Conversation: 621-038
Prev:  621-037 Next: 621-039Start Date: 22-Nov-1971 8:30 AM
End Date: 22-Nov-1971 8:50 AM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Kissinger, Henry A.; [Unknown person(s)]; Recording Device: Oval Office
Full Tape Conversation Start Time: 03:58:13
Full Tape Conversation End Time: 04:15:45
NARA Description:
On November 22, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House from 8:30 am to 8:50 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 621-038 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 621-38 41 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) Date: November 22, 1971 Time: 8:30 am - 8:50 am Location: Oval Office The President met with Henry A. Kissinger. The President's schedule -Foreign visits and visitors -Timing of announcements ************************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 [Privacy] [Duration: 3s ]: END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 ************************************************************************** -Georges J.R. Pompidou and Willy Brandt -Edward R.G. Heath ************************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 5 [Privacy] [Duration: 3s ] END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 5 ************************************************************************** -The President’s trip to the People's Republic of China [PRC] 42 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) Conv. No. 621-38 (cont.) -Announcement -Ronald L. Ziegler An unknown person entered at an unknown time after 8:30 am. -Unknown woman -The President's date book The unknown person left at an unknown time before 8:50 am. An unknown woman entered at an unknown time after 8:30 am. -Foreign visits and visitors -Announcements -Timing -Dates -Locations -Azores -Bermuda -Key Biscayne -Logistics -H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman The unknown woman left at an unknown time before 8:50 am. Vietnam -Casualties -Cambodia -Military dispositions -North Vietnam -South Vietnam -Press reporting -Washington Post -New York Times previous editorial -The President's policy -Withdrawal date -Conversation with Michael J. Mansfield -Prisoners of war [POWs] -Withdrawal date -Military aid -POW wives 43 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) Conv. No. 621-38 (cont.) -POWs -New York Times -Cambodia -Press reports -Military dispositions -Bombing -Press reporting -Kissinger's speech to Air Force wives -Cincinnati -Withdrawal date -Negotiations -The President's opponents -Kissinger’s view -White House response -The President -Cabinet -Congress -Goals -Peace negotiations -Le Duc Tho -Cambodia -PRC announcement -Military dispositions -Bombing -Kissinger's conversation with Thomas Karamessines -The President's conversation with Richard M. Helms -Forthcoming conversation between Helms and Kissinger -Briefings -Central Intelligence Agency [CIA] -Joint Chiefs of Staff [JCS] -Military operations The President's schedule -Previous speech to American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations [AFL-CIO] convention -Kissinger's conversations -Kissinger's parents -Frank J. Lausche's call to the President -George Meany Barry M. Goldwater 44 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) Conv. No. 621-38 (cont.) -Forthcoming conversation with Kissinger -Forthcoming meeting with the President -Kissinger's schedule Kissinger left at 8:50 am.