Conversation: 679-004
Prev:  679-003 Next: 679-005Start Date: 7-Mar-1972 10:07 AM
End Date: 7-Mar-1972 10:48 AM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Kissinger, Henry A.; Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob"); Recording Device: Oval Office
Full Tape Conversation Start Time: 00:16:04
Full Tape Conversation End Time: 00:55:51
NARA Description:
On March 7, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the Oval Office of the White House from 10:07 am to 10:48 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 679-004 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 679-4 Date: March 7, 1972 Time: 10:07 am - 10:48 am Location: Oval Office The President met with Henry A. Kissinger. The People’s Republic of China [PRC] -Taiwan, Republic of China -James L. Buckley -Talk with Kissinger -William F. Buckley, Jr. -The President’s talk with Chou En-Lai -US presence in Asia -Communique 5 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) -William Buckley -James Buckley’s view ***************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 [National Security] [Duration: 24s ] TAIWAN END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 ***************************************************************** -Message from PRC -Kissinger’s view -PRC acceptance of delegation -Establishment of communications channel -State Department Greece US military aid PRC -Letter to Mao Tse-tung -Letter to Chou En-lai -Statements by non-White House personnel -William P. Rogers -Press -House of Representatives and Senate -Number of responses to statements -Vietnam -Bombing -The President’s meeting with Chou En-lai -Postponement of meeting between the US and North Vietnam -Chinese reaction -North Vietnamese -Significance of timing -Offensive 6 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) -The President’s view -Public opinion -Kissinger’s view -Le Duc Tho -Peking And Moscow -Chinese -Rogers -Hugh Scott’s statement US recognition of Bangladesh -Statement by the State Department -Announcement -Rogers -The President’s view -Timing -Kissinger’s view -Possible Congressional action -Mujibur Rahman -Communiqué with the Soviet Union -PRC -India -Unknown country PRC -PRC relations with the US Vietnam -Postponement of meeting -Kissinger’s forthcoming trip to Paris -Timing -Rogers’s forthcoming trip to South America -Kissinger’s talk with the Israeli ambassador -Soviet negotiations Newsweek article -Rogers -State Department -Morale -Joseph McCarthy era -Kissinger’s talk with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman -Joseph W. and Stewart J. O. Alsop -The PRC trip 7 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) -Report in Time magazine -Chinese officials -Questions on treatment of Rogers -Interaction with PRC officials -The President’s role -Chou En-lai -Kissinger’s role -Shanghai -Shanghai Communiqué -Marshall Green -Source of recent stories -Replacement -Stewart Alsop -[David] Kenneth Rush -News summary -Newsweek -Time magazine -The President’s preparation for the PRC trip -Shanghai Communiqué -London Times -Writers -Kissinger’s view -John F. Kennedy -Television -John A. Scali PRC trip -Presidential image -Toasts -Meetings -Kissinger’s previous conversation with Haldeman -Kissinger’s call to a television producer on the West Coast -Chou En-lai -Rogers Kissinger’s schedule The President’s schedule -Forthcoming presentation of the National Advisory Committee on Child Nutrition Report -Time -Florida 8 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) ****************************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2 [Personal Returnable] [Duration: 19s ] END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2 ****************************************************************************** International Telephone and Telegraph [ITT] case Haldeman entered at 10:28 am. State Department -Joseph and Stewart Alsop -Rogers’s press conference The President’s schedule -Possible meeting with Rogers -Timing -Congress -Status of Secretary of State -The President’s meeting with Mao Tse-tung -The President’s meeting with congressional leadership -Rogers -Previous meeting with Haldeman -Alsop -State Department -Statements about the PRC trip -Shanghai Communiqué -Green -Time magazine -Chinese perception of Rogers -Articles critical of Rogers -Newsweek Kissinger’s schedule -Meeting with John B. Connally 9 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) Press -Local press -News summary -American public opinion -News magazines -Ronald L. Ziegler -Writing press -Television -State Department -Rogers -The President’s meeting with Mao Tse-tung -Questions from Congress -Administration strategy for negotiations -Plenary sessions -Chou En-lai -Foreign ministers -White House -Forthcoming US-Soviet summit -Statements -Rogers -Congressional leaders -Cabinet -Time and Newsweek -Issue -Significance -Secretaries of State -Previous Presidential trips -Dean Rusk -John F. Kennedy -Europe -Nassau -John Foster Dulles -Dwight D. Eisenhower -Rogers -The President’s previous trips -Asia -Vietnam -Romania -The President’s view -Meeting with the President -Haldeman’s participation -W[illiam]Stuart Symington 10 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) -Eisenhower’s support of the President -Haldeman’s view -Kissinger’s view -Previous Secretaries of State -Bureaucracy -Rogers -Congressional leaders meeting -John D. Ehrlichman’s reaction -Meeting with State Department officials -Emil (“Bus”) Mosbacher, Jr. -Foreign minister-level discussions -Forthcoming US-Soviet summit -Andrei A. Gromyko -The President’s meeting with Mao Tse-tung -Chou En-lai -The President’s forthcoming meeting with Leonid I. Brezhnev -Rogers’s participation -The President’s meetings with foreign ministers -Receiving lines -Plenary sessions -Walter L. Cronkite, Jr. -Max Frankel -Press -Joseph Alsop -State Department statements -The President’s PRC trip -Shanghai Communiqué -Stewart Alsop -Haldeman’s view -Kissinger’s backgrounder -The President’s forthcoming meeting with Rogers -The President’s view -Benjamin C. Bradlee -Rogers’s meeting with editorial staff of the Washington Post -The President’s view -Kissinger’s view -Rogers compared to Clark M. Clifford State Department -Cambodia -Kissinger’s view -Settlement 11 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) -Sihanoukville -Vietnam -Vietnam -PRC -The President’s meeting with Mao Tse-tung -Rogers Kissinger left at 10:47 am. The President’s schedule -Charles W. Colson -Unknown man -Meeting -Time -The President’s view -State dinner for Nihat Erim, March 21, 1972 Haldeman left at 10:48 am.