Conversation: 872-006
Prev:  872-005 Next: 872-007Start Date: 8-Mar-1973 11:55 AM
End Date: 8-Mar-1973 12:05 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Kissinger, Henry A.; [Unknown person(s)]; Recording Device: Oval Office
NARA Description:
On March 8, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:55 am and 12:05 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 872-006 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 872-6 Date: March 8, 1973 Time: Unknown between 11:55 am and 12:05 pm Location: Oval Office The President met with Henry A. Kissinger. National Security Council [NSC] meeting -Kissinger’s schedule [?] -NSC group -Qualities of members -Nuclear Test Ban Treaty -Kissinger’s opinion -President's questions -Private negotiations -Summit -President's handling of meeting -Kissinger’s paper -Need to focus on the “big picture” -Rolf Pauls -Comments about President -Compared with John B. Connally, Nelson A. Rockefeller -Handling of meeting -6- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. May-2010) Conversation No. 872-6 (cont’d) -Compared to Rockefeller, Connally -Decision making -Nuclear Test ban Treaty -President’s Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board [PFIAB] [?] -Meeting -Study President's meeting with Analoliy F. Dobrynin -Purpose -Meetings at San Clemente, Camp David Pakistan -President's meeting with Mustafa Kahn and Aziz Ahmed -Release of contracts -President’s commitment -Notification of India -India’s reaction -Existing contracts -Aid package -People's Republic of China [PRC] -Rogers's reaction -India’s production of tanks ****************************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 [National security] [Duration: 2s] PAKISTAN END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 ****************************************************************************** Meeting with NSC -Television [TV] broadcast -President's handling -Subject -7- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. May-2010) Conversation No. 872-6 (cont’d) -William P. Rogers, [David] Kenneth Rush -Elliot L. Richardson -Discussion -William P. Clements, Jr. -Spiro T. Agnew -Points raised -Technology -Union of Soviet Socialist Republics [USSR] Strategic Arms Limitation Talks [SALT] negotiations -Throwweight of missiles ****************************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2 [National security] [Duration: 4s] THROWWEIGHT END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2 ****************************************************************************** -Missile program -Public relations -Throwweight, launching -MIRVs -Verification -Testing -Test ban -Throwweight advantage -MIRV -Trident -USSR’s objection An unknown man entered at an unknown time after 11;55 am. President’s meeting with Kahr and Ahmed -8- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. May-2010) Conversation No. 872-6 (cont’d) -Press photographs Pakistan -Embassy functions -State Department -Ecuador, Uruguay -President’s attendance -Spiro T. Agnew The unknown man left at an unknown time before 12:05 pm.