President Nixon and Henry Kissinger met to coordinate strategy for an upcoming diplomatic engagement with Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko. Their discussion focused on critical agenda items including Soviet missile production and the ratification of the Berlin Agreement. Following this, the President and H. R. Haldeman briefly addressed logistical arrangements for Nixon's schedule, specifically regarding the logistics of the meeting with Gromyko and an upcoming International Monetary Fund reception involving John B. Connally.
On September 29, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the Oval Office of the White House from 3:00 pm to 3:02 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 580-018 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 580-18
Date: September 29, 1971
Time: 3:00 pm - 3:02 pm
Location: Oval Office
The President met with Henry A. Kissinger.
The President's forthcoming meeting with Andrei A. Gromyko
-Missiles
-Production
-Ratification of Berlin Agreement
-Treaty settlement between the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics [USSR] and
Germany
The President's schedule
-Diplomatic reception
-Time
-Gromyko and the President in the Map Room
-Rose Garden
The President talked with an unknown person [H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman?] at an unknown time
between 3:00 pm and 3:02 pm.
[Conversation No. 580-18A]
The President's meeting with Gromyko
The President's schedule
-Unknown person
-Kissinger
-Meeting
-Date
-International Monetary Fund [IMF] receiving line
-John B. Connally
[End of telephone conversation]
Kissinger left at 3:02 pm.No transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.