Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 580 › Conversation 580-018
Nixon, Kissinger & Haldeman on Andrei Gromyko and Arms Control
Wednesday, September 29, 1971 · 3:00 PM–3:02 PM ET · Oval Office
AI Summary
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.
- Andrei Gromyko
- Arms Control
- Berlin Agreement
- US-Soviet Relations
- International Monetary Fund
- John B. Connally
Audio
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NARA Description
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 Aid
Conversation 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.Also recorded on September 29, 1971
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Cite this conversation
Conversation 580-018, September 29, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/580-018 (accessed October 12, 2026).