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
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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
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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
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1
[National security]
[Duration: 4s]
BALUCHISTAN, NORTHWEST FRONTIER
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1
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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
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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.