Conversation: 880-009
Prev:  880-008 Next: 880-010Start Date: 15-Mar-1973 12:35 PM
End Date: 15-Mar-1973 1:02 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.; Kissinger, Henry A.; Recording Device: Oval Office
NARA Description:
On March 15, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon, Stephen B. Bull, and Henry A. Kissinger met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:35 pm to 1:02 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 880-009 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 880-9 Date: March 15, 1973 Time: 12:35 pm-1:02 pm Location: Oval Office The President met with Stephen B. Bull. President’s schedule -Donald E. Young -Telephone call -Alaska -Meeting with President -Max M. Fisher -President's meeting with Lucy M. Ferguson -Arrangements Alexander P. Butterfield -Confirmation -Federal Aviation Administration [FAA] -Photograph with President -Swearing-in President's schedule -Meeting with Arlene Dahl -H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman -Actress -Photograph session -Meeting with Theodore H. (‘Teddy”) White -Book -Ronald L. Ziegler, Haldeman -Length -Herman Kahn -Visit to dentist -Ambassador William Warnock of Ireland -Meeting -Shamrock presentation -Length -Visit to dentist -Openings -Shamrock presentation 12- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. June-10) Conversation No. 880-9 (cont’d) -Next week -Openings -Meeting with White -Labor Management Advisory Committee -Cost of Living Council -George P. Shultz -Herbert G. Stein and John T. Dunlop -Shultz's presence -Postponement -John D. Ehrlichman's opinion -Organization of American States [OAS] reception -President's presence -White House reception -Latin America -Ambassadors -William P. Rogers's dinner -Date -State Department -Ambassadors -OAS reception -President's speech -Preparation -Photograph sessions with President -Oliver F. (“Ollie”) Atkins -Nixon Library, National Archives -Thomas hart -President at work -Cabinet meeting -Congressional leaders meeting -Labor Management Advisory Committee -Shultz's attendance -Congressional leaders meeting -Cabinet meeting -Shultz Walter H. Annenberg -Gift in the Executive Office Building [EOB] office -Replica President's schedule -Haldeman 13- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. June-10) Conversation No. 880-9 (cont’d) -Congressional leaders meeting -Shultz -Size of meeting -President's trip to California -Cabinet meeting -Congressional leaders meeting -Maurice H. Stans -Fisher -Daily meetings -Ehrlichman -Photograph sessions -Congress -Congressional leaders meeting -Cabinet meeting -Rest of month -Open days Henry A. Kissinger entered at 12:51 pm. Bull left at 12:52 pm. Mutual and Balanced Force Reduction [MBFR] -Annual report -Meeting People's Republic of China [PRC] -Ambassador to France -Seniority -Diplomatic service -Central committee -Intelligence -Visit to US Washington press corps -Questions on US-PRC relations -Lack of interest -US-PRC relations -Dr. David K. E. Bruce -Historical significance US-PRC relations 14- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. June-10) Conversation No. 880-9 (cont’d) -President’s trip to PRC -Importance -Bruce -Alfred L. Jenkins -John H. Holdridge -Ambassador to France [Huang Zhen] -Chief of Protocol Department -Rank -English language -Announcement of appointment -Ronald L. Ziegler -News stories -Kissinger’s trip to PRC -Handling by press corps Press corps -Bias -Executive privilege -Questions -Staff testimony to Congress -Walter W. Rostow -Ehrlichman -PRC story -Historical significance -Patriotism -Bruce -Watergate US-PRC relations -Importance -President's letter to Mao Tse-Tung and Chou En-lai -Composition -Treaty -Common dangers -Transcript Union of Soviet Socialist Republics [USSR] Nuclear treaty -Announcement of policy objectives -Agreement on principle -Renouncing nuclear weapons 15- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. June-10) Conversation No. 880-9 (cont’d) -Removing danger of nuclear war -Reactions from PRC and Europe -Bargaining -Draft treaty from USSR -USSR -US responses to attacks -Hypothetical situations -Allies -Neutral -India -PRC -Reaction from PRC and Europe -Leonid I. Brezhnev USSR -Emigration of Soviet Jews -Question from press -President's response -Need for stable US-USSR relations -Rate -Reaction -Public exposure of question -Edward M. (“Teddy”) Kennedy -John T. Downey release -Chou -PRC -US-USSR relations -Private message -Republicans -Peace Corps PRC -Message -Kissinger's meeting with President -Scheduling US-Pakistan relations -Commitments -Arms sales -Lyndon B. Johnson 16- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. June-10) Conversation No. 880-9 (cont’d) Kissinger left at 1:02 pm.