Conversation 744-003

Audio for this conversation has not yet been released by the National Archives.

On June 30, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger met in the Oval Office of the White House from 9:55 am to 10:05 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 744-003 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 744-3

Date: June 30, 1972
Time: 9:55-10:05 am
Location: Oval Office

The President met with Henry A. Kissinger.

     The President's previous press conference

                                 (rev. Feb-02)

     -Vietnam question
           -Nguyen Van Thieu
           -Kissinger’s view
           -Press reaction
                -Kissinger's talk with Max Frankel
                     -Peace talks
           -Date of negotiations
     -Arms control
           -Possible US defense costs
                -Submarines, Anti-Ballistic Missile [ABMs]
                     -Anatoliy F. Dobrynin
                -Instructions for Kissinger
                -The President’s program
                -Melvin R. Laird
     -Vietnam
           -Bombing and peace talks
                -Peter Lisagor
           -Kissinger's talk with Frankel
                -Democrats and North Vietnamese
                     -George S. McGovern
           -Bombing
           -Jim Cannon
                -Nelson A. Rockefeller
                -Call to Kissinger
     -Range of questions
     -The President's preparation
           -Foreign policy
                -Latin America
                -Azores agreement
                -Bahrain agreement
                -War powers
                -Middle East
                -North Atlantic Treaty Organization [NATO]
           -Domestic policy
                -Welfare reform
                -Child care
                -Office of Economic Opportunity [OEO]
                     -legal services
                -British currency
                     -Smithsonian agreement

Kissinger's schedule

                                          (rev. Feb-02)

           -Children
                 -Pool in San Clemente

      John N. Mitchell
           -Martha (Beall) Mitchell

      William P. Rogers's trip
           -Graham A. Martin
           -Italy
           -Georges J. R. Pompidou

The President and Kissinger left at 10:05 am.