Conversation: 331-002
Prev:  331-001 Next: 331-003Start Date: 17-Apr-1972 2:10 PM
End Date: 17-Apr-1972 2:28 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Ziegler, Ronald L.; Kissinger, Henry A.; Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob"); Recording Device: Old Executive Office Building
Full Tape Conversation Start Time: 00:02:01
Full Tape Conversation End Time: 00:18:02
NARA Description:
On April 17, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon, Ronald L. Ziegler, Henry A. Kissinger, and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:10 pm to 2:28 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 331-002 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 331-2 Date: April 17, 1972 Time: 2:10 pm - 2:28 pm Location: Executive Office Building The President met with Ronald L. Ziegler. William P. Rogers The President talked with Henry A. Kissinger at an unknown time between 2:10 and 2:15 pm. [Conversation No. 331-2A] Current meeting -Review of something -Briefing [End of telephone conversation] Ziegler's schedule -Morning briefing -Conversation with unknown person -Gerald L. Warren The President talked with an unknown person [H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman?] at an unknown time between 2:10 and 2:15 pm. 2 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) Conv. No. 331-2 (cont.) [Conversation No. 331-2B] Clark MacGregor -Report The President's schedule [End of telephone conversation] Press conference -Questions -Soviet ships -Soviet summit -Indochina -Answers The President’s forthcoming trip to the Soviet Union -Announcement -Invitation to Poland -Warren Kissinger entered at 2:15 pm. Ziegler’s schedule -Forthcoming briefing Soviet Union -Question at Rogers's press conference -Soviet ships -Use of official channels -US reply to a message -Vietnam -Soviet ships -US public opinion -Ziegler's statement on bombing -US message to Soviet Union Ziegler left at 2:17 pm. Ziegler’s work Kissinger's conversation with Stewart J.O. Alsop 3 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) Conv. No. 331-2 (cont.) Kissinger's schedule Ziegler's press conference Soviet Union -Vietnam -Kissinger's meeting with Anatoliy F. Dobrynin -Soviet ships ************************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2 [National Security] [Duration: 11s ] REPORTS END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2 ************************************************************************** -Kissinger's meeting with Dobrynin -Relations with US -Soviet summit -Soviet position -German Treaty -Middle East settlement -People's Republic of China [PRC] -PRC -The President -Compared to Lyndon B. Johnson -Kissinger's Moscow trip -Announcement -Timing -Haiphong bombing -Significance Vietnam 4 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) Conv. No. 331-2 (cont.) -Kissinger's meeting with Alsop -The President's trip to Moscow -Invasion by North Vietnam -Alsop article -Ziegler's press conference -Kissinger's meeting with Dobrynin -US bombing US-Soviet relations -Middle East -European security -State of relations -Current situation -PRC -Vietnam -Blockade -1972 election -Impact -Soviet concerns -Summit -Risks of bombing -Hanoi and Haiphong -Kissinger’s trip -Timing Vietnam -Senate Foreign Relations Committee -Testimony by Melvin R. Laird and Adm. Thomas H. Moorer, April 18, 1972 -Meeting with the President -Rogers's testimony -Time -Kissinger's call -Arrangements -Laird and Moorer -Public stance -Compared with Rogers's testimony -Laird’s previous testimony -Meeting with the President -Necessity -Ziegler -Time -Ziegler’s announcement 5 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) Conv. No. 331-2 (cont.) -The President’s talks with Rogers -Forthcoming meetings with the President -Timing Kissinger left at 2:28 pm.