date: 14-Mar-1972 9:51 AM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Kissinger, Henry A.; Recording Device: Oval Office
Full Tape Conversation Start Time: 00:11:37
Full Tape Conversation End Time: 00:59:37
NARA Description:
On March 14, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger met in the Oval Office of the White House from 9:03 am to 9:51 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 685-002 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 685-2 Date: March 14, 1972 Time: 9:03 am - 9:51 am Location: Oval Office The President met with Henry A. Kissinger.. Kissinger's schedule -New York -People's Republic of China [PRC] ambassador -Wall Street Journal -Lunch Busing Foreign policy -PRC -Arthur K. Watson -Relations with the US -Publicity -US critics -Kissinger’s note -Kissinger’s meetings -William F. (“Billy”) Graham -Barry M. Goldwater -Backgrounder -Press -Ronald W. Reagan and Goldwater -James L. Buckley -Bangladesh -India 3 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) Conv. No. 685-2 (cont.) -Possible recognition by the US -PRC -Timing -California -Indian troops -Recognition -State Department -PRC initiative -Japanese -Indians -Soviets -Statement -Marshall Green -Schedule -Performance -Cambodia -Emory C. Swank -PRC -Press -Kissinger’s forthcoming meetings -New York Times -Wall Street Journal -New York Tiimes -The President’s forthcoming trip to the Soviet Union -Cambodia -Group from Harvard University -Meeting with Kissinger -Unknown man -Vietnam -As campus issue -Volunteer force -Vietnam -Democratic National Convention -Nguyen Van Thieu -Melvin R. Laird -Announcement -Prisoners of war [POWs] -Thieu -Continued US presence -World -Duration 4 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) Conv. No. 685-2 (cont.) -Air power -Continued announcement -Withdrawal of US forces -Timing of additional statement -Forthcoming trip to the Soviet Union -Democratic National Convention -Troops -Bombings -Volunteer army -Deadline -Combat forces -News summary -Gen. Creighton W. Abrams, Jr. -Negotiations -Forthcoming presidential election -Volunteer army -Thieu -Kissinger's possible trip to South Vietnam -Alexander M. Haig, Jr. -Thieu -Announcement -Democrats -Negotiations -Forthcoming US-Soviet Summit -PRC -Political Issue -International Telephone and Telegraph [ITT] comparison -Campaign -PRC -Image of the President -Shanghai Communiqué -Winston Lord -Lyndon K. (“Mort”) Allin -International comments -William P. Rogers -Cabinet Meeting -[George R.S. Baring] Earl of Cromer -West German Ambassador to the US -World image -Change -Forthcoming US-Soviet Summit 5 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) Conv. No. 685-2 (cont.) -Image of the President -Vietnam -Vietnam -Thieu -Reserve force -POWs -George S. McGovern -Hubert H. Humphrey -Survival of the Thieu Government -POWs -Withdrawal -Exchange for bombing halt -Retainment of volunteer force -Thieu -1972 election -Bombings -Offensive -Kissinger’s view -[Forename unknown] Thompson -The President's image -Leadership -North Vietnamese leaders -The President’s view -North Koreans -Domestic opposition to Administration -Casualties -Percentages compared to previous years -Memorandum from the President -Haig -Laird -Forthcoming Soviet trip -Announcement -Withdrawal rate -Timing -Thieu -Timing -Haig’s possible trip to South Vietnam -Democratic National Convention ***************************************************************** 6 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) Conv. No. 685-2 (cont.) BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2 [Personal returnable] [Duration: 8m 12s ] END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2 ***************************************************************** Nelson A. Rockefeller -Possibility as Secretary of State -Vice President Spiro T. Agnew -Relationship with Kissinger -[David] Kenneth Rush as Secretary of State -Bonn -Frederic V. Malek -Under Secretary -Secretary of Defense ***************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 3 [Personal returnable] [Duration: 2m 11s ] END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 3 ***************************************************************** Agnew -Finances -Rockefeller -Compared to the President -Financial arrangement -Leslie T. (“Bob”) Hope -Francis A. (“Frank”) Sinatra 7 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) Conv. No. 685-2 (cont.) -Secretary of Defense -Chances as President -Kissinger’s view -Secretary of Defense -Movement from Vice President to Secretary of Defense -Compared to the President as Vice President -John Foster Dulles -Nomination for Vice President -Decision Foreign policy -Kissinger's schedule -Visit with PRC Ambassador -Watson -Soviets -Briefing -Bangladesh -Gerald R. Ford’s and Michael J. Mansfield’s forthcoming trips to the PRC -Vietnam -Mao Tse-tung -North Vietnamese -Shanghai Communiqué -US bombing -Fixed withdrawal date -Thieu -Television coverage of the President -North Koreans -Chou En-Lai -Nicolae Ceausescu -Paris meetings between the US and North Vietnam -Le Duc Tho -Timing -Vacation -Acapulco -Mexican Foreign Minister -Accommodations -Announcements of trips -Luis Echeverria Alvarez’s forthcoming visit to the US -The President’s forthcoming trip to Canada 8 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) Conv. No. 685-2 (cont.) Rockefeller -Talk with Kissinger Ronald W. Reagan -Defense Department -Administrative experience -Compared to Agnew Agnew Kissinger left at 9:51 am.