Conversation: 944-002
Prev: 944-001 Next: 944-003Start Date: 18-Jun-1973 3:19 PM
End Date: 18-Jun-1973 3:45 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Kissinger, Henry A.; Haig, Alexander M., Jr.; Ziegler, Ronald L.;Recording Device: Oval Office
NARA Description:
On June 18, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, Alexander M. Haig, Jr., and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the Oval Office of the White House from 3:19 pm to 3:45 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 944-002 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 944-2
Date: June 18, 1973
Time: 3:19 pm - 3:45 pm
Location: Oval Office
The President met with Henry A. Kissinger, Alexander M. Haig, Jr., and Ronald L. Ziegler.
US-Soviet Union relations
-US capabilities
-Soviet view
-Henry A. Kissinger’s comments to media
-Perception of US role
-Strength during crises
-Soviet perception of American strength
-American media
-Attacks on the President
-Television coverage of arrival ceremony
-Haig’s viewing
-Conversation with President
-Camp David
-Andrei A. Gromyko’s forthcoming meeting with William P. Rogers
-President’s previous meeting with Leonid I. Brezhnev
-Preparations for Ronald L. Ziegler’s forthcoming press briefing
-Preparations for Ziegler’s forthcoming press briefing
-Review of forthcoming agreements
-Development since the 1972 summit
-Forthcoming bilateral agreements
-Timing
-President’s previous meeting with Brezhnev
-Forthcoming agreements
-Cultural exchange
-Oceanography
-Timing
-Transportation
-Agriculture
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Tape Subject Log
(rev. August-2011)
Conversation No. 944-2 (cont’d)
-Timing of ceremony
-General review of world situation
-Southeast Asia
-Middle East
-Europe
-Coexistence
-Peaceful relations
-US-Soviet Union relations
-International peace
-June 22, 1973 agreement
-Possible foreign response
-Europe
-People’s Republic of China [PRC]
-Nuclear weapons
-US diplomacy
-Preparations for Ziegler’s forthcoming press briefing
-Forthcoming agreements
-Presidential remarks
-Gromyko, Rogers
-Forthcoming briefings
-Congress
-Departmental representatives
-Timing
-Press
-Location
-Documents signings
-Preparations for Ziegler’s forthcoming press briefing
-Plenary session, June 19, 1973
-Camp David
-Strategic Arms Limitation Talks [SALT]
-Agenda for President’s discussions with Brezhnev
-Economic matters
-SALT
-Regional discussions
-Timing
Ziegler left at 3:31 pm.
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Tape Subject Log
(rev. August-2011)
Conversation No. 944-2 (cont’d)
US-Soviet Union relations
-President’s meetings with Brezhnev
-Kissinger’s assessment of Brezhnev
-Chou En-lai
-President’s assessment of Brezhnev
-Brezhnev
-Compared to Nikita S. Khrushchev
-Krushchhev’s retirement
-Foreign policy
-Party politics
-Kissinger’s trip to Zavidovo
-Comparison to Khrushchev
-US interests
-Relationship to Politburo
-Kissinger’s forthcoming trip to PRC
-Chou’s schedule
-Visit to US
-President’s previous conversation with Brezhnev
-Relations with Soviet Union
-SALT
-Cambodia
-Europe
-Superpower condominium
Kissinger left at 3:35 pm.
Watergate
-White House response
-Patrick J. Buchanan, Ziegler, J. Fred Buzhardt, Jr., and Charles A. Wright
-David R. Gergen
-Possible conversation with Haig
-Washington Post article, June 18, 1973
-Leonard Garment
-Buzhardt’s view
-John W. Dean, III
-Forthcoming statement to Ervin Committee
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Tape Subject Log
(rev. August-2011)
Conversation No. 944-2 (cont’d)
-Length
-Preparation
-Press handling
-Washington Post, New York Times, and Newsweek
-Dean
-Forthcoming Ervin Committee testimony
-Compared to Maurice H. Stans
-Fred D. Thompson’s possible cross-examination
-Buzhardt
-Haig’s view
-Howard H. Baker, Jr.
-President’s view
-Dean
-Possible testimony
-White House response
-Buzhardt
-Buchanan
-H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman’s possible response
-President’s May 22, 1973 white paper
-Perjury
-Leaks
President’s schedule
-Televised coverage of remarks
Haig left at 3:45 pm.