Conversation: 893-002
Prev: 893-001 Next: 893-003Start Date: 11-Apr-1973 9:42 AM
End Date: 11-Apr-1973 9:50 AM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Kissinger, Henry A.;Recording Device: Oval Office
NARA Description:
On April 11, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger met in the Oval Office of the White House from 9:42 am to 9:50 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 893-002 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 893-2
Date: April 11, 1973
Time: 9:42 am - 9:50 am
Location: Oval Office
The President met with Henry A. Kissinger.
US-Spain relations
-Base agreements
-President’s meeting with Gregoria Lopez-Bravo de Castro
-Letter from Gen. Francisco Franco
-Contents
-Presentation to President
-Photographs
-Arrangements
-Adm. Horacio Rivero, Jr.
-Scheduling
-President’s schedule
-Length of meeting
-Robert J. McCloskey
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Tape Subject Log
(rev. February-2011)
Conversation No. 893-2 (cont’d)
-Cyrpus
-Lopez-Bravo
-Robert C. Hill [?]
-International Security Affairs [ISA]
-Elliot L. Richardson
President’s State dinner for Lee Kuan Yew
-Lee’s toast
-Lee
-Profundity
-Remarkableness
-Compared to US liberals
-Understanding of Southeast Asia
-Meeting Kissinger [?]
-Thailand
Ambassadorships
-Thailand
-Role of Ambassador
-Henry Kearns
-Bank
-Qualifications
-William R. Kintner
-Pakistan, Cambodia
-Alexander M. Haig, Jr.
-Strength of Cambodia
-Qualifications for Ambassador to Pakistan
-Hill
Support for President
-Lifestyle
-State Department
Cambodia
-Composition of possible government
-Haig
-State Department’s attempts
-Lon Nol’s view
-Cambodia domestic situation
-Henry A. Kissinger’s consultation with People’s Republic of China [PRC]
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Tape Subject Log
(rev. February-2011)
Conversation No. 893-2 (cont’d)
Lee Kuan Yew
-1967 meeting with President
-Dialogue
President’s role in world
-Lee’s view
-Thais’ view
-Senators’ view
-President’s decision making
-Future President’s
Kissinger’s schedule
-Meeting with Lee
Kissinger’s talks with Richardson
-Strategic Arms Limitation Talks [SALT]
-Kissinger’s confidence in progress
Forthcoming summit meeting
-Anatoliy F. Dobrynin
-Leonid I. Brezhnev
-Soviet leadership
-Crisis
-Potential changes in leadership
-Nuclear treaty
-Importance to Soviets
-Kissinger’s schedule
-Meeting with Dobrynin
-Haig’s meeting
Kissinger left at 9:50 am
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Tape Subject Log
(rev. February-2011)
Conversation No. 893-3 (cont’d)