Audio for this conversation has not yet been released by the National Archives.
NARA DescriptionOn June 14, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon, Clark MacGregor, Henry A. Kissinger, and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the Oval Office of the White House from 4:02 pm to 6:03 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 733-012 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 733-12/734-1
Date: June 14, 1972
Time: 4:02-6:03 pm
Location: Oval Office
The President met with Clark MacGregor.
Forthcoming Congressional briefing on the Strategic Arms and Limitation Treaty [SALT]
-Attendees
-Format
-The President's opening statement
-Henry A. Kissinger
-Questions
-MacGregor
-Moderator
-Foreign Relations Committee
-Anti-ballistic missile [ABM] Treaty
-Questions
-J. William Fulbright
(rev. Jan-02)
-Questioning by Committee
-Format
-Moderator role
-Identifying speakers
-Fulbright
-George D. Aiken
-House Foreign Affairs Committee
-William S. Maillard
-John C. Stennis
-Chairmen and ranking members
-Fulbright
-Thomas C. Korologos, MacGregor
-Kissinger
Fulbright
-Support for SALT
-John L. McClellan
-Primary in Arkansas
-David Pryor
-McClellan
-The President's call to McClellan
-William P. Rogers
Congressional briefing on SALT
-Kissinger
-Statement
-Starting time
-The President’s meeting with Luis Echeverria Alverez
-H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman
-Length
-Breaks
-Importance
-Kissinger’s role
-Melvin R. Laird, Rogers
-Kissinger
-Knowledge of issues
-Transcript
-Effect on forthcoming Congressional testimony
-The President's opening statement
-Substance of the President's remarks
-Kissinger’s role
-Congressional reactions to Kissinger
-Department of State
(rev. Jan-02) Conv. No. 733-12/734-1 (cont.)
-Department of Defense
-Arms Control and Disarmament Agency [ACDA]
-Gerard C. Smith
-Adm. Thomas H. Moorer
-Richard M. Helms
-Importance of National Security Council [NSC]
-White House control
-Smith
-Rogers
-Interest
-Kissinger
Testimony before the Foreign Relations Committee
-Fulbright
-Rogers and Smith
-Laird
-Schedule
-Karl Marcy
-Laird
-Stennis
The President talked with Kissinger at an unknown time between 4:02 and 4:13 pm.
[Conversation No. 733-12A]
Forthcoming meeting with the President
[End of telephone conversation]
Kissinger
-Japan
-People’s Republic of China [PRC]
Kissinger entered at 4:13 pm.
Laird's testimony before Stennis's committee
-Fulbright’s committee
-Marcy
-Rogers's testimony
-Timing
Kissinger's Congressional briefing
-Laird's and Rogers's testimony
(rev. Jan-02) Conv. No. 733-12/734-1 (cont.)
-Advantages
-Coordination
-Problems
-Henry M. (“Scoop”) Jackson
-Fulbright
Senate schedule
-Robert P. Griffin
-Treaty approval
Testimony before Congress
-Laird and Rogers
-MacGregor
-Work with Congress
-Laird
-Role
-Soviet Union
-Position
Kissinger's forthcoming trip
-Schedule
-Effect on SALT
-Acapulco
-Echeverria
-Meeting with the President
-MacGregor
-The President’s recollections
Gen. Brent G. Scowcroft
-Predecessor
-Jamaica
-Possible visit by the President
-Beauty
Testimony before Congress
-Laird and Rogers
Forthcoming congressional briefing on SALT
-Format
-MacGregor
-Congressional questions
-Order of questions
-The President’s opening remarks
(rev. Jan-02) Conv. No. 733-12/734-1 (cont.)
-Kissinger’s role
-Substance
-Kissinger's role in negotiations
-Length
-Recess
-Arrival ceremony for Echeverria
-Timing
-Fulbright
-Aiken
-Kissinger's remarks
-Length
-Time for questions
Kissinger left at 4:23 pm.
-Length
-Importance
-Questions
-Congress
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2
[Personal returnable]
[Duration: 1m 26s ]
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2
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Forthcoming Congressional briefing on SALT
-Alexander P. Butterfield
-Chairs
Haldeman entered at 4:25 pm.
-The President’s view
-Stephen B. Bull
-Selection
-Location
(rev. Jan-02) Conv. No. 733-12/734-1 (cont.)
-State Dining Room compared with the East Room
-Head of State dinner
-The President’s view
-Staff
-Rex W. Scouten
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 3
[Personal returnable]
[Duration: 7m ]
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 3
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Legislation
-John H. Dent
-Support for the President on black lung bill
-Pennsylvania
-Kentucky
-Ohio
-New Jersey
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 4
[Personal returnable]
[Duration: 3m 25s ]
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 4
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Amnesty
-Administration policy
-George S. McGovern
(rev. Jan-02) Conv. No. 733-12/734-1 (cont.)
-The President’s statements
-Canada
-Service
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 5
[Personal returnable]
[Duration: 12m 9s ]
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 5
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Amnesty
-The President's position
-Widows
-Veterans
-Alternative service
-Motives of draft resisters
-Number of resisters
[Conversation No. 733-12/734-1 continues on Tape Subject Log 734]No transcript is available for this conversation.