Conversation: 786-005
Prev: 786-004 Next: 786-006Start Date: 25-Sep-1972 9:56 AM
End Date: 25-Sep-1972 10:10 AM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Ziegler, Ronald L.; Kissinger, Henry A.;Recording Device: Oval Office
NARA Description:
On September 25, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon, Ronald L. Ziegler, and Henry A. Kissinger met in the Oval Office of the White House from 9:56 am to 10:10 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 786-005 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 786-5
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Date: September 25, 1972
Time: 9:56 am - 10:10 am
Location: Oval Office
The President met with Ronald L. Ziegler.
Policy statements
-Release of texts
-Forthcoming International Monetary Fund [IMF] speech
-National Cancer Conference speech, September 28, 1972
Fundraising dinner in Louisville, Kentucky, September 23, 1972
-Kentucky
-Ziegler’s schedule
-Ziegler’s background
-Ziegler’s speech
-Anecdote about the President's trip to Soviet Union
-The President’s anti-communism
-Alexei N. Kosygin
-Reaction by audience
-The President's 1969 Inaugural speech
-The President's accomplishments
-Soviet Union and the People's Republic of China [PRC]
-International monetary situation
-John B. Connally, George P. Shultz, Arthur F. Burns
-Public knowledge
-Louie P. Nunn
-M. Gene Snyder
-Football anecdote
-Ziegler’s high school
-The President’s experience
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Press relations
-Polls
-San Clemente
-Campaign strategy
-Issues
-Choice
-Geography, race, age
-George S. McGovern
-Recent release of three American prisoners of war
[POWs]
-Henry A. Kissinger
-Mention by name
-Release of POWs
-Presentation of facts
-Politics
-Mention by name
Henry A. Kissinger entered at 10:03 am.
Ziegler's forthcoming statement on POW's
Ziegler left at 10:03 am.
Cabinet Committee to Combat Terrorism
-Formation
-William P. Rogers
-Role
-Reason
-The President’s forthcoming meeting with Jewish leaders
-Israel
-Narcotics
-Composition
-Federal Bureau of Investigation [FBI]
-State Department
-Rogers
-Ex officio status
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-Richard M. Helms
-L[ouis] Patrick Gray, III
Israel
-The President’s forthcoming meeting with Jewish leaders
-Kissinger’s recent conversation with Yitzhak Rabin
-The President’s possible statement
-US military aid to Israel
-Phantoms, Skyhawks
-1972 election
-Jewish community
-Israel-US interests
-Soviet-Jewish emigration
-Jacob K. Javits
-The President’s possible statement
-Soviet-Jewish emigration
-Golda Meir
-Communications with the President
-Arms policy
-PRC, Soviet Union
-Kissinger’s recent conversation with Rabin
-McGovern’s meeting with Jewish leaders
-United Nations [UN]
-Gary Hart’s recent speech at George Washington
University
-H.R. (“Bob”) Haldeman
-Suggested US policy
-Lebanon
-Syria
-Response
-Rabin’s possible action
-Rabin’s view of administration
-US policy
-Private compared to public stance
1972 election
-Anti-semitism allegations
-Hart
-Rick Stern
-Jewish vote
-Frank F. Mankiewicz
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-International radical movement
-Arabs
-Possible demonstrations in San Francisco, Los
Angeles
Anti-terrorism Committee
The President’s forthcoming speech to the IMF
-Kissinger’s view
-Shultz
-Speech
-Georges J.R. Pompidou, Edward R.G. Heath
Kissinger left at 10:10 am.