Conversation: 728-008
Prev: 728-007 Next: 728-009Start Date: 6-Jun-1972 2:50 PM
End Date: 6-Jun-1972 4:01 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob"); [Unknown person(s)]; Kissinger, Henry A.;Recording Device: Oval Office
Full Tape Conversation Start Time: 01:10:29
Full Tape Conversation End Time: 02:19:19
NARA Description:
On June 6, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, unknown person(s), and Henry A. Kissinger met in the Oval Office of the White House from 2:50 pm to 4:01 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 728-008 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 728-8
Date: June 6, 1972
Time: 2:50-4:01
Location: Oval Office
The President met with H.R. Haldeman.
The President's schedule
-Barry M. Goldwater
-Bethesda Naval Hospital
The President’s previous visit to the Soviet Union
-Impressions
-Raymond K. Price, Jr.
-Speech
-Deadline
-Input
-Tanya Savicheva story
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Conv. No. 728-8 (cont.)
The President’s schedule
-Reception
-Republican Senators and Congressmen
-Criteria
-James O. Eastland
-Location
-Press conference
-Timing
-Democratic National Convention
-Congressional recess
-California
-Workload
-Gateway Park
-San Francisco
-Florida
-Forthcoming meeting with Luis Echeverria Alvarez
-Florida
-Timing
-Meeting with Senators
-Meeting with South Pacific Air Transport Command [SCAT] veterans
-Florida
-The President’s view
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Henry A. Kissinger entered 3:05 pm.
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Conv. No. 728-8 (cont.)
The President's schedule
-Camp David
-Weather
-Fog
-Helicopter
-Bethesda
-Thurmont, Maryland
Kissinger's schedule
-Strategic Arms and Limitation Treaty [SALT] briefing
-Leslie C. Arends
-Gerald R. Ford
-George H. Mahon
-John C. Stennis
-Camp David
-Workload
John B. Connally trip
-Charles G. (“Bebe”) Rebozo
-The President’s view
-Memorandum from the President
-Theme
-Japan, People's Republic of China [PRC], Soviet Union, Western Europe, US
-The President's visit to Iran
-US policy
-Third World
-Latin America
-Asia
-Connally’s efforts
-US policy
Kissinger
-Pakistan and India
-Indian Ambassador
-Forthcoming conversation with Kissinger
-Soviet Union trip
-Connally
-Instructions for Kissinger
-US policy
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Conv. No. 728-8 (cont.)
Connally’s trip
-Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
-US relations with Soviet Union and PRC
-India
-US policy
The President's schedule
-Camp David
-Kissinger
-Goldwater visit
-Telephone call
Forthcoming article
-Kissinger’s view
Haldeman talked with an unknown person at an unknown time between 3:05 and 3:46 pm.
[Conversation No. 728-8A]
The President's schedule
-Bethesda
-Camp David
-Thurmont
[End of telephone conversation]
Forthcoming article
-William L. Safire
-Price
-Contents
-US-Soviet Union Summit
-Vietnam
-Summit
-World view
-Connally memorandum
-Vietnam
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Conv. No. 728-8 (cont.)
Stewart J.O. Alsop
-Health
-View of the President's trip
-The President’s accomplishments
-SALT Treaty
Joseph W. Alsop
-Columns
-SALT
J. William Fulbright
-The President's earlier briefing on SALT
The President's forthcoming article
-Price
-Forthcoming speech
-Kissinger's schedule
-PRC and Japan briefing books
-Winston Lord
-John K. Andrews, Jr.
-Article
-Vietnam
-Changes
-Lord
-Japan briefing book
-PRC briefing book
-Article
-Kissinger review
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Conv. No. 728-8 (cont.)
US foreign policy
-Israel
-US policy
-Statement
-Jordan
-Jewish vote
-The President's previous trip to Soviet Union
-Yitzhak Rabin
Article
-Lord
-Price
-Information on US policy
-Vietnam
-Organization of article
-Perspective
-US policy
Vietnam
-North Vietnam
-Kissinger’s view
-Supplies
-Oil
-Alexander M. Haig, Jr.
Central Intelligence Agency [CIA]
-Reports
-Haig
-Lt. Gen. Vernon A. Walters
-Personnel
-The President’s instructions to Haig
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Conv. No. 728-8 (cont.)
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-Personnel changes
- The President’s instructions
-Firings
-Reassignments
-George C. Carver
-Report
-Meeting with Kissinger and staff
-Washington Special Actions Gropu [WSAG]
-Richard M. Helms
-The President’s view
-Staff
-Haig
-Walters
-Mining
-Loyalty to Administration
-Loyalty to administration
Kissinger's schedule
SALT
-Gerard C. Smith
-Henry Kissinger's possible testimony
-The President’s view
-Exposure
-John D. Ehrlichman
-Peter M. Flanigan
-Advantages
-Public relations
-Scope
-William P. Rogers
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Conv. No. 728-8 (cont.)
-Kissinger's expertise
-Possible precedents
-Scope of testimony
-Executive privilege
-Kissinger
-Rogers
-Melvin R. Laird
-Smith
-Timing
-Smith
-Strategy
-Limits
-Flanigan’s previous testimony
-SALT
-Testimony
-Presidential privileges
-Flanigan’s previous testimony
-Possible questions
-Henry M. (“Scoop”) Jackson
-Administration public relations efforts
-Documents prepared by Kissinger
-Charles W. Colson
-Dissemination
-Speech
-Fact sheet
-Administration spokesman
-Delibery
-Strategy
-Reaction to the President's trip to the Soviet Union
-Editorials
-Rogers's role
-Compared to PRC trip
-Communique
-Martin J. Hillenbrand
-Assistance
-Communique
-Confirmation
Foreign policy
-Kissinger’s view
Vietnam
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Conv. No. 728-8 (cont.)
-Media reports
-North Vietnamese offensive
-Kontum
-Army of the Republic of South Vietnam [ARVN]
-Columbia Broadcasting System [CBS] report
-Kissinger’s view
-US policy
-The President’s view
-Bombing
-Lyndon B. Johnson
-North Vietnam reaction
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The President's schedule
-Camp David
-Helicopter
-Thurmont
-Weather
Kissinger's schedule
-Article
-Haig
-Changes needed
-Vietnam
Peter G. Peterson
-Trade agreement
-Deadline
-Anatoliy F. Dobrynin
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Conv. No. 728-8 (cont.)
Vietnam
-Negotiations with North Vietnam
-Possible proposal
-Meeting schedule
-Possible announcement
-Democratic National Convention
-Statement of principles
-Cease fire
-Prisoners of war [POWs]
-Cease fire
-Compared to Middle East negotiations
-Cease fire
-Negotiations
-Kissinger’s view
-Possible settlement
-George S. McGovern reaction
-POWs
Kissinger's schedule
-Camp David
Kissinger left at 3:46 pm.
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An unknown person entered at an unknown time after 3:46 pm.
The President's schedule
-Camp David
-Helicopter
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Conv. No. 728-8 (cont.)
The unknown person left at an unknown time before 4:01 pm.
-Departure
-SALT
-Kissinger
-Public relations efforts
-Colson's activity
-Herbert G. Klein
-John A. Scali
-Background
-Safire
-Speech
The President’s trip to the Soviet Union
-Kremlin
The President's schedule
-Camp David
-Goldwater
Politics
-SALT
-Lyndon B. Johnson
-Glassboro, New Jersey
-1968 popularity
-Comparison
The President's schedule
-Weather
The President's administration
-Accomplishments
-Supreme Court
-The President’s trip to the Soviet Union
-Speeches to Soviet people, Congress
-Editorials
-Time magazine
-Haldeman’s view
-The President’s policies
-The President's image
SALT
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Conv. No. 728-8 (cont.)
-Press accounts
-Jackson
-Multiple Independently-targeted Reentry Vehicles [MIRVs]
-Overkill capability
-Negotiations
-US strategy
-Congress
Haldeman at 4:01 pm.