Conversation: 480-003
Prev:  480-002 Next: 480-004Start Date: 15-Apr-1971 11:02 AM
End Date: 15-Apr-1971 12:00 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Kissinger, Henry A.; Toumayan, Alex G.; Mosbacher, Emil ("Bus"), Jr.; Laraki, Moulay Ahmed; Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob"); Recording Device: Oval Office
Full Tape Conversation Start Time: 00:02:17
Full Tape Conversation End Time: 01:00:31
NARA Description:
On April 15, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, Alex G. Toumayan, Emil ("Bus") Mosbacher, Jr., Moulay Ahmed Laraki, and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:02 am to 12:00 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 480-003 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 480-3 Date: April 15, 1971 Time: 11:02 am - 12:00 pm Location: Oval Office The President met with Henry A. Kissinger, Alec G. Toumayan, and Emil (“Bus”) Mosbacher, Jr. 2 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 9/08) [General conversation] Mosbacher left at 11:03 am Moulay Ahmed Laraki entered at 11:04 am Greetings -French language -King [Moulay] Hassan II’s greetings to the President -US-Moroccan friendship Mosbacher entered at 11:04 am King Hassan II’s forthcoming trip -Forthcoming talks with the President -David D. Newsom -Stuart W. Rockwell -Rabat Middle East crisis ****************************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 [National Security] [Duration: 3m 57s ] MIDDLE EAST END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 ****************************************************************************** -King Hassan II’s initiatives -Timing -Possible Arab summit meeting -Press reaction -New York Times -Le Monde 3 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 9/08) -Islamic countries -United Nations [UN] resolution -Arab summit meeting -King Hussein ibn Talal -Anwar el-Sadat -Palestinians -Current situation -Arab summit Conv. No. 480-3 (cont.) -Moroccan objectives -Realism -Arabs -Errors -King Hassan II’s possible initiatives -Arab summit meeting -Schedule -King Hassan II’s visit to US ****************************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2 [National Security] [Duration: 3m 24s ] MIDDLE EAST END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2 ****************************************************************************** King Hassan II’s possible visit to US -Schedule -Proposed visit, April 22, 1971 -National Press Club -”Meet the Press” -Silence -Arabs -Middle East -US efforts 4 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 9/08) -Difficulties -Silence or jeopardizing King Hassan II’s role in Arab summit meeting -President’s schedule -Options -Private visit -Possible itinerary -US-Moroccan relations -Context Conv. No. 480-3 (cont.) -Options -President’s decision -Postponement -Postponement -Duration -Arab summit meeting -Arabs -Moroccan position -King Hassan II’s role in Middle East -President’s conversation with Moroccan ambassador -Morocco -Status in region -Stability -Objectivity -Strength -King Hassan II’s role in Middle East -Avoiding interference by the US -King Hassan II’s prerogative -Private visit -Schedule -Dinner -Meeting with press -Statement -Nature -US-Moroccan relations -Toast -Dinner -National Press Club -Postponement -Timing -President’s schedule -Difficulties -Official/private visit -Avoiding misunderstanding 5 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 9/08) -Arab summit meeting -Options summarized -Private visit -Dinner -Protocol -Statement -Bilateral relations -Postponement Conv. No. 480-3 (cont.) -President’s schedule -King Hassan II’s schedule -Formal or private visit -Timing -King Hassan II’s role in Middle East -Postponement -Private visit -Lunch or dinner -King Hassan II’s prerogative -King Hassan II’s delegation of decision to Laraki Possible reaction to private meeting -Arab leaders -Press and public opinion -Impression Postponement of meeting -Timing -Arab summit meeting -Possible Moroccan course of action -Briefing Possible future meeting -Private visit -Formal dinner -President’s 1957 trip to Morocco -Timing -Moroccan ambassador -President’s schedule -Timing -June/October -Postponement -Timing -Kissinger and H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman 6 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 9/08) -Postponement -Arab summit meeting -John N. Irwin, II -Briefing -Newsom -President’s schedule -Schedule -Blair House Conv. No. 480-3 (cont.) -Williamsburg -New York -Finance dinner -Importance for US-Moroccan relations Middle East -President’s statement on Southeast Asia, April 7, 1971 -President’s and King Hassan II’s tutors -Dwight D. Eisenhower -King Mohammed V [Sidi Mohammed Ben Youssef] Visit of King Mohammed V to US -Reception by Eisenhower at airport -Eisenhower’s stroke -President’s role as host -Mamie G. D. Eisenhower Visit of King Hassan II -Postponement -Middle East Presentation of gifts -Golf balls -Cufflinks Visit of King Hassan II -Schedule Farewells Toumayan, et al., left at 11:42 am; Kissinger remained President’s schedule -Meeting with Kissinger and Haldeman 7 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 9/08) Reaction to Laraki visit -King Hassan II -Admiration for President’s speech on Southeast Asia, April 7, 1971 -Comments about the President -Eisenhower and King Mohammed V -Foreign visitors King Hassan II’s visit Conv. No. 480-3 (cont.) -Postponement -Timing Haldeman entered at 11:45 am -European summit President’s schedule State visits -Yakubu Gowon -Senegal -Leopold Sedar Senghor -Willy Brandt -President’s forthcoming trip [to Florida] -Tricia Nixon -Wedding -Trip to Florida -Timing -Gowon -Josip Broz Tito -Indira Gandhi -European summit -King Hassan II -Timing -Peru -[Juan Velasco Alvarado] -King Hassan II -Schedule -President’s schedule -Western trip -Congressional recess -Peru -President’s schedule 8 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 9/08) -Congressional recess -Peru -State visit -Dinner -Summer -General Lon Nol -King Hassan II -President’s schedule Conv. No. 480-3 (cont.) -Press conference -King Hassan II -Timing -Congress -General Lon Nol -King Hassan II -State visits in 1972 -President’s schedule -Newsom -Ivory Coast -Value -Time-consuming -State Department -Importance -Africa -Latin America -Brazil -Asia -Japan -Emperor Hirohito -Timing -US policy -Problems -Scheduling -William P. Rogers -Irwin -Dates -State Department -List of visitors -Foreign policy perspective -Edward R. G. Heath 9 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 9/08) -1972 -Foreign activities -Possible security conference -Possible visit by Russians -Laraki -King Hassan II -Postponement -State Department Conv. No. 480-3 (cont.) -King Hassan II -Schedule -Timing -General Lon Nol -Problems -Cambodian situation -President’s schedule Haldeman left at 11:55 am Cambodia -Possible enemy strategy -Interpretation of US military actions -Sanctuary operation -US position People’s Republic of China [PRC] Vietnam -Fire Base 6 -Deadline -Congress -John Sherman Cooper -Edward W. Brooke -Charles H. Percy -PRC PRC -John A. Scali -Union of Soviet Socialist Republics [USSR] -Ronald L. Ziegler’s press briefing -Scali -State Department -US policy 10 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 9/08) -USSR -US relations -Evaluation of PRC diplomacy -American press corps -Compared with European press -Peregrine Worsthorne -View of the President’s initiative -Scali Conv. No. 480-3 (cont.) Vietnam -North Vietnamese position -Prisoners of War [POWs] -Negotiations -Effect of War -PRC -Laos ****************************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 3 [National Security] [Duration: 5s ] FOREIGN AFFAIRS END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 3 ****************************************************************************** PRC -British ambassador -USSR -Chou En-lai -North Vietnam 11 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 9/08) Vietnam -North Vietnam -News magazines -President’s November 3, 1969 speech on Vietnam War -Messages to Kissinger Kissinger left at 12:00 pm Conv. No. 480-3 (cont.)