Conversation: 653-007
Prev:  653-006 Next: 653-008Start Date: 24-Jan-1972 10:34 AM
End Date: 24-Jan-1972 11:02 AM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob"); Kissinger, Henry A.; Bull, Stephen B.; Recording Device: Oval Office
NARA Description:
On January 24, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Henry A. Kissinger, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 10:34 am to 11:02 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 653-007 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 653-7 Date: January 24, 1972 Time: 10:34 am - 11:02 am Location: Oval Office The President met with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman and Henry A. Kissinger. [Recording begins while the conversation is in progress] Vietnam -Peace plan speech, January 25, 1972 -Briefing -Media -Evening story -Possible questions for Senators -Kissinger’s briefing -John A. Scali’s briefing on India-Pakistan War -News summary -Democrats’ possible reaction -Michael J. Mansfield -Washington Post -Mansfield -All-Indochina peace conference -Negotiations -Final guarantee -Speech -Briefing -Need for accuracy -Text -Timing 10 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) Conv. No. 653-7 (cont.) -Ronald L. Ziegler -Scali -Leaks -Ziegler -Leaks -Scali -Clark MacGregor -Herbert G. Klein -Charles W. Colson -Briefing -Scheduling -Scali -Leaks -Intentions -Scheduling -Foreign policy considerations -Kissinger -Meeting with William L. Safire -Ziegler -Knowledge of possible questions -Ability -Scali -Knowledge of possible questions -Ziegler -Questions from Kissinger’s staff -Answers -Possible questions -Deadline -Congress -Administration position -Ziegler -Staff -Scheduling -Network pool -Schedule -Request for time -Foreign policy considerations -Nguyen Van Thieu’s speech -Timing -Kissinger’s talk with Thieu -Effect on networks 11 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) Conv. No. 653-7 (cont.) -Kissinger’s breakfast meeting with Melvin R. Laird, January 25, 1972 -Laird’s possible conversations with John C. Stennis and Armed Services Committee members -Timing -Kissinger’s briefing -Elliot L. Richardson -John B. Connally -John N. Mitchell -Vice President Spiro T. Agnew -Robert H. Finch -Donald H. Rumsfeld -William P. Rogers -George W. Romney -John A. Volpe -Calls -Romney -Nelson A. Rockefeller -Ronald W. Reagan -William F. (“Billy”) Graham -Lyndon B. Johnson -Graham -Location -Virgin Islands -Communications problem -Johnson -Rockefeller and Reagan -Johnson -Timing -Briefing of ambassadors -State Department -Marshall Green -Cables -Timing of notification -U. Alexis Johnson -Cables -Text, schedule -Kissinger’s forthcoming talk with Sir James Plimsoll -William McMahon -The President’s wire -State Department -Kissinger’s briefing 12 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) Conv. No. 653-7 (cont.) -Japan ************************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 [National Security] [Duration: 8s ] JAPAN END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 ************************************************************************** -Letter to Leonid I. Brezhnev -Anatoliy F. Dobrynin -People’s Republic of China [PRC] -Lt. Gen. Vernon A. Walters -Paris -Television people -Value -Schedule -Writing press -Schedule -Content -Peace proposal -Background -Post-speech briefing -History of negotiations -Highlights -Channels -Maj. Gen. James D. (“Don”) Hughes’s role -Walters’s role -Georges J.R. Pompidou -Training missions -Channels -Release of documents 13 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) Conv. No. 653-7 (cont.) -Nine points -Chronology -US position -The President’s efforts -Criticism -The President’s talk with Kissinger, January 23, 1972 -Kissinger’s meeting with Safire, January 24, 1972 -Secret meetings -Possible reaction -Administration handling -Progress by Johnson Administration -Exposure -Possible reaction -Politics -Public reaction -Thieu -Safire’s work on section of speech -Pentagon Papers and Jack N. Anderson Papers -Klein’s view -Public right to know -Jacob K. Javits’s dinner -Support of the President -Kissinger’s attendance -The President’s unknown previous speech [on Cambodia, April 30, 1970?] -William Atwood of Newsday -Relation with Adlai E. Stevenson II -Robert H. Abplanalp’s visit -Frank Storer [sp?] of Long Island -Reaction to speech -Abplanalp’s reaction -Atwood’s column -The President’s critics -Javits dinner -Secrecy issue -Harrison E. and Charlotte Y. (Rand) Salisbury -Views -Tone -Views of guests -Haldeman’s point -Agreement with Kissinger -Kissinger’s defense of issue 14 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) Conv. No. 653-7 (cont.) -Trust of foreign governments -Vietnam casualties -US responsibility -Tone of argument -Unknown black person -Kissinger’s view -Double standard -North Vietnamese -South Vietnamese, Laotians, and Cambodians -Unknown woman’s [Charlotte Salisbury?] accusations -Thieu government -The President -The American people -Unknown man’s [Harrison Salisbury?] reaction -The President’s forthcoming speech -Safire -Secrecy in negotiations -Haldeman’s and Kissinger’s view -Senate adoption of peace proposal -Contrasted with administration proposal -Peace deadline Stephen B. Bull entered at an unknown time after 10:37 am. Waldheim’s arrival Bull left at an unknown time before 11:02 am. Vietnam -Negotiations -Deadline -North Vietnamese proposal The President’s schedule Kissinger’s forthcoming action The President, Haldeman, and Kissinger left at 11:02 am. 15 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) Conv. No. 653-7 (cont.)