335–3

Conversation No. 335-3

Date: May 1, 1972
Time: 2:40-2:55 pm.
Location: Executive Office Building

The President met with Henry A. Kissinger.

Greetings

Strategic Arms Limitation Talks [SALT]
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF

Tape Subject Log
(rev. Nov-01)
Conv. No. 335-3 (cont.)

-White House news summary report
-Alleged differences between Kissinger and the President
-Kissinger’s view
-H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman

Vietnam
-Cease-fire
-Kissinger’s talks in Moscow
-State department reports
-News stories
-Murrey Marder
-Inaccuracies
-Kissinger’s briefing
-Story
-News summary
-Source
-US offers
-News reports
-George Herman
-Marder
-Henley W. Donovan
-Content
-Kissinger’s offers
-Kissinger’s view
-Accuracy
-Kissinger’s briefing
-Source
-State department
-William H. Sullivan
-A paper
-William P. Rogers
-President’s talk with Rogers
-The President’s view
-Bombing of Haiphong and Hanoi
-Kissinger’s talk with Adm. Thomas H. Moorer
-Time
-Number of bombers
-Response
-Effectiveness
-Timing
-News stories
-Impact
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF

Tape Subject Log
(rev. Nov-01)
Conv. No. 335-3 (cont.)

-Moorer
-Thursday’s meeting
-US public response
-Soviet Union response
-US public response
-Need for support
-Doves
-Hawks
-General public
-Support
-Reasons
-Negotiations
-Public reaction
-A memorandum
-Kissinger’s talk with Anatoliy F. Dobrynin
-Conditions
-Leonid I. Brezhnev
-North Vietnam government
-Meaning
-News stories
-State Department
-Marder
-Rogers
-Haldeman
-Purposes
-Kissinger’s view
-Forthcoming proposal
-New York Times story
-Rogers talk with the President
-Acceptability
-North Vietnam invasion

SALT
-Gerard C. Smith
-Negotiating position
-Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff [JCS], Deputy Secretary of Defense, and Central
Intelligence Agency [CIA] director
-Position on SALT
-Briefing
-Melvin R. Laird
-[David] Kenneth Rush
-Smith
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF

Tape Subject Log
(rev. Nov-01)
Conv. No. 335-3 (cont.)

-Negotiating position in Helsinki
-Possible news stories
-Time
-Content
-President’s actions
-Acceptance
-News stories
-Purposes
-Negotiators
-Meeting with the president
-Kissinger’s briefing

Vietnam
-Cease-fire
-News stories
-President’s position
-Kissinger’s position
-Significance
-Hugh S. Sidey
-Recent article
-Jerrold L. Schecter
-Kissinger’s interview
-President’s suggestion
-Work with Sidey
-Kissinger’s work
-Consistency with President's policies
-President’s position

SALT
-President’s public position
-Wording
-Status of talks
-President’s statement
-Wording
-Soviet negotiators
-Merits
-Smith’s proposal
-Kissinger’s view
-Substance
-Soviet submarines
-Numbers
-Limits
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF

Tape Subject Log
(rev. Nov-01)
Conv. No. 335-3 (cont.)

-US position
-Weapons
-Numbers
-US compared with the Soviet Union
-Presentation of agreement
-Wording
-Submarines
-Missiles
-Trades
-President’s statement
-Kissinger’s summary
-Presentation to Smith

Manolo Sanchez entered at an unknown time after 2:40 pm.

An object

Sanchez left at an unknown time before 2:55 pm.

SALT
-Reduction

The President and Kissinger left at 2:55 pm.