Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 674 › Conversation 674-007

Nixon & Rockefeller on Foreign Policy and 1972 Election

Thursday, February 17, 1972 · 8:28 AM–8:31 AM ET · Oval Office · 27 min

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Rockefeller, Nelson A.Conversation674-007 on Tape 674 (tape position 00:17:29–00:44:20)StartThursday, February 17, 1972 at 8:28 AMEndThursday, February 17, 1972 at 8:31 AMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 674-007 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon and Nelson Rockefeller met to discuss the upcoming political challenges of the election year, specifically regarding the economy and the administration's foreign policy objectives. Nixon emphasized the importance of international relations between major global powers and solicited Rockefeller's support for his scheduled remarks at an evening dinner. To ensure continued coordination, Nixon committed to having Henry Kissinger provide a briefing to Rockefeller in New York.

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On February 17, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Nelson A. Rockefeller met in the Oval Office of the White House from 8:28 am to 8:31 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 674-007 of the White House Tapes.

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Conversation No. 674-7

Date: February 17, 1972
Time: 8:28 am - 8:31 am
Location: Oval Office

The President talked with Nelson A. Rockefeller.

[See Conversation No. 20-103; one item has been withdrawn from the conversation]

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Well, here's a very fine call, and we're going to leave you about an hour.

we couldn't miss the opportunity to try to see that the two, these two countries that hold the future of the world in their hands have some

supporting the foreign policy field, and also for those, as I wrote you a note for your remarks at the dinner here tonight.

We got a hard year, but, you know, with these things and the economy, these and that and the other things, but I really think that we got a great opportunity to pull things together.

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When we get back, I'll see that Henry gets to New York.

He goes up anyway, and maybe you'd like to get a little prior briefing.

Also recorded on February 17, 1972

020-102 8:11 AM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 8:11 am and 8:28 am.
674-001 8:11 AM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:11 am and 8:15 am.
674-002 8:11 AM · 6 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:11 am and 8:15 am.
674-003 8:15 AM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 8:15 am to 8:24 am.
674-004 8:24 AM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:24 am and 8:28 am.
674-005 8:24 AM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Alexander P. Butterfield, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:24 am and 8:28 am.
674-006 8:24 AM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:24 am and 8:28 am.
020-103 8:28 AM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Nelson A. Rockefeller talked on the telephone from 8:28 am to 8:31 am.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 674-007, February 17, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/674-007 (accessed November 3, 2026).