Conversation: 892-011
Prev: 892-010 Next: 892-012Start Date: 10-Apr-1973 12:19 PM
End Date: 10-Apr-1973 12:44 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.; Kissinger, Henry A.;Recording Device: Oval Office
NARA Description:
On April 10, 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 12:19 pm and 12:44 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 892-011 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 892-11
Date: April 10, 1973
Time: Unknown between 12:19 pm and 12:44 pm
Location: Oval Office
The President met with Stephen B. Bull.
President’s schedule
-Henry A. Kissinger
-Meeting with Carl B. Albert
-Remarks for possible visit
-National Conference for Building and Construction Trades Department
-Camp David
-Barry M. Goldwater
-Trip to California
-Paris air show
-Alcoholics Anonymous publication
-One millionth copy
-Caspar W. (“Cap”) Weinberger
-Roy D. Hickman
-Rotary International president
-Support for President
-Kiwanis International
-William G. Bray
Henry A. Kissinger entered at 12:24 pm.
President’s schedule
-Lt. Col. John A. Dramesi
-Prisoner of War [POW]
-Flag presentation
-Political advantage
-Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon’s schedule
-1973 Teacher of the Year
-John A. Ensworth
-Ladies Home Journal
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Tape Subject Log
(rev. September-2012)
Conversation No. 892-11 (cont’d)
-Miltary bases
-Kissinger
Bull left at 12:26 pm.
Lee Kuan Yew
-Previous meeting with President
-Leadership assessed
-Ethnicity
-Previous meeting with Henry A. Kissinger
-1976 election
-Historical perspective
-Comparison with U.S. Leaders
President’s policies
-Judgement of history
-Abraham Lincoln’s administration
-Vietnam
-Administration staff
-Supporters
-Hardhats
-US House Of Representatives
-Goldwater
-Cabinet
-Spiro T. Agnew
-Meeting with Nguyen Van Thieu
-Cabinet
-Compared to Leonid I. Brezhnev
-Peter J. Brennan
-Congressional leaders
-Goldwater
-Strom Thurmond
-Military personnel
-First Daughters
-Pham Van Dong
-Le Duc Tho
-Patriotism
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Tape Subject Log
(rev. September-2012)
Conversation No. 892-11 (cont’d)
Kissinger’s meeting with Anatoliy F. Dobrynin
-Proposed Treaty on the Prevention of Nuclear War
-Soviet Union expectations
-Reaction
-North Atlantic Treaty Organization [NATO]
-People’s Republic of China [PRC]
-Justification
-Nuclear weapons
-Use of force
-Soviet interests
-Justification
-Europe
-Reassurances
-PRC
-Attacks by foreign nations
-Great Britain
-Role in NATO
Entry in common market
-US role
-Gen. Charles A. J. M. de Gaulle
-Jewish emigration issue
-Leonid I. Brezhnev’s exchange with President
-Congressional leaders
-Jewish community
-President’s address
-Yitzak Rabin
-Bipartisan Congressional leadership
-Agnew
-Henry M. (“Scoop”) Jackson, Abraham A. Ribicoff, Jacob K.
Javits
-Jewish leaders
-William E. Timmons
-Wilbur D. Mills, Herman T. Schneebeli, Russell B. Long,
Wallace F. Bennett
-Ways and Means Committee, Finance Committee
-President’s previous meeting with leaders
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Tape Subject Log
(rev. September-2012)
Conversation No. 892-11 (cont’d)
-Public relations
-US negotiations with Soviet Union
-Kissinger’s forthcoming meeting with Robert C. Hill
-Assistant Secretary of Defense, International Security Affairs
[ISA]
-Elliot L. Richardson
-Dealings with White House staff
-H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman
-Access in White House
Ambassadors
-William R. Kinter
-Support for President
-Possible ambassadorship
-Pakistan
-Cambodia
-Confirmation process
-Leonard Unger, Thailand
-Henry A. Byroade
-William P. Rogers
Soviet summit
-Dobrynin
-Leadership
-Brezhnev
-US negotiating stance on Vietnam
-Treaty
-Middle East
-Negotiations
-Kissinger’s assessment of President’s character
-Trade Bill
-Vietnam
-Domestic issues
-Political shift
-Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe [CSCE]
-Brezhnev
-Health
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Tape Subject Log
(rev. September-2012)
Conversation No. 892-11 (cont’d)
-Treaty
-Soviet Union concerns
-Timing of announcement
-Most favored nation [MFN] status
-Forthcoming CSCE conference
-Future visit by President
-Possible trip to PRC
-Peking
Kintner
-Ambassadorship
-Relationship to President
Gen. Richard G. Stilwell
-Ambassadorship
-Pakistan
-Retirement from military
-Cambodia
-Perception of Kintner’s military service
-Army rank
Soviet Union
-Treaty
-Kissinger’s conversation with Dobrynin on April 10, 1973
-Jewish emigration
-Treaty
-Vietnam
-Provisional Revolutionary Government [PRG]
-Saigon
Vietnam
-North Vietnam interests
-Dobrynin’s analysis
-Cambodia
-Violence
-Limited conflicts
-Economic aid
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Tape Subject Log
(rev. September-2012)
Conversation No. 892-11 (cont’d)
-Treaty
-Removal of troops from Cambodia and Laos
Kissinger’s schedule
-Farewell lunch
-Lakshmi Kant Jha
Kissinger left at 12:44 pm.