Conversation: 723-010
Prev: 723-009 Next: 723-011Start Date: Thursday, May 11, 1972 7:09 PM
End Date: Thursday, May 11, 1972 7:24 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Kissinger, Henry A.; [Unknown person(s)]Recording Device: Oval Office
Full Tape Conversation Start Time: 01:26:56
Full Tape Conversation End Time: 01:42:37
NARA Description:
On May 11, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House from 3:09 pm to 3:24 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 723-010 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 723-10
Date: May 11, 1972
Time: 3:09 pm - 3:24 pm
Location: Oval Office
The President met with Henry A. Kissinger.
Vietnam
-Soviet Union response to the blockade
-Kissinger’s previous meeting with Anatoliy F. Dobrynin
-Leonid I. Brezhnev message
-Content
-Meanings
-Wording
-Major point
-Soviet ships
-US attacks
-Interference
-Kissinger’s reassurance
An unknown person entered at an unknown time after 3:09 pm.
Refreshments
The unknown person left at an unknown time before 3:24 pm.
US-Soviet Union relations
-Brezhnev's message
-Soviet Summit
-Reply by Dobrynin
-US statements
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. Jan-02)
Conv. No. 723-10 (cont.)
-German Treaty
-Dobrynin references
-US position
-Soviet Summit
-Cancellation
-Timing
-Likelihood
-Kissinger’s view
-Dobrynin's assessment of diplomatic moves
-President's letter
-Comparison to Cuban missile crisis
-Public statements
-President's peace proposals
-Soviet Summit
-Impact on North Vietnam
Vietnam
-North Vietnamese offensive
-US countermeasures
-Effect
-President's trip to Soviet Union
-Kissinger's trip to Peking
-Blockade
-Press response
-Ronald L. Ziegler's report
-World War III predictions
-President's meeting with Nikolay S. Patolichev
-Significance
-Politburo decision
-Mining
-US air strikes
-Cessation in Hanoi and Haiphong
-Time
-Damage
-Timing
-Soviet Summit
-Soviet ships
-Instructions to Adm. Thomas H. Moorer
-Reason
-Soviet Response
-Soviet Summit
-Demonstrations
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. Jan-02)
Conv. No. 723-10 (cont.)
-Inspiration
-William P. Rogers
-Forthcoming meeting with the President
-Time
-Substance
-Peace proposals
-Instructions for Rogers
-Comments before Soviet Summit
-Soviet Summit
-Rogers's knowledge of Polish response
President's forthcoming meeting with Rogers
-Time
-Substance of discussion
-Soviet response to blockade
-State Department
-Statement
-Release
-Time
Vietnam
-Blockade
-Soviet response
-Tone
-US response to Soviet note
-Timing
-Delivery
-Study
-Dobrynin
-Attitude
-Soviet Summit
-Dobrynin's stake
-Kissinger's forthcoming meeting with Dobrynin
-Soviet note
-US response
-Time
-German Treaties
-Ratification
-Soviet moves
-Time
-Cancellation
-Likelihood
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. Jan-02)
Conv. No. 723-10 (cont.)
-Kissinger’s view
-Polish response
-Interpretation
-Timing
-Press response
-German Treaty vote
President's meeting with Rogers
Kissinger left at 3:24 pm.