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Conversation 311-054

TapeTape 311StartSunday, January 2, 1972 at 6:35 PMEndSunday, January 2, 1972 at 6:44 PMTape start time02:46:27Tape end time02:51:20ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President);  Kissinger, Henry A.Recording deviceOld Executive Office Building
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On January 2, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 6:35 pm to 6:44 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 311-054 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 311-54

Date: January 2, 1972
Time: 6:35 pm - 6:44 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

The President talked with Henry A. Kissinger.

[See Conversation No. 17-150]
Transcript (AI-Generated)

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Hello.
Hello, Henry.
I was, uh, I just got a note from you, man, which, uh, bore out my, uh, my time there with everything.
Wallace had POWI on his program, 60 Minutes Tonight.
He had POWI, Mike Wallace.
He had 60 Minutes on his program, 60 Minutes on his program, 60 Minutes on his program,
One of them said, we are expecting that the president, I hope the president, on his trip to Moscow, will erase this.
He had the first question over the impacts of COVID.
He does not.
He will abandon COVID.
He will work for a democratic government.
He will get a deadline.
I can't tell how far the...
And how many they had, and all that sort of thing.
We don't really know.
But if you had a report for this, then I'm listening to you.
Well, anyway, it doesn't affect... Yeah.
Yeah.
I suppose there's no harm in saying that there's
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