Conversation: 581-002
Prev: 581-001 Next: 581-003Start Date: 30-Sep-1971 9:22 AM
End Date: 30-Sep-1971 9:54 AM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Kissinger, Henry A.; Bush, George H. W.; [Unknown person(s)]; Ehrlichman, John D.;Recording Device: Oval Office
Full Tape Conversation Start Time: 00:26:16
Full Tape Conversation End Time: 01:10:12
NARA Description:
On September 30, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, George H. W. Bush, unknown person(s), and John D. Ehrlichman met in the Oval Office of the White House from 9:22 am to 9:54 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 581-002 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 581-2
Date: September 30, 1971
Time: 9:22 am - 9:54 am
Location: Oval Office
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
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Henry A. Kissinger met with George H.W. Bush.
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The President entered at an unknown time after 9:22 am.
Greetings
Taiwan's position in the United Nations [UN]
-Debate and voting
-Kissinger’s trip to the People's Republic of China [PRC]
-Procedural vote
-Type of results
-Sir Alexander F. (“Alec”) Douglas-Home
-Handling of vote
-First vote
-Important question vote
-Procedural vote
-Albanian resolution
-Voting results
-Dual representation
-Situation
-Scandinavian countries
-US-PRC relations
-Date of trip by Kissinger
-UN vote
-Date, projections
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
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Conv. No. 581-2 (cont.)
-Timing compared to 1970
-Forthcoming vote
-Possible options for us actions
-Security council
-US domestic politics
-US strategy
-Handling of vote
-Kissinger's trip to the PRC
-Ronald L. Ziegler's press release
-Preparations
-Press coverage
-Impact
-Debate
-Date
-Albania
-Date of debate, vote
-Delay
-US speech
-Timing
-Kissinger's trip to the PRC
-Debate
-Date
-Procedure at united nations
-Handling
-William P. Rogers
-Speech
-Timing
-US speech
-Voting procedure
-Possible results
-Allies
-Japan
-Situation
-US
-Message
-Eisaku Sato
-Handling of situation
-Delivery
-Scenario
-Bush’s role in New York at the United Nations
-Perceptions
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
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Conv. No. 581-2 (cont.)
-Communications between the US and Peking
-Effect on domestic political scene
-Effect on voting results
-Peking
Foreign policy
-Kissinger's discussion with bush
-Date of PRC trip
-Status
-Soviet Union
-Negotiations with the soviets
-Knowledge by Bush and Rogers
-PRC trip
-Dates
-The PRC
-Possible Chinese reaction
-The president's meeting with Gromyko
-Soviet Union summit
-US-Soviet Union summit
-Strategic Arms Limitation Talks [SALT]
-Announcement date
-UN vote
-Effect of perceptions of US relations with the Soviet Union and the PRC
-Timing
-Peking
-Albania
-Peking’s actions
-UN seat
-Editorial coverage
-New York Times
-US reporting
-Nicaragua
-New Zealand
-Australia
-Japan
-US communications with the PRC
-Peking
-Trip
-Debates on UN seat
-Bush's possible actions
-Announcement of PRC trip
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
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Conv. No. 581-2 (cont.)
-Kissinger's action
-Preparation for the President's trip
-Date
-The PRC trip
-Speculation
-The President's trip
-Date
-Rogers
-Date
-Congress
-Communication between the President and Bush
-Bush’s possible action
-UN procedure and principles
-UN members
-Perceptions of the us public
-The Middle East
-Namibia
-UN Security Council
-The PRC and the UN
-Bush’s actions
-PRC announcement
-Procedural vote at the UN
Bush left at 9:38 am.
Foreign policy
-Rogers
-PRC trip
-Possible call to Rogers
-H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman
-Trip date
-Date
Soviet Union
-The President's private meeting with Gromyko
-The Middle East
-United Arab Republic [UAR [Egypt]
-Iran
-Israel’s sovereignty
-US-Soviet meeting
-Kissinger
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
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Conv. No. 581-2 (cont.)
-Vietnam war
-Vietnam
-Settlement of war
-Kissinger's forthcoming conversation with Gromyko
-Vietnam war negotiations
-Nguyen Van Thieu
-Eight points
-Status
-Proposal to Hanoi
-Leonid I Brezhnev
-Relations with the US
-Kissinger's possible conversation with Gromyko
-Economics
-Foreign relations
-Idea of peace
-Comparison to Bolivia
-The president's meeting with Gromyko
-Nicolae Ceausescu's meeting with the president
-The President's action during meeting
-SALT
-Berlin
-SALT
-Offensive weapons
-Defensive weapons
-Anatoliy F. Dobrynin
-Kissinger's possible conversation with Gromyko
-Vietnam
-Effect on Soviet Union summit
-Status
-Date
-Announcement
-Military options
-US Prisoners of war [POWs]
-Timing of foreign policy action relating to the Soviet Union and the PRC
-Congress
An unknown man entered at an unknown time after 9:22 am.
The president's schedule
-John D. Ehrlichman
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 581-2 (cont.)
The unknown man left at an unknown time before 9:53 am.
Soviet Union
-Effects of foreign policy action
-Summit
-Rogers
-Role
-Germany
The president's schedule
-Gromyko's meeting with Kissinger
-Time
-Reception
-Meeting with Alexander M. Haig, Jr.
-Shultz
-Meeting with Haig
Vietnam
-Options
-Edward M. Kennedy
-Statement on Vietnam negotiations
-US position
-Gromyko
-The PRC
The Middle East
-US actions
-Yitzhak Rabin
Ehrlichman entered at 9:53 am.
Middle East
-Romania
-Soviet Union
-US-Soviet Union relations
-Interim Middle East settlement
-US-Israel relations
-Comparison to Soviet-US relations
-Interim settlement
-Kissinger's meeting with Dobrynin
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
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Conv. No. 581-2 (cont.)
Kissinger left at 9:54 am.
US domestic issues
-Housing
-The President's conversation with Richard M. Daley
-George P. Shultz and the President
-Appeal of case
-Two similar cases
-Chicago
-Federal government
-Chicago
-Appeal to the Supreme Court
-Government position
-Relation to Chicago results
-Appeal
-The government's case
-Further action
-Appeal
-Acceptance of situation
-Appeal
-Possible interpretation by public
-Actual administration position
-Comparison to handling busing issue
-Letter to Daley from Shultz or the President
-Forthcoming meeting with leaders of national educational organizations
-The President's role
-Dr. Sidney P. Marland, Jr.
-Issues
-Freeze, Cost of Living Council [COLC]
-Arnold R. Weber
-Clark MacGregor
-Welfare reform
-Support
-Effect on the administration's position
-Issue
-Temporary jobs
-Budget restrictions
-Administration's position on welfare
-Department of Health, Education and Welfare [HEW]
-Revenue sharing
-Conversation with governors
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Conv. No. 581-2 (cont.)
-Tax reforms
-Treasury Department
John B. Connally
-Schedule, responsibilities
-Edwin S. Cohen's work on monetary problem
-Effect on administration's staff and work
-Long term effect
-Conversation between the President and Connally
-Anti-trust meeting
-Connally's presence
-Issue focus
-Monetary issues
-Phase II
-Tax reform
-Date
-Wilbur D. Mills
-Speeches
-Military procurement
-Congress
-F-14 aircraft
-Vote on anti-ballistic missiles [ABMs]
-Time stipulation
-Debates
-MacGregor
-Changes in vote numbers
The President's forthcoming meeting with education leaders
-Marland's role
Ehrlichman left at 10:05 am.