Conversation: 521-007
Prev:  521-006 Next: 521-008Start Date: 15-Jun-1971 3:19 PM
End Date: 15-Jun-1971 3:31 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Kissinger, Henry A.; Bull, Stephen B.; Recording Device: Oval Office
Full Tape Conversation Start Time: 00:52:19
Full Tape Conversation End Time: 01:05:07
NARA Description:
On June 15, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 3:19 pm to 3:31 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 521-007 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 521-7 Date: June 15, 1971 Time: 3:19 pm - 3:31 pm Location: Oval Office The President met with Henry A. Kissinger. The President’s previous meeting with Anatoliy F. Dobrynin -Soviet Union proposed -The President’s response -Linkage implication -Proposed conference -US, Soviet Union and Peoples Republic of China [PRC] relations -Channel for negotiations -Soviet Union intentions -The President’s assessment -Summit possibilities -Soviet domestic situation Kissinger's schedule -Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty [SALT] meeting William P. Rogers -Presentation of note Foreign policy -President's diplomatic efficacy -Communists -Significance of rhetoric -Dwight D. Eisenhower 7 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/08) -Milton S. Eisenhower [?] -Discussions with Nikita S. Khrushchev -John Foster Dulles -Dobrynin -Dulles -Soviet Union-US relations -Announcement of PRC trip -Effect Conv. No. 521-6 (cont.) President’s schedule -Upcoming meeting with Arthur K. Watson White House administration -President's press and staff problems -Kissinger’s previous meeting with John B. Connally -Connally’s access to information -Foreign policy -Leaks -Connally’s view -Melvin R. Laird -Rogers -Kissinger statements -Press coverage -Connally’s view -Poor treatment of President -Examples -Pentagon Papers Connally -Role -The Vice Presidency -Spiro T. Agnew Pentagon Papers -Effect on Vietnam War effort -Medal of Honor winners -Veterans -The President’s view -New York Times -Responsible parties -Punishment -Connally 8 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/08) -Attack on Lyndon B. Johnson -Competency in government -Perception of public -John N. Mitchell action -New York Times -Access to White House personnel -Kissinger cancellation of editorial -Knowledge of implications Conv. No. 521-7 (cont.) -Use of leaked material -President's Vietnam War contingency plans -Kissinger’s memo's to the President -McGeorge Bundy -Johnson -Circulation -Kissinger -Bundy -Past leaks compared to current ones -Kissinger’s view -Department of Defense [DOD] role -Department of State role Stephen B. Bull entered at an unknown time after 3:19 pm. President’s schedule -Meeting with Watson and Col. Richard T. Kennedy Kissinger’s schedule Kissinger and Bull left at 3:31 pm.