Conversation 001-114

TapeTape 1StartFriday, April 16, 1971 at 11:05 PMEndFriday, April 16, 1971 at 11:09 PMTape start time03:50:08Tape end time03:52:45ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President);  Kissinger, Henry A.Recording deviceWhite House Telephone

On April 16, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger talked on the telephone from 11:05 pm to 11:09 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 001-114 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 1-114

Date: April 16, 1971
Time: 11:05 pm - 11:09 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with Henry A. Kissinger.

     Kissinger's possible conversation with Otis Chandler
          -Chandler's questions at editors' interview with President
          -Chandler

     President's interview with newspaper editors
           -Administration's policies in Asia
                 -People's Republic of China [PRC]
                       -United Nations [UN]
                 -Vietnam
                       -Residual forces
                            -Korea
           -Kissinger's conversation with Adlai E. Stevenson, Jr.
                 -Wiretapping
                 -Reaction
           -Chandler
                 -Questions at editors' meeting
           -Young people
                 -Environment
           -Chandler

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Yes, please.
I'll take it from your place.
Thank you, sir.
Hello, Mr. President.
Henry, I think a very good touch would be for you to get Otis Chandler on the phone and tell him that you thought his questions were very perceptive and sensitive.
The president thought that, that you just chatted with me about youth and the rest.
I'll do that.
Do a little crap right now, you know.
I'll do that.
He'll love it.
He was all right.
He was good, you know.
He smiled.
He's really... A decent man, really.
That's right.
I wonder very well.
I'll get the White House.
No, just call the White House and tell them he's at the showroom, and for them to get him for you, and tell them you're calling for the president.
They'll get him.
But I'll do it this minute.
Actually, you know, this little performance night, it wasn't much, but basically...