Conversation 001-091

TapeTape 1StartWednesday, April 14, 1971 at 8:05 PMEndWednesday, April 14, 1971 at 8:12 PMTape start time03:10:26Tape end time03:17:56ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President);  Kissinger, Henry A.Recording deviceWhite House Telephone

On April 14, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger talked on the telephone from 8:05 pm to 8:12 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 001-091 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 1-91

Date: April 14, 1971
Time: 8:05 pm - 8:12 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with Henry A. Kissinger.

     Reaction to People's Republic of China [PRC] initiative
          -Robert P. Griffin
          -Kissinger's conversation with Alexander M. Haig, Jr.
                -Media reaction
          -Kissinger's meeting with Michigan editors
                -Vietnam
                -PRC

     South Vietnamese military capacity
          -Kissinger's meeting with Michigan editors
               -Muskegon, Kalamazoo, Flint
               -Question topics

     President's PRC initiative
           -Reaction
           -Taiwan
                 -Robert D. Murphy
                 -Chiang Kai-shek
                 -Administration's policy
           -Vietnam
           -Union of Soviet Socialist Republics [USSR]
                 -Reaction
                 -Strategic Arms Limitations Treaty [SALT] negotiations
                 -Possible summit

     President's conversation with Charles W. Colson
           -Robert J. Dole
           -Clifford P. Case
           -Edward W. Brooke
           -Prisoners of war [POW] wives
                 -Administration policy
                 -Future meeting with Kissinger
                 -Dole
                 -George S. McGovern
                 -Case