Conversation: 900-008
Prev: 900-007 Next: 900-009Start Date: 18-Apr-1973 11:22 AM
End Date: 18-Apr-1973 12:11 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Andreotti, Giulio; Cagiatti, Andrea; Seidenman, Neil A.; Kissinger, Henry A.;Recording Device: Oval Office
NARA Description:
On April 18, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon, Giulio Andreotti, Andrea Cagiatti, Neil A. Seidenman, and Henry A. Kissinger met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:22 am to 12:11 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 900-008 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 900-8
Date: April 18, 1973
Time: 11:22 am - 12:11 pm
Location: Oval Office
The President met with Giulio Andreotti, Andrea Cagiatti, and Neil A. Seidenman. Portions of
this conversation are in Italian.
Greetings
[Italian language spoken]
International trade
-Meeting
[Italian language spoken]
Henry A. Kissinger entered at 11:24 am.
Congressional relations
-Senate
International trade
-Bilateral trade
-Technical and diplomatic exchanges
-Tariffs and customs duties
-Preparatory work
-Reductions
-[General Agreement on Trade and Tariffs] Kennedy round
-Problems
-Japan
[Italian language spoken]
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Communist propaganda
-Europe
-Multinational capitalism
-Public relations [PR]
-Coordination
-North Atlantic Treaty Organization [NATO]
[Italian language spoken]
International trade
-Japan
-Andreotti’s visit
-US viewpoint
-Marketing
-US, Europe, and People’s Republic of China [PRC]
-Andreotti’s visit
-Meeting with Kakuei Tanaka
-Trade with PRC
[Italian language spoken]
International trade
-Japanese trade with PRC
-PRC exports
[Italian language spoken]
International trade
-Japan
-Balance of trade
-Amount
[Italian language spoken]
International trade
-Japan’s US export market
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[Italian language spoken]
International trade
-Japan-US trade balance
-US measures
-Equity
[Italian language spoken]
International trade
-Japan-US markets
-Access
[Italian language spoken]
International trade
-European Economic Community [EEC]
-Trade policies
-Anti-dumping
-Domestic industries
[Italian language spoken]
International trade
-Japan’s Europe export market
[Italian language spoken]
International trade
-Japan-Europe trade business
-Capitol and trade markets
[Italian language spoken]
International trade
-Japan
-Bargaining
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[Italian language spoken]
International trade
-Japan
-Diplomacy
-Orientation
[Italian language spoken]
Japan
-Tanaka
-Tenure
[Italian language spoken]
Japan
-Tanaka
-Nationalism
-Yoshido, Ikada, Nobusuke Kishi, Eisaku Sato
[Italian language spoken]
Japan
-Youth
-Nationalism
[Italian language spoken]
Japan
-Relationship with PRC
-Relations with industrial nations
[Italian language spoken]
Japan-Italy relations
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
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Conversation No. 900-8 (cont’d)
-Andreotti’s visit to Japan
-Conciliation, realism
-Japan’s trade balance
[Italian language spoken]
International trade
-Japan’s PRC exports
-Andreotti’s conversation with Japanese industrialists
-Tokyo Olympic Games [1964]
-Trade balance
-Clandestine transactions
-Hong Kong
-Japan-Soviet Union relations
-Concessions
-Italy-Japan relations
-Japan’s advantage
-Shipbuilding
-Market share
-Prices
-Bilateral agreements
[Italian language spoken]
Italy-Soviet Union relations
-Andreotti’s visit, October 1972
-Soviet Union ambassador
-Rome statement
-Timing
-Soviet Union-Japan trade relations
-Effect on Italy
[Italian language spoken]
Japan
-Trade unions
-Wage, price increases
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-Competitive advantage
[Italian language spoken]
Argentina
-Andreotti’s talks with Juan Peron and H. J. Campora
-Relations with US and Italy
[Italian language spoken]
Argentina
-Relations with US
-War in 1943
-Peron
-Relations with Italy
-Cultural ties
-Support for US
-Latin America
-Peace
[Italian language spoken]
Argentina-US relations
-Trade union contracts
[Italian language spoken]
US-Latin America relations
-Nelson A. Rockefeller’s visit to Argentina
-Prime Minister’s remarks
-US trade union interest [George Meany]
-Kissinger
-Argentina
-Peronista outlook
[Italian language spoken]
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Conversation No. 900-8 (cont’d)
US-Latin America relations
-Trade unions
[Italian language spoken]
US-Europe relations
-Mutual and Balanced Force Reductions [MBFR]
-Andreotti’s views
-US Congress
-Senate Foreign Relations Committee
-President’s appreciation
[Italian language spoken]
US-Europe relations
-MBFR
-Soviet Union agreement
-Soviet Union military
-Concessions
-Dangers
-Soviet Union actions
-Symbolism
-Europe’s defense burden
-US involvement
-MBFR, CSCE linkage
-US defense commitments
[Italian language spoken]
US-Europe relations
-Shared defense burden
-US Congress
[Italian language spoken]
US-Europe relations
-Defense spending
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-Problem
[Italian language spoken]
US-Europe relations
-Defense spending
-US Congress
-Soviet Union
-Disarmament
[Italian language spoken]
US-Europe relations
-Defense
-Rome example
-Frontiers
[Italian language spoken]
US-Europe relations
-Domestic policies
-Radicals
-Surrender
-Cowardice
-Enemies
-Strength of US, NATO
-President’s negotiations with Soviet Union, PRC
-Commitment
[Italian language spoken]
US-Europe relations
-President’s talks with Aleksi N. Kosygin
-Domestic politics
-Public opinion
[Italian language spoken]
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
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Andreotti’s schedule
-US Congress luncheon
[Italian language spoken]
Andreotti’s schedule
-US Congress
-Significance
[Italian language spoken]
Andreotti’s schedule
-US Congress
-State diner
[Italian language spoken]
President’s talks with Andreotti
-Reassurance
[Italian language spoken]
Andreotti
-Realism
-Risk
[Italian language spoken]
Andreotti
-Compared to Alcide De Gasperi
-Kissinger
[Italian language spoken]
Andreotti
-De Gasperi
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
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Conversation No. 900-8 (cont’d)
[Italian language spoken]
US-Europe relations
-Defense
-Andreotti’s experience
-Talks with Kosygin
-NATO planning
-Future role
The President et al. left at 12:11 pm.