Conversation: 101-010
Prev: 101-009 Next: 101-011Start Date: Friday, May 19, 1972 8:13 PM
End Date: Saturday, May 20, 1972 3:59 AM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Anderson, Clinton P.; Griffin, Robert P.; Byrd, Robert C.; Cotton, Norris; Fulbright, J. William; Magnuson, Warren G. ("Maggie"); Mansfield, Michael J. ("Mike"); Stennis, John C.; Tower, John G.; Young, Milton R.; Belcher, Page; Ford, Gerald R.; Hosmer, Craig; Mahon, George H.; MacGregor, Clark; Timmons, William E.; Flanigan, Peter M.; Cook, Richard K.; Korologos, Thomas C.; Scali, John A.; Rogers, William P.; Sonnenfeldt, Helmut ("Hal"); White House photographerRecording Device: Cabinet Room
NARA Description:
On May 19, 1972, Richard M. Nixon and bipartisan Congressional leaders, including Clinton P. Anderson, Robert P. Griffin, Robert C. Byrd, Norris Cotton, J. William Fulbright, Warren G. ("Maggie") Magnuson, Michael J. ("Mike") Mansfield, John C. Stennis, John G. Tower, Milton R. Young, Page Belcher, Gerald R. Ford, Craig Hosmer, George H. Mahon, Clark MacGregor, William E. Timmons, Peter M. Flanigan, Richard K. Cook, Thomas C. Korologos, John A. Scali, William P. Rogers, Helmut ("Hal") Sonnenfeldt, the White House photographer, and members of the press, met in the Cabinet Room of the White House at an unknown time between 4:13 pm and 11:59 pm. The Cabinet Room taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 101-010 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 101-10
Date: May 19, 1972
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/08)
Time: 4:13 pm - unknown before 11:59 pm
Location: Cabinet Room
The President met with Clinton P. Anderson, Robert P. Griffin, Robert C. Byrd, Norris Cotton, J.
William Fulbright, Warren G. (“Maggie”) Magnuson, Michael J. (“Mike”) Mansfield, John C.
Stennis, John G. Tower, Milton R. Young, Page Belcher, Gerald R. Ford, Craig Hosmer, George
H. Mahon, Clark MacGregor, William E. Timmons, Peter M. Flanigan, Richard K. Cook,
Thomas C. Korologos, John A. Scali, William P. Rogers, and Helmut (“Hal”) Sonnenfeldt; the
White House photographer and members of the press were present at the beginning of the
meeting
Greetings
Photographs
-Arrangements
-Byrd
-Fulbright
-Oliver F. (“Ollie”) Atkins
Helen A. Thomas
-Trip to Moscow
Margaret Chase Smith
-Absence
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Soviet summit
[To listen to the segment (43m47s) declassified on 02/28/2002, please refer to RC# E-595, E-
596.]
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Soviet Union
-Soviet agriculture
-Weather
-Most Favored Nation [MFN] status
-Bill in Senate
-Content
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/08)
-Passage prospects
-Negotiations
-People’s Republic of China negotiations
-Consequences
-Trade
-Credits
-World War II debts
-Lend-lease
-MFN status
-Content
-Passage in Senate
-East European nations
-Poland
-Romania
-Bulgaria
-Hungary
-Congressional sentiment
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Soviet summit
The President left at 5:23 pm
[To listen to the segment (20m30s) declassified on 02/28/2002, please refer to RC# E-596.]
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[General conversation/Unintelligible]
Flanigan, et al. left at an unknown time before 11:59 pm