Conversation: 449-020
Prev: 449-019 Next: 449-021Start Date: Tuesday, September 21, 1971 9:02 PM
End Date: Tuesday, September 21, 1971 9:15 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Kissinger, Henry A.; Bull, Stephen B.Recording Device: Oval Office
Full Tape Conversation Start Time: 03:45:23
Full Tape Conversation End Time: 03:56:10
NARA Description:
On September 21, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 5:02 pm to 5:15 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 449-020 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 449-20
Date: September 21, 1971
Time: 5:02 pm - 5:15 pm
Location: Oval Office
The President met with Henry A. Kissinger.
The President's schedule
-Exhibition of race cars
-Reception for race drivers
-Compared to horse racing
-Invitation to Kissinger
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1
[National Security]
[Duration: 1m 47s ]
PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA [PRC]
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-Mao Tse-tung
-Status
-Political changes
-Comeback
-"Great Leap Forward"
-Status
-Kissinger’s forthcoming visit
-Effect on the President's visit to the PRC
-Veterans of Foreign Wars [VFW]
-Chou En-lai
-Timing
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 449-20 (cont.)
-Kissinger's meeting with the PRC Ambassador
-Timing
-Lt. Gen. Vernon A. Walters's meeting
-Report on meeting
-The PRC’s response
-Meeting
-The PRC’s response
-The President's communique
-Announcement of Kissinger’s forthcoming visit
-Dates
-Crew lists
-Dates
Negotiations
-Nikolai Podgorny
-Trip to North Vietnam
-Dates of the President's trip to the PRC
-Announcement of Kissinger's trip
-Effect of the PRC’s domestic situation
-Date of announcement
-Agreement
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 3
[National Security]
[Duration: 9s ]
PRC
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-US position
-Middle East
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 449-20 (cont.)
-PRC trip
-USSR
-Soviet Summit
-The President's trip to the PRC
-Kissinger's memorandum to the President
-Soviet response
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 4
[National Security]
[Duration: 30s ]
PRC
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-The President's visit to the PRC
-Chou En-lai
-Kissinger's meeting with PRC officials
Stephen B. Bull entered at an unknown time after 5:02 pm.
The President's schedule
-Exhibition of race cars
-The President's remarks
-Photo opportunity
-Oliver F. ("Ollie") Atkins
-Racing magazines
-Press
-Time
-Racing cars
-State Dining Room
Bull left at an unknown time before 5:15 pm.
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 449-20 (cont.)
PRC
-Domestic situation
-National holiday
-Parade
-Cancellation of events
-PRC's response to the President's communique
-Kissinger's proposals
-Dates
The President and Kissinger left at 5:15 pm.