Conversation: 491-001
Prev:  490-024 Next: 491-002Start Date: 28-Apr-1971 9:34 AM
End Date: 28-Apr-1971 11:37 AM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob"); Kissinger, Henry A.; Bull, Stephen B.; Recording Device: Oval Office
NARA Description:
On April 28, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Henry A. Kissinger, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:34 am and 11:37 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 491-001 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 489-35/491-1 Date: April 28, 1971 Time: Unknown between 9:34 am and 11:37 am Location: Oval Office The President met with H.R. (“Bob”) Haldeman and Henry A. Kissinger; this recording began at an unknown time after 11:06 am; an unknown portion of this conversation was not recorded while the tape was changed. Melvin R. Laird and William P. Rogers -President's People’s Republic of China [PRC] initiative -Credit -Appointment -Black admiral [Samuel L. Gravely, Jr.] -Robert S. McNamara -Lt. William L. Calley, Jr. -Gravely PRC initiative -US policy -PRC messages -Compared to those of Union of Soviet Socialist Republics [USSR] -Summit ********************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 [National Security] [Duration: 4s ] CHINA END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 ********************************************************************** 2 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 9/08) -Exchange of messages -Vietnam -US table tennis team -Nicolae Ceausescu -Taiwan -US leftists Conv. No. 489-35/491-1 (cont.) ****************************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 4 [National Security] [Duration: 1m 8s ] CHINA END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 4 ****************************************************************************** -US approach to negotiations -Staff -Press -Ronald L. Ziegler, William L. Safire, and John A. Scali -Support for President -Congress Congress Kissinger's conversation with John W. Chancellor [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] 3 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 9/08) President's forthcoming press conference, April 29, 1971 -Vietnam -US proposals -Ceasefire -Enemy responsibility Woodstock conference -Vietnam Conv. No. 489-35/491-1 (cont.) -Ceasefire -Donald W. Riegle, Jr. -Statements -John D. Rockefeller, IV -Reactions to statements -Unknown Danish socialist -Unknown Norwegian socialist -Charles H. Percy -Europeans -Communists -[James] Harold Wilson -Denis W. Healey -Reaction -Americans -Europeans -Vietnam -Press -Russell A. Kirk -Alastair Buchan -Letter to Kissinger -Background -Imperial Defense College -Letter to Kissinger Possibilities for administration successes -Draft -Domestic situation -Strategic Arms Limitation Talks [SALT] SALT -Rogers -Anatoliy F. Dobrynin -Schedule -Leonid I. Brezhnev 4 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 9/08) -Message -Negotiations -President’s response -Rogers’ schedule -Possible debate -Rogers’ schedule -Position -President’s response Conv. No. 489-35/491-1 (cont.) -Timing -USSR position -US position -Anti-ballistic missiles [ABM] -Henry M. (“Scoop”) Jackson -Possible announcement -Timing -Notification -Rogers -John N. Irwin, II, David Packard, and Thomas H. Moorer -Gerard C. Smith and Rogers -British, French, and Germans -Announcement -North Atlantic Treaty Organization [NATO] -State Department -Latin America -Smith -Announcement -Smith's schedule -Austria -Visit to Corinthia -Rogers’ schedule ****************************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 3 [Privacy] [Duration: 3s ] END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 3 ****************************************************************************** 5 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 9/08) -Politburo -US position -USSR options James E. Johnson -Swearing-in ceremony Conv. No. 489-35/491-1 (cont.) -Laird -[Gravely] [Transcript #2: 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] Stephen B. Bull entered at an unknown time after 11:06 am. President's schedule Bull left at an unknown time before 11:35 am. McGeorge Bundy -Speech on Vietnam Anti-war sentiment within administration -Staff -State Department President's schedule -Meeting with Gerhardt Schroeder -Dr. Rainer Barzel -Meeting with anti-war protesters -Robert H. Finch -Elliot L. Richardson Ziegler entered and Kissinger left at 11:35 am. 6 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 9/08) -Upcoming photo session -Timing -Rose Garden -Look Magazine -Control Haldeman and Ziegler left at 11:37 am. Conv. No. 489-35/491-1 (cont.)