Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 846 › Conversation 846-018

Nixon & Kissinger on European-American economic relations and George Shultz

Thursday, February 1, 1973 · 4:03 PM–4:05 PM ET · Oval Office · 1 min

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Kissinger, Henry A.Conversation846-018 on Tape 846StartThursday, February 1, 1973 at 4:03 PMEndThursday, February 1, 1973 at 4:05 PMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 846-018 ↗

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President Nixon and Henry Kissinger coordinate a follow-up meeting to address European-American economic relations. They reach a consensus to include Treasury Secretary George Shultz in these discussions, noting his proximity within the building. The participants finalize plans to relocate the meeting to another office to facilitate a more productive environment.

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and the rest of the time, if you wanted to, you could discuss the European-American economic relations.
Churchill could come in if you wanted to, or one of my men.
I think it'd be better to have Schultz come.
I agree.
I completely agree.
And Schultz is in the building anyway.
Yeah.
I think I'll take him over to the other office for this.
He needs to break the monotony of it here.
I'll be in my bed.
And, uh, so we'll go over there now.
Good.

NARA Description

On February 1, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger met in the Oval Office of the White House from 4:03 pm to 4:05 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 846-018 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 846-18

Date: February 1, 1973
Time: 4:03 pm - 4:05 pm
Location: Oval Office

President met with Henry A. Kissinger.

        Agenda for Edward R. G. Heath meeting
              -Great Britain's nuclear program
              -Kissinger’s departure
              -US-Europe economic relations
                     -George P. Shultz
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                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

                                                           Conversation No. 846-18 (cont’d)

                            -Knowledge
                            -Location
              -Executive Office Building [EOB]

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[Previous National Security (B) withdrawal reviewed under MDR guidelines case number
LPRN-T-MDR-2014-037. Segment declassified on 06/19/2019. Archivist: DR]
[National Security]
[846-018-w001]
[Duration: 38s]

       Agenda for Edward R. G. Heath meeting
             -Henry A. Kissinger’s update
                    -Sending technical people to US
                           -Manufacture warheads

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The President and Kissinger left at 4:05 pm.

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  • 846-015 2:58 PM · 6 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John D. Ehrlichman met in the Oval Office of the White House from 2:58 pm to 3:03 pm.
  • 846-016 3:05 PM · 59 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Linwood Holton, Francis W. Sargent, John R. ("Jack") Williams, Jr., George H. W. Bush, Kenneth R. Cole, Jr., James H. Falk, J. Marsh Thompson, Robert D. Ray, Arch A. Moore, Jr., John A. Love, Winfield Dunn, Manolo Sanchez, White House photographer, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 3:05 pm to 4:02 pm.
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Cite this conversation

Conversation 846-018, February 1, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/846-018 (accessed October 9, 2026).