Conversation: 284-012
Prev: 284-011 Next: 284-013Start Date: Wednesday, October 6, 1971 8:06 PM
End Date: Wednesday, October 6, 1971 8:30 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Kissinger, Henry A.Recording Device: Old Executive Office Building
Full Tape Conversation Start Time: 00:45:43
Full Tape Conversation End Time: 01:09:40
NARA Description:
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.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
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.
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 284-12 (cont.)
-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
-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
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 284-12 (cont.)
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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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
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 284-12 (cont.)
-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.