On September 22, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 7:09 pm and 7:56 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 279-054 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidVietnam
-US press article
-US senators
-Nguyen Van Thieu
-Elections
-South Vietnam elections
-Cable from Alexander M. Haig, Jr.
-Ellsworth F. Bunker
-Domestic situation in Vietnam
-The press
-Appraisal of situation in Vietnam
-The President's press conference
-Effect
-Haig
-Effect of air strikes
-Kissinger's conversation with Haig
-North Vietnam
-Press conference in Paris
-US action
-William J. Porter
-Viet Cong
-Prisoner of War [POW] issue
-US position
-Officials from South Vietnam
-POW issue
-Saigon
-Haig
-Bunker
-US embassy in Saigon
-Staff
-Situation in Vietnam
-Air strike
-North Vietnam
-Effect on morale
-Haig
-US morale
-Another air strike
-North Vietnam
-Press conference
Air strikes
-North Vietnam
-Demilitarized Zone [DMZ]
-Range
-Effect on morale
Nguyen Cao Ky
-Possible meeting with Haig
-Vice President Spiro T. Agnew
-Meeting with William Randolph Hearst
-Eugene S. McCarthy
-Edmund S. Muskie
-Meeting with John B. Connally, George P. Shultz, W. Paul McCracken
Vietnam
-Air strikes
-Need for time
-US troop withdrawal announcement
-Draftees announcement
-Military opinion
-Timing of announcement
-Announcement of new economic measures
-Pressure
-North Vietnam
-US troop withdrawal
-Announcement
-Combat troops
-Draftees
-Speculation
-Date
-Purpose of announcement
-Dates of future announcement
-Number of troops
-Congress
-Final announcement
-State of the Union Address
USSR
-Reaction
-Deadline
-Date
Polls
-Changes in figures
-US election
-The President's trips to the PRC, to the USSR
-Effect on the President's standing in polls
-Public
-Economy
Foreign economic policy
-Connally
-Meeting with Kissinger
-Shultz
-Trade agreements
-General statement
-William F. Rhatican
-Forthcoming meeting at Camp David
-Time
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[National Security]
[279-002-w005]
[Duration: 2m 43s]
Foreign economic policy
-Henry A. Kissinger's November 21 talks
-George R. S. Baring [Earl of Cromer]
-Deputy foreign minister of the Netherlands
-Friendly to US
-George R. S. Baring [Earl of Cromer]
-British ambassador
-The President’s possible talk with George R. S. Baring [Earl of Cromer]
-Giving up import surcharges
-Handling by the US and the United Kingdom
-Europeans
-Import surcharges
-Eyvind Bartels, Ambassador of Denmark to the United States
-President’s opinion
-Relationship with Ambassador to France
-Admirer of General Charles A. J. M. de Gaulle
-Views on the People’s Republic of China [PRC]
-World politics
-Denmark's position in the world
-Similarity to opinions of Dutch deputy foreign minister
-US world position
-Pro-American groups in foreign countries
-Facing attacks from the left
-Suggestion from Henry A. Kissinger
-President’s forthcoming November 23 speech
-Remarks concerning importance of collective action
-Global interests and cooperation
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Foreign economic policy
-The President's remarks on international economic issues in Detroit, Michigan,
September 23, 1971
-Reiteration
-Strong US
-Economically
-International compared to Isolationist outlook
-Weak US
-Inflation
-Unified world
-Politically
-Economically
-East-West trade
-Economic interests
-Marshall Plan
-Effects on Europe
-Present-day situation in Europe
-Hoffman
-Trade between Great Britain and West Germany
-World War I
-World War II
-Proposal
-Connally
-Shultz
-International Monetary Fund [IMF]
-The President's remarks in Detroit
-IMF
-US position
-Kissinger's forthcoming meeting
-Connally
-Statements
-Arthur F. Burns
-Possible calls from the President and Connally
-The President's previous conversations with Burns
-Kissinger's conversation with Haldeman
-Cabinet meeting
-Meeting with Burns, Connally
-Date
-Kissinger's conversation with Peter G. Peterson
-Peterson's memorandum to the President
-Kissinger as co-signer
-Establishment of a new group
-Meetings
-Peterson
-International monetary issues
-US position
-Knowledge of bureaucracy
-Responsibilities to the President
Kissinger's schedule
-Meetings about US-Japanese trade relations
-The President's meeting with Burns [?]
Textile negotiations
-Rogers
-Takeo Fukuda
-View of American textile producers
-Timing
-Public announcement
-Successful negotiations
-Japanese emissary to negotiations
-Date
-Negotiations
-Japan
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[279-002-w006]
[Duration: 29s]
Textile negotiations
-Japan
-Possibility of Nobusuke Kishi ending Eisaku Sato’s government
-Eisaku Sato
-Impact of textile agreement on government
-Television appearances
-Potential resignation
-People’s Republic of China [PRC] reaction to textile agreement
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Textile negotiations
-Reaction of the PRC to agreement
-Chou En-lai
-Opposition
-State Department
-Involvement
-PRC initiative
-Kissinger's conversation with Rogers
-Japanese press
-Relations with the US
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[National Security]
[279-002-w011]
[Duration: 15s]
Textile negotiations
-William P. Rogers
-Statements about Taiwan
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Textile negotiations
-Rogers
-State Department
-Staff
-Views
-Frustration
-State Department
-Loyalty to the President
-Statement drafted for the President
-Appearance in Detroit, Michigan, September 23
Vietnam
-Congress
-Senate
-South Vietnam election
-Nguyen Van Thieu
-Final report
-Elections
-Thieu
-Negotiations
-Haig
-Ky
-Thieu
-Political plans
-Thieu
-Relations with the US
-Ky
-Ky
-Possible defeat of Thieu
-Cambodia
-South Vietnamese
-Negotiations
-Laos
-Winter campaign
-Military success
-Plain of jars
-Cambodia
-Military success
-Supplies
-Transportation
-Daily reports
-Guns, mortars, rice captured
-US domestic situation
-Media
-Press
-Backgrounders
-Gen. John W. Vogt, Jr.
-Public relations campaign about Vietnam
-Announcement of Vietnamization process
Announcement (USSR Summit)
-Time and date
-The President's schedule
-Press conference
-Telephone
-Kissinger's backgrounder
-State Department
-PRC
-US
-USSR
-Gromyko
Meeting
-Location
-Historic significance
-Rogers
-Dobrynin
-Dobrynin’s meeting with Kissinger
-Kissinger
-Rogers
-Gromyko's meeting with the President
-Location of previous meeting between the President and Gromyko
-Subject of meeting
-Rogers
-PRC
State Department
-Staff
-Rogers
-The President's administration
-Relations with State Department
-Liberals
-Credit
-Press stories
-Hugh S. Sidey
-Trip to Asia
-Reaction
-Relations with Japan
-PRC trip
Fidel Castro
-Private interview with Canadian reporter
-PRC initiative
-Significance
State Department
-Objections to the President's administration
-Substance
-Power
-Comparison with Nixon's demeanor while out of office
-John F. Kennedy
-PRC
-Hong Kong
-Press
Textile negotiations
-Public opinion
-Japanese
-Pearl Harbor
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[279-002-w008]
[Duration: 18s]
Textile negotiations
-Japanese
-John N. Mitchell’s dislike of Japanese
-Henry A. Kissinger’s opinion of Japanese
-President’s opinion of Japanese
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Textile negotiations
-Japanese emissary
-The President's conversation with Fukuda
-Date of agreement
-Importance
-Kissinger's meeting with Nobusuke Kishi
-Relations between Japan and the US
-Negotiations
Connally
-Working relationship
-Compared with other Cabinet members
-Democrats
-Loyalty to the administration
-The President
-The US
-Domestic situation
-Need for authority
-Harmful public image
-Opinion about the President's administration
-The press
-Credit due to the President
Kissinger left at 10:52 am.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.