Conversation: 892-011
Prev:  892-010 Next: 892-012Start Date: 10-Apr-1973 12:19 PM
End Date: 10-Apr-1973 12:44 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.; Kissinger, Henry A.; Recording Device: Oval Office
NARA Description:
On April 10, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon, Stephen B. Bull, and Henry A. Kissinger met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:19 pm and 12:44 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 892-011 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 892-11 Date: April 10, 1973 Time: Unknown between 12:19 pm and 12:44 pm Location: Oval Office The President met with Stephen B. Bull. President’s schedule -Henry A. Kissinger -Meeting with Carl B. Albert -Remarks for possible visit -National Conference for Building and Construction Trades Department -Camp David -Barry M. Goldwater -Trip to California -Paris air show -Alcoholics Anonymous publication -One millionth copy -Caspar W. (“Cap”) Weinberger -Roy D. Hickman -Rotary International president -Support for President -Kiwanis International -William G. Bray Henry A. Kissinger entered at 12:24 pm. President’s schedule -Lt. Col. John A. Dramesi -Prisoner of War [POW] -Flag presentation -Political advantage -Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon’s schedule -1973 Teacher of the Year -John A. Ensworth -Ladies Home Journal -33- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. September-2012) Conversation No. 892-11 (cont’d) -Miltary bases -Kissinger Bull left at 12:26 pm. Lee Kuan Yew -Previous meeting with President -Leadership assessed -Ethnicity -Previous meeting with Henry A. Kissinger -1976 election -Historical perspective -Comparison with U.S. Leaders President’s policies -Judgement of history -Abraham Lincoln’s administration -Vietnam -Administration staff -Supporters -Hardhats -US House Of Representatives -Goldwater -Cabinet -Spiro T. Agnew -Meeting with Nguyen Van Thieu -Cabinet -Compared to Leonid I. Brezhnev -Peter J. Brennan -Congressional leaders -Goldwater -Strom Thurmond -Military personnel -First Daughters -Pham Van Dong -Le Duc Tho -Patriotism -34- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. September-2012) Conversation No. 892-11 (cont’d) Kissinger’s meeting with Anatoliy F. Dobrynin -Proposed Treaty on the Prevention of Nuclear War -Soviet Union expectations -Reaction -North Atlantic Treaty Organization [NATO] -People’s Republic of China [PRC] -Justification -Nuclear weapons -Use of force -Soviet interests -Justification -Europe -Reassurances -PRC -Attacks by foreign nations -Great Britain -Role in NATO Entry in common market -US role -Gen. Charles A. J. M. de Gaulle -Jewish emigration issue -Leonid I. Brezhnev’s exchange with President -Congressional leaders -Jewish community -President’s address -Yitzak Rabin -Bipartisan Congressional leadership -Agnew -Henry M. (“Scoop”) Jackson, Abraham A. Ribicoff, Jacob K. Javits -Jewish leaders -William E. Timmons -Wilbur D. Mills, Herman T. Schneebeli, Russell B. Long, Wallace F. Bennett -Ways and Means Committee, Finance Committee -President’s previous meeting with leaders -35- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. September-2012) Conversation No. 892-11 (cont’d) -Public relations -US negotiations with Soviet Union -Kissinger’s forthcoming meeting with Robert C. Hill -Assistant Secretary of Defense, International Security Affairs [ISA] -Elliot L. Richardson -Dealings with White House staff -H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman -Access in White House Ambassadors -William R. Kinter -Support for President -Possible ambassadorship -Pakistan -Cambodia -Confirmation process -Leonard Unger, Thailand -Henry A. Byroade -William P. Rogers Soviet summit -Dobrynin -Leadership -Brezhnev -US negotiating stance on Vietnam -Treaty -Middle East -Negotiations -Kissinger’s assessment of President’s character -Trade Bill -Vietnam -Domestic issues -Political shift -Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe [CSCE] -Brezhnev -Health -36- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. September-2012) Conversation No. 892-11 (cont’d) -Treaty -Soviet Union concerns -Timing of announcement -Most favored nation [MFN] status -Forthcoming CSCE conference -Future visit by President -Possible trip to PRC -Peking Kintner -Ambassadorship -Relationship to President Gen. Richard G. Stilwell -Ambassadorship -Pakistan -Retirement from military -Cambodia -Perception of Kintner’s military service -Army rank Soviet Union -Treaty -Kissinger’s conversation with Dobrynin on April 10, 1973 -Jewish emigration -Treaty -Vietnam -Provisional Revolutionary Government [PRG] -Saigon Vietnam -North Vietnam interests -Dobrynin’s analysis -Cambodia -Violence -Limited conflicts -Economic aid -37- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. September-2012) Conversation No. 892-11 (cont’d) -Treaty -Removal of troops from Cambodia and Laos Kissinger’s schedule -Farewell lunch -Lakshmi Kant Jha Kissinger left at 12:44 pm.