Conversation: 692-003
Prev:  692-002 Next: 692-004Start Date: 23-Mar-1972 4:08 PM
End Date: 23-Mar-1972 5:02 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Green, Marshall; Holdridge, John H.; Haig, Alexander M., Jr.; White House photographer; [Unknown person(s)]; White House photographer; Bull, Stephen B.; Recording Device: Oval Office
Full Tape Conversation Start Time: 00:09:03
Full Tape Conversation End Time: 00:26:14
NARA Description:
On March 23, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon, Marshall Green, John H. Holdridge, Alexander M. Haig, Jr., White House photographer, unknown person(s), White House photographer, Stephen B. Bull, and members of the press met in the Oval Office of the White House from 4:08 pm to 5:02 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 692-003 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 692-3 Date: March 23, 1972 Time: 4:08 pm - 5:02 pm Location: Oval Office The President met with Marshall Green, John H. Holdridge, Alexander M. Haig, Jr.; members of the press and the White House photographer were present at the beginning of the meeting. Photograph session 2 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Sep-01) Conv. No. 692-3 (cont.) Pay Board Green's trip to Asia -Reports -Forthcoming appearance on Meet the Press An unknown man entered at an unknown time after 4:08 pm. Press photographs -Ronald L. Ziegler -Pay Board The unknown man left at an unknown time before 5:02 pm. Green's forthcoming Meet the Press appearance -The President's trip to the People's Republic of China [PRC] -Green's meetings with Asian leaders -Taiwan, Republic of China -Secret deals -Absence -US treaty commitments -The President's Asian policies -Green’s background and experience -Peace in Asia -US allies -State Department's views -Forthcoming US-Soviet Union summit -Support for President’s policies -Historical significance -International concern -Change -Eisaku Sato -Ferdinand E. Marcos -Public attention White House and press photographers entered and left at an unknown time after 4:08 pm. Camp David 3 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Sep-01) Conv. No. 692-3 (cont.) Green's schedule -Previous appearance before the House Foreign Affairs Committee The President's trip to the People's Republic of China -Importance -Foreign aid program -Youth -Nixon Doctrine -Opening for peace Green's previous conversations with Asian leaders -The President's foreign policy -The President's trip to the PRC -Laos, Cambodia, South Vietnam, Thailand -Vietnam -US support -Green’s conversations in Shanghai -Support for the President’s policies -Congress -Public support -Indonesia -Chinese -Soviet Union -North Vietnam -PRC The president's foreign policy -Views of the US Foreign Service -Support for the President’s policy -Isolationism Japan -Internal politics -Views regarding the PRC -Relations with the US -Relations with the PRC -Chinese view of US -Chinese view of Japan -Chinese view of Soviet Union Green's conversation with Lee Kuan Yew -The President's trip to the PRC 4 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Sep-01) Conv. No. 692-3 (cont.) ************************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 [National Security] [Duration: 55s ] MALAYSIA END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 ************************************************************************** Green's forthcoming Meet the Press appearance -Taiwan -US policy -John G. Tower Green's conversation with Lee Kuan Yew ************************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 7 [National Security] [Duration: 26s ] MALAYSIA END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 7 ************************************************************************** 5 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Sep-01) Conv. No. 692-3 (cont.) Thailand -Insurgency -Chinese -Thanat-Khoman’s schedule -Religious obligations -Green’s schedule -Thanom Kittikachorn -Phrapat [?] -Dawee Chulasapya -Pote Sarasin -Statements by government -Green’s conversations -The President's PRC policy PRC -Importance in US foreign policy -Vietnam ************************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 8 [National Security] [Duration: 46s ] US FOREIGN POLICY END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 8 ************************************************************************** PRC -Relations with the US -Congress -Improved cooperation -Return of hijacked plane -Apology for oil spill -Return of yacht -Mao Tse-tung 6 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Sep-01) Conv. No. 692-3 (cont.) -Chou En-lai -Timing -Deaths of Ho Chi Minh, Josef V. Stalin -Downfall of Nikita S. Khrushchev -Compared to Hong Kong and Singapore -Leaders -Military -Relations with the US -Timing -Age of leaders -Mao Tse-tung -Chou En-lai -Relations with the Soviet Union US foreign policy -Authority of the President -Congress -Foreign aid -Turkey -Democratic candidates' views -Henry M. (“Scoop”) Jackson -Edmund S. Muskie -Hubert H. Humphrey -Edward M. Kennedy -George S. McGovern -John V. Lindsay -Military -Timing -Authority of the President -US position in international relations -Taiwan Japan -Green’s view -Eisaku Sato -Takeo Fukudo -Policies -Diet -Taiwan -Japan-PRC relations -Green's conversations -The President's conversations with Chou En-Lai 7 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Sep-01) Conv. No. 692-3 (cont.) -Policies -The President’s view -PRC views -Taiwan -Korea -The President's conversations with Chou En-lai -US-Japan relations -Japan’s economic strength -Japan’s neutrality -US influence -PRC reaction -View of Chou En-lai -View of Mao Tse-tung PRC -Position in Asia -Soviet Union -Japan -India -Pakistan -US -Japan -Soviet Union -India -Views regarding US policy -Korean War -Yalu River -Vietnam -The President's conversations with Chou En-lai -Africa -Middle East -United Arab Republic [UAR] -Chou En-lai -Mao Tse-tung -Revolution -Power -Status as Communist nation -United Nations [UN] -Leaders -Press -Struggle -Revolution 8 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Sep-01) Conv. No. 692-3 (cont.) ************************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2 [National Security] [Duration: 12s ] PRC END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2 ************************************************************************** -Motives -Mao Tse-tung -Response to the President's visit Arthur K. Watson -Green -William P. Rogers -Jack N. Anderson -Frank F. Church's comment PRC -Chou En-lai's comment regarding temperance -Responsibility for US-PRC diplomatic channel -Green’s testimony -Rogers's comments to J. William Fulbright, March 22, 1972 -Leak -Washington Post story, March 23, 1972 -Instructions to Watson from Washington -Green's possible comment Temperance -Ambassadors -Congressmen and Senators -Hiram L. Fong's statement, March 22, 1972 -Air travel 9 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Sep-01) Conv. No. 692-3 (cont.) Watson -Air travel ********************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 4 [Personal Returnable] [Duration: 8s ] END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 4 ********************************************************************** -Voltaire's comment regarding women's virtue Green's schedule -Previous visit to Asia -Possible trip to Florida with the President -Wage-price issue -George Meany -Previous visit to Asia -Holdridge's role -Rogers Philippines -Green’s experience -The President’s previous arrival in Jakarta from the Philippines -Imelda Marcos's forthcoming trip to the PRC -Green's conversations -Congress Stephen B. Bull entered and left at an unknown time before 5:02 pm. The President’s schedule [?] Philippines -Green’s conversations -Ferdinand E. Marcos, Carlos P. Romulo, [Forename unknown] Belcourt, [Forename unknown] Corrado 10 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Sep-01) Conv. No. 692-3 (cont.) -Leaders of opposition -Leaders in Senate -Green’s backgrounders with the press -[Forename unknown] Grenada -[Forename unknown] Valencia -The President’s view -Influences -Asia -Spain -US -Romulo's comments South Korea -US aid -Possible invitation to Gen. Chung Hee Park -Haig -The President’s schedule -Forthcoming trip to Canada Presentation of gifts by the President -Foreign Service -National Security Council [NSC] The President's forthcoming trip to the Soviet Union -Green -Martin J. Hillenbrand -Rogers -Staff Cambodia -Views regarding Michael J. Mansfield's possible trip to the PRC -The President’s and Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon memorandum to Henry A. Kissinger -Norodom Sihanouk -Mansfield’s possible meeting with Sihanouk -Lon Nol -Sihanouk -North Vietnam Walter H. Annenberg's gift to the President [“Star of the President”] -Steuben glass 11 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Sep-01) Green, et al. left at 5:02 pm.