On September 7, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 12:30 pm to 12:55 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 275-008 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 275-008
Date: September 7, 1971
Time: 12:30 pm - 12:55 pm
Location: Executive Office Building
The President met with Henry A. Kissinger.
Soviet Union [USSR]
-Announcement of summit meeting
-Timing
-October 12, 1971
-Soviets
-Anatoliy F. Dobrynin
-Call to Kissinger
-Time span between calls
-State Department
-Michael J. Mansfield
-Communique
-Agreement
-Place of meeting
-Moscow
-Visit
-Progress in relations
-Andrei A. Gromyko
-Press conference
-Summit
-Berlin agreement
-People's Republic of China [PRC]
-Announcement
-Announcement of communique
-Timing
-United States [US]
-Soviet Union [USSR]
-Questions
-Press
-Kissinger's staff
-Preparation of questions and answers
-Compared with People's Republic of China [PRC] announcement
-The President's actions
-Other news
Kissinger's schedule
-People's Republic of China [PRC]
-Kissinger's postponement
-Attendance at Japanese dinner
-Japan
-William P. Rogers, U. Alexis Johnson
-Takeo Fukuda
-Proposed meeting with the President
-Kissinger’s attendance
-Relations with the President
Forthcoming United Nations [UN] vote on Taiwan, Republic of China [PRC]
-George H.W. Bush
-Security Council
-Expulsion
-United States [US] actions at the United Nations [UN]
-Albanian resolution
-People's Republic of China [PRC] admission
-Retention of Taiwan
-Guatemala
-Costa Rica
-Great Britain
-Position
-Background
-Bush
-Voting analysis
-Important questions
-Issue of Security Council seat
-Taiwan
-Expulsion
The President's opponents
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[275-008-w001]
[Duration: 48s]
The President’s opponents
-Wallace
-Spiro T. Agnew
-6 (b/m)illion tax deduction
-Ted Kennedy
-Income Tax?
-Pressed for time
-Kissinger’s opinion
-Gain Momentum
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Howard Stein
-Dinner
-Eugene J. McCarthy
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[Duration: 1m46s]
Kissinger’s actions
-Movie actors
-Democrats
-Left, center, right wings
-Hubert H. Humphrey
-George McGovern, McCarthy
-Support for McCarthy
-Edmund S. Muskie
-New York City
-California
Conversation with Nelson Rockefeller
-Kissinger’s conversation
-The President's conversation
-1960, 1968
-Nelson Rockefeller
-Organization
-McCarthy
Kissinger’s schedule
-Talk with Howard Stein
-McCarthy
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South Vietnam Presidential elections
-Nguyen Van Thieu
-Referendum effect of unopposed election
-Ellsworth F. Bunker
-Administration's opponents
-American public
-Paul N. (“Pete”) McCloskey, Jr.
-[Forename unknown] Simon
-Dinner
-John B. Connally
-Strategy
-Timing
-Berlin
United States [US] foreign relations
-People’s Republic of China [PRC]
-Dobrynin
-United States [US]-People’s Republic of China [PRC] relationships
-Southeast Asia
-United States [US]-Soviet relations
-Meeting
-Possible summit
-People’s Republic of China [PRC]
-Possible actions
-Vietnam peace settlement
Vietnam
-Peace negotiations
-Prisoners of war [POWs]
-Forthcoming elections in South Vietnam
-Thieu
-Effect on negotiations
-Compromise
-Temporary government
-Duration
-Thieu
-Press handling of issue
-Editorial
-Warning against involvement in South Vietnamese elections
-North Vietnamese
-Compared with South Vietnamese military forces
-Casualties
-North Vietnam
-Floods
-Effect
-Supplies
-Infiltration
Soviet Union [USSR]
-Signing of Accidental War, Hotline Agreements
-Date
-Ceremony
-Gromyko
-Signing
-Public [press?] opinion
-US position
-Democrats
-W[illiam] Averell Harriman
H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman's conversation with the President
-Willy Brandt letter
Kissinger's schedule
-Lunch
-Connally
-Soviet Union developments
-Rogers
-Kissinger's conversation with Rogers
Rogers
-Information about negotiations
-Summit Meeting
-Dobrynin
-Relations with Kissinger
Kissinger left at 12:55 pm.This transcript was generated automatically by AI and has not been reviewed for accuracy. Do not cite this transcript as authoritative. Consult the Finding Aid above for verified information.