Conversation: 467-011
Prev:  467-010 Next: 467-012Start Date: 12-Mar-1971 8:51 AM
End Date: 12-Mar-1971 9:01 AM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Kissinger, Henry A.; Butterfield, Alexander P.; Recording Device: Oval Office
Full Tape Conversation Start Time: 00:21:37
Full Tape Conversation End Time: 00:32:55
NARA Description:
On March 12, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House from 8:51 am to 9:01 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 467-011 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 467-11 Date: March 12, 1971 Time: 8:51 am - 9:01 am Location: Oval Office The President met with Henry A. Kissinger Kissinger’s meeting with an unknown person -A draft letter to the President -Reply -A letter from the President -Anatoliy F. Dobrynin Possible summit with the Soviet Union -Announcement Strategic Arms Limitation Talks [SALT] negotiations -US proposal -Kissinger -President’s previous letter -Dobrynin’s response -Soviet Union reply -Soviet Union proposal -Order of negotiations -Kissinger’s response -Anti-ballistic Missile [ABM] -Soviet missiles -ABM -Kissinger’s view Alexander P. Butterfield entered at an unknown time after 8:51 am 7 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 9/08) Items for President’s signature President’s schedule Butterfield left at an unknown time before 9:01 am SALT negotiations Conv. No. 467-10 (cont.) -President’s view -Soviet Union proposal -President’s response -Future meeting -Draft letter from the President -Kissinger -Timing US textile negotiations with Japan -President’s assessment Vietnam -President’s Call to General John W. Vogt, Jr. -Military situation -Washington Post story -National Broadcasting Company [NBC] News story -Need for White House response -Military situation -Vogt’s view -Ho Chi Minh Trail -Increased interdiction -Decreased traffic -Possible call to Howard K. Smith or Thomas E. Jarriel -Success of Laotian operation -Effect on Ho Chi Minh Trail -Tchepone -Truck traffic -[Arnold] Eric Sevareid’s commentary -US foreign policy -Isolationism -Compared with position after World War II -Marshall Plan -Lyndon B. Johnson -Relations with newsmen 8 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 9/08) -Military situation SALT negotiations -President’s position -Instructions for Kissinger -Forthcoming letter from the President -Kissinger -Henry M. (“Scoop”) Jackson Conv. No. 467-11 (cont.) -Kissinger The President and Kissinger left at 9:01 am