Conversation: 502-009
Prev: 502-008 Next: 502-010Start Date: Thursday, May 20, 1971 2:09 PM
End Date: Thursday, May 20, 1971 2:12 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Kissinger, Henry A.; Bull, Stephen B.Recording Device: Oval Office
Full Tape Conversation Start Time: 00:55:16
Full Tape Conversation End Time: 01:01:25
NARA Description:
On May 20, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 10:09 am to 10:12 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 502-009 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 502-9
Date: May 20, 1971
Time: 10:09 am - 10:12 am
Location: Oval Office
The President met with Henry A. Kissinger.
Strategic Arms Limitation Talks [SALT] agreement announcement
-President's talking points with Congressional leaders
-Defensive weapons
-Role for Kissinger
-Credit for the agreement
-Kissinger
-Melvin R. Laird
-Gerard C. Smith
-President's initiative
Stephen B. Bull entered at an unknown time after 10:09 am.
President's meeting with Congressional leaders
-Carl B. Albert, [Thomas] Hale Boggs, Thomas P. (“Tip”) O’Neill, Jr.
-Gerald R. Ford and Leslie C. Arends
-W. Averell Harriman
-President's instructions
Bull left at an unknown time before 10:12 am.
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 9/08)
-J. William Fulbright
-Views on Kissinger's relations with Congress
-Congressional vote, May 19, 1971
SALT agreement announcement
-Smith
-Multiple Independently Targetable Reentry Vehicle [MIRV]
Conv. No. 502-9 (cont.)
President's talking points with Congressional leaders
-Effective presentation
-Text of President's statement on May 20, 1971
Kissinger left at 10:12 am.