Conversation: 911-001
Prev:  910-005 Next: 911-002Start Date: 3-May-1973 8:27 AM
End Date: 3-May-1973 8:50 AM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Kissinger, Henry A.; [Unknown person(s)]; Recording Device: Oval Office
NARA Description:
On May 3, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House from 8:27 am to 8:50 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 911-001 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 911-1 Date: May 3, 1973 Time: 8:27 am - 8:50 am Location: Oval Office The President met with Henry A. Kissinger. The recording began at an unknown time while the conversation was in progress. Watergate -John D. Ehrlichman’s investigation of leaks -Kissinger’s knowledge -[First name unknown] Bennett, Jack N. Anderson -Egil (“Bud”) Krogh and David R. Young -Interrogation of Adm. Robert O. Werlander -India and Pakistan -Young -Roles on White House staff -Kissinger’s knowledge -1969 wiretaps -J. Edgar Hoover -Joseph Kraft -Henry Brandon -Hoover -Kraft -Hoover -National security -Daniel Ellsberg break-in -Young -Navy yeoman [Charles E. Radford], admiral [Welander] -Interrogation -Kissinger’s possible statement -Ehrlichman’s statement -National Security Council [NSC] -Kissinger’s possible statement -Young’s position on White House staff -2- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. September-2012) Conversation No. 911-1 (cont’d) Alexander M. Haig, Jr. -Role on White House staff -William P. Rogers -Duration of assignment -Support for Kissinger -George P. Shultz and Arthur F. Burns -H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman’s view -Haig’s utility for domestic issues -Role on staff -President’s role -Loyalty to Kissinger -News stories -Vietnam negotiations Rogers -Timing of departure US-Union of Soviet Socialist Republics [USSR] relations -Treaty on the Prevention of Nuclear War [Nuclear Treaty] -People’s Republic of China [PRC], France reaction -Great Britain, West Germany support -Effect on Strategic Arms Limitation Talks [SALT] -PRC -US support -USSR -US hegemony White House Chief of Staff -Haig -Gen. Brent G. Scowcroft -Management of Burns and Peter J. Brennan -George H. W. Bush and John B. Connally -Duration of appointment Foreign policy -President and Kissinger -3- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. September-2012) Conversation No. 911-1 (cont’d) -Rogers -David Packard -Kissinger’s treaty negotiations -State Department knowledge -Criticism of Administration -State Department involvement -Combative attitude -Nuclear Treaty -Controversy -Negotiations -Timing -Watergate -US-Soviet summit -SALT, Nuclear Treaty -Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe [CSCE] -State Department -Leaks -Bureaucratic discipline -Packard -President’s and Kissinger’s methods -Regular procedures -Haig -Joseph J. Sisco and Walter J. Stoessel, Jr. [?] -State Department involvement -Secretary of State -Rogers -Timing of departure Watergate -Young -Role on White House staff -Ehrlichman -National security -Kissinger’s statement -Leaks -William H. Beecher -1969 wiretaps -4- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. September-2012) Conversation No. 911-1 (cont’d) -Pentagon Papers -Dwight D. Eisenhower -Reaction to publishing of NSC directive -Hoover -William A. K. (“Tony”) Lake and Morton H. Halperin -Lake -George S. McGovern and Edmund S. Muskie -Federal Bureau of Investigation [FBI] reports -Hoover -Kissinger -Haldeman -President’s knowledge -Lake and Halperin -Leaks -Loyalty Haig -Role on White House staff -National security -Scowcroft -Knowledge -Ability to handle domestic affairs President’s schedule -Packard -Kissinger -Dr. David K. E. Bruce -Radio speech -Foreign policy report -Statement -Kissinger’s briefing Watergate -Kissinger’s forthcoming press briefing -Wiretaps -Young -Ehrlichman -5- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. September-2012) Conversation No. 911-1 (cont’d) An unknown man entered at an unknown time after 8:27 am. President’s schedule -Meeting with unknown men -Stephen B. Bull’s office [?] The unknown man left at an unknown time before 8:50 am. Haig -Scowcroft Kissinger left at 8:50 am.