Conversation: 248-016
Prev:  248-015 Next: 248-017Start Date: 14-Apr-1971 4:20 PM
End Date: 14-Apr-1971 5:10 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Kissinger, Henry A.; Ziegler, Ronald L.; Recording Device: Old Executive Office Building
Full Tape Conversation Start Time: 00:22:34
Full Tape Conversation End Time: 01:12:33
NARA Description:
On April 14, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 4:20 pm to 5:10 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 248-016 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 248-16 Date: April 14, 1971 Time: 4:20 pm - 5:10 pm Location: Executive Office Building The President met with Henry A. Kissinger 9 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 9/08) Kissinger’s meeting with [Arnold] Eric Sevareid -People’s Republic of China [PRC] -Howard K. Smith’s views -Possible adverse reaction -State Department -President’s public statements -Vietnam -Political considerations Conv. No. 248-16 (cont.) -Effect on 1972 elections -Hubert H. Humphrey and Edmund S. Muskie -President’s policies Cambodia -1970 election -Possible effect on 1972 elections -Vice President Spiro T. Agnew -Media coverage -PRC -General Alexander M. Haig, Jr. -Clark MacGregor -Media reaction to President’s speech -Washington Star -Press coverage PRC negotiations -North Vietnam -North Korea -Embargo on US fuel oil -Visa requirements -Currency restrictions -Export licenses -Coordinating committee -Topics -Under Secretary of State -Chou En-lai’s statement -US-PRC relations Prisoners of War [POWs] -Americans visiting Paris -Possible discussions with North Vietnam -US policy -Negotiations 10 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 9/08) Kissinger’s meeting with Sevareid -Time-Life reaction -Media -Development of President’s PRC policy -Public statements -President’s article -Visit to Romania Conv. No. 248-16 (cont.) -Highlights -Taiwan -PRC -Press relations -Possible “Bill of Rights” -President’s visit to Yugoslavia -Union of Soviet Socialist Republics [USSR] -Political considerations -Liberals -PRC -Vietnam -Laos and Cambodia PRC -State Department -Recognition issue -Possible effect -President’s policies -USSR ****************************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2 [National Security] [Duration: 12s ] USSR END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2 ****************************************************************************** 11 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 9/08) -Reaction -Possible action -US-USSR relations -Unknown Soviet diplomat -Middle East Conv. No. 248-16 (cont.) [Ronald L. Ziegler talked with the President between 4:33 and 4:36 pm] [Conversation No. 248-16A] [See Conversation No. 42-38] [End of telephone conversation] Muskie’s statement on Federal Bureau of Investigation [FBI] -Surveillance of Earth Day -Donald H. Rumsfeld -Possible candidacy -Richard M. Helms -1972 elections -Edward M. (“Ted”) Kennedy and Humphrey Vietnam -Campaign issue -USSR -Possible summit meeting Foreign relations -Vietnam ****************************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 3 [National Security] [Duration: 15s ] VIETNAM END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 3 12 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 9/08) ****************************************************************************** -Vietnam -Paris Peace Talks -Cease fire -Middle East Conv. No. 248-16 (cont.) Kissinger’s relations with the press -Meeting with Sevareid -Administration critics -Sevareid -San Clemente -Laos -Vietnam -Sevareid’s views -Negotiations USSR -US-USSR negotiations PRC -Taiwan -US relations Vietnam -Unknown man’s reaction -President’s speech on Southeast Asia -Joseph W. and Stewart J. O. Alsop -Robert S. McNamara -Pierre E. Trudeau -Cambodia -President’s policies -Timing -Laotian incursion -Cambodia -President’s conversation with Victor Lasky 13 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 9/08) ****************************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 5 [National Security] [Duration: 16s ] FOREIGN AFFAIRS Conv. No. 248-16 (cont.) END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 5 ****************************************************************************** -Kissinger’s conversation with Sevareid -Strategic Arms Limitation Talks [SALT] negotiations US-USSR relations -SALT negotiations -Summit meeting -Lyndon B. Johnson -Glassboro Summit -Bombing halt -J. William Fulbright -Senate delegation -Johnson’s bombing halt -PRC-US relations -Chou PRC -US relations -Chou USSR -Anatoliy F. Dobrynin -SALT -Timing -State Department -Possible summit meeting -SALT -Timing 14 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 9/08) -Paris negotiations -Timing -Kissinger’s conversations with Dobrynin -North Vietnam -Negotiations -Laos Vietnam Conv. No. 248-16 (cont.) -MacGregor -Congress -Robert P. Griffin and the Michigan editors -MacGregor and Haig Polls -Results -President’s Vietnam speech -Press -Laos -President’s speech on Vietnam, November 3, 1969 -Anti-intellectuals -McNamara’s address to Democratic group Vietnam negotiations -Kissinger’s conversation with McGeorge Bundy -President’s policies -Timing -Korea -George S. McGovern and Humphrey -Troop withdrawals -President’s options -Second team -Possible settlement -PRC -Troop levels -Possible North Vietnamese position -POWs -General Nguyen Van Thieu -South Vietnam -Cease fire -President’s conversation with John B. Connally, April 13, 1971 -Timing -Troop withdrawals 15 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 9/08) -Timing -Wilbur D. Mills -Possible effects on 1972 campaign -South Vietnam -Possible US options -MacGregor and William P. Rogers PRC Conv. No. 248-16 (cont.) -Significance -Reporters’ meeting with President -Ping-pong team -Reporters’ meeting with President Kissinger left at 5:10 pm