Conversation: 628-018
Prev: 628-017 Next: 628-019Start Date: Thursday, December 2, 1971 9:55 PM
End Date: Thursday, December 2, 1971 10:15 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Kissinger, Henry A.; Woods, Rose Mary; Bull, Stephen B.Recording Device: Oval Office
Full Tape Conversation Start Time: 05:20:26
Full Tape Conversation End Time: 05:36:47
NARA Description:
On December 2, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, Rose Mary Woods, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 4:55 pm to 5:15 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 628-018 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 628-18
Date: December 2, 1971
Time: 4:55 pm - 5:15 pm
Location: Oval Office
The President met with Henry A. Kissinger.
Meeting with Golda Meir
-Presidential authority
-Election
-Union of Soviet Socialist Republics [USSR]
-Israelis
-Negotiation tactics
-William P. Rogers
-History of negotiations with Israel
-Politics
Rose Mary Woods entered at 4:57 pm.
The President buzzed Woods
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2
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[Duration: 21s ]
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 628-18 (cont.)
Woods left at 5:00 pm.
Meeting with Meir
-Middle East negotiations
Woods entered at an unknown time after 5:00 pm.
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 4
[Personal Returnable]
[Duration: 34s ]
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 4
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Woods left at an unknown time before 5:15 pm.
Middle East negotiations
-Possible scenario
-Joseph J. Sisco
-Rogers
-The President’s proposed talk with Rogers
-Egyptians
-Anatoliy F. Dobrynin
-Proposed conversation with Kissinger
-Meeting with Meir
-President’s style
-Politics
-Give and take
-USSR
-1973
-Rogers's proposal
-Israelis
-Meir
-Proposed toughness
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 628-18 (cont.)
-American political situation
-Security
-USSR
-Balance of power in the Middle East
-Democrats
-Kissinger's meeting with Dobrynin
-Rogers
-Dobrynin
-USSR summit
-Strategic Arms Limitation Talks [SALT]
-Trade in the Middle East
-Proposed Middle East settlement
-Egyptians
-Trade
-PRC
-Feeling towards a deal in the Middle East
-USSR-PRC relations
-Marshall Green
-USSR-US relations
-Proposed deal in the Middle East
-Status of negotiations
-War
-Timing
-1973
India-Pakistan situation
-Rogers
-Talk with Kissinger
David M. Kennedy appointment
-State Department
-North Atlantic Treaty Organization [NATO]
-The President's call to Rogers
-Timing
-India-Pakistan situation
-Kissinger's call to Rogers
-Timing
-President’s inability to meet with Rogers
-President’s health
-Indira Gandhi
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 628-18 (cont.)
Stephen B. Bull entered at an unknown time after 5:00 pm.
The President's schedule
-Barber
-Timing
Kissinger and Bull left at 5:15 pm.