Secret White House Tapes

502–9

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502–9
  • President Richard M. Nixon
  • Henry A. Kissinger
  • Stephen B. Bull
May 20, 1971
Conversation No. 502-9

Date: May 20, 1971
Time: 10:09 am - 10:12 am
Location: Oval Office

The President met with Henry A. Kissinger.

Strategic Arms Limitation Talks [SALT] agreement announcement
-President's talking points with Congressional leaders
-Defensive weapons
-Role for Kissinger
-Credit for the agreement
-Kissinger
-Melvin R. Laird
-Gerard C. Smith
-President's initiative

Stephen B. Bull entered at an unknown time after 10:09 am.

President's meeting with Congressional leaders
-Carl B. Albert, [Thomas] Hale Boggs, Thomas P. (“Tip”) O’Neill, Jr.
-Gerald R. Ford and Leslie C. Arends
-W. Averell Harriman
-President's instructions

Bull left at an unknown time before 10:12 am.
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF

Tape Subject Log
(rev. 9/08)



-J. William Fulbright
-Views on Kissinger's relations with Congress
-Congressional vote, May 19, 1971

SALT agreement announcement
-Smith
-Multiple Independently Targetable Reentry Vehicle [MIRV]
Conv. No. 502-9 (cont.)
President's talking points with Congressional leaders
-Effective presentation
-Text of President's statement on May 20, 1971

Kissinger left at 10:12 am.
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