Conversation: 631-001
Prev: 630-024 Next: 631-002Start Date: Tuesday, December 7, 1971 5:57 PM
End Date: Tuesday, December 7, 1971 6:58 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob")Recording Device: Oval Office
Full Tape Conversation Start Time: 00:00:29
Full Tape Conversation End Time: 00:31:59
NARA Description:
On December 7, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:57 pm and 1:58 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 631-001 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 631-001 Date: December 7, 1971 Time: Unknown between 12:57 pm and 1:58 pm Location: Oval Office The President met with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman. [The recording begins at an unknown time while the conversation is in progress] People's Republic of China [PRC] trip -William P. Rogers -Conversation with Haldeman -Henry A. Kissinger -Comments -Union of Soviet Socialist Republics [USSR] trip -India India-Pakistan war -Haldeman's talk with Rogers -Press stories -Rogers-Kissinger -President’s instructions -Haldeman's possible call to Rogers -Press articles -Staff meeting -Ronald L. Ziegler -Administration policy -Press stories -Time and Newsweek -Lead story for the week -Mary McGrory Page | 1 White House Tapes of the Nixon Administration, 1971-1973 Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542 -Types of stories -Kissinger -United Nations [UN]-Taiwan -India-Pakistan war -Administration responsibility -Frank F. Church -Edward M. Kennedy -Refugees -India -The President’s conversation with Rogers -Rogers working style -Compared to -John B. Connally -Kissinger -George P. Shultz -Previous conversation with Kissinger -Connally -Kissinger resignation -Previous attempt by Kissinger -Timing -Laos -PRC trip -1972 election -Probable timing of resignation -Possible reasons -Paris Peace Talks -State Department -Magazines -James B. Reston Foreign policy -Rogers -Expertise [?] PRC -Rogers -Talks with Haldeman -State Department Page | 2 White House Tapes of the Nixon Administration, 1971-1973 Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542 Kissinger -India -The President’s stance -Military aid -Economic aid -Indira Gandhi -Difficulties -Kennedy -Kenneth B. Keating -Rogers -National Security Council [NSC] -Kissinger -Appearance on National Broadcasting Company’s [NBC] program, “A Day in the Life of the President”, December 6, 1971 Pierre E. Trudeau meeting -Kissinger’s location The President's schedule -Appearance on NBC program, “A Day in the Life of the President” -Haldeman -Charles W. Colson -Peter M. Flanigan -Robert H. Finch -Donald H. Rumsfeld -Finch -Location -Domestic Council meeting -Spiro T. Agnew -Possible agenda for meeting [?] -Rogers -Kissinger -Haldeman’s previous calls Kissinger -Relations with staff -Trudeau dinner -Toast Page | 3 White House Tapes of the Nixon Administration, 1971-1973 Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542 -Television -Kissinger’s style -Backgrounders -Rogers -PRC -Kissinger and Rogers Connally's news conference Agnew -Style and manner at Trudeau dinner Kissinger resignation -State Department -Frustration over policy -Haldeman's talk with Ziegler -Backgrounder -Kissinger -Handling -Actions -Concern from Haldeman Haldeman left at 1:58 pm.