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.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation 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