Conversation: 251-021
Prev: 251-020 Next: 251-022Start Date: Thursday, April 29, 1971 1:31 PM
End Date: Thursday, April 29, 1971 1:48 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haig, Alexander M., Jr.; [Unknown person(s)]Recording Device: Old Executive Office Building
Full Tape Conversation Start Time: 02:14:40
Full Tape Conversation End Time: 02:21:35
NARA Description:
On April 29, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, Alexander M. Haig, Jr., and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 9:31 am and 9:48 am. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 251-021 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 251-21
Date: April 29, 1971
Time: Unknown between 9:31 am and 9:48 am
Location: Executive Office Building
The President talked with General Alexander M. Haig, Jr.
Prisoners of War [POW] statement
Vietnam
-Ashau Valley operations
-South Vietnamese
-Secrecy
Aid to India
-Pakistani refugees
-Possible US assistance
-West Pakistan government
-Request from India
Pakistan fighting
-Possible US mediation
-Union of Soviet Socialist Republics [USSR]
-Developments
Middle East
-Statement in President’s briefing book
-Suez
-State Department
-William P. Rogers
-Visit to Suez
-State Department
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Tape Subject Log
(rev. 9/08)
-Rogers
-US role
-Possible breakthrough
-Suez
-President’s policies
-Suez
-Peace prospects
-Israel Conv. No. 251-21 (cont.)
An unknown person entered at an unknown time after 9:31 am
News summaries
Vietnam
-Casualties
-Unknown man’s views on negotiations
People’s Republic of China [PRC] initiative
-President’s policy
-New York Times story, April 29, 1971
-State Department
-Press statement by Charles W. Bray, III
-President’s policy
POWs
Vietnam
-Casualties
-Number killed in North Vietnam
-Number killed in South Vietnam
The unknown person left at an unknown time before 9:48 am