Conversation: 252-005
Prev: 252-004 Next: 252-006Start Date: Wednesday, April 21, 1971 7:42 PM
End Date: Wednesday, April 21, 1971 7:54 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Kissinger, Henry A.Recording Device: Old Executive Office Building
Full Tape Conversation Start Time: 00:09:05
Full Tape Conversation End Time: 00:14:24
NARA Description:
On April 21, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 2:42 pm and 2:54 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 252-005 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 252-5
Date: April 21, 1971
Time: Unknown between 2:42 pm and 2:54 pm
Location: Executive Office Building
The President talked with Henry A. Kissinger
People’s Republic of China [PRC] ping pong team’s upcoming visit
-John A. Scali
-United States Information Agency [USIA]
-State Department
-Instructions to Kissinger
-Scali’s role
-State Department
-Kissinger and Scali
-Culture exchange
-State Department
-USIA
-Frank J. Shakespeare
-William T. Gossett
-Marriage to daughter of Chief Justice Charles E. Hughes
-President’s policies
-Press
-State Department
-Marshall Green
-H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman
-Scali
-PRC
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 9/08)
United Nations
Kissinger’s forthcoming meeting with Scali
-Ping pong team visit
-State Department
-President’s instructions to Kissinger
-Need for subtlety
-Gossett