Conversation: 635-017
Prev:  635-016 Next: 635-018Start Date: 10-Dec-1971 12:47 PM
End Date: 10-Dec-1971 1:01 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Kissinger, Henry A.; Recording Device: Oval Office
Full Tape Conversation Start Time: 03:54:42
Full Tape Conversation End Time: 04:09:35
NARA Description:
On December 10, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:47 pm to 1:01 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 635-017 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 635-17 Date: December 10, 1971 Time: 12:47 pm - 1:01 pm Location: Oval Office The President met with Henry A. Kissinger 39 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) India-Pakistan situation -Kissinger's meeting with Yuli M. Vorontsov -Message to Leonid I. Brezhnev -[Vladimir K. Matskevich] -Brezhnev -Andrei A. Gromyko -Anatoliy F. Dobrynin -Treaty -Democrats -John F. Kennedy agreement -Obligation -Brezhnev -Movement of military forces -Timing -Brezhnev -Possible summit with the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics [USSR] -State Department briefing by Kissinger -Possible reaction at the United Nations [UN] -U. Alexis Johnson ************************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 [National Security] [Duration: 6s ] PRC END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 ************************************************************************** -Kissinger’s view -Ceasefire -Timing -USSR 40 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) Conv. No. 635-17 (cont.) -Possible agreement with US -Kissinger's meeting with People’s Republic of China [PRC] - Agha Muhommad Yahya Khan -Talk with Kissinger -The President's meeting with Matskevich -Brezhnev -Pakistan -State Department -UN -Johnson -USSR -PRC -Proposed talks -William P. Rogers -USSR -UN -US-USSR relations -Possible motives -Israel -Egypt -Middle East -Golda Meir -Potential sale of jets -Nicaragua -Anastasio Somoza Debayle -Negotiations -USSR Summit -1972 election The President's meeting with David Packard -Praise from the President -Finances -Secretary of Defense -Offered to Packard -Melvin R. Laird -Defense budget -The President’s previous conversation with Packard -Figures -George P. Shultz -Memorandum -Jobs 41 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) Conv. No. 635-17 (cont.) -F-111's -Texas and California -Airborne Command Posts -Boeing aircraft -Figures -Shultz -Laird -Support -Conservatives -Figures -Packard -Laird and Shultz India-Pakistan situation -Rogers -The President’s schedule -Camp David -Briefing materials -Talk with Kissinger -USSR -USSR-Indian relations -US-USSR relations Kissinger left at 1:01 pm.