Conversation: 911-001
Prev: 910-005 Next: 911-002Start Date: 3-May-1973 8:27 AM
End Date: 3-May-1973 8:50 AM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Kissinger, Henry A.; [Unknown person(s)];Recording Device: Oval Office
NARA Description:
On May 3, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House from 8:27 am to 8:50 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 911-001 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 911-1
Date: May 3, 1973
Time: 8:27 am - 8:50 am
Location: Oval Office
The President met with Henry A. Kissinger. The recording began at an unknown time while the
conversation was in progress.
Watergate
-John D. Ehrlichman’s investigation of leaks
-Kissinger’s knowledge
-[First name unknown] Bennett, Jack N. Anderson
-Egil (“Bud”) Krogh and David R. Young
-Interrogation of Adm. Robert O. Werlander
-India and Pakistan
-Young
-Roles on White House staff
-Kissinger’s knowledge
-1969 wiretaps
-J. Edgar Hoover
-Joseph Kraft
-Henry Brandon
-Hoover
-Kraft
-Hoover
-National security
-Daniel Ellsberg break-in
-Young
-Navy yeoman [Charles E. Radford], admiral [Welander]
-Interrogation
-Kissinger’s possible statement
-Ehrlichman’s statement
-National Security Council [NSC]
-Kissinger’s possible statement
-Young’s position on White House staff
-2-
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Tape Subject Log
(rev. September-2012)
Conversation No. 911-1 (cont’d)
Alexander M. Haig, Jr.
-Role on White House staff
-William P. Rogers
-Duration of assignment
-Support for Kissinger
-George P. Shultz and Arthur F. Burns
-H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman’s view
-Haig’s utility for domestic issues
-Role on staff
-President’s role
-Loyalty to Kissinger
-News stories
-Vietnam negotiations
Rogers
-Timing of departure
US-Union of Soviet Socialist Republics [USSR] relations
-Treaty on the Prevention of Nuclear War [Nuclear Treaty]
-People’s Republic of China [PRC], France reaction
-Great Britain, West Germany support
-Effect on Strategic Arms Limitation Talks [SALT]
-PRC
-US support
-USSR
-US hegemony
White House Chief of Staff
-Haig
-Gen. Brent G. Scowcroft
-Management of Burns and Peter J. Brennan
-George H. W. Bush and John B. Connally
-Duration of appointment
Foreign policy
-President and Kissinger
-3-
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Tape Subject Log
(rev. September-2012)
Conversation No. 911-1 (cont’d)
-Rogers
-David Packard
-Kissinger’s treaty negotiations
-State Department knowledge
-Criticism of Administration
-State Department involvement
-Combative attitude
-Nuclear Treaty
-Controversy
-Negotiations
-Timing
-Watergate
-US-Soviet summit
-SALT, Nuclear Treaty
-Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe [CSCE]
-State Department
-Leaks
-Bureaucratic discipline
-Packard
-President’s and Kissinger’s methods
-Regular procedures
-Haig
-Joseph J. Sisco and Walter J. Stoessel, Jr. [?]
-State Department involvement
-Secretary of State
-Rogers
-Timing of departure
Watergate
-Young
-Role on White House staff
-Ehrlichman
-National security
-Kissinger’s statement
-Leaks
-William H. Beecher
-1969 wiretaps
-4-
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Tape Subject Log
(rev. September-2012)
Conversation No. 911-1 (cont’d)
-Pentagon Papers
-Dwight D. Eisenhower
-Reaction to publishing of NSC directive
-Hoover
-William A. K. (“Tony”) Lake and Morton H. Halperin
-Lake
-George S. McGovern and Edmund S. Muskie
-Federal Bureau of Investigation [FBI] reports
-Hoover
-Kissinger
-Haldeman
-President’s knowledge
-Lake and Halperin
-Leaks
-Loyalty
Haig
-Role on White House staff
-National security
-Scowcroft
-Knowledge
-Ability to handle domestic affairs
President’s schedule
-Packard
-Kissinger
-Dr. David K. E. Bruce
-Radio speech
-Foreign policy report
-Statement
-Kissinger’s briefing
Watergate
-Kissinger’s forthcoming press briefing
-Wiretaps
-Young
-Ehrlichman
-5-
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Tape Subject Log
(rev. September-2012)
Conversation No. 911-1 (cont’d)
An unknown man entered at an unknown time after 8:27 am.
President’s schedule
-Meeting with unknown men
-Stephen B. Bull’s office [?]
The unknown man left at an unknown time before 8:50 am.
Haig
-Scowcroft
Kissinger left at 8:50 am.