Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 101 › Conversation 101-010

Nixon, Anderson & Griffin

Friday, May 19, 1972 · 4:13 PM–11:59 PM ET · Cabinet Room · 1 hr 12 min

ParticipantsNixon, 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 photographerConversation101-010 on Tape 101StartFriday, May 19, 1972 at 4:13 PMEndFriday, May 19, 1972 at 11:59 PMRecording deviceCabinet RoomSourceNixon Library record for 101-010 ↗

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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.

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Conversation No. 101-10

Date: May 19, 1972

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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                           -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

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 101-010, May 19, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/101-010 (accessed November 2, 2026).