Conversation: 577-008
Prev:  577-007 Next: 577-009Start Date: 20-Sep-1971 1:40 PM
End Date: 20-Sep-1971 2:59 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob"); Walk, William E., Jr.; Kissinger, Henry A.; Recording Device: Oval Office
Full Tape Conversation Start Time: 01:20:21
Full Tape Conversation End Time: 02:08:30
NARA Description:
On September 20, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, William E. Walk, Jr., and Henry A. Kissinger met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:40 pm and 2:59 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 577-008 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 577-8 Date: September 20, 1971 Time: Unknown between 1:40 pm and 2:59 pm Location: Oval Office The President met with H. R. (Bob”) Haldeman. Status report [The President talked with William E. Walk, Jr. between 2:09 pm and 2:12 pm]. [Conversation No. 577-8A] [See Conversation No. 9-97] [End of telephone conversation] Supreme Court -Nominees US economic policies -Arthur F. Burns -Information for forthcoming press conference -Forthcoming press conference -Phase II -Transmittal 18 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) Conv. No. 577-8 (cont.) Spiro T. Agnew -Telephone conversation to Haldeman -Foundations speech -Format -Possible reaction -Agnew's role -Job as Vice President -Agnew's attitude -Speech format -Press relations -Type of speech -Options -Handling -The Vice President's handling of previous speeches -Foundations -The press -Forthcoming release of [Edith Efron's] book [The News Twisters] -The Vice President's role in commenting on the media -Pentagon Papers -Leslie H. Gelb -Brookings Institute -Press relations -Timing Foundation speech -Ford Foundation -Brookings Institute Henry A. Kissinger entered at 2:18 pm. The President's schedule -Trip to Florida -Flight -Meeting Haldeman left at 2:18 pm. Vietnam -Air strikes 19 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) Conv. No. 577-8 (cont.) -Air force -Weather -Planned effect -The People's Republic of China [PRC] -Forthcoming announcement -Air force -Flight ceiling -Soviet Union -Air strike -Time frame -Briefing for forthcoming National Security Council [NSC] meeting -Richard M. Helms, Adm. Thomas H. Moorer -Kissinger's memorandum to the President -NSC -Condensation of two memoranda -Kissinger's conversation with David K.E. Bruce -Bruce's analysis -US options -Vietnam negotiations -History -Final announcement -Air strike effect -Kissinger's conversation with John B. Connally -Meeting -Agnew, John N. Mitchell -Kissinger's conversation with Connally -Agnew -Mitchell -Final announcement -Connally's analysis -Date -US strategy -Kissinger's possible meeting with Senate Foreign Relations Committee -Meeting -William P. Rogers -Blair House -Clark MacGregor -J. William Fulbright -Intended purpose -Rogers's forthcoming testimony -Timing 20 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) Conv. No. 577-8 (cont.) -The President's press conference -Nguyen Cao Ky -News summary -Ellsworth F. Bunker -Meeting with Alexander M. Haig, jr. -NSC meeting -Political conditions -Ky -Nguyen Khanh -Nguyen Van Thieu -Possible US action -Negotiations -Final withdrawal -Meetings -Number -US offer -Thieu -The President's forthcoming meeting with Andrei A. Gromyko -Meeting with Kissinger -Importance -Election -Congressional action -Effect -Activity US-Soviet relations -Anatoliy F. Dobrynin's meeting with Kissinger -Time -US-Soviet summit -Date US-PRC relations -Coordination of trip arrangements -Lt. Gen. Vernon A. Walters -Announcement -Response -Press arrangements -Walters -Message -Overseas delays -Time differences 21 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) Conv. No. 577-8 (cont.) -Announcement -Date -Impact -Additional announcements -Preparation -State Department International economies -Connally's trip to Europe -Kissinger's concern -US position -Surcharge -Price of gold -US position -Split compared to unified position -Connally -Burns -Meeting with the President -Connally -Burns -Forthcoming Group of Ten meeting -International Monetary Fund [IMF] -Speech -Pierre-Paul Schweitzer's meeting with the President -Outcome -Social reception -Kissinger's conversation with Connally -US position -Surcharge -Currency floatation -System -Surcharge -Popularity -Domestic scene -Currency floatation -Connally -Currency floatation -Negotiating position -International economic meeting -The President's conversation with Burns and Connally -Kissinger's attendance 22 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) Conv. No. 577-8 (cont.) -Connally -Burns -Paul W. McCracken -Peter G. Peterson -George P. Shultz -Paul A. Volcker -State Department -Nathaniel Samuels, Philip H. Trezise -Bureaucracy -Currency flow -Burden-sharing -Political issues with economic policies -Burns -Connally -Kissinger -Role -Peterson -Leadership -Ideas -Strategy -Japanese textiles quota issue -Kissinger -Participation -Political ideas -Connally -Politics -Knowledge in economics -Connally's and Kissinger's relationship -Connally's support for the President -Public support -Handling -Germany -US position -Great Britain -France -European market -US position -Indecision -International economic meeting -Kissinger's participation -Surcharge 23 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) Conv. No. 577-8 (cont.) -Connally -Canada, Mexico -US position in relation to foreign countries -Third world countries -Japan Japan -Trade relations -Possible quotas -Trading with the Enemy Act -Textiles -Peterson -David M. Kennedy -The President's august 15, 1971 speech on economic action -US officials responsible for handling textile issues -US-Japanese relationship -Rogers -Negotiations -Kissinger’s participation -Peterson -Kissinger and Rogers relationship -Nobusuke Kishi -Trip to the US -US position -Anticipation in dealing with Japan -Meeting -Date -Kissinger's trip to the PRC -Date -Timing -US restrictions on Japan -Kishi -Trip to the US -Date -The President's schedule -Trip to Detroit, Michigan -Date -Meeting with Kishi -Date -The President's forthcoming meeting with [Emperor of Japan] Hirohito -Trade relations 24 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) Conv. No. 577-8 (cont.) -Peterson -US position -Communications -Date -Trading with the Enemy Act -Impact on Japan-US relations -Kissinger's forthcoming meeting with Connally -Textile issue -David Kennedy -Peterson -Rogers -Mitchell -Domestic issues -Possible conversation with Kishi -Japan -Japan's economic position -Time limit -Kishi -US position -Trading with the Enemy Act -Strength -Negotiating position -Peterson -Staff -Kennedy -Number of people -Peter M. Flanigan -Kissinger -Status Vietnam -The President's press conference -Time -Political impact -Saigon -Situation of South Vietnamese government -[Thieu] -State Department officials -Ky -Haig -Melvin R. Laird 25 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) Conv. No. 577-8 (cont.) -State Department officials -Ky -US -Negotiation strategy -The President's press conference -Memorandum from State Department official -Status -Public life -Stance -The President -Opponent to Thieu -Negotiations The President's handling of foreign relations -Comparison of cienfuegos to the Cuban missile crisis -Comparison to Jordan -Resolution of crisis -John F. Kennedy -Public reaction -Forthcoming summit meetings -PRC -Soviet Union PRC initiative -Announcement -Timing -Date -Announcement -Possible leaks -Possible composition of traveling party -State Department official -Secret Service -Role -Cultural exchange issues -Advance men -Ronald H. Walker -Alfred Les Jenkins -Marshall Green -Attendance at meetings -Kissinger's conversations with Chinese leaders -State Department officials 26 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) Conv. No. 577-8 (cont.) -The President's handling of forthcoming summit meetings -Meeting with Chou en-lai -Rogers -Meeting with Chinese foreign minister -The President's meeting with Chou en-lai and Mao Tse-tung -Kissinger, Rogers -Plenary sessions and meetings -Open atmosphere for negotiations -The President's meeting with Chou en-lai -Type of negotiations -Rogers's attendance -Rogers -Meetings with foreign ministers -Attendance of meetings -The President's meeting with Chou en-lai -Type of meeting -Attending Chinese officials -Mao Tse-tung -Location US foreign relations -Forthcoming NSC meeting -Briefing by Helms -Briefing by Moorer -The President's role -Type of statement -Connally -Agnew -Mitchell -Rogers -Laird -Type of statement US foreign economic policy -Meeting -Attendance -Connally -Kissinger -Connally -Preparations -Contact with foreign leaders 27 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) Conv. No. 577-8 (cont.) -Peterson -Connally -Preparations -Preparations -State Department -Meeting between Connally and Kissinger -Shultz -Peterson -Knowledge -Kissinger -Politics -Textile issue with Japan -US position -Kishi -Peterson -Group -Trading with the Enemy Act -US communication with the PRC -Impact on Japan -White House bureaucracy -Effect on negotiations -US position -Peterson -Strategy -Meeting with Kishi -Textile association -US position -Kishi -US position -Summary -Congress -Peterson -Role Item in the Oval Office -Greece -Pakistan Kissinger left at 2:59 pm. 28 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) Conv. No. 577-8 (cont.)