Conversation: 582-006
Prev: 582-005 Next: 582-007Start Date: Thursday, September 30, 1971 7:38 PM
End Date: Thursday, September 30, 1971 8:10 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Phouma, Souvanna; Khammao, Prince; Toumayan, Alex; Haig, Alexander M., Jr.Recording Device: Oval Office
Full Tape Conversation Start Time: 00:29:23
Full Tape Conversation End Time: 00:46:04
NARA Description:
On September 30, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, Souvanna Phouma, Prince Khammao, Alex Toumayan, and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. met in the Oval Office of the White House from 3:38 pm to 4:10 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 582-006 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 582-6
Date: September 30, 1971
Time: 3:38 pm - 4:10 pm
Location: Oval Office
The President met with Souvanna Phouma, Prince Khammao, Alec Toumayan, Alexander M.
Haig, Jr.; members of the press were present at the beginning of the meeting.
[The recording began while the conversation was in progress]
Vietnam
-Military leaders
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
-North Vietnam
-Period after Dien Bien Phu
-1962 and 1963
-Situation
-Laotian soldiers
-Captured North Vietnamese soldiers
-Handling
-Economy of the North
-Bombing
-Floods
-Hanoi
-Red River Delta
The President's forthcoming visit to he People's Republic of China [PRC]
-Reaction
-Effect on Southeast Asia
-Great power relationships
-Expectations
-Differences between the US and the PRC
-Rapprochement
-Future foreign relations with the PRC
US relations with the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics [USSR]
-Issues
-Berlin
-Strategic arms limitation
-Middle East
The President's forthcoming visit to the PRC
-Reaction of North Vietnam
-Relations between the PRC and North Vietnam
-French Colonial rule, North Vietnamese
-South Vietnam
-Cambodia
-Laos
-Pathet Lao
-Role
-Analogy to Central Europe and Moscow
-Possible events after end of Vietnam War
-The Prime Minister’s conversation with the Secretary of State
-Thailand And North Vietnam
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 582-6 (cont.)
-Pathet Lao
-US relations with Asian nations
-US Congress
-Aid for Laos
-US assistance to foreign countries
-Proximity to the PRC
Relations between the US and Laos
-The President's visit to the PRC
-USSR
-1962 Geneva Accords
-US policy
-History of Laos
The President, Souvanna Phouma et al. left at 4:10 pm.