Conversation: 450-021
Prev:  450-020 Next: 450-022Start Date: 17-Feb-1971 4:52 PM
End Date: 17-Feb-1971 5:24 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Scheel, Walter; Rogers, William P.; Kissinger, Henry A.; White House photographer; Recording Device: Oval Office
Full Tape Conversation Start Time: 03:02:54
Full Tape Conversation End Time: 03:34:23
NARA Description:
On February 17, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, Walter Scheel, William P. Rogers, Henry A. Kissinger, and White House photographer met in the Oval Office of the White House from 4:52 pm to 5:24 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 450-021 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 450-21 Date: February 17, 1971 Time: 4:52 pm - 5:24 pm Location: Oval Office The President met with Walter Scheel, William P. Rogers, and Henry A. Kissinger; the White House photographer was present at the beginning of the meeting Introductions Refreshments Europe -President’s position -Questions regarding Europe -President’s previous press conference -Foreign policy report to Congress -Rogers role -Melvin R. Laird’s role -Rogers negotiations -East/West relations -Middle East 17 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 9/08) -Other areas of concern -Compared to Europe -President’s press conference -Southeast Asia Germany -US-German relations -Germany-Eastern Europe relations Conv. No. 450-20 (cont.) -US position -National Security Council [NSC] meetings -Content -Berlin negotiations -Bonn/Moscow negotiations -Forthcoming German elections -Berlin problem -Status -German position -Western allies -Soviet Union -Position on Berlin -Status -German position -Goals -Concessions -Berlin’s situation -Isolation -President’s view -Efforts -German position -Western allies -Warsaw Pact Gifts Scheel left at 5:19 pm Scheel’s comments -Follow-up discussion -German policies -German political situation Rogers left at 5:22 pm 18 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 9/08) -Berlin negotiations -Soviet tactics -President’s view ****************************************************************************** Conv. No. 450-21 (cont.) BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2 [Privacy] [Duration: 6s ] END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2 ****************************************************************************** President’s press conference -The President’s handling -Vietnam -President’s comments -Cuban question -Kissinger’s view ****************************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 [National Security] [Duration: 8s ] CUBA END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 ****************************************************************************** -Television use -Effect on positions -Paris negotiations 19 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 9/08) -Vietnam -Prisoners of War [POWs] -Laos -American press Kissinger left at 5:24 pm Conversation Conv. No. 450-21 No. 450-22 (cont.) Date: February 17, 1971 Time: 5:25 pm - 5:26 pm Location: Oval Office The President met with Ronald L. Ziegler Previous press conference -Laos -Integration -North Vietnam ****************************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 [Privacy] [Duration: 28s ] END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 ****************************************************************************** Ziegler left at 5:26 pm