Conversation: 742-006
Prev:  742-005 Next: 742-007Start Date: 26-Jun-1972 8:57 AM
End Date: 26-Jun-1972 9:40 AM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Kissinger, Henry A.; Bull, Stephen B.; Recording Device: Oval Office
Full Tape Conversation Start Time: 00:26:25
Full Tape Conversation End Time: 01:19:36
NARA Description:
On June 26, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 8:57 am to 9:40 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 742-006 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 742-6 Date: June 26, 1972 Time: 8:57 am - 9:40 am Location: Oval Office The President met with Henry A. Kissinger. Kissinger's health Vietnamese military situation -North Vietnamese attack on Hue -Bombing -Quality of tank crews from North Vietnam -News reports -Intelligence information -South Vietnamese offensive -Kissinger’s view -Quang Tri -Army of the Republic of South Vietnam [ARVN] -New reports -Gloria Emmett -New York Times -Columbia Broadcasting System [CBS] -Reporting Vietnam peace negotiations -Meeting schedule -Alexander M. Haig, Jr.'s trip -Length -Purpose -Nguyen Van Thieu -Ellsworth F. Bunker 4 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Feb-02) Gen. John D. Lavelle -Possible replacement -Defense Department report to Kissinger -Attacks on North Vietnamese targets -Term "Protective Reaction" -Signal to North Vietnamese -Bombing -Melvin R. Laird -The President's role -Kissinger’s view Press -Lavelle -International Telephone and Telegraph [ITT] -Watergate break-in -Bugging -Lawrence F. O'Brien, Jr.'s talk with Stewart J.O. Alsop -George S. McGovern -Lavelle -The President’s view ***************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 3 [Personal returnable] [Duration: 1m ] END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 3 ***************************************************************** Washington Post article -Massive retaliation -McGovern and Dwight D. Eisenhower -Impact -Effect 5 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Feb-02) -Kissinger’s view -Jordan -Vietnam -Kissinger’s view -Intellectuals' opinion of defense policy Stephen B. Bull entered at an unknown time after 8:57 am. The President's schedule -Press conference -H.R. (“Bob”) Haldeman -John D. Ehrlichman Bull left at an unknown time before 9:40 am. ***************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 5 [Personal returnable] [Duration: 3m 4s ] END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 5 ***************************************************************** Vietnam -McGovern's proposals -The President’s view -Kissinger’s view -Effect -Eisenhower's policy on Korea -Kissinger's conversation with Chou En-lai -Korea -Division -Administration's position in campaign -McGovern’s proposals -Hubert H. Humphrey -Defense spending 6 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Feb-02) -Administration actions -President’s statements -Negotiations -Effect of US election -Withdrawal date for US offer -McGovern -US election -Moscow -Peking -Rationale -George W. Ball's articles in New York Times -Moscow's view of election -The President's conversation with Leonid I. Brezhnev -Agriculture -Telegraph Agency of the Soviet Union [TASS] reports -Statement by William P. Rogers Kissinger's conversation with Alsop -The President -Alsop’s view -McGovern -Policies -The President's opponents -Liberals -Barry M. Goldwater -The President -Reaction to the President's re-election -Clark M. Clifford -Cyrus R. Vance -Ball Vietnam -The President’s efforts -The President’s view -South Vietnamese military -Lam Son -Thieu -Larry Stern -Press -Time and Newsweek 7 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Feb-02) -Vietnam War coverage ***************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 8 [Personal returnable] [Duration: 52s ] END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 8 ***************************************************************** Defense budget -Laird statements -The President’s view -Anti-Ballistic Missile [ABM] Treaty -Strategic Arms Limitation Talks [SALT] -Tactics -Increase in program expenditures -Kissinger’s view -Timing -"Doves" -ABM Treaty -Previous briefing for Congressmen -ABM -The President’s statement -Laird ***************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 10 [Personal returnable] [Duration: 2m 46s ] END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 10 ***************************************************************** 8 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Feb-02) Defense policy -The President’s efforts -Robert S. McNamara -Press -Katharine L. Graham Commonwealth Club speech by Rogers Kissinger's schedule -Possible television appearance -The President’s view -Marvin L. Kalb -Prime time -Today show -Major network importance -Length -Timing ***************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 12 [Personal returnable] [Duration: 2m 9s ] END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 12 ***************************************************************** The President’s schedule -Henry Cabot Lodge -Kissinger -Possible appointment -Ambassador to France -Arthur K. Watson -The President’s view Kissinger left at 9:40 am. 9 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Feb-02)