Conversation: 842-008
Prev:  842-007 Next: 842-009Start Date: 25-Jan-1973 11:39 AM
End Date: 25-Jan-1973 12:42 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Rabin, Yitzhak; Atkins, Oliver F. ("Ollie"); Kissinger, Henry A.; [Unknown person(s)]; Sanchez, Manolo; Recording Device: Oval Office
NARA Description:
On January 25, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon, Yitzhak Rabin, Oliver F. ("Ollie") Atkins, Henry A. Kissinger, unknown person(s), and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:39 am to 12:42 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 842-008 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 842-8 Date: January 25, 1973 Time: Between 11:39 am and 12:43 pm Location: Oval Office The President met with Yitzhak Rabin; the White House photographer was present at the beginning to the meeting. Rabin's schedule Golda Meir -Speeches -Honorary degree -Lyndon B. Johnson Henry A. Kissinger entered at 11:40 a.m. Ambassadors Middle East -Meir -Anwar Sadat Rabin -Knowledge of US -Knowledge of Israel -Knowledge of world -Experience in US The President's election victory in 1972 US foreign policy -Vietnam settlement -World War II Johnson -7- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. Feb-09) Conversation No. 842-8 (cont’d) Martin Luther King, Jr.'s assassination US aid to Israel Israel's history -United Soviet Socialist Republic (USSR) -US actions -Jordan Middle East options for future -Egypt -USSR -Change from war to peace -USSR -Israeli strength -Cease-fire -Negotiations -Strategy and goals -French-Germans -Germans-Poles -Poles-Russians Foreign policy makers -Attitudes -Winston S. Churchill -Austrian diplomat during World War I -Major world power -British -French -Germans -Italians Middle East -Balance of power -Negotiations -Golan Heights -Syrians Rabin's trip home -8- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. Feb-09) Conversation No. 842-8 (cont’d) Rabin left at 12:06 pm. Vietnam settlement -Press relations -Washington Post -American diplomacy -Edward R. G. Heath -Georges J. R. Pompidou -Australians -Negotiations -Location -Spiro T. Agnew -Schedule -Kissinger's schedule -Trip to Hanoi -Cabinet meeting -Press relations -Future -The President’s advice An unknown person entered at an unknown time after 12:00 pm. Refreshment The unknown person left at an unknown time before 12:43 pm. Agnew -Trip to South Vietnam -Kissinger -People's Republic of China [PRC] -Hanoi -Nguyen Van Thieu -President's schedule -Domestic speech -John Negroponte -Col. Richard T. Kennedy -Schedule -Press relations -Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia -9- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. Feb-09) Conversation No. 842-8 (cont’d) -Australia -Pierre E. Trudeau Australia and New Zealand Pompidou -Charles A. J. M. deGaulle Italy France Vietnam settlement -Kissinger's briefings of Congress -Location -Content -Press relations -Mary McGrory -The President’s critics -Kissinger's remarks -Bombing -Kissinger's conversation with Col. Richard T. Kennedy -Central Intelligence Agency [CIA] -Press relations -Washington Star -Negotiations -North Vietnam -Joseph W. Alsop -Richard (“Dick”) Wilson -Ronald L. Ziegler -Alsop, William S. White, Dick Wilson, Robert Allen -McGrory, Peter Lisagor, James B. ("Scotty") Reston, Thomas G. (“Tom”) Wicker -Washington Post, Washington Star -The President's judgement -Howard K. Smith -Barry M. Goldwater -John G. Tower -PRC, USSR -Johnson -10- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. Feb-09) Conversation No. 842-8 (cont’d) -Lisagor The President's meeting with Rabin -Johnson -Martin Luther King, Jr. assassination -US Civil unrest -King -Robert F. Kennedy assassination -Washington, DC -Detroit -Watts The President's foreign policy -PRC -USSR -Vietnam -John F. Kennedy -Cuban Missile Crisis -Henry Fairlie's book British press -Opinion of the President -Compared to John F. Kennedy -Characterized Manolo Sanchez entered at an unknown time after 12:06 pm. Book on Benjamin Disraeli -Kissinger Sanchez left at an unknown time before 12:43 pm. British ambassadors -John Freeman -R. Anthony Eden Anatoliy F. Dobrynin Freeman -11- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. Feb-09) Conversation No. 842-8 (cont’d) The President read from a book on Disraeli. -William E. Gladstone -Charles Darwin Daniel P. (“Pat”) Moynihan Harvard -Kissinger's daughter President's Vietnam policy -Prisoners of War [POWs] -Opponents of policy -POW wives -Timing of settlement -Cambodia -Laos -Bombing -Goldwater -Press relations -Bernard Gwirtzman -Charles H. Percy -Charles McC. Mathias, Jr. -Charles E. Goodell -Goldwater -William B. Saxbe -Bombing -Le Duc Tho -North Vietnam -PRC -Congressional leaders -Hugh Scott -John C. Stennis -J. William Fulbright Johnson -Dean Rusk's eulogy -The President’s remarks -Vietnam -Ngo Dinh Diem -12- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. Feb-09) Conversation No. 842-8 (cont’d) -Application of power John F. Kennedy -Health -Max Jacobson ***************************************************************** [Begin segment reviewed under deed of gift.] The President’s schedule -Ehrlichman -Kissinger -Sleep [End segment reviewed under deed of gift.] ***************************************************************** H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman -Domestic concerns Vietnam settlement -The President's role -Chairmen of Joint Chiefs of Staff [JCS] -William P. Rogers -Melvin R. Laird Kissinger left at 12:43 pm.