Conversation: 611-005
Prev: 611-004 Next: 611-006Start Date: Tuesday, November 2, 1971 3:59 PM
End Date: Tuesday, November 2, 1971 5:24 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); McMahon, William; Atkins, Oliver F. ("Ollie")Recording Device: Oval Office
Full Tape Conversation Start Time: 02:26:03
Full Tape Conversation End Time: 03:51:43
NARA Description:
On November 2, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, William McMahon, and Oliver F. ("Ollie") Atkins met in the Oval Office of the White House from 10:59 am to 12:24 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 611-005 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 611-5
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06) Conv. No. 611-4 (cont.)
Date: November 2, 1971
Time: 10:59 am - 12:24 pm
Location: Oval Office
The President met with William McMahon; the White House photographer and members of the
press were present at the beginning of the meeting.
Greetings
[General conversation]
Photographs
-Arrangements
[General conversation]
Sydney and Melbourne
-New York, San Francisco and Los Angeles
-The President’s 1953 trip to Australia
-Comparisons
-Horse race
Presentation of gifts by the President
-Pen
Kissinger and Roger [Surname unknown] entered at 11:06 am.
Introductions
The press and the White House photographer left at an unknown time before 12:24 pm.
Refreshments
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1
[National Security]
[Duration: 5m 36s ]
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Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06) Conv. No. 611-5 (cont.)
US-AUSTRALIA RELATIONS
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1
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US-PRC relations
-The President's forthcoming trip
-Purpose
-Ambassadors
-Compared to US-USSR relations
-PRC’s position in world
-Japan
-Union of Soviet Socialist Republics [USSR]
-US role in world
-Nixon Doctrine
-Foreign aid program
-Senate
-American popular opinion
-Japan, Korea and Thailand
-Cambodia, Vietnam and Laos
-Nixon Doctrine
-The President's forthcoming trip
-Kissinger's conversations with Chou En-lai
-Tone
-Chinese communists
-Compared to Soviets
-Foreign troops in Asia
-US
-Soviet
-Outer Mongolia
-PRC-USSR relations
-PRC’s position in world
-US-Asian policy
-Korea and Vietnam
-The President's forthcoming trip
Vietnam
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06) Conv. No. 611-5 (cont.)
-The President's forthcoming trip to PRC
-Press
-The President's conversation with Andrei A. Gromyko
-The President's conversation with Josip Broz Tito
US-PRC relations
-The President's forthcoming trip
-US Asian policy
The President's forthcoming trips to PRC and USSR
-Pragmatism
-Press reporting
-North Atlantic Treaty Organization [NATO]
-Strategic Arms Limitation Talks [SALT] negotiations
-US foreign policy
-Motives of the PRC and USSR
US-Australia relations
-United Nations [UN] vote on Taiwan
US foreign policy
-The President's experience
-Approach to negotiations
US-PRC relations
-The President's forthcoming trip
-PRC motives
-USSR
-Japan
-Domestic problems
-Historical view
-The President's forthcoming trip
-Announcement
-Timing
-Soviet Summit
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06) Conv. No. 611-5 (cont.)
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2
[National Security]
[Duration: 48m 50s ]
AUSTRALIA
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2
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Stephen B. Bull entered at an unknown time after 11:06 am.
Bull left at an unknown time before 12:24 pm.
The press
Kissinger
-Sonia R. McMahon
The President, McMahon and Kissinger left at 12:24 pm.