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Conversation 716-007

TapeTape 716StartMonday, May 1, 1972 at 3:08 PMEndMonday, May 1, 1972 at 4:08 PMTape start time00:02:37Tape end time00:03:40ParticipantsUnited States Secret Service agentsRecording deviceOval Office
AI Summary

President Nixon met with Secretary of State William P. Rogers and National Security Advisor Henry A. Kissinger to discuss high-stakes diplomatic maneuvering regarding the Soviet Union and the escalating Vietnam War. The participants evaluated the perspectives of key European allies—Pompidou, Heath, and Brandt—on Soviet intentions ahead of a potential summit, while also reviewing negotiating positions for arms control. Additionally, Nixon and his advisors coordinated the strategy for Kissinger’s upcoming trip to Paris and finalized plans for intensified U.S. air strikes against Hanoi and Haiphong.

Soviet UnionVietnam WarParis peace negotiationsDiplomatic strategyArms controlAir strikes
AudioNARA Description

On May 1, 1972, United States Secret Service agents met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 3:08 pm and 4:08 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 716-007 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 716-7

Date: May 1, 1972
Time: Unknown after 3:08 pm and 4:08 pm
Location: Oval Office

Unknown men [Secret Service agents] met at an unknown time between 3:08 pm and 4:08 pm.

      [Unintelligible]

      The President’s location
           -Cabinet Room

      [Unintelligible]

The unknown agents left at an unknown time before 4:08 pm.

                                        (rev. Dec-01)

                                                                      Conversation No.716-2

Date: May 1, 1972
Time: Unknown time after 4:11 pm and 5:29 pm
Location: Oval Office

The President met with William P. Rogers and Henry A. Kissinger. The recording began at an
unknown time while the conversation was in progress.

     Soviet Union
          -Letter
          -Intentions
                -Request for evaluations
                      -Georges J.R. Pompidou
                      -Edward R.G. Heath
                      -Willy Brandt
          -Negotiations
                -Ronald L. Ziegler
                -President's Paper
                      -Gerard C. Smith
                      -Vladimir S. Semenov
                      -Leonid I. Brezhnev’s paper
                -US position
                      -Statement
                -Smith
                      -Instructions
          -Vietnam issue
                -Soviet interest
                      -Summit
                            -Risks
                      -Brandt

     Vietnam
          -Paris peace negotiations
                -Kissinger’s forthcoming trip to Paris
          -Air strikes
                -Hanoi
                -Haiphong
                      -Times
                      -Duration
                      -Intensity of strikes

                              (rev. Dec-01)
Transcript

No transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.

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