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Nixon & Kissinger on Grain exports and Vietnam War

Monday, June 7, 1971 · 1:41 PM–2:40 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 35 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Kissinger, Henry A.Conversation255-010 on Tape 255 (tape position 00:17:56–00:20:10)StartMonday, June 7, 1971 at 1:41 PMEndMonday, June 7, 1971 at 2:40 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 255-010 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon and Henry Kissinger met to follow up on a previous discussion with labor leader Jay Lovestone regarding foreign policy strategy. The conversation specifically addressed the complexities of managing long-term versus short-term grain export policies and the ongoing status of the Vietnam War. They weighed the implications of current casualty rates and bombing campaigns as part of their broader evaluation of the administration's military and trade objectives.

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Yeah.
Yeah.
I mean, I was thinking on that matter of the conversation you had with Love Stone.
So, in terms of the long range of the show that I knew of, your story is virtually over now, aren't you?
Thank you.

NARA Description

On June 7, 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 1:41 pm and 2:40 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 255-010 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 255-10

Date: June 7, 1971
Time: Unknown between 1:41 pm and 2:40 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

The President talked with Henry A. Kissinger

     Previous conversation with Jay Lovestone
          -Grain exports
                -Long range versus short range
          -Vietnam [?]
                -Casualties
                -Bombings

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  • 255-044 1:41 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:41 pm and 2:40 pm.
  • 255-045 1:41 PM · 1 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:41 pm and 2:40 pm.
  • 513-008 1:41 PM · 11 sec — United States Secret Service agents met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:41 pm and 3:20 pm.
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Cite this conversation

Conversation 255-010, June 7, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/255-010 (accessed September 27, 2026).