Conversation: 539-012
Prev: 539-011 Next: 539-013Start Date: Monday, July 19, 1971 4:08 PM
End Date: Monday, July 19, 1971 5:08 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Kissinger, Henry A.Recording Device: Oval Office
Full Tape Conversation Start Time: 01:44:31
Full Tape Conversation End Time: 01:56:37
NARA Description:
On July 19, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:08 pm and 1:08 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 539-012 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 539-12
Date: July 19, 1971
Time: Unknown between 12:08 pm and 1:08 pm
Location: Oval Office
The President dictated a memorandum to Henry A. Kissinger
The US-People’s Republic of China [PRC] initiative
-Kissinger’s press briefing
-Content
[End of dictation]
Kissinger entered at 12:48 pm
Kissinger’s schedule
-Anatoliy F. Dobrynin
-John B. Connally
-The press
-July 20, 1971
-Meeting with conservatives
The PRC initiative
-Staff meeting
-Patrick J. Buchanan
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/08)
-Press story
-The PRC’s stance
-North Vietnam
-News magazines
-Coverage
-Knowledge
-Vice President Spiro T. Agnew, William P. Rogers
-Call from Joseph W. Alsop Conv. No. 539-12 (cont.)
-State Department knowledge
-Comparison to Cambodian action
-Future handling of announcements
-Possible Soviet summit
-The President’s visit to Perino’s Restaurant
-Press coverage
-Effect of announcement
-Memorandum for Kissinger’s briefing
-The President
-Meeting in Lincoln Sitting Room
-The President, Kissinger
Kissinger left at 12:55 pm
The President dictated a memorandum to Kissinger at an unknown time between 12:55 pm and
1:08 pm
The PRC initiative
-Kissinger’s press briefing
-Content
[The President played back a portion of the dictation]
[End of dictation]
[This dictation continues on Conversation No. 539-13]
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/08)