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Start Date: 11-May-1972 3:09 PM

End Date: 11-May-1972 3:24 PM

Participants:

Nixon, Richard M. (President)Kissinger, Henry A.[Unknown person(s)]

Recording Device: Oval Office

Full Tape Conversation Start Time: 01:26:56

Full Tape Conversation End Time: 01:42:37

723a.mp3

723b.mp3

NARA Description:

On May 11, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House from 3:09 pm to 3:24 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 723-010 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid:

Conversation No. 723-10

Date: May 11, 1972
Time: 3:09 pm - 3:24 pm
Location: Oval Office

The President met with Henry A. Kissinger.

     Vietnam
          -Soviet Union response to the blockade
               -Kissinger’s previous meeting with Anatoliy F. Dobrynin
                    -Leonid I. Brezhnev message
                          -Content
                          -Meanings
                          -Wording
                          -Major point
                                -Soviet ships
                                      -US attacks
                                      -Interference
                                      -Kissinger’s reassurance

An unknown person entered at an unknown time after 3:09 pm.

     Refreshments

The unknown person left at an unknown time before 3:24 pm.

     US-Soviet Union relations
         -Brezhnev's message
               -Soviet Summit
                    -Reply by Dobrynin
                          -US statements
                                        13

                 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF

                                 Tape Subject Log
                                   (rev. Jan-02)
                                                                  Conv. No. 723-10 (cont.)

     -German Treaty
           -Dobrynin references
           -US position
     -Soviet Summit
           -Cancellation
                 -Timing
                 -Likelihood
                       -Kissinger’s view
           -Dobrynin's assessment of diplomatic moves
                 -President's letter
           -Comparison to Cuban missile crisis
                 -Public statements
     -President's peace proposals
     -Soviet Summit
           -Impact on North Vietnam

Vietnam
     -North Vietnamese offensive
          -US countermeasures
                -Effect
          -President's trip to Soviet Union
          -Kissinger's trip to Peking
     -Blockade
          -Press response
                -Ronald L. Ziegler's report
                      -World War III predictions
                -President's meeting with Nikolay S. Patolichev
                      -Significance
                             -Politburo decision
          -Mining
          -US air strikes
                -Cessation in Hanoi and Haiphong
                      -Time
                      -Damage
                      -Timing
                             -Soviet Summit
                -Soviet ships
                      -Instructions to Adm. Thomas H. Moorer
                             -Reason
          -Soviet Response
                -Soviet Summit
          -Demonstrations
                                       14

                 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF

                                Tape Subject Log
                                  (rev. Jan-02)
                                                                Conv. No. 723-10 (cont.)

               -Inspiration
          -William P. Rogers
               -Forthcoming meeting with the President
                     -Time
                     -Substance
                           -Peace proposals
                           -Instructions for Rogers
               -Comments before Soviet Summit
                     -Soviet Summit
                           -Rogers's knowledge of Polish response

President's forthcoming meeting with Rogers
     -Time
     -Substance of discussion
            -Soviet response to blockade
     -State Department
            -Statement
                  -Release
                       -Time

Vietnam
     -Blockade
          -Soviet response
               -Tone
               -US response to Soviet note
                     -Timing
                            -Delivery
                     -Study
               -Dobrynin
                     -Attitude
     -Soviet Summit
          -Dobrynin's stake
          -Kissinger's forthcoming meeting with Dobrynin
          -Soviet note
               -US response
                     -Time
          -German Treaties
               -Ratification
                     -Soviet moves
                     -Time
          -Cancellation
               -Likelihood
                                               15

                        NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF

                                       Tape Subject Log
                                         (rev. Jan-02)
                                                          Conv. No. 723-10 (cont.)

                            -Kissinger’s view
                      -Polish response
                            -Interpretation
                      -Timing
                            -Press response
                            -German Treaty vote

     President's meeting with Rogers

Kissinger left at 3:24 pm.