Conversation: 506-008
Prev: 506-007 Next: 506-009Start Date: Friday, May 28, 1971 4:22 PM
End Date: Friday, May 28, 1971 4:33 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Kissinger, Henry A.Recording Device: Oval Office
Full Tape Conversation Start Time: 00:27:10
Full Tape Conversation End Time: 00:37:32
NARA Description:
On May 28, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:22 pm to 12:33 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 506-008 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 506-8
Date: May 28, 1971
Time: 12:22 pm - 12:33 pm
Location: Oval Office
The President met with Henry A. Kissinger.
Torben Ronne
-The President’s opinion
-Relationship to the US
-People's Republic of China [PRC]
-Handling
Foreign policy
-The President’s handling
-Compared to past Presidents
-Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty [SALT]
-Timing
PRC initiative
-Polls
-George H. Gallup
-Louis P. Harris
-State Department
-Reaction
-William P. Rogers
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-Leaks
US military
-Drug abuse
-Vietnam
-Germany
-Vietnam
-Price
-Vietcong, North Vietnamese
-Chinese
-Black military personnel
-Kissinger’s opinion
-Statistics
-President’s opinion
-Loyalty to the President
-Thomas H. Moorer
-Memorandum
-Bombing
-Schedule
-Melvin R. Laird
-Kissinger's forthcoming talk
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Vietnam War
-Timing
-Saigon
-Collapse
-Timing
-Article
-George T. Bell [?]
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
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-Saigon
-US policy
-Helicopters
-North Vietnam
-Bombing
-South Vietnam
-Mobility
-Saigon Conv. No. 506-8 (cont.)
-Collapse
-Timing
-PRC
-The Soviet Union
-Japan
-Asian perception
Kissinger's schedule
-Peace Corps
-Meeting
-Press contacts
-President’s opinion
Kissinger left at 12:33 pm.