Audio for this conversation has not yet been released by the National Archives.
NARA DescriptionOn June 12, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 5:39 pm and 6:07 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 731-001 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 730-14/731-1
Date: June 12, 1972
Time: Unknown after 5:39-6:07 pm.
Location: Oval Office
The President met with Henry A. Kissinger.
[This portion of the conversation began at an unknown time while the meeting was in progress.]
US foreign policy
-Ratification of the Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty [SALT]
-Vietnam
-US-Soviet Union summit
-Henry Kissinger's trip to the People's Republic of China [PRC]
-Ratification of SALT
-The President's role
-Kissinger’s view
-Joint session of Congress
-Senate
-Kissinger's role
-Gerard C. Smith
-Political implications
-Alexander M. Haig, Jr.
-Jacob K. Javits
-Charles H. Percy, Jr.
-George D. Aiken
-Michael J. Mansfield
The President's schedule
-Press meeting
-PRC trip announcement
-Television press conference
-Timing
-California
-PRC trip
-Purpose
-The President's standing
-Kissinger’s view
Japan
-Kissinger’s visit
-Japanese newspapers
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. Jan-02)
-Kissinger's appearances
-Eisaku Sato
-Takeo Fukuda
-US-PRC relations
PRC
-US flights over North Vietnam
-Note
-Incursions
-Haig
-Defense Department
-Military commanders
-Note
-Tone
-Impact
-Publicity
-Responsibilty of US military
-Note
-US response
-Haig
-Kissinger's trip
-Incidents
-Restrictions on US flights
-Damage
-Public complaints
-Restrictions
-Importance
Soviet Union
-Nikolai V. Podgorny
-North Vietnam visit
-Bombing
-Hanoi
-Overflights
-Haiphong
-Kissinger’s view
-The President’s instruction
-Timing
-Hanoi
PRC
-Incident
-Haig
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. Jan-02)
-US response
-Previous incursions
-Kissinger's trip
-Time
-US flight over North Vietnam
-Haig
-Complaints
-PRC notes
-US response
-Kissinger’s view
-Thomas H. Moorer
-US restraint
-Bombing
-Locations
-White House approval
-North Vietnam
-Hanoi
-Kissinger’s message to PRC
-Kissinger's PRC trip
-New York Times stories
Vietnam
-Bombing
-Podgorny's visit to Hanoi
PRC
-Soviet Union
-Podgorny
-Normalization of relations
-North Vietnam
-US bombing
-Statement at the United Nations [UN] Conference on the
Human Environment, Stockholm, Sweden
-State Department
-William P. Rogers
-Haig
-Olaf Palme
Japan
-The President’s previous trip
-Donald M. I. Kendell
-Foreign ministers
-Kissinger's trip
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. Jan-02)
-Reception
-Fukuda
-PRC
1972 campaign in US
-the President's re-election
-Rowland K. Evans and Robert D. Novak
-Poland
-Japan
-Sato
-Communists
-North Vietnam
Vietnam negotiations
-North Vietnamese
-Public meetings
-Timing
-Democratic convention
Stephen B. Bull entered at an unknown time after 5:40 pm.
The President's schedule
-Sequoia trip
-The President's sport coat
-Weather
Bull left at an unknown time before 6:07 pm.
Tricia Nixon Cox
-Wedding anniversary
-Television coverage
-Columbia Broadcasting System [CBS]
-Dan Rather
-Barbara Walters
-National Broadcasting Corporation [NBC]
-"Today" show
-J. Edgar Hoover
-Kissinger
The President’s possible press conference
Ratification of SALT
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. Jan-02)
-The President's view
-Senate
-Kissinger’s view
-Kissinger's appearance
-Vietnam
-Pentagon Papers
-H.R. Haldeman
-Budget
-Kissinger's view
-Melvin R. Laird
-Rogers
-Smith
-SALT
-Kissinger’s possible statement
-The President's statement
Kissinger’s schedule
-Previous trip to Japan
-Forthcoming trip to Hawaii
U.S. News and World Report Article
-Raymond K. Price, Jr.
-Editorial review
-Effect
PRC
-US bombing in North Vietnam
-Incursions
-US response
-Kissinger
Kissinger's trip
Kissinger left at 6:07 pm.No transcript is available for this conversation.