Conversation: 871-005
Prev:  871-004 Next: 871-006Start Date: 7-Mar-1973 10:54 PM
End Date: 7-Mar-1973 11:41 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Pappas, Thomas A.; [Unknown person(s)]; Shultz, George P.; Kissinger, Henry A.; Recording Device: Oval Office
NARA Description:
On March 7, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon, Thomas A. Pappas, unknown person(s), George P. Shultz, and Henry A. Kissinger met in the Oval Office of the White House from 10:54 pm to 11:41 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 871-005 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 871-5 Date: March 7, 1973 Time: 10:54 am - 11:41 am Location: Oval Office The President met with Thomas C. Pappas; the White House photographer was present at the beginning of the meeting. Photographs -Trustworthiness Henry J. Tasca -Assignment -New position -Assistant secretary -Economic area -Ambassador to Greece -Retention -Retention in Greece -George P. Shultz's conversation with Tasca -Talk with Pappas -Experience in Korea -Tasca's wishes on assignment -Greece -Italy -28- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. May-2010) -John A. Volpe -State Department -Middle East desk Greek prime minister [George Papadopoulos -State visit -Anti-communist -Problems -State Department -President’s support -Compared with Norway, Denmark -Timing of state visit -Greece’s independence -Pappas’s conversation -Pappas's visit to Washington, DC -Support for president -Respect, administration -Other countries -Italy, France, Balkans -Prisoners of war [POWs] return -Col. Robinson Risner [?] -Visit to us -Talk with President -Problems Frank Birch [?] -Friend of Nixon family -Acquaintance with President -Gas distributor -Whittier -Conflict with oil companies -Pappas’s financial assistance -Partnership with Standard Oil Watergate -Pappas' activities -President's knowledge -Maurice H. Stans -Gratitude -Stans -29- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. May-2010) Conversation No. 871-5 (cont’d) -Innocence -John N. Mitchell -Innocence -Committee to Re-elect the President [CRP] -Involvement -Guilt -Low level staff -Break-in -White House involvement -Pappas's support -Break-in -Democratic National Committee [DNC] -Value Paper for President -Copy for Shultz Meeting with Shultz -Arrival -Trip to Europe An unknown person entered at an unknown time after 10:54 am. Copies of a paper The unknown person left at an unknown time before 11:01 am. Dinner for the President's supporters in the business community -Attendees -Army Chorus -“Stout-Hearted Man” -Tricia Nixon Cox, Julie Nixon Eisenhower and Thelma C. (“Pat”) Shultz -Pappas’s greeting 1960 election -Pappas, Leonard Garment -30- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. May-2010) Conversation No. 871-5 (cont’d) Shultz entered at 11:01 am. Pappas's memo on international monetary situation Pappas left at 11:02 am. Shultz's trip to Europe -Length of time -Union of Soviet Socialist Republics [USSR] -Itinerary -Paris -Bonn -Moscow -Bonn -London -Brussels An unknown man entered at an unknown time after 11:02 am. Schedule -Henry A. Kissinger's attendance at meeting The unknown man left at an unknown time before 11:10 am. Shultz's trip -Original schedule -Rome, Moscow -Paris meeting -Meeting with Italians -USSR -Shultz's talk with Kissinger -Political considerations -Aleksei N. Kosygin -Leonid I. Brezhnev US-USSR trade -Agreement [?] -Guidance [?] -Gas -31- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. May-2010) Conversation No. 871-5 (cont’d) -Most Favored Nation [MFN] status -President’s position -Support -Soviet Jewry -Golda Meir Kissinger entered at 11:10 am. US-USSR trade -MFN status -President’s commitment -US position on internal affairs in USSR -Soviet Jewry -Kissinger's talk with Dobrynin -Brezhnev -Shultz’s talks with USSR -Avoidance of topic of Soviet Jewry -Congress -Jackson Amendment An unknown man entered at an unknown time after 11:10 am. Refreshment The unknown man left at an unknown time before 11:39 am. US-USSR trade -MFN status -Shultz’s talks with USSR -Jackson Amendment -USSR domestic issue -Avoidance of topic of Soviet Jewry -Rearrangement of procedure -President’s commitment -Brezhnev -Re-approachment -Kissinger’s conversation with Dobrynin -Natural gas -Shultz's handling -32- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. May-2010) Conversation No. 871-5 (cont’d) -Brezhnev’s visit to US -Shultz’s analysis -Price increases in US -Speculation -Supplies -Impact on USSR prices -Protocol -Brezhnev’s visit to US -Concessions -Gas companies -John B. Connally -William E. Simon -Negotiating protocol -US subsidies -Role of President in negotiations -Brezhnev's relationship with President -Significance for US-USSR diplomacy -Strategic Arms Limitation Talks [SALT] -Space agreements -Environment -Middle East -Europe -Vietnam -Mining -Brezhnev's role -Visit to US -Export-Import Bank of the US [Ex-Im bank] -Credits for USSR -Kissinger’s talk with [First name unknown] Voroskov [?] -Shultz’s meeting with [First name unknown] Kemov [?] -Kemov’s meeting with [First name unknown] St. Rego [?] -Grain trade -Shultz's view -Surpluses -US farm subsidies -Problems -Impact on markets of Soviet purchases -Sales to People’s Republic of China [PRC] -33- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. May-2010) Conversation No. 871-5 (cont’d) PRC -David Packard -Meeting with President -Contract -Research and development [R & D] -Delays -Coordinating Committee on Export Controls [COCOM] [?] -Value of PRC trade -Kissinger's telephone call -COCOM [?] list -Overrule International monetary situation -US leadership -Germany -Political problem -Intervention -William H. G. Fitzgerald -Partner of Hornblower and Weeks -Conversation with Shultz -Europe -Need for US leadership -Flexible response -Europe’s reaction -German secretary -Intervention -US exchange rate adjustments -Reluctance -Political benefits -Germany and Japan -Common float -US support -Germany’s reaction -National float -Domestic political consequences -Germany -Shultz’s talk with Helmut H. W. Schmidt -Moderated common float -Germany, Benelux, Switzerland, Denmark, Scandinavia -34- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. May-2010) Conversation No. 871-5 (cont’d) -France’s absence -US cooperation -Managing currency floats -Flexible guidelines -Arthur F. Burns’s recommendation -Japan -Exchange rate adjustment -Basket exchange rate adjustment -Defense of rates -Floating currency regimes -Concerns -Defense of exchange rates -French elections -Gaullists compared with Socialist victory -Coalition with Center Party -Chile election -Press coverage -Electoral margin -Gerrymander -Impact on political like -Giscard d'Estaing -Monetary preferences -Intervention -Shultz's visit -Georges J. R. Pompidou -Statements regarding France -Monetary position -Gaulist Party -Pompidou -Kissinger's talk with French Ambassador [Jacques Kosciusko- Morizet -Shultz's statements -US leadership -Support for Pompidou -Germany -Schmidt -Call to Kissinger -Political views -Successor to Willy Brandt -35- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. May-2010) Conversation No. 871-5 (cont’d) -Domestic position -US role -Floating German Mark -US role -Germany’s resolution -Intervention -Relationship to US dollar -Removal of bans -Stabilization of Mark -Relationship to Franc -Floating Franc -Impact on farm sector -Political fallout in Germany -US cooperativeness -Massive intervention -Yen, Franc, Mark -Schmidt -Diplomatic manner -Domestic situation -National float -Call to Kissinger -US support -Flexible system -Impact on France-Germany relations President’s schedule Treasury Department -Helmut (“Hal”) Sonnenfeldt -Abilities -Work at Treasury -East-West trade, USSR trade -Kissinger's agreement with Shultz -June 1973 US-USSR summit Kissinger left at 11:39 am. Commission on Industrial Peace -Organization -36- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. May-2010) Conversation No. 871-5 (cont’d) -Management Committee -Subgroups -Transportation -Mass production -David Coe -Steel strike -Chairman -Frank E. Fitzsimmons -Meeting with John T. Dunlop -Concerns about James M. Roche -General Motors [GM], chief executive George Meany -Dunlop 5.5 per cent wage settlement -Meeting with Shultz and Dunlop -5.5 per cent wage settlement -President’s support -Press relations -President’s statement -2.5 per cent inflation rate -Meeting with Dunlop -Shultz’s return -Labor-management Advisory Committee The President and Shultz left at 11:41 am.