Conversation: 872-003
Prev:  872-002 Next: 872-004Start Date: 8-Mar-1973 9:54 PM
End Date: 8-Mar-1973 10:05 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.; Kissinger, Henry A.; Recording Device: Oval Office
NARA Description:
On March 8, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon, Stephen B. Bull, and Henry A. Kissinger met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:54 pm and 10:05 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 872-003 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 872-3 Date: March 8, 1973 Time: Unknown between 9:54 am and 10:05 am Location: Oval Office The President met with Stephen B. Bull. President's schedule -Additional meeting -John D. Ehrlichman's recommendations -Telephone call -2- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. May-2010) Conversation No. 872-3 (cont’d) -New York -Leslie T. (“Bob”) Hope -President’s radio speech on crime and drugs -Draft preparation -National Security Council (NSC) meeting Henry A. Kissinger entered at 9:55 am. NSC meeting -Kissinger's briefing -James R. Schlesinger's briefing -Length -Termination of meeting President's schedule -Meetings -NSC compared to Cabinet -Length -Changes in today's schedule - President's meeting with Anatoliy F. Dobrynin -Meeting with Mustafa Kahr and Aziz Ahmed Bull left at an unknown time after 9:55 am. Treatment of Kahr and Ahmed -President’s meeting with Kahr and Ahmed -Embassy events -Attendance at dinners -US state department staff Elliot L. Richardson -[First name unknown] Cooper President's meeting with Kahr and Ahmed -Meeting with Kissinger -Military aid -Daniel P. Moynihan's State Department recommendation -Refurbished equipment -Armored personnel carriers -India's production -3- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. May-2010) Conversation No. 872-3 (cont’d) -US obligations -Peoples Republic of China [PRC], Iran -1972 election -Kissinger's recommendations -State Department -Problems -Congress -India-US relations -Conciliation -Moynihan -State Department -US aid for India, Pakistan -Release -Contracts ****************************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 [National security] [Duration: 4s] BALUCHISTAN, NORTHWEST FRONTIER END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 ****************************************************************************** Vietnam settlement -Defense Department -Withdrawal of troops -Rate -Relation to Prisons of war [POWs] release -POWs -Unnamed Air Force major -Homecoming -Praise for President -Troops -Retention -Nguyen Van Thieu’s state visit -4- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. May-2010) Conversation No. 872-3 (cont’d) -Protests by antiwar groups -Le Duc Tho -Sense of confusion of groups -POWs -Criticism of protesters NSC meeting -Length -Multiple Independently-Targeted Re-Entry Vehicles [MIRV] -Meeting with Anatoly F. Dobrynin -Delay Kissinger left at 10:05 am.