Conversation: 335-003
Prev:  335-002 Next: 335-004Start Date: 1-May-1972 2:40 PM
End Date: 1-May-1972 2:55 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Kissinger, Henry A.; Sanchez, Manolo; Recording Device: Old Executive Office Building
Full Tape Conversation Start Time: 00:07:42
Full Tape Conversation End Time: 00:27:21
NARA Description:
On May 1, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:40 pm to 2:55 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 335-003 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 335-3 Date: May 1, 1972 Time: 2:40-2:55 pm. Location: Executive Office Building The President met with Henry A. Kissinger. Greetings Strategic Arms Limitation Talks [SALT] 2 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Nov-01) Conv. No. 335-3 (cont.) -White House news summary report -Alleged differences between Kissinger and the President -Kissinger’s view -H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman Vietnam -Cease-fire -Kissinger’s talks in Moscow -State department reports -News stories -Murrey Marder -Inaccuracies -Kissinger’s briefing -Story -News summary -Source -US offers -News reports -George Herman -Marder -Henley W. Donovan -Content -Kissinger’s offers -Kissinger’s view -Accuracy -Kissinger’s briefing -Source -State department -William H. Sullivan -A paper -William P. Rogers -President’s talk with Rogers -The President’s view -Bombing of Haiphong and Hanoi -Kissinger’s talk with Adm. Thomas H. Moorer -Time -Number of bombers -Response -Effectiveness -Timing -News stories -Impact 3 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Nov-01) Conv. No. 335-3 (cont.) -Moorer -Thursday’s meeting -US public response -Soviet Union response -US public response -Need for support -Doves -Hawks -General public -Support -Reasons -Negotiations -Public reaction -A memorandum -Kissinger’s talk with Anatoliy F. Dobrynin -Conditions -Leonid I. Brezhnev -North Vietnam government -Meaning -News stories -State Department -Marder -Rogers -Haldeman -Purposes -Kissinger’s view -Forthcoming proposal -New York Times story -Rogers talk with the President -Acceptability -North Vietnam invasion SALT -Gerard C. Smith -Negotiating position -Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff [JCS], Deputy Secretary of Defense, and Central Intelligence Agency [CIA] director -Position on SALT -Briefing -Melvin R. Laird -[David] Kenneth Rush -Smith 4 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Nov-01) Conv. No. 335-3 (cont.) -Negotiating position in Helsinki -Possible news stories -Time -Content -President’s actions -Acceptance -News stories -Purposes -Negotiators -Meeting with the president -Kissinger’s briefing Vietnam -Cease-fire -News stories -President’s position -Kissinger’s position -Significance -Hugh S. Sidey -Recent article -Jerrold L. Schecter -Kissinger’s interview -President’s suggestion -Work with Sidey -Kissinger’s work -Consistency with President's policies -President’s position SALT -President’s public position -Wording -Status of talks -President’s statement -Wording -Soviet negotiators -Merits -Smith’s proposal -Kissinger’s view -Substance -Soviet submarines -Numbers -Limits 5 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Nov-01) Conv. No. 335-3 (cont.) -US position -Weapons -Numbers -US compared with the Soviet Union -Presentation of agreement -Wording -Submarines -Missiles -Trades -President’s statement -Kissinger’s summary -Presentation to Smith Manolo Sanchez entered at an unknown time after 2:40 pm. An object Sanchez left at an unknown time before 2:55 pm. SALT -Reduction The President and Kissinger left at 2:55 pm.