United States Secret Service agents and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House on an unknown date, sometime between 1:43 am on August 11, 1971 and 8:43 am on August 12, 1971. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 561-014 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidUS-People’s Republic of China [PRC] relations
Interview with Chou En-lai
-Taiwan
-Possible People’s Republic of China [PRC] reaction
-President’s opinion
-Australia [?]
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US-People’s Republic of China [PRC] relations
-New York Times access to White House staff
-Edward L. Dale, Jr.
-Religious editor
-Interview with Chou En-lai
-Possible public response
-Press coverage
-Possible administration response
-Letter to New York Times
-William P. Rogers
-Patrick J. Buchanan
-Rogers
-David Rockefeller
-Floyd [Surname unknown]
-Possible administration response
-Letter
-Buchanan
-President
-Vietnam
-New York Times
-Possible effect in PRC
-Chou En-lai’s opposition
-UN
-Possible administration response
-President's forthcoming trip
-New York Times
-Letter
-Member of Congress
-Rogers
-Kissinger's conversations
-Australian ambassador
-Charles E. (“Chip”) Bohlen
-USSR
-Press coverage
-Readership
-Possible administration response
-New York Times
-Ziegler, Herbert G. Klein, John A. Scali
-Pentagon Papers
-Washington Post
-Access to White House staff
-Social events
-New York Times editorial
-Buchanan
-Motive
-PRC trip
-PRC trip
-George Meany
-Comments
-Speechwriter
-Compared to Administration’s
-Shepard
-Reston interview
-Impact on PRC
-President’s opposition
-Dominick's statements
-Carl T. Curtis
-President's forthcoming trip
-Chou En-lai's interview with Reston
-Diplomatic relations
US-USSR relations
-Kissinger's conversation with Haldeman
-President's possible summit
-Secrecy
-John D. Ehrlichman, Peter G. Peterson, Scali, Ziegler, John N. Mitchell,
John B. Connally, Spiro T. Agnew
-Kissinger's forthcoming meeting with Anatoliy F. Dobrynin
-Timing
-Timing
-1972 campaign
-California primary
-President’s forthcoming trip to PRC
President's forthcoming trip to PRC
-Timing
-1972 campaign
-Primaries
-New Hampshire, Florida, Wisconsin
-Democrats
-Jackson
-Convention
Haldeman talked with an unknown person at an unknown time between 9:15 am and 10:50 am.
President’s schedule
-Florida, California, Wisconsin
[Conversation No. 561-4A]
-Reston interview with Chou En-lai
-Joseph C. Kraft
-Kissinger's schedule
-New York Times
-Interview with Chou En-lai
-Possible White House response
-Letter
-Richard A. Moore
-C. Douglas Dillon
-Robert D. Murphy
-Robert S. McNamara
-Murphy
-John J. McCloy
-Rockefeller
-Senate
President's schedule
-Forthcoming Trips to PRC and USSR
-Timing of announcements
-Kissinger’s forthcoming trip to Peking
-Duration
-Scheduling
-Translation problems
-Kissinger's conversation with Chou En-lai
-Berlin
-Timing
-Announcement
-Emperor of Japan
-Japan
India-Pakistan
-Kissinger's conversation with Harvard Professor, August 11, 1971
-Edward M. Kennedy
-Self-determination
-East Pakistan
-PRC
-Taiwan
-Tibet
-Relief aid
-Rogers’ offer
-UN
-U Thant
-PRC
-Volunteer organization
-Kissinger's forthcoming conversation with PRC ambassador
-Kennedy
-Hubert H. Humphrey, Edmund S. Muskie
President's schedule
-Forthcoming trip to PRC
-Stopovers
-Wake Island
-San Clemente
-Guam
-Wake Island
-Manila
-Anchorage
-Hong Kong
-Taiwan
-Okinawa
-San Clemente
-Forthcoming trip to USSR
-Timing
-1972 campaign
-Primaries
-New Hampshire, Florida
-Kissinger's forthcoming conversation with PRC official
-Paul N. McCloskey, Jr.
-New Hampshire
-Ziegler’s possible press briefing
-News coverage
-News Stories
-Little Jim
-Reston
-Television
-Analogy to moonshot
-Forthcoming trip to USSR
-Timing
-Press coverage
-Television
-PRC trip
-Stopover
-Ireland
-John A. (“Jack”) Mulcahy
-Britain
-Shannon
-Mulcahy’s home
-Preparation for summit
-Possible meeting with allies
-Timing
-Announcement
-1972 campaign
-Politics
-Tour
-Israel, Africa, Ireland
-Possible meeting with allies
-Location
-Camp David
-Possible press conference
-International monetary situation
-Announcements
-Kissinger’s forthcoming trip to PRC
-USSR
-Kissinger's conversation with Chou En-lai
-Trip to PRC
-Kissinger's forthcoming conversation with PRC ambassador in Paris
-Kissinger's forthcoming conversation with Dobrynin
-Press
-Bernard Gwertzman's Story
-Associated Press [AP]
-New York Times
-USSR note to President
-Announcement of President's forthcoming trip to PRC
-Note
-John Foster Dulles
-Llewellyn E. (“Tommy”) Thompson, Jr.
-State Department
-Timing of announcement
-Vietnam
Vietnam
-Negotiations
President's schedule
-Kissinger’s PRC trip
-Timing of announcement
-[Emperor of Japan] Hirohito visit
-Advance Party
-Secret Service
-Ehrlichman
-Timing of announcement
-Berlin
-Vietnam
-Josip Broz Tito's forthcoming visit to US
-Trip to USSR
-Announcement
-State visit
-Camp David
-Dinner at Yugoslav Embassy
-Travel
-South Korea
-USSR
-French
-Camp David
-Emilio Garrastazu Médici
-Indira Gandhi
-Yakubu Gowon
-Agha Mohammad Yahya Khan
-Forthcoming meeting
-Talking points
-Possible war
-US involvement
-Cambodia and Laos
News stories concerning PRC
-New York Times
-Gwertzman
President’s schedule
-Forthcoming trip to USSR
-Kissinger's forthcoming conversation with Dobrynin
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The President’s schedule
-Forthcoming trip to Union of Soviet Socialist Republics [USSR]
-Announcement
-Confidentiality
-President’s schedule
-Dobrynin
-Contact with State Department
-Rogers
-Credit
-President's forthcoming trip to PRC
-Rogers
-Reports
-Richard V. (“Dick”) Allen
Rogers
-Melvin R. Laird
-National Security Council [NSC] meeting
-PRC
-UN representation
-Vietnam
Foreign policy
-Vision
-PRC compared to USSR
-Gen. Charles A.J.M. De Gaulle
-British statesmen
-Winston Churchill
-Connally’s view
PRC
-State Department
-Rogers
-UN representation
-Impact on Taiwan
-Conversation with Scali
-Ping-pong diplomacy
-Role
-Messages
-Warsaw talks
-President’s instructions to Walter J. Stoessel, Jr.
-PRC ambassador to Warsaw
-Chou En-lai’s comment to Kissinger
State Department
-Role in policy formulation
-Strategic Arms Limitation Talks [SALT]
-Cambodia and Laos
-Jordan
-Possible press stories
-Liberals
-PRC
President's forthcoming trip to USSR
-Kissinger's possible backgrounder
-President’s backgrounder
-Andrei A. Gromyko
-Possible backgrounder
-Announcement
-President's forthcoming trip to PRC
-Possible impact
-Compared to PRC trip
President's foreign policy
-Critics
-Accuracy
-Anti-ballistic missiles [ABM]
-SALT
-PRC trip
-USSR
-Jordan
-1972 campaign
-Vietnam
The President left at an unknown time before 10:50 pm.
Vietnam
-USSR
-Election
-Congress' schedule
Kissinger’s schedule
-PRC
-Press
Kissinger left and the President entered at 10:50 am.
US foreign policy
-President’s forthcoming trip to USSR
-Compared to PRC trip
-Kissinger's advice
-State Department
-Rogers
-Strategic thinking
-PRC
-USSR
-Rogers's conversation with Haldeman
-SALT
-Invitation to Brezhnev
-President's possible visit to European Economic Community [EEC]
-Public opinion
-Europe, Latin America, Africa
-Israel
-India-Pakistan
-Biafra
-Compared to Pakistan
-Strategic thinking
-Rogers
-State Department
-Kissinger and the President
-NSC meetings
-State Department
-PRC
-USSR
-Great Britain
-Rogers
President's forthcoming trip to USSR
-Secrecy
-Kissinger
-Alexander M. Haig, Jr.
-Winston Lord
-Dobrynin meeting
-Helicopter
-Mt. Vernon
-Boat
-Importance
Ziegler entered at 10:58 am.
Ziegler's forthcoming press briefing
-Ziegler's conversation with John N. Mitchell
-Forthcoming announcement
-Press conference
-Ziegler’s possible comments
-John V. Lindsay
-Ziegler's forthcoming call to Nelson A. Rockefeller
-Vietnam
-George C. Wallace
-Statement on August 11, 1971 concerning busing
-President’s cabinet
-Busing
-President’s position
-Supreme Court's ruling
-Dual school system
-Compulsion
-Congress
-Use of federal funds
-President's orders
-Elliot L. Richardson, Mitchell
-Violation
-Consequences
-George Meany
-President’s forthcoming trip to PRC
-President's forthcoming visit to PRC
-Reston's interview with Chou En-Lai
-Chou En-lai's conversation with Kissinger
-President's objective
-White House facilities
-Usage
-Public perception
Press
-New York Times, Washington Post
-Access to White House staff
-Edward Dale
-Possible calls
-handling
-[Pentagon Papers]
-Klein
-Scali
Ziegler's forthcoming press briefing
-1972 campaign
-President’s recent trip
-Mudd report
-McIntyre
-[Forename unknown] Gergis [sp?]
The President talked with Harmon Killebrew between 11:10 am and 11:15 am.
[Conversation No. 561-4B]
[See Conversation No. 7-87]
-Schedule
-Minnesota Twins
-Washington [Senators] fans
-Comments by Tricia Nixon Cox and Julie Nixon Eisenhower
Bob Allison
-Activities
-Commentary
-Senators
Killebrew
-Recreation
-Gift from President
-Golf ball
[End of telephone conversation]
Ziegler left at 11:16 am.
Gift for Killebrew
Killebrew’s home run
-White House notification
President's schedule
-Bowlers
-Auto racers
President's forthcoming trip to USSR
-Kissinger's reaction
-Buchanan
-PRC
-Foreign policy
-Importance
National economy
-Popular opinion
-President's forthcoming conversation with George P. Shultz
Polls
-Louis Harris
-Possible questions
-Budget allocations
-Defense
-USSR
-Compared to housing, education, environment
-Taxes
-Domestic Council
-Edwin L. Harper
-Popular view concerning federal spending
-Federal spending
-Taxes
-Prices
-Programs
National economy
-Unemployment
-Date of release of government statistics
Speechwriting
-Shepard
-Writer
President's forthcoming speeches
-Raymond K. Price, Jr.
-Knights of Columbus
-President’s meeting with Shultz
-John K. Andrews, Jr.
-Veterans of Foreign Wars [VFW]
-Price
-Radio talks
President's schedule
-Ehrlichman
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1972 campaign
-H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman’s possible efforts
-John B. Connally [?]
-Efforts similar to those done by Charles W. Colson
-Set up operations in critical states
-Need to react to press stories
-White House reaction
-Reaction of campaign’s state chairmen
-Importance of television news stories
-Compared to newspaper stories
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Religion in US
-Graham’s recent visit
-Implications
-President's conversation with Graham, August 10, 1971
-Shepard’s comment
-Public mail
President's speechwriters
-Price's view
-Shepard
-Leader class
Graham
-Audience
Leader class
-Education
-Impact on religious views
-Views concerning emotion
-Pragmatism
-Cowardice
-Mulcahy
-Hobart D. (“Hobe”) Lewis
-Peter G. Peterson
-Meetings
-Ministers
-College presidents
-Kent State University
-Softness
-Environment
-Consumers
-Blacks
-Flanigan
-Ehrlichman
-Business
-Consumers
-Environment
-Environment
-Environment
-Whitaker
-Russell E. Train
George H.W. Bush
-Performance
-Possible actions
-Public speaking
-President as world leader
-Bohemian Grove
Graham
-View
-Connally
-Vice President Spiro T. Agnew
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Spiro T. Agnew
-President’s conversation with William F. (“Billy”) Graham, August 10, 1971
-Bryce N. Harlow’s views
-Korea
-John N. Mitchell’s views
-H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman’s opinion
-Fear of John B. Connally
-John B. Connally’s relationship with administration
-Political support
-Recent Republican National Committee [RNC] meeting
-H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman’s opinion
-Republican’s support for Spiro T. Agnew
-Advantages and disadvantages
-Continuance in office
-Replacement on ticket
-John B. Connally
-Ronald W. Reagan
-Nelson A. Rockefeller
-John B. Connally
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National economy
-President's forthcoming program
-Impact
-Connally's role
-Wage price freeze
-Foreign monetary policy
-President's possible role
-Connally’s possible speech
-Timing
-Prime time compared to new time
-Hobart Rowen's article, August 11, 1971
-Devaluation
-International Monetary Fund [IMF]
-Dollar’s possible behavior
-Effect on domestic economy
-Devaluation
-International monetary situation
-Connally
-Psychological effect
-Henry S. Reuss committee report
-Shultz's conversation with his son
-Popular opinion
-Rowen's article
-Canada, West Germany
-Action
-President's forthcoming program
-Connally
-Politics
President's schedule
-Ehrlichman
Haldeman left at 11:40 am.This transcript was generated automatically by AI and has not been reviewed for accuracy. Do not cite this transcript as authoritative. Consult the Finding Aid above for verified information.