On March 17, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, Clifford P. Hansen, and Rose Mary Woods met in the Oval Office of the White House from 2:43 pm to 3:17 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 467-023 of the White House Tapes. Topics include: The President met with Henry A. Kissinger Vietnam - Air strikes - Weather - Timing - Kissinger's view - Possible effect on Soviet Union reply to US proposal - Strategic Arms Limitation Talks [SALT] - Anatoliy F. Dobrynin - Kissinger's forthcoming meeting [The President talked with Clifford P. Hansen between 2:45 pm and 2:46 pm] [Conversation No. 467-23A] Hansen's support on a bill - Charles W. Colson - President's appreciation [End of telephone conversation] Rose Mary Woods entered at 2:46 pm A book from Library of Congress -[Forename unknown] Fuller - Publication date - Content A television report - Ronald L. Ziegler Woods left at 2:47 pm Laotian operation (Lam Son) - Associated Press [AP] story - Admiral Thomas H. Moorer - Inaccuracy - An AP reporter - Previous story on Cambodia - Military situation - Moorer's view - Possible withdrawal of Army of the Republic of Vietnam [ARVN] forces - Military situation - ARVN troops - Withdrawal - Reason - Tchepone - Effectiveness - Interdiction of supplies - President's call to Moorer - Possible Presidential statement - Moorer - Ho Chi Minh Trail - North Vietnamese supplies - Effect of Lam Son - President's use of figures - Accuracy - Central Intelligence Agency [CIA] - Richard M. Helms - Relations with Pentagon - Figures on supplies - Compared with Cambodia - Helms - Directorship - Kissinger's meeting, March 16, 1971 - Figures on North Vietnamese supplies - Decreases - Kissinger's view - South Vietnam - Cambodia - Kissinger's forthcoming meeting - President's view - Moorer - President's April 7, 1971 speech - Future - Kissinger's efforts - Intelligence estimates - Discrepancies - Kissinger's March 16, 1971 meeting - Kissinger's previous talk with General Alexander M. Haig, Jr. - Haig's trip - Ellsworth F. Bunker - Military personnel - Military situation - Haig's assessment - ARVN forces - North Vietnamese supplies - President's April 7, 1971 speech President's March 16, 1971 party - Harvard Law School students - Kissinger's acquaintance - Edward R. F. Cox's acquaintance - Vietnam views - Stafford Hutchinson - Background - Geoffrey M. Connor - Relation to former Congressman Vietnam - President's forthcoming April 7, 1971 speech - Kissinger's view - Reference to "peace with honor" - Howard K. Smith interview - President's November 3, 1969 speech - Theme compared with other statements - Cambodia - President's policy - Effect - Public opinion - Changes - President's interview with Cyrus L. ("Cy") Sulzberger -"The Establishment" - Kissinger's view - H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman's view - Laos - Future announcements - Time and content - Draftees - President's previous call to Moorer - Current press coverage - Laos, Tchepone - Accuracy - Military situation in Laos - President's position - AP story - Results - Compared with Cambodian operation - Future of Asia - Importance of US efforts - Possible future of negotiations - Indian ambassador - William P. Rogers [Previous National Security (B) withdrawal reviewed under MDR guidelines case number LPRN- T- MDR-2012-001. Segment declassified on 03/19/2015. Archivist: JD] [National Security] [467-023- W003] [Duration: 17s] Vietnam - Possible future of negotiations - Indian ambassador - Speech - Help for the United States - Indira Gandhi - Election Indira Gandhi - President's reference in "Today" show interview - Copy for Indian ambassador - State Department John G. Gorton - Possible letter from the President - Position - Political situation - Relations with US - Replacement [William McMahon] - Previous Head of State dinner on May 6, 1969 - Gorton's toast President's dinner for John M. ("Jack") Lynch, March 16, 1971 - Effect - Publicity - Press stories Kissinger's schedule - Forthcoming meeting with Dobrynin Vietnam - Air strikes - Military situation - US Air Force - Delays - President's view - Moorer - Circumstances - Weather - Kissinger's previous conversation with Moorer - Worldwide Laotian operation (Lam Son) - An AP story - President's response - Military situation - Moorer - Haig - General Creighton W. Abrams, Jr. - Tchepone - ARVN - Haig - An AP story - Source - US losses - Decreases - President's credibility - Press - Compared with Lyndon B. Johnson John B. Connally - Kissinger's previous attendance at a dinner - Rowland Evans - Henry Catto's toast - Connally's toast - The President - Effect on Evans - Ability - Presidency - President's view - Public opinion - Television - Compared with Johnson - Texans - Vice President Spiro T. Agnew - Cabinet members - Elliot L. Richardson Agnew - Appearance at Gridiron Club dinner - Robert J. Dole [Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift 11/29/2017. Segment cleared for release.] [Personal Returnable] [467-023- W005] [Duration: 1m 38s] Agnew - Meeting with Henry A. Kissinger - Henry A. Kissinger's advice - Vice Presidency -1972 election John Connally - Potential assignments - Vice Presidency - Capabilities Domestic problems - Anti- Vietnam Thomas E. Dewey's funeral - President's attendance - Kissinger's possible attendance - Kissinger's previous telephone conversation - President's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board [PFIAB] - Dewey - Opinion of President - Kissinger and Rogers's possible attendance Vietnam - Figures - Need for accuracy - Haig's reports - Military situation - Cambodia - Vietnamization - Melvin R. Laird - President's policy - Effect of Cambodian and Laotian operations - North Vietnam - Laird - Effect of Cambodian and Laotian operations Laotian operation (Lam Son) - Duration - Military situation - Laird - President's role - Possible statement - Purpose of current actions - Effect on supply routes - Effect of current actions Kissinger left at 3:17 pm. Participants: Nixon, Richard M. (President); Kissinger, Henry A.; Hansen, Clifford P.; Woods, Rose Mary.
- Part of White House Tapes: Sound Recordings of Meetings and Telephone Conversations of the Nixon Administration, Oval Office Sound Recordings