Conversation: 783-001
Prev: 782-002 Next: 783-002Start Date: 19-Sep-1972 10:07 AM
End Date: 19-Sep-1972 10:34 AM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Olszowski, Stefan; Trampczynski, Witold; Rogers, William P.; Sokalski, Henry K.; Kissinger, Henry A.; White House photographer; Bull, Stephen B.;Recording Device: Oval Office
NARA Description:
On September 19, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon, Stefan Olszowski, Witold Trampczynski, William P. Rogers, Henry K. Sokalski, Henry A. Kissinger, White House photographer, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 10:07 am to 10:34 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 783-001 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 783-1
Date: September 19, 1972
Time: 10:07 am - 10:34 am
Location: Oval Office
The President met with Stefan Olszowski, Witold Trampczynski, William P. Rogers, Henry K.
Sokalski, and Henry A. Kissinger. Members of the press and the White House photographer
were present at the beginning of the meeting.
Greetings
-The President’s schedule
-Congressional leaders
[Photograph session]
US relations with Poland
-Olszowski’s meetings with Rogers
-Greetings from Edward Gierek and Piotr Jaroszewicz
-Letter to the President
-The President’s trip to Poland, May 1972
-Trade and science relations
-Peter G. Peterson, Dr. Edward E. David, Jr.
-Economic relations
-Debt repayment
-Poland’s economy
-Export-import [EX-IM] bank credits
-Pre-World War II bonds settlement negotiations
-Scientific and technological cooperation
-Rogers
-Outer space
-Polish people
-Europe
-The President’s talks in Warsaw
-Soviet Union
-Detente
-Polish foreign relations
-Relations with West Germany
-Bilateral, multilateral agreements
-US Role
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. Nov-03)
-Rogers
-Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe [CSCE]
-1972 US election
-Well wishes from Polish leadership and people
-The President’s trip to Warsaw, May 1972
-The President’s appreciation to Gierek and others
-US foreign policy goals
-Rogers, Kissinger
-Polish-Americans
-Poland’s history and people
-The President’s Warsaw talks
-Olszowski’s talks with Rogers
-The President’s role
-Hope for future
-Interests
-Gierek, Jaroszewicz, Oszlowski
-Polish-Americans
-Clement Zablocki
-Dinner with Olszowski
-Milwaukee
-Party affiliation
-1972 election
-George S. McGovern’s prospects
-The President’s recent meeting with Republican
Congressional leaders
-War powers
-Vietnam War
-Oszlowski’s recent conversations with North Vietnamese ambassador
-Tone
-Paris talks
-1972 election
-North Vietnamese independence from Soviet Union
and Peoples Republic of China [PRC]
-Settlement
-1972 election
-[McGovern]
-Possible impact of results on North Vietnamese bargaining position
-Olszowski’s conversation with the North Vietnamese
ambassador
-US negotiating posture
-The President’s conversation with Jaroszewicz and Gierek
-1972 election
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. Nov-03)
-Europe
-CSCE
-Conflict
-Result
-Poland’s goal
-Poland’s previous leadership
-Greetings from the President to Gierek and wife and to Jaroszwicz
-Future meeting
-1972 election
Polish women
Presentation of gifts by the President
-Presidential seal
-Oval office
Stephen B. Bull entered at an unknown time after 10:07 am.
Instruction
Bull left at an unknown time before 10:34 am.
Gifts
-Steuben glass
-Cuff links
-Presidential seal
Group Captain Surayute Nivasabute, military attache from Thailand
-Incident involving wife
Warsaw talks
Olszowski et al. left at 10:34 am.