Conversation: 596-006
Prev: 596-005 Next: 596-007Start Date: Tuesday, October 19, 1971 4:15 PM
End Date: Tuesday, October 19, 1971 4:17 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haig, Alexander M., Jr.Recording Device: Oval Office
Full Tape Conversation Start Time: 02:05:37
Full Tape Conversation End Time: 02:09:26
NARA Description:
On October 19, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:15 pm and 12:17 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 596-006 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 596-6
Date: October 19, 1971
Time: Unknown between 12:15 pm and 12:17 pm
Location: Oval Office
The President met with Alexander M. Haig, Jr.
Ceylon
-Robert Strausz-Hupe
-Haig’s view
-Prime Minister Sirimavo Bandaranaike
-Forthcoming United Nations [UN] vote on Taiwan
-The President’s efforts
-Follow-up efforts
-The President’s efforts
-Ceylon’s relation with the People’s Republic of China [PRC]
Vietnam
-William P. Rogers
-Casualty figures
-Haig’s meeting with Congressmen
-Military
-South Vietnamese domestic politics
-Withdrawal of United States support
-Prisoners of War [POWs]
-Negotiations
Haig left at an unknown time before 12:17 pm.
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Tape Subject Log
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Conv. No. 596-6 (cont.)