Conversation: 275-008
Prev:  275-007 Next: 275-009Start Date: 7-Sep-1971 12:30 PM
End Date: 7-Sep-1971 12:55 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Kissinger, Henry A.; Recording Device: Old Executive Office Building
Full Tape Conversation Start Time: 00:06:57
Full Tape Conversation End Time: 00:25:51
NARA Description:
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 Aid:
Conversation No. 275-8 Date: September 7, 1971 Time: 12:30 pm - 12:55 pm Location: Executive Office Building The President met with Henry A. Kissinger. Soviet Union -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 -US -Soviet Union -Questions -Press -Kissinger's staff 5 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) Conv. No. 275-8 (cont.) -Preparation of questions and answers -Compared with PRC announcement -The President's actions -Other news Kissinger's schedule -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 -George H.W. Bush -Security Council -Expulsion -US actions at the UN -Albanian resolution -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 [Unintelligible] Howard Stein 6 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) Conv. No. 275-8 (cont.) -Dinner -Eugene J. McCarthy ********************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2 [Personal Returnable] [Duration: 1m 46s ] END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2 ********************************************************************** South Vietnam Presidential elections -Nguyen Van Thieu -Referendum effect of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 US foreign relations -PRC -Dobrynin -US-PRC relationships -Southeast Asia -US-Soviet relations -Meeting -Possible summit -PRC -Possible actions -Vietnam peace settlement 7 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) Conv. No. 275-8 (cont.) Vietnam -Peace negotiations -Prisoner 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 -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 8 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) Conv. No. 275-8 (cont.) -Rogers -Kissinger's conversation with Rogers Rogers -Information about negotiations -Summit Meeting -Dobrynin -Relations with Kissinger Kissinger left at 12:55 pm.