Conversation: 715-001
Prev: 714-024 Next: 715-002Start Date: Wednesday, April 26, 1972 4:41 PM
End Date: Wednesday, April 26, 1972 5:01 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Butterfield, Alexander P.; Yong-sik, Kim; Kim, Dong Jo; Haig, Alexander M., Jr.; White House photographer; [Unknown person(s)]; Bull, Stephen B.Recording Device: Oval Office
Full Tape Conversation Start Time: 00:01:15
Full Tape Conversation End Time: 00:22:10
NARA Description:
On April 26, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon, Alexander P. Butterfield, Kim Yong-sik, Dong Jo Kim, Alexander M. Haig, Jr., White House photographer, unknown person(s), and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:41 am to 12:01 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 715-001 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 715-1
Date: April 26, 1972
Time: 11:41 am - 12:01 pm
Location: Oval Office
The President met with Alexander P. Butterfield, Kim Yong-sik, Dong Jo Kim and Alexander
M. Haig, Jr.; the White House photographer was present at the beginning of the meeting.
Greetings and introductions
Seating
Butterfield left at 11:42 am.
US-Republic of Korea [ROK] relations
-ROK concerns
-Park Chung Hee
-People's Republic of China [PRC]
-Communique
-Private talks
-Park Chung Hee
-The President's Moscow trip
-Subjects of discussion
-ROK
-US commitments
-Democratic People's Republic of Korea [North Korea]
-Current attitudes
-US support for Park
-Soviet support
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 7/07)
Conv. No. 715-1 (cont.)
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1
[National Security]
[Duration: 24s ]
KOREA
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1
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-Soviet Union
-Modernization of ROK forces
-US commitments
-Congress
-Supporters of ROK
-Opposition to US support for ROK
-William P. Rogers's conversation with Kim
Vietnam
-ROK troops
-Number
-Areas of concern
-North Vietnamese invasion
-Duration
-ROK forces
-US air strikes
-Paris peace talks
-Ground action
-Allied actions
-ROK actions
-Defeat of North Vietnam
-Impact on ROK
-Soviet support
-North Vietnam
-Stakes in war
-ROK forces
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 7/07)
Conv. No. 715-1 (cont.)
An unknown person entered at an unknown time after 11:42 am.
Refreshments
The unknown person left at an unknown time before 12:01 pm.
-Withdrawal of troops
-Timing
-The President’s trip to the Soviet Union
-US support
-Withdrawal of troops
-US consultations with ROK
-Troop withdrawal
-US retaliation
-Effectiveness
-B-52s
-US air support
-Helicopters
-US policy
-Kim's conversation with Rogers
United Nations [UN]
-George H. W. Bush
-Abilities
-Voting
-US position
-PRC, Soviet Union
-Biases
-Humanitarian problems
-Talks with North Korea
-Red Cross
-Berlin talks
-Status
Korea
-Modernization of ROK forces
-Standard of living
-US policies
-Support in Congress
-North Vietnamese invasion
-Demilitarized zone [DMZ]
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 7/07)
Conv. No. 715-1 (cont.)
-Impact on US attitudes
-Parallels with Korea
-The President’s message for Park
-The President's Soviet trip
-Consultations
-Compared with PRC trip
-Park’s wishes
-Koreans in US
Reception for Kim and Dong
-Unknown people
Golf game
-Burning Tree Country Club
-Park
Stephen B. Bull entered at an unknown time after 11:42 am.
Presidential gifts
-Golf balls
Bull left at an unknown time before 12:01 pm.
Golf game
Presidential gifts
-Golf balls
-Presentation
-Park
The President's schedule
-Foreign travel
-US election
-Trip to ROK
-1953
-View of ROK
Photographs
-Copies
President and Mrs. Park
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 7/07)
Conv. No. 715-1 (cont.)
-President and Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon
US election
Car
Kim et al., left at 12:01 pm.