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447-013a
- President Richard M. Nixon
- Henry A. Kissinger
June 19, 1973
Conversation No. 447-13
Date: June 19, 1973
Time: 12:10 pm - 12:35 pm
Location: Executive Office Building
The President met with Henry A. Kissinger.
President’s previous conversation with Leonid I. Brezhnev
-Agreements
-11-
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Tape Subject Log
(rev. March-2012)
Conversation No. 447-13 (cont’d)
-Economic relations
-George P. Shultz
-Nikolai S. Patolichev
-Transportation
-Sequoia
-Schedule
-Sequoia dinner
-Brezhnev’s view
-Patolichev, Shultz
-Camp David
-Kissinger, Andrei A. Gromyko, Andrei Aleksandrov
-William P. Rogers
-Signing of agreement
-Timing
-Press relations
-Ceremony at White House
-San Clemente
-Appearance
-Negotiations
-Allies
-Anatoliy F. Dobrynin
-Compared with Strategic Arms Limitation Talks [SALT] agreement
signed in Moscow, 1972
-Jet lag
-Interpreters
-Brezhnev’s relationship with President
-Interactions
-Interpreters
President’s forthcoming conversation with Brezhnev
-Agenda
-Mutual and Balanced Force Reduction [MBFR], SALT closing date
-Rogers, Gromyko
-Kissinger, Dobrynin
Rogers
-Forthcoming talks on Middle East, Conference on Security and Cooperation in
-12-
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Tape Subject Log
(rev. March-2012)
Conversation No. 447-13 (cont’d)
Europe [CSCE]
-Statement length
-Gromyko
Brezhnev’s schedule
-Kissinger, Dobrynin
-Sequoia
-Shultz, Patolichev
-Camp David
-Aleksandrov
-Gromyko, Kissinger
-Ronald L. Ziegler
-Soviet counterpart [Leonid M. Zamyatin]
-Security
President’s previous conversation with Brezhnev
-Jews
-Public relations
-Possible demonstrations
-Sequoia
-Blacks
Brezhnev’s schedule
-Senators
-Capitol
-Administrative assistants
-Hubert H. Humphrey
-Response
-Briefing
-Signing of agreements
-Compared to John F. Kennedy’s administration
-Oceanography
-Nuclear Test Ban Treaty
-Transportation, agriculture, oceanography, cultural exchange
-Tax Treaty
-Shultz
-Peaceful use of nuclear energy, SALT
-13-
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Tape Subject Log
(rev. March-2012)
Conversation No. 447-13 (cont’d)
-SALT principles
-Joint Chiefs of Staff’s [JSC] reaction
-Timing of agreement
President’s previous conversation with Brezhnev
-State Dinner
-Russian proverb
-Friendship in adversity
-Kissinger’s conversation with People’s Republic of China [PRC] ambassador
[Huang Hun]
Possible visit by PRC officials to US in 1973
-Talks, August 1973
-Possible announcement
-Chou En-Lai
Head of State visits
-Previous meetings with R. G. Heath, Georges J. R. Pompidou, [Shah of Iran]
Mohammed Reza Pahlavi
-Kissinger’s experience
Brezhnev’s schedule
-Dobrynin
-Sequoia
-Photographic session
-Dinner
-Helicopter
-Camp David
-Arrangements
-SALT
-Kissinger and Dobrynin
-Rogers
-Camp David
Prevention of Nuclear War agreement
-Rogers’s views concerning North Atlantic Treaty Organization [NATO] guidelines
-Rogers’s conversation with U. Alexis Johnson
-14-
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Tape Subject Log
(rev. March-2012)
Conversation No. 447-13 (cont’d)
-Great Britain, Germany
-Alexander M. Haig, Jr.
-Article 51 objectives
-Compared to commitments
-Rogers’s views at Hangchow
Forthcoming briefings on agreements
-Kissinger’s schedule
-SALT
-Congressional relations
-President
Brezhnev’s visit
-Possible demonstrations
-Security
-Camp David
-Sequoia
Watergate
-John W. Dean, III
-Republicans, Democrats
-Handling of funds
-Fred Thompson’s possible questioning
-White House response
-President’s activities
-President’s opponents
-Goals
-Media coverage
-Delay of hearings
-Michael J. (“Mike”) Mansfield
-Rogers compared to Haig
-Partisanship
Senate
-Scott
-President’s refusal to speak with Scott, June 18, 1973
-Vietnam
-Cease-fire agreement
-15-
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Tape Subject Log
(rev. March-2012)
Conversation No. 447-13 (cont’d)
-John C. Stennis
-Hospitalization
-Herman E. Talmadge
-Members
Brezhnev’s schedule
-Lunch
-Senate Foreign Relations Committee
-Economic meeting
-Shultz
-Sequoia
Kissinger left at 12:35 pm.
Date: June 19, 1973
Time: 12:10 pm - 12:35 pm
Location: Executive Office Building
The President met with Henry A. Kissinger.
President’s previous conversation with Leonid I. Brezhnev
-Agreements
-11-
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Tape Subject Log
(rev. March-2012)
Conversation No. 447-13 (cont’d)
-Economic relations
-George P. Shultz
-Nikolai S. Patolichev
-Transportation
-Sequoia
-Schedule
-Sequoia dinner
-Brezhnev’s view
-Patolichev, Shultz
-Camp David
-Kissinger, Andrei A. Gromyko, Andrei Aleksandrov
-William P. Rogers
-Signing of agreement
-Timing
-Press relations
-Ceremony at White House
-San Clemente
-Appearance
-Negotiations
-Allies
-Anatoliy F. Dobrynin
-Compared with Strategic Arms Limitation Talks [SALT] agreement
signed in Moscow, 1972
-Jet lag
-Interpreters
-Brezhnev’s relationship with President
-Interactions
-Interpreters
President’s forthcoming conversation with Brezhnev
-Agenda
-Mutual and Balanced Force Reduction [MBFR], SALT closing date
-Rogers, Gromyko
-Kissinger, Dobrynin
Rogers
-Forthcoming talks on Middle East, Conference on Security and Cooperation in
-12-
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Tape Subject Log
(rev. March-2012)
Conversation No. 447-13 (cont’d)
Europe [CSCE]
-Statement length
-Gromyko
Brezhnev’s schedule
-Kissinger, Dobrynin
-Sequoia
-Shultz, Patolichev
-Camp David
-Aleksandrov
-Gromyko, Kissinger
-Ronald L. Ziegler
-Soviet counterpart [Leonid M. Zamyatin]
-Security
President’s previous conversation with Brezhnev
-Jews
-Public relations
-Possible demonstrations
-Sequoia
-Blacks
Brezhnev’s schedule
-Senators
-Capitol
-Administrative assistants
-Hubert H. Humphrey
-Response
-Briefing
-Signing of agreements
-Compared to John F. Kennedy’s administration
-Oceanography
-Nuclear Test Ban Treaty
-Transportation, agriculture, oceanography, cultural exchange
-Tax Treaty
-Shultz
-Peaceful use of nuclear energy, SALT
-13-
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Tape Subject Log
(rev. March-2012)
Conversation No. 447-13 (cont’d)
-SALT principles
-Joint Chiefs of Staff’s [JSC] reaction
-Timing of agreement
President’s previous conversation with Brezhnev
-State Dinner
-Russian proverb
-Friendship in adversity
-Kissinger’s conversation with People’s Republic of China [PRC] ambassador
[Huang Hun]
Possible visit by PRC officials to US in 1973
-Talks, August 1973
-Possible announcement
-Chou En-Lai
Head of State visits
-Previous meetings with R. G. Heath, Georges J. R. Pompidou, [Shah of Iran]
Mohammed Reza Pahlavi
-Kissinger’s experience
Brezhnev’s schedule
-Dobrynin
-Sequoia
-Photographic session
-Dinner
-Helicopter
-Camp David
-Arrangements
-SALT
-Kissinger and Dobrynin
-Rogers
-Camp David
Prevention of Nuclear War agreement
-Rogers’s views concerning North Atlantic Treaty Organization [NATO] guidelines
-Rogers’s conversation with U. Alexis Johnson
-14-
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Tape Subject Log
(rev. March-2012)
Conversation No. 447-13 (cont’d)
-Great Britain, Germany
-Alexander M. Haig, Jr.
-Article 51 objectives
-Compared to commitments
-Rogers’s views at Hangchow
Forthcoming briefings on agreements
-Kissinger’s schedule
-SALT
-Congressional relations
-President
Brezhnev’s visit
-Possible demonstrations
-Security
-Camp David
-Sequoia
Watergate
-John W. Dean, III
-Republicans, Democrats
-Handling of funds
-Fred Thompson’s possible questioning
-White House response
-President’s activities
-President’s opponents
-Goals
-Media coverage
-Delay of hearings
-Michael J. (“Mike”) Mansfield
-Rogers compared to Haig
-Partisanship
Senate
-Scott
-President’s refusal to speak with Scott, June 18, 1973
-Vietnam
-Cease-fire agreement
-15-
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Tape Subject Log
(rev. March-2012)
Conversation No. 447-13 (cont’d)
-John C. Stennis
-Hospitalization
-Herman E. Talmadge
-Members
Brezhnev’s schedule
-Lunch
-Senate Foreign Relations Committee
-Economic meeting
-Shultz
-Sequoia
Kissinger left at 12:35 pm.