Conversation No. 498-002
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White House Tapes of the Nixon Administration, 1971-1973
Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542
Date: May 13, 1971
Time: 9:28 am - 10:03 am
Location: Oval Office
The President met with Henry A. Kissinger and H.R. (“Bob”) Haldeman.
The recording began while the meeting was in progress. Discontinuities appear in the original
recording
Vietnam
-Michael J. (“Mike) Mansfield's proposal
-Unknown man's response
-Jacob K. Javits
-Calls to Kissinger
-Speech, travel plans
-Possible vote
-Nelson A. Rockefeller
-"Establishment"
-David Rockefeller
[The President talked with William P. Rogers between 9:35 am and 9:41 am]
[Conversation No. 498-2A]
[See Conversation No. 3-41]
[End of telephone conversation]
-Rogers' forthcoming meeting with Mansfield
-Dean Rusk
-Health
-Support for the President
-Dean G. Acheson
US troops in Europe
-Administration Policy
-Senate's Role
-Charles H. Percy
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White House Tapes of the Nixon Administration, 1971-1973
Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542
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[Previous National Security (B) withdrawal reviewed under MDR guidelines case number
LPRN-T-MDR-2014-025. Segment declassified on 04/12/2019. Archivist: DR]
[National Security]
[498-002-w001]
[Duration: 25s]
US troops in Europe
-Henry A. Kissinger’s message to Willy Brandt
-Issue public statement
-Willy Brandt’s support with socialists
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Mansfield Amendment
-Cyrus R. Vance's schedule
-Hubert H. Humphrey
-Edmund S. Muskie
-Muskie's views
-Vance's conversation with Kissinger
-Humphrey
-Edward M. (“Ted”) Kennedy's views
-"Establishment," Democrats
-The President's schedule
-Acheson
-Nicholas de B. Katzenbach
-A meeting of a hospital board
-Location
-Cabinet Room
-Rogers, Melvin R. Laird, Andrew J. Goodpaster
-Seating arrangements
-Rogers, Laird, Acheson, Vice President Spiro T. Agnew
Agnew's relations with Vance
The President's meeting
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White House Tapes of the Nixon Administration, 1971-1973
Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542
-Vance's schedule
-Clark M. Clifford
-W[illiam] Averell Harriman
-Views regarding the President's reelection compared with other attendees
-Health
-Relations with Acheson
US troops in Europe
-Muskie's views
-William A.K. (“Tony”) Lake
The President's views on issues during the 1960's
-North Atlantic Treaty Organization [NATO]
-"Establishment"
The President's policies
-Acheson's views
-Cambodia
-Intervention
Korea
-Acheson's Views
-Union of Soviet Socialist Republics [USSR]
-China
-Cambodia
Vietnam
-Laotian incursion (Lam Som)
-Public opinion
-Casualties
-Effectiveness
-Absence of spring offensive
-Military dispositions
-Instructions for Thomas H. Moorer
-Bombing plans
-Ellsworth F. Bunker
-Announcement of the President's Forthcoming Visit to USSR
-Negotiations
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White House Tapes of the Nixon Administration, 1971-1973
Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542
-Bombing
-The President’s instruction
-Timing
-Le Duan
-Visits to USSR and People’s Republic of China [PRC]
-Strategic Arms Limitation Talks [SALT]
Forthcoming Announcement
-Message to PRC
The President's Schedule
-Robert D. Murphy
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[Previous National Security (B) withdrawal reviewed under MDR guidelines case number
LPRN-T-MDR-2014-025. Segment declassified on 04/24/2019. Archivist: DR]
[National Security]
[498-002-w003]
[Duration: 2m 34s]
Robert D. Murphy's report
-Two China solution
-Taiwan
-Agree provided they keep Security Council seat
-US can’t guarantee
-Potentially better for US to lose vote
-Peking
-Taiwan
US policy
-Breaking treaties with Taiwan to get closer to People’s Republic of China [PRC]
-Deliver Taiwanese to communists
-US forces stationed in Taiwan
-Approximately 6,000
-Aid to Chiang Kai-shek
-Feasibility of Two China policy
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White House Tapes of the Nixon Administration, 1971-1973
Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542
United Nations [UN] vote
-Chiang Kai-shek
-Probability of getting kicked out of Two China
-Communist assembly
-Security Council seat
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Rogers
-The President's schedule
-Kissinger's forthcoming meeting with Gerard C. Smith
-Possible reaction to news
-The President's schedule
-Smith
-Rogers
-Anatoliy F. Dobrynin
[Unintelligible]
Kissinger left at 9:57 am
Polls
An unknown man
SST
-Humphrey
Welfare reform
-Press reports
-Washington Post
-Ronald L. Ziegler's possible comments
-The President's schedule
-John W. Gardner and head of Congress of Industrial Organization [CIO]
-Implications
-Popular opinion
-Public relations
-Staff's view
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White House Tapes of the Nixon Administration, 1971-1973
Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542
-Daniel P. (“Pat”) Moynihan
-The President's schedule
-Edward L. Morgan's view
-H.R. 1
-Popular opinion
-Public relations
-Ziegler, Herbert G. Klein, Agnew
SST
-House vote, May 12, 1971
-Gerald R. Ford
-Press coverage
House of Representatives
-Ford, Carl B. Albert
Connally
-Conversation with Ford
-Joseph C. Kraft's attacks
-Liberals' views
National economy
-Gross National Product [GNP] Statistics
-Release date
-Forthcoming briefings
-Paul W. McCracken
-Herbert Stein
-William L. Safire
-News magazines
-U.S. News & World Report
-Status of inventories
Alexander P. Butterfield entered at 10:02 am
[Unintelligible]
The President's schedule
-Roger E. Johnson
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White House Tapes of the Nixon Administration, 1971-1973
Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542
Butterfield left at an unknown time before 10:03 am
-Florida trip
-Weather
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[Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift 05/23/2019.
Segment cleared for release.]
[Personal Returnable]
[498-002-w004]
[Duration: 22s]
Manolo Sanchez’s schedule
-Testifying
-Florida
-Divorce
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The President's schedule
-Arrangements for Florida trip
Haldeman left at 10:03 am