Conversation: 414-013
Prev:  414-012 Next: 414-014Start Date: 2-Mar-1973 9:40 AM
End Date: 2-Mar-1973 10:25 AM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Kissinger, Henry A.; Ziegler, Ronald L.; Sanchez, Manolo; Recording Device: Old Executive Office Building
NARA Description:
On March 2, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, Ronald L. Ziegler, and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 9:40 am to 10:25 am. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 414-013 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 414-13 Date: March 2, 1973 Time: 9:40 am-10:25 am Location: Executive Office Building The President met with Henry A. Kissinger. International Conference on Vietnam -Congressional delegation -Kissinger’s recommendations -William P. Rogers -Gerald R. Ford, Hugh Scott -President’s statement -International recognition -Negotiations -Union of Soviet Socialist Republics [USSR], People’s Republic of China [PRC], Hanoi -Prearranged documents -Morning, afternoon sessions -Paris -State Department briefings -Cease-fire agreement -Breach -Signatory’s response -Reconvention of conference -Compared with Geneva Conventions, United Nations [UN] -US response -“De-Americanize the peace” -Viet Cong -18- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. Mar.-09) Conversation No. 414-13 (cont’d) -News summary -Prisoners of war [POWs] release -North Vietnam compared to South Vietnam -Timing -President’s statement Leaks -Malcolm Smith’s book on John F. Kennedy Kissinger -White House dinner -Farewell party -Roger Macon -Mrs. Roger Macon -Dwight Davis -Davis Cup -Frank [Marquis?] Childs -Editor of Sunday Times -Opinions of President -Conversation with Hugh S. Sidey -Article about President -Personality compared to John F. Kennedy Manolo Sanchez entered at an unknown time after 9:40 am. Food Sanchez left at an unknown time before 10:25 am. -President’s foreign policy -Humaneness -National self-determination [?] -Support The President -Joseph C. Kraft -Comparison of President to George S. McGovern -19- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. Mar.-09) Conversation No. 414-13 (cont’d) -President’s progressive policies -Domestic politics -Radicals as status quo -McGovern supporters -Voter participation -Shopkeepers World trends -John M. (“Jack”) Lynch -Election -Left politics -1972 election in US -US foreign policy -Communist states -Respectability -Willy Brandt -Election victory -Disaster for US -US role -Statements -Ostpolitik -President’s opposition -1969 election -Party politics -Results -Parliament Vietnam negotiations -Cease-fire violations -President’s statement -Provisional Revolutionary Government of the Republic of South Vietnam -Kissinger’s assessment -Joint Economic Commission [?] Ronald L. Ziegler entered at an unknown time after 9:40 am. Preparation for press briefing -20- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. Mar.-09) Conversation No. 414-13 (cont’d) Monetary information L[ouis] Patrick Gray, III [?] Ziegler’s press briefing -Rowland Evans-Robert D. Novak column -Office of Economic Opportunity -[First name unknown] Phillips -Staff -John B. Connally switching parties International Conference on Vietnam -Agreement -Paris -Signature -Timing -President’s press conference POWs' release -Press reports Length of President's upcoming press conference -Frank Cormier Ziegler left at an unknown time before 10:25 am. Preparation for press conference -POWs’ release -Sudan -Blackmail -Retrieving hostages -Middle East -Arms sales -Airplanes -Israel -Balance of power -21- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. Mar.-09) Conversation No. 414-13 (cont’d) -Press statement -Peace -John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson -Golda Meir -Political ability -Age -Reelection -Moshe Dayan -Election -Compared with Adm. Elmo R. Zumwalt, Jr. -President’s preference -Yitzak Rabin Social function attended by President -Jews [?] -R. Sargent Shriver [?], [First name unknown] Fischer -Jewelry -Value -President’s dinner conversation with Alice Walker [?], Irving Kristol, William F. (“Billy”) Graham -Meeting with Meir -Policy -Joseph W. Alsop Versailles Treaty -Retribution compared to reconciliation -Balance of power -Germany, Russia, Austro-Hungarian Empire -German rearmament -Balkanization -Russian Revolution -Britain’s withdrawal -France -Maginot Line -US neutrality -Kellogg-Briand Pact -22- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. Mar.-09) Conversation No. 414-13 (cont’d) Preparation for press conference -Vietnam negotiations -POWs’ release -Contingencies Van Cliburn -Performance March 1, 1973 -Frederic Chopin -USSR visit President’s, Kissinger’s visit to Israel [?], Cairo -Reception in Israel Middle East peace negotiations -Egypt -General principles Lynch -Irish elections French elections -Run-off election -Communist Party compared to Gaulist, Socialist parties Ambassadorial appointments -Rogers [?] -Kissinger’s conversation with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman -Ambassador to Israel -Kenneth B. Keating’s appointment -President’s viewpoint -Exception -John Sherman Cooper -Impairments -Ceremonial country -Robert J. McCloskey -Mrs. Yitzhak Rabin -John Eisenhower [?] -23- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. Mar.-09) Conversation No. 414-13 (cont’d) -Book -Compared with McCloskey and Keating ****************************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 [Privacy] [Duration: 2s] END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 ****************************************************************************** -Israel -Tolerance -Pakistan Kissinger left at 10:25 am.