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545–1
- President Richard M. Nixon
- H. R. Haldeman
- Henry A. Kissinger
- Alexander P. Butterfield
- John D. Ehrlichman
July 24, 1971
Conversation No. 545-1
Date: July 24, 1971
Time: 9:43 am - 10:36 am
Location: Oval Office
The President met with H.R. (“Bob”) Haldeman.
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1
[Personal Returnable]
[Duration: 30s ]
ALEXANDER P. BUTTERFIELD ENTERED AT AN UNKNOWN TIME AFTER 9:43 AM
BUTTERFIELD LEFT AT AN UNKNOWN TIME BEFORE 9:49 AM.
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1
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Henry A. Kissinger's schedule
[The President talked with Kissinger at an unknown time between 9:43 am and 9:49 am]
[Conversation No. 545-1A]
Meeting in Oval Office
[End of telephone conversation]
The President's schedule for the week of July 25-31, 1971
-National Security Council [NSC]
-Press conference
-Timing
-Budget meeting
-Timing of follow-up meeting
2
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/08)
-George P. Shultz
-Defense budget
-Time lag on report
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 14
[Personal Returnable]
[Duration: 41s ]
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 14
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-Bohemian Grove
-Canton, Ohio Football Hall of Fame banquet
-Ottumwa, Iowa
-Akron-Canton airport
Kissinger entered at 9:49 am.
Schedule
-Meeting with Kissinger
-Kissinger's departure to Paris
-Forthcoming morning budget meeting
Butterfield entered at an unknown time after 9:49 am.
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2
[Personal Returnable]
[Duration: 56s ]
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2
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3
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/08)
Butterfield left at an unknown time before 10:10 am.
Kissinger's schedule
-Forthcoming meeting with the President
Vietnam negotiations Conv. No. 545-1 (cont.)
-Plans
-North Vietnamese proposal
-Status
The People's Republic of China [PRC]
-Kissinger’s forthcoming meeting with the PRC Ambassador in Paris
-Vernon A. Walters
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 3
[National Security]
[Duration: 1m 36s ]
CHINA
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 3
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Kissinger's schedule
-Lunch with Henry and Muffie Brandon
Leaks
-Source
-Polygraph tests
-William P. Rogers
-Melvin R. Laird
-The President's directive
-Source of leak
4
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/08)
-State Department
-Message to William J. Porter
-Announcement of appointment
-Leak to news media
-Source
-Administration’s knowledge
-John N. Irwin, II's conversation with Kissinger
-Congressional testimony on Pakistan Conv. No. 545-1 (cont.)
-Edward M. (“Ted”) Kennedy
-Possession of State Department cables
-Sources
-Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty [SALT] negotiations
-Gerard C. Smith
-Arms Control and Disarmament Agency [ACDA]
-Smith
-Proposal
-The Soviet Union
-Leak prior to presentation
-Charles W. Colson's conversation with the President
-William Beecher's New York Times article
-John D. Ehrlichman
-Egil G. (“Bud”) Krogh, Jr.
-Source
-Polygraph
-New York Times publication of article
-Max Frankel
-Smith
-Effect on negotiations
-Smith
-The Soviets
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 10
[Closed by Statute]
[Duration: 1m 13s ]
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 10
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5
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/08)
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 5
[Privacy, Law Enforcement]
[Duration: 1m 21s ]
Conv. No. 545-1 (cont.)
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 5
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 11
[Closed by Statute]
[Duration: 9s ]
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 11
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-Source of documents
Ehrlichman entered at 10:02 am.
Kissinger
-Knowledge of documents
-Location of Kissinger’s pre-administration documents
Leaks
-Department of Defense
-Alexander M. Haig, Jr.
-Polygraph tests
-Beecher
-State Department, ACDA, NSC
-Motivation for leaks
-Access to information
6
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/08)
-Negotiations
-Central Intelligence Agency [CIA]
-Kissinger
-Secretary of Defense
-Secretary of State
-Head of the ACDA
-Changes in methods of message transmittal
-Maintenance of secrecy Conv. No. 545-1 (cont.)
-PRC initiative
-Knowledge
-Rogers, Marshall Green
-Department of Defense
-Pakistan
-Leak of Porter story
-Appointment
-Revocation
-Rogers
-State Department
-U. Alexis Johnson
-Timing of Porter announcement
-Leak of information
Kissinger left at 10:10 am.
Department of Defense
-Lockheed Corporation
-Laird
-David Packard
-John B. Connally
Pentagon Papers
-Leslie Gelb
-Possible conspiracy
-Robert C. Mardian
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 12
[Closed by Statute]
[Duration: 13s ]
7
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/08)
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 12
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-Gelb group
-NSC
-Haig
-Leak Conv. No. 545-1 (cont.)
-Chicago Tribune
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 13
[Closed by Statute]
[Duration: 6s ]
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 13
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-Mardian
-Leaks
-Colson
-E. Howard Hunt, Jr.
-Mardian
-Information on Neil Sheehan
-Ellsberg
-Gelb
-Background
-John F. Kennedy, Robert S. McNamara
Bureau of Labor Statistics [BLS]
-Colson
-Study on staff party affiliation
-Staff
-Jews
-Arthur F. Burns
-Frederic V. Malek
8
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/08)
Leaks
-Polygraph tests
-Krogh
-Holders of top secret clearances
-Statement on polygraph tests
-Revocation of clearances
-State Department, Department of Defense
-NSC Conv. No. 545-1 (cont.)
-White House investigation
-Wiretaps
The President's schedule
-Forthcoming budget meeting
-The President's meeting with Kissinger
-Shultz
-Role
Implementation of presidential directives
-Rogers
-Responsibility
-Krogh
-Polygraph tests
-NSC
-Alger Hiss
-Whitaker Chambers
-Signing of statement on polygraphs
Ehrlichman left and Kissinger entered at 10:20 am.
The President's schedule
-Departure for Camp David
-Marine One helicopter
-Time, arrangements
Haldeman left at 10:22 am.
Vietnam negotiations
-Kissinger's forthcoming trip to Paris
-Negotiating stance
-North Vietnamese
-Kissinger, Rogers
9
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/08)
PRC initiative
-Kissinger's forthcoming negotiations
-Trips to the PRC by members of Congress
-Haldeman's attitude
-The President's trip
-1972 Presidential election
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Conv. No. 545-1 (cont.)
BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 6
[National Security]
[Duration: 23s ]
CHINA
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 6
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US-Soviet Union relations
-SALT
-Yuli M. Vorontsov
-The PRC initiative
-US-Soviet Union summit
The PRC
-Timing of the President's trip
-Weather
-Compared to the President's 1969 European trip
Vietnam negotiations
-Transcript of previous meeting
-Forthcoming meeting
-Stance
-Proposals
-Date of troop withdrawal
-Michael J. (“Mike”) Mansfield
The PRC initiative
10
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/08)
-Reaction by intellectuals
-Brandon's forthcoming article
Vietnam negotiations
-US proposals
-Comparison
-Nguyen Van Thieu
-Economic aid Conv. No. 545-1 (cont.)
-Southeast Asia
Leaks
-State Department, Defense Department, CIA
-Conspiracy
-SALT negotiations leak
-Haig
-Polygraphs
-Restriction of access to classified information
-Handling of documents
-Former NSC staff
-William A.K. (“Tony”) Lake
-Kissinger's hiring practices
-Reasons
The PRC initiative
-Compared to Glassboro Summit
-Long term effect
US foreign policy
-PRC initiative
-North Vietnam’s reaction
-Mansfield
-John Kenneth Galbraith, Cyrus R. Vance
-Domestic shift
-Sol Linowitz, John W. Gardner
-Press
-The New York Times
-The President's image
11
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/08)
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 8
[National Security]
[Duration: 42s ]
FOREIGN REACTION Conv. No. 545-1 (cont.)
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 8
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-Cuba
-Jordan
-Laos, Cambodia
-Laos
-Casualty rate
-PRC initiative
-Vietnam War
-Hue
Kissinger's schedule
Kissinger left at 10:36 am.
Date: July 24, 1971
Time: 9:43 am - 10:36 am
Location: Oval Office
The President met with H.R. (“Bob”) Haldeman.
**********************************************************************
BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1
[Personal Returnable]
[Duration: 30s ]
ALEXANDER P. BUTTERFIELD ENTERED AT AN UNKNOWN TIME AFTER 9:43 AM
BUTTERFIELD LEFT AT AN UNKNOWN TIME BEFORE 9:49 AM.
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1
**********************************************************************
Henry A. Kissinger's schedule
[The President talked with Kissinger at an unknown time between 9:43 am and 9:49 am]
[Conversation No. 545-1A]
Meeting in Oval Office
[End of telephone conversation]
The President's schedule for the week of July 25-31, 1971
-National Security Council [NSC]
-Press conference
-Timing
-Budget meeting
-Timing of follow-up meeting
2
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/08)
-George P. Shultz
-Defense budget
-Time lag on report
******************************************************************************
BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 14
[Personal Returnable]
[Duration: 41s ]
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 14
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-Bohemian Grove
-Canton, Ohio Football Hall of Fame banquet
-Ottumwa, Iowa
-Akron-Canton airport
Kissinger entered at 9:49 am.
Schedule
-Meeting with Kissinger
-Kissinger's departure to Paris
-Forthcoming morning budget meeting
Butterfield entered at an unknown time after 9:49 am.
**********************************************************************
BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2
[Personal Returnable]
[Duration: 56s ]
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2
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3
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/08)
Butterfield left at an unknown time before 10:10 am.
Kissinger's schedule
-Forthcoming meeting with the President
Vietnam negotiations Conv. No. 545-1 (cont.)
-Plans
-North Vietnamese proposal
-Status
The People's Republic of China [PRC]
-Kissinger’s forthcoming meeting with the PRC Ambassador in Paris
-Vernon A. Walters
**********************************************************************
BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 3
[National Security]
[Duration: 1m 36s ]
CHINA
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 3
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Kissinger's schedule
-Lunch with Henry and Muffie Brandon
Leaks
-Source
-Polygraph tests
-William P. Rogers
-Melvin R. Laird
-The President's directive
-Source of leak
4
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/08)
-State Department
-Message to William J. Porter
-Announcement of appointment
-Leak to news media
-Source
-Administration’s knowledge
-John N. Irwin, II's conversation with Kissinger
-Congressional testimony on Pakistan Conv. No. 545-1 (cont.)
-Edward M. (“Ted”) Kennedy
-Possession of State Department cables
-Sources
-Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty [SALT] negotiations
-Gerard C. Smith
-Arms Control and Disarmament Agency [ACDA]
-Smith
-Proposal
-The Soviet Union
-Leak prior to presentation
-Charles W. Colson's conversation with the President
-William Beecher's New York Times article
-John D. Ehrlichman
-Egil G. (“Bud”) Krogh, Jr.
-Source
-Polygraph
-New York Times publication of article
-Max Frankel
-Smith
-Effect on negotiations
-Smith
-The Soviets
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 10
[Closed by Statute]
[Duration: 1m 13s ]
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 10
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5
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/08)
**********************************************************************
BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 5
[Privacy, Law Enforcement]
[Duration: 1m 21s ]
Conv. No. 545-1 (cont.)
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 5
**********************************************************************
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 11
[Closed by Statute]
[Duration: 9s ]
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 11
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-Source of documents
Ehrlichman entered at 10:02 am.
Kissinger
-Knowledge of documents
-Location of Kissinger’s pre-administration documents
Leaks
-Department of Defense
-Alexander M. Haig, Jr.
-Polygraph tests
-Beecher
-State Department, ACDA, NSC
-Motivation for leaks
-Access to information
6
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/08)
-Negotiations
-Central Intelligence Agency [CIA]
-Kissinger
-Secretary of Defense
-Secretary of State
-Head of the ACDA
-Changes in methods of message transmittal
-Maintenance of secrecy Conv. No. 545-1 (cont.)
-PRC initiative
-Knowledge
-Rogers, Marshall Green
-Department of Defense
-Pakistan
-Leak of Porter story
-Appointment
-Revocation
-Rogers
-State Department
-U. Alexis Johnson
-Timing of Porter announcement
-Leak of information
Kissinger left at 10:10 am.
Department of Defense
-Lockheed Corporation
-Laird
-David Packard
-John B. Connally
Pentagon Papers
-Leslie Gelb
-Possible conspiracy
-Robert C. Mardian
******************************************************************************
BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 12
[Closed by Statute]
[Duration: 13s ]
7
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/08)
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 12
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-Gelb group
-NSC
-Haig
-Leak Conv. No. 545-1 (cont.)
-Chicago Tribune
******************************************************************************
BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 13
[Closed by Statute]
[Duration: 6s ]
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 13
******************************************************************************
-Mardian
-Leaks
-Colson
-E. Howard Hunt, Jr.
-Mardian
-Information on Neil Sheehan
-Ellsberg
-Gelb
-Background
-John F. Kennedy, Robert S. McNamara
Bureau of Labor Statistics [BLS]
-Colson
-Study on staff party affiliation
-Staff
-Jews
-Arthur F. Burns
-Frederic V. Malek
8
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/08)
Leaks
-Polygraph tests
-Krogh
-Holders of top secret clearances
-Statement on polygraph tests
-Revocation of clearances
-State Department, Department of Defense
-NSC Conv. No. 545-1 (cont.)
-White House investigation
-Wiretaps
The President's schedule
-Forthcoming budget meeting
-The President's meeting with Kissinger
-Shultz
-Role
Implementation of presidential directives
-Rogers
-Responsibility
-Krogh
-Polygraph tests
-NSC
-Alger Hiss
-Whitaker Chambers
-Signing of statement on polygraphs
Ehrlichman left and Kissinger entered at 10:20 am.
The President's schedule
-Departure for Camp David
-Marine One helicopter
-Time, arrangements
Haldeman left at 10:22 am.
Vietnam negotiations
-Kissinger's forthcoming trip to Paris
-Negotiating stance
-North Vietnamese
-Kissinger, Rogers
9
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/08)
PRC initiative
-Kissinger's forthcoming negotiations
-Trips to the PRC by members of Congress
-Haldeman's attitude
-The President's trip
-1972 Presidential election
******************************************************************************
Conv. No. 545-1 (cont.)
BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 6
[National Security]
[Duration: 23s ]
CHINA
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 6
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US-Soviet Union relations
-SALT
-Yuli M. Vorontsov
-The PRC initiative
-US-Soviet Union summit
The PRC
-Timing of the President's trip
-Weather
-Compared to the President's 1969 European trip
Vietnam negotiations
-Transcript of previous meeting
-Forthcoming meeting
-Stance
-Proposals
-Date of troop withdrawal
-Michael J. (“Mike”) Mansfield
The PRC initiative
10
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/08)
-Reaction by intellectuals
-Brandon's forthcoming article
Vietnam negotiations
-US proposals
-Comparison
-Nguyen Van Thieu
-Economic aid Conv. No. 545-1 (cont.)
-Southeast Asia
Leaks
-State Department, Defense Department, CIA
-Conspiracy
-SALT negotiations leak
-Haig
-Polygraphs
-Restriction of access to classified information
-Handling of documents
-Former NSC staff
-William A.K. (“Tony”) Lake
-Kissinger's hiring practices
-Reasons
The PRC initiative
-Compared to Glassboro Summit
-Long term effect
US foreign policy
-PRC initiative
-North Vietnam’s reaction
-Mansfield
-John Kenneth Galbraith, Cyrus R. Vance
-Domestic shift
-Sol Linowitz, John W. Gardner
-Press
-The New York Times
-The President's image
11
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/08)
**********************************************************************
BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 8
[National Security]
[Duration: 42s ]
FOREIGN REACTION Conv. No. 545-1 (cont.)
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 8
**********************************************************************
-Cuba
-Jordan
-Laos, Cambodia
-Laos
-Casualty rate
-PRC initiative
-Vietnam War
-Hue
Kissinger's schedule
Kissinger left at 10:36 am.
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