Secret White House Tapes

506–8

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506–8
  • President Richard M. Nixon
  • Henry A. Kissinger
May 28, 1971
Conversation No. 506-8

Date: May 28, 1971
Time: 12:22 pm - 12:33 pm
Location: Oval Office

The President met with Henry A. Kissinger.

Torben Ronne
-The President’s opinion
-Relationship to the US
-People's Republic of China [PRC]
-Handling

Foreign policy
-The President’s handling
-Compared to past Presidents
-Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty [SALT]
-Timing

PRC initiative
-Polls
-George H. Gallup
-Louis P. Harris
-State Department
-Reaction
-William P. Rogers
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF

Tape Subject Log
(rev. 9/08)



-Leaks

US military
-Drug abuse
-Vietnam
-Germany
-Vietnam
-Price
-Vietcong, North Vietnamese
-Chinese
-Black military personnel
-Kissinger’s opinion
-Statistics
-President’s opinion
-Loyalty to the President
-Thomas H. Moorer
-Memorandum
-Bombing
-Schedule
-Melvin R. Laird
-Kissinger's forthcoming talk


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Vietnam War
-Timing
-Saigon
-Collapse
-Timing
-Article
-George T. Bell [?]
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF

Tape Subject Log
(rev. 9/08)



-Saigon
-US policy
-Helicopters
-North Vietnam
-Bombing
-South Vietnam
-Mobility
-Saigon Conv. No. 506-8 (cont.)
-Collapse
-Timing
-PRC
-The Soviet Union
-Japan
-Asian perception

Kissinger's schedule
-Peace Corps
-Meeting
-Press contacts
-President’s opinion

Kissinger left at 12:33 pm.
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