Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 284 › Conversation 284-012

Nixon & Kissinger

Wednesday, October 6, 1971 · 4:06 PM–4:30 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 24 min

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Kissinger, Henry A.Conversation284-012 on Tape 284 (tape position 00:45:43–01:09:40)StartWednesday, October 6, 1971 at 4:06 PMEndWednesday, October 6, 1971 at 4:30 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 284-012 ↗

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On October 6, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 4:06 pm to 4:30 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 284-012 of the White House Tapes.

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Conversation No. 284-12

Date: October 6, 1971
Time: 4:06 pm - 4:30 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

The President met with Henry A. Kissinger.

     Senate
          -J. William Fulbright amendment
               -Vote
          -Robert C. Byrd amendment
               -Vote
               -Application delay
               -The President's previous conversation with Robert Dole

     Foreign policy
          -Allies
          -William P. Rogers
          -Nixon’s role

     Vietnam
          -Forthcoming election
               -John G. Gorton’s visit to Vietnam
               -People's Republic of China [PRC]
                    -The President's schedule
          -Forthcoming announcement on Vietnam War

     Announcement of Kissinger's PRC trip
         -Barry M. Goldwater, Sr.

     -Hugh Scott
     -Rogers
     -Lyndon B. Johnson
     -The President's activities

PRC announcement
    -Chou En-lai
         -Press responses
              -United Nations [UN]
         -Union of Socialist Soviet Republics [USSR]
         -Taiwan

Foreign policy
     -New York Times editorial
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          -Kissinger’s conversation with Stewart J.O. Alsop
          -Strategic Arms Limitation Talks [SALT]
          -Berlin
          -Antiballistic missiles [ABM]
          -Cambodia
          -Rogers [?]
          -John B. Connally
     -Harry S. Truman
     -PRC announcement
     -Vietnam
          -Troop withdrawal announcement
     -Alsop
          -Summit
                -USSR
                      -Laos military action
     -Chou En-lai
          -Domestic concerns
          -UN Vote
                -Political concerns
                -The President’s instructions
                -Kissinger’s comments

Kissinger’s comments to Chou En-lai
     -Vietnam
           -North Vietnamese
           -Nguyen Van Thieu
           -The President’s policy

    PRC
          -Newsweek
          -Time

    The President's conversation with William L. Safire
         -World outlook
              -Berlin, Middle East, Vietnam
              -Hotline

    Alsop
         -The President’s policies
              -Economy

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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 4
[Personal Returnable]
[Duration: 4m 14s ]

END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 4

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    Kissinger's conversation with Alsop
         -Thieu
               -Vietnam election
                    -Effect
                    -Communion

    The President's foreign policy record
         -John F. Kennedy
         -Johnson
         -Eisenhower

    Byrd Amendment

    Kissinger's schedule
         -India and Pakistan
               -Forthcoming meeting

                 -Joseph J. Sisco

     Alsop
          -Rogers
          -USSR

     The President's objectives with the USSR
          -SALT
          -Trade
          -Middle East
          -Possible conversation Rogers
          -Jewish vote

Kissinger left at 4:30 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 284-012, October 6, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/284-012 (accessed November 2, 2026).