On April 19, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 9:58 am to 10:13 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 482-010 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 482-10
Date: April 19, 1971
Time: 9:58 am - 10:13 am
Location: Oval Office
The President met with Henry A. Kissinger.
Foreign relations
-Anatoliy F. Dobrynin
-Schedule
-People's Republic of China [PRC]
Vietnam
-Anti-war rally
-Allard K. Lowenstein
-Henry M. (“Scoop”) Jackson
-Liberal Democrats
-Television coverage
Earth Day
-John V. Lindsay
-John D. Ehrlichman
-Environment
-Possible Congressional resolution
-President's proclamation
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Earth Day
-The President’s family
-Thelma C. (Ryan) (“Pat”) Nixon
-Activities
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Earth Day
-Participants
-Gen. Lewis B. Hershey
-J. Edgar Hoover
PRC
-Newsweek coverage
-Mention of President
-Time coverage
-Newsweek coverage
-Time
-President’s 1967 article in foreign affairs
-John F. Osborne
Vietnam
-Negotiations
-Pham Van Dong
-French change` d’affaires
-Kissinger’s forthcoming message to Union of Soviet Socialist Republics [USSR]
-Dobrynin's Schedule
[Transcript #1: A transcript of the following portion of this conversation was prepared under
court order from December 1978 through March 1979 for Special Access 8, Ronald V. Dellums,
et al. v. James M. Powell, et al., No. 71-2271. The National Archives and Records
Administration produced this transcript. The National Archives does not guarantee its accuracy.]
[End of transcript]
-US position
-Dobrynin
-Message
-USSR
-Timing
-Demonstrations
-Dobrynin
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Vietnam
-Intelligence
-Vernon A. Walters
-Previous telephone call with Henry A. Kissinger
-Timing
-April 22, 1971
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US - Soviet Relations
-US position
-Negotiations on Vietnam
-Newsweek article
-Zbigniew Brzezinski
-Hubert H. Humphrey
-Strategic Arms Limitation Talks [SALT]
-Washington Post article, April 19, 1971
-Administration's foreign policy
-Lyndon B. Johnson administration
-Democrats
-SALT
-Soviet military buildup
-Possible consequence by 1972 election
-Size
-Democrats
-Jackson
-Democrats
-Vietnam
-Defense
Vietnam
-US casualties
-Compared with previous week
Nelson A. Rockefeller
-Schedule
-Meeting with Kissinger
President's meeting with American Society of Newspaper Editors [ASNE], April 16, 1971
-H.R. (“Bob”) Haldeman
-Media coverage
-Questions
Stephen B. Bull entered at an unknown time after 9:58 am.
President's schedule
Bull left at an unknown time before 10:13 am.
President's meeting with ASNE
-Television
-Applause
-Questions
-PRC
-Vietnam
-Lt. William L. Calley, Jr.
Polls
-Vietnam
-Opinion Research Corporation [ORC]
-News summary
-Approval rate
-President's speech on Southeast Asia, April 7, 1971
Cabinet
-John B. Connally
-Domestic issues
-William P. Rogers
-Dwight D. Eisenhower
-John Foster Dulles
-Presidency
-Dulles
Democrats
-Disloyalty
The President and Kissinger left at 10:13 am.This transcript was generated automatically by AI and has not been reviewed for accuracy. Do not cite this transcript as authoritative. Consult the Finding Aid above for verified information.