Conversation: 628-002
Prev:  628-001 Next: 628-003Start Date: 2-Dec-1971 11:35 AM
End Date: 2-Dec-1971 12:13 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Ziegler, Ronald L.; Kissinger, Henry A.; Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob"); Recording Device: Oval Office
Full Tape Conversation Start Time: 00:04:59
Full Tape Conversation End Time: 00:43:02
NARA Description:
On December 2, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, Ronald L. Ziegler, Henry A. Kissinger, and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:35 am to 12:13 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 628-002 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 628-2 2 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) Date: December 2, 1971 Time: 11:35 am - 12:13 pm Location: Oval Office The President met with Ronald L. Ziegler. John B. Connally's reports of the Group of Ten meeting -Questions -Gold issue -Prices -Ziegler's comments -The President's instructions Ziegler left and Henry A. Kissinger entered at 11:37 am. David M. Kennedy -Appointment -North Atlantic Treaty Organization [NATO] Golda Meir meeting -Talking points -Sent to the President -William P. Rogers -Kissinger's talk with Meir -Rogers -President’s hard line with Meir -Phantoms -Joseph J. Sisco and Yitzhak Rabin -Union of Soviet Socialist Republics [USSR] Summit meeting -Middle East topic -Preparatory talks 3 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) ************************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 [National Security] [Duration: 44s ] MIDDLE EAST END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 ************************************************************************** -Agreements -Summit -Rogers' plan -USSR -Settlement -Rogers’ plan -Frontier -Meeting with Anatoliy F. Dobrynin -Anwar el-Sadat -Military action -Leonid I. Brezhnev-Sadat meeting -No interim agreement -USSR -Israelis -Berlin comparison 4 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) Conv. No. 628-2 (cont.) ************************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 3 [National Security] [Duration: 20s ] MIDDLE EAST END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 3 ************************************************************************** -Kissinger's talk with Dobrynin -Israelis -United Nations [UN] forces -Type of discussion -Rogers' plan -Phantoms -State Department -Sisco -Possible Israeli attitudes -Military action in the Middle East -Potential outcome -Summit -Agreement -Egyptian-USSR meetings -Negotiations style -Brezhnev -Talking points H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman entered at 11:46 am. The President's schedule -Dr. Arthur A. Fletcher “Meet and greet” session -Business Council meeting -Sears -J.C. Penney's 5 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) Conv. No. 628-2 (cont.) -Federated stores -Representatives -Retail sales -Percentage -Phase II -Thanksgiving -Christmas -Anticipated revenue -Foreign policy -Peter M. Flanigan -Kissinger -Praise from the President -Potential schedule conflicts -Flanigan -Meeting with Kissinger -Los Angeles, Chicago, and Cincinnati -Kissinger’s schedule -Gordon M. Metcalf and Fred Lazarus, Jr. -Timing -Fletcher meeting -Time -“Meet and greet” -Meir meeting -Timing -Earl L. Butz's swearing-in ceremony -Corn issue -Senate vote -Possible outcome -Corn price supports -John C. Whitaker -Timing -Business Council meeting -Time Haldeman left at 11:56 am. Meir meeting -USSR -Summit -Possible preparatory talks -Withdrawal of forces 6 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) Conv. No. 628-2 (cont.) -Egyptians -USSR position -Sisco -Kissinger's talk with Meir -Rogers -Settlement -Dobrynin -Potential discussions with Kissinger -Passage issue -Rogers -Troops -Roger and Sisco -A question of trust -Egyptians and USSR -Rogers' plan -USSR -Possible scenarios -Phantoms -Sisco-Rabin meeting -Written instructions from the President -USSR summit -Kissinger's talk with Meir -The President -Negotiation style towards Meir -USSR -The President-Meir photograph -Kissinger and Rabin -“Goodwill” gesture Cambodia -North Vietnamese -South Vietnamese -Cautious approach -Bombing -Other objectives -North Vietnamese planes -Airfields -Numbers of planes -Bombing -Adm. Thomas H. Moorer -Upcoming conversation between Kissinger and Moorer 7 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) Conv. No. 628-2 (cont.) -Gen. John D. Ryan -Call for youth -Melvin R. Laird -Potential conversation between Kissinger and Laird -Briefing on air strikes -Moorer -David Packard -Laird -Location -Briefing -Timing India -State Department -New license cut off -Announcement -President's instructions -Old license cancellation -Briefing [Sounds of note taking] Kennedy appointment -NATO -Conditions -Statement by the President -National Security Council [NSC] meetings -Attendance at Georges J.R. Pompidou, Willy Brandt, Edward R.G. Heath and Eisaku Sato meetings -John R. Schaetzel and Joseph A. Greenwald -Information on economic issues -Brussels staff -Upgrade -Rogers -Talk with Kissinger Television -Rogers in Europe -Call from the President -Report -National Broadcasting Corporation [NBC] 8 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) Conv. No. 628-2 (cont.) -Length of conversation -Kennedy -NATO People's Republic of China [PRC] -Kissinger announcement -Media coverage -James B. Reston column -Favorable -J. William Fulbright committee -Chinese reaction -Two-China issue -Thelma C. (Pat”) Nixon -Media -Reactions -Vietnam War -Support of foreign policy -Charles H. Percy -Talk with Kissinger -Senate -Establishment Kissinger left at 12:13 pm.