Conversation: 859-019
Prev:  859-018 Next: 859-020Start Date: 21-Feb-1973 10:19 AM
End Date: 21-Feb-1973 10:46 AM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Ziegler, Ronald L.; Kissinger, Henry A.; [Unknown person(s)]; Bull, Stephen B.; Recording Device: Oval Office
NARA Description:
On February 21, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon, Ronald L. Ziegler, Henry A. Kissinger, unknown person(s), and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 10:19 am to 10:46 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 859-019 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 859-19 Date: February 21, 1973 Time: 10:19 am - 10:46 am Location: Oval Office The President met with Ronald L. Ziegler. Entertainment at Gridiron [?] -Singers -Dancers -17- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. Nov.-09) Conversation No. 859-19 (cont’d) -Comics -President’s preferences -Press relations Dinners -Entertainment -President's appearances Bob Clark -Radio and Television Correspondents dinner -Date -Problems in arranging -Herbert G. Klein -President’s attendance White House Correspondents Association -Lodging -Date of dinner Nguyen Van Thieu -Date -Choices The President talked with Henry A. Kissinger at an unknown time between 10:19 am and 10:26 am. [Conversation No. 859-19A] Date of Thieu meeting -Correspondents dinner -Timing -Meeting with the President and Ziegler [End of telephone conversation] H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman -18- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. Nov.-09) Conversation No. 859-19 (cont’d) -Schedule items The President talked with an unknown person after 10:19 am. [Conversation No. 859-19B] William F. (“Billy”) Graham -Return call -President's return call [End of telephone conversation] Clark -Date of White House Correspondents Association dinner -President's acceptance -Other dates -Problems in arranging accommodations -Optional date -Congress in recess -Affiliate meetings -Letter to Ziegler -Scheduling conflicts -Foreign travel Kissinger entered at 10:26 am. Thieu visit -Date -Troop withdrawals -Troop withdrawals -Thieu's preference on date -Date -Options -Delays -President’s press conference -Troops -19- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. Nov.-09) Conversation No. 859-19 (cont’d) -Meeting in California -Press conference in California -President's press conference -Location -Washington -California -Timing with Thieu visit -Date -Troop withdrawals President’s schedule -White House Correspondents Associations dinner -Thieu visit -California -Options Thieu visit -Meeting in San Clemente -Thieu’s itinerary -Visit to Washington, DC -Meeting with President, Vice President -President’s stay in San Clemente -Head of State dinner -Size -Location -San Clemente -Washington, DC -Talks with President -Working dinner -Vice President's dinner -Blair House -Anderson House -San Clemente visit -Optimistic dates Ziegler left at 10:34 am. -20- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. Nov.-09) Conversation No. 859-19 (cont’d) Vietnam -Thieu -US support -Demonstrations -Control of visit -White House dinner -Spiro T. Agnew -Host -State dinner Annual report -Kissinger’s role President’s press conference -Date -Completion of troop withdrawals -Television [TV] coverage -Trip to California -Return to Washington -White House Correspondents Association dinner -Timing William P. Rogers -President’s telephone call -Multilateral agreement -People’s Republic of China [PRC] -Progress in talks -Office -Title -Kissinger’s talk with Rogers -Rogers’s reaction -President’s call -News summary -Multilateral agreements -News summary -Questions -21- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. Nov.-09) Conversation No. 859-19 (cont’d) -Rogers’s statements -Kissinger’s talk with Rogers -PRC -Rogers’s reaction -Rogers’s knowledge -US talks with PRC Stephen B. Bull entered at an unknown time after 10:34 am. Harry S. Dent’s arrival Bull left at an unknown time before 10:46 am. Union of Soviet Socialist Republics [USSR] -Economic Commission -Deal -Kissinger’s talks with Anatoliy F. Dobrynin -Trade agreement [?] -George P. Shultz’s role -Frederick B. Dent -Commerce Department -Peter G. Peterson -Shultz -Dent -Compared with Shultz Kissinger’s forthcoming meeting with the President Report on Mao Tse-Tung -Secretary -Trustworthiness -Memoirs, biography Confidentiality -Gen. Alexander M. Haig, Jr. -Shultz -22- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. Nov.-09) Conversation No. 859-19 (cont’d) -Haldeman -John D. Ehrlichman -Hugh Scott -PRC -Strengths -US relations with Japan -President’s public statements -John E. Moss [?] -Statements -President’s briefing to Congress -Effects on talks with North, South Vietnam -Division of labor Gridiron dinner -Kissinger -Invitation -George S. McGovern -Democratic speaker -President's attendance -Press relations -McGovern -Comparisons with the President -Applause -Jokes -Press reports -White House Correspondents Associations dinner -President's attendance -Hubert H. Humphrey -Edmund S. Muskie -1972 election -McGovern -President's Inauguration -Refusal to attend -President's attendance at John F. Kennedy's Inauguration -Statements on Vietnam -Kissinger's attendance -23- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. Nov.-09) Conversation No. 859-19 (cont’d) -Kissinger’s view on President’s attendance Dent Gridiron dinner -McGovern’s attendance -Advantages -President’s attendance -Disadvantages -Rogers -Attendance -President's non-attendance -McGovern Kissinger left at 10:46 am.