Conversation: 861-004
Prev: 861-003 Next: 861-005Start Date: 22-Feb-1973 9:55 AM
End Date: 22-Feb-1973 10:06 AM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Kissinger, Henry A.;Recording Device: Oval Office
NARA Description:
On February 22, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger met in the Oval Office of the White House from 9:55 am to 10:06 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 861-004 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 861-4
Date: February 22, 1973
Time: 9:55 am - 10:06 am
Location: Oval Office
The President met with Henry A. Kissinger.
The President's telephone calls
-Two women
-Gen. Brent G. Scowcroft
-Previous dealings
Congressional relations
-Michael J. (“Mike”) Mansfield
-Conversation with Kissinger
-Importance
-Support on aid to North Vietnam
-Trip
-President’s advice to Kissinger for conversation
-Aid to North Vietnam
-Earl B. Albert
Press relations
-Opposition to aid for North Vietnam
-Howard K. Smith
-Communist victory
-Laos settlement
-Boston Globe
-Cartoons
-Contents
-Press opposition to President
-Reasons
-Anger at President for successes
-Relevance
-John F. Kennedy
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Tape Subject Log
(rev. Nov.-09)
Conversation No. 861-4 (cont’d)
-Constituency
-College generation
President's foreign policy
-People’s Republic of China [PRC]
-Opposition
-Question
-Congressional advice
-Thomas P. (“Tip”) O'Neill, Jr.
The President talked with Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon between 9:58 am and 9:59 am.
[Conversation No. 861-4A]
[See Conversation No. 43-163]
[End of telephone conversation]
Kissinger interview with Barbara Walters
-Scheduling
-Return from Camp David
-Camp David meeting
-Time
-Length
-Length
-Date
-Compared with Marvin L. Kalb
-Anecdotes about President
-Congressional leaders meeting
The President's February 1972 trip to PRC
-Commemorative gift
US-Union of Soviet Socialist Republics [USSR] summit
-Leonid I. Brezhnev’s letter
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Tape Subject Log
(rev. Nov.-09)
Conversation No. 861-4 (cont’d)
-USSR stalling
-Possible summit in 1973
-Nuclear treaty
-USSR push for June 1973 summit
-Agreements
-Preparation
Israeli plane
-Latest report
-William P. Rogers
-Hafiz Ismail
-Meeting
-Scowcroft’s role
-Kissinger’s role
Meeting with Ismail
-New York
-Kissinger's appearance
-Scowcroft
-Roger’s knowledge of meeting
-President’s role
Aid to North Vietnam
-Laos
-US goals
-Cease-fire in Laos
-Laotian self-determination
-Withdrawal
-Kissinger’s role
-Criticism
-Communist
-Cease-fire agreement
-North Vietnam’s withdrawal
-Mansfield
-Contradictions in positions
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Tape Subject Log
(rev. Nov.-09)
Conversation No. 861-4 (cont’d)
-US military role
-Souvanna Phouma
-Unilateral withdrawal
-Press opposition
-Bombing
-Cease-fire
-Motives
Congressional critics
-Albert's response
-Prisoners of War [POWs]
-Public opinion
Kissinger left at 10:06 am.