Conversation: 900-013
Prev: 900-012 Next: 900-014Start Date: Wednesday, April 18, 1973 5:33 PM
End Date: Wednesday, April 18, 1973 5:48 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Kissinger, Henry A.; Barzel, Rainer; Feldweg, Erich; White House photographer; Members of the pressRecording Device: Oval Office
NARA Description:
On April 18, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, Rainer Barzel, Erich Feldweg, White House photographer, and members of the press met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:33 pm and 12:48 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 900-013 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 900-13
Date: April 18, 1973
Time: Unknown between 12:33 pm and 12:48 pm
Location: Oval Office
The President met with Henry A. Kissinger.
President’s schedule
-Meeting with Rainer Barzel
-Press photograph
-Duration
Barzel and Erich Feldweg entered at 12:33 pm. The White House photographer and members
of the press were present at the beginning of the meeting. Portions of this conversation are in
German.
Arrangements for photograph
-White House photographer
-Brother
-Meeting with President
Barzel’s political stance
-North Atlantic Treaty Organization [NATO] support
-Support for US
-Previous German leadership
-Support from President
-NATO
-Western Europe, Germany
-Unilateral disarmament
[German language spoken]
President’s schedule
-Welcoming of Barzel
-Kissinger
-Trip to Europe
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Tape Subject Log
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Conversation No. 900-13 (cont'd)
German concerns
-Youth
-Germany
-Italy
-France
-US
-Leader class
-Television [TV]
-Newspapers
-Professors
-Weakness to enemy
-New alliance
President’s schedule
-Trip to Europe
Kissinger
-Substitute for President
Kissinger, Barzel, and Felding left at an unknown time before 12:48 pm.