Conversation: 866-016
Prev:  866-015 Next: 866-017Start Date: 1-Mar-1973 12:41 PM
End Date: 1-Mar-1973 1:06 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Ziegler, Ronald L.; Kissinger, Henry A.; Recording Device: Oval Office
NARA Description:
On March 1, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon, Ronald L. Ziegler, and Henry A. Kissinger met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:41 pm to 1:06 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 866-016 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 866-16 Date: March 1, 1973 Time: 12:41 pm – 1:06 pm Location: Oval Office The President met with Ronald L. Ziegler. Press briefing -33- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. May-2010) Conversation No. 866-16 (cont’d) -Subjects of discussion from meeting with Golda Meir -US aid -Security -Negotiations -President's meetings with Hussein Ibn Talal [King of Jordan], Hafez Ismail -Nature of talks -Future negotiations Middle East negotiations -Settlement prospects -Israel’s negotiating style -Egypt President's press conference -Scheduling Henry A. Kissinger entered at 12:44 pm. Press briefing -Questions on president's meetings with Ismail and Meir -Frankness -US policy -Talks with various parties -Nature of settlement -US talks with parties -Egypt -Public channel -Direct talks -Timing -Reporters from Israel Ziegler left at 12:49 pm. Meeting with Meir -Difficulty -William P. Rogers meeting with Egyptians -Israel’s knowledge Egypt -34- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. May-2010) Conversation No. 866-16 (cont’d) -Acceptance of Meir’s proposal Israel’s withdrawal -Joseph J. Sisco -Suez Canal -Egyptian police, military -Interim agreement -Fuzzy language -General principles -Sisco proposals -Procedures for talks -Conversations with Kissinger -General principles -Private channel -Desire for US involvement -Ismail -Egypt’s position -Pressure on Israel Meeting with Meir -President’s negotiating style -Compared with John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson -Airplanes -Linkage -Meir’s negotiating -Kennedy’s foreign policy knowledge -Johnson’s interest in foreign policy -Johnson’s crudeness Emigration of Soviet Jews -Kissinger talks with Jacob K. Javits and Jackson -American Jewish community -Exit permits -Soviet treatment of Jews -US foreign policy interest -Gas chambers -Humanitarian concern -War -Right of emigration -Indians -Parsis -35- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. May-2010) Conversation No. 866-16 (cont’d) -Jackson -Contributions -Jews -1976 campaign -Javits -Congress -Anti-Semitism -Anti-Communists -Union of Soviet Socialist Republics [USSR] US-USSR relations -Most Favored Nation [MFN] status for USSR -Brezhnev -Dealings with President -US advantage -Vietnam settlement -Middle East -Europe -Berlin settlement -Soviet gains -MFN -Gas deal -Nuclear treaty USSR weapons build-up -Intelligence -Richardson -Strategic arms balance -SALT -President’s role -US strategic programs -Clements, Adm. Thomas H. Moorer, -Richardson -SALT -Negotiations -Gerald C. Smith -U. Alexis Johnson -Military proposals -Expense -SS-9, SS-11 missiles -36- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. May-2010) Conversation No. 866-16 (cont’d) ****************************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 [NATIONAL SECURITY] [DURATION: 1M 14S] MISSILES END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 ****************************************************************************** US-USSR relations -National Security Council [NSC] -Scholars -Foreign policy expertise -SALT -1972 agreement -Future agreements -Necessity -Compared with John F. Kennedy [?], Lyndon B. Johnson, Robert S. McNamara -Meetings with scholars -Support for SALT -Camp David -Scientists -Zbigiew Brzezinski -Marshall Shulman -NSC group Prisoners of War [POWs] issue -Press -President's policy -Firmness -International Conference on Vietnam -Mines -Private talks -Compared to John F. Kennedy -Public impact of return from Vietnam -Support for President -Press reports -37- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. May-2010) Conversation No. 866-16 (cont’d) Arab-Israeli negotiations -State Department’s role -Sisco -Talk with Kissinger and President -Timing -Kissinger -Verification meeting -US policy -New approach Kissinger left at 1:06 pm.