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On May 19, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Stephen B. Bull, and Henry A. Kissinger met in the Oval Office of the White House from 10:22 am to 11:04 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 501-007 of the White House Tapes. Topics include: The President met with H.R. ("Bob") Haldeman. [Unintelligible] Stephen B. Bull entered at an unknown time after 10:22 am. President's schedule - Henry A. Kissinger Bull left at an unknown time before 10:24 am. [Unintelligible] Strategic Arms Limitation Talks [SALT] - Vienna Kissinger entered at 10:24 am. - Kissinger's meeting with Gerard C. Smith - Smith's response - Arms Control and Disarmament Agency [ACDA] - President's meeting with William P. Rogers - Smith's response - Rogers' response - President's view - Smith's schedule - Briefings and backgrounders - Photo session with President and delegation - Rogers and Melvin R. Laird - Announcement - Cabinet - Possible leaks - Kissinger's briefing for John B. Connally, Vice President Spiro T. Agnew, and Elliot L. Richardson - Congressional leaders - Cabinet - Coverage of meeting - Union of Soviet Socialist Republics [USSR] - Congressional leaders - Cabinet - USSR - Coverage of meeting - Timing - Cabinet - Congressional leaders - Location - Cabinet - Length of meeting - Congressional leaders - Kissinger's backgrounders for media - J. William Fulbright - Length - Smith - Democrats - Michael J. ("Mike") Mansfield - Kissinger's briefings - President's note - John A. Scali - Anti- Ballistic missiles [ABM] - Critics - Supporters - Richard Wilson, William F. Buckley, William S. White - Stewart J.O. and Joseph W. Alsop Foreign policy - Rogers' trip to Middle East - Coverage - Haldeman's call to Rogers in London - Berlin - People's Republic of China [PRC] initiative - Vietnam - Middle East - Rogers' trip - Israel - Suez Canal - State Department - Golda Meir - Rogers - Kissinger's briefings - Rogers - SALT - Kissinger's briefing - President's role - Smith's role - Kissinger's role - State Department role - U. Alexis Johnson - Attendance at SALT announcement, May 20 - Smith - Possible meeting with Rogers - State Department - Rogers - Agreement - Smith - Vladimir S. Semenov - President's meeting with Rogers - USSR reaction - Brezhnev - PRC initiative - Rogers - Knowledge - State Department - ACDA - Smith - Meeting with Rogers - Rogers - Kissinger - Haldeman's call - Meeting with President - Dobrynin - A phone call from Haldeman - Forthcoming meeting - Dobrynin - Rogers - Forthcoming meeting with Haldeman - Response - Kissinger's role - Dobrynin - Forthcoming meeting with Haldeman - Middle East - Rogers' trip - Reports - Kissinger's view - Joseph J. Sisco - Egypt - Reports - Kissinger's reports - Rogers' work - Laos, Cambodia - SALT - Kissinger's briefings - State and Defense Departments - Recent developments - Rogers' trip - Results - USSR - Announcement - Rogers - Efforts - Vietnam - SALT - Laird - Meetings with President and Kissinger - Smith and delegation - Meetings with Kissinger - Reception Kissinger left at 10:53 am. - Congressional leaders - Rogers - Kissinger's and President's roles - Rogers - Forthcoming meeting with Haldeman - Reports to President - Middle East - Kissinger - Middle East - Meeting with President - Possible Summit - SALT - Kissinger's briefings - Kissinger's role - May 18, 1971 Sequoia Cruise - Conversations with Haldeman - Rogers' role - President's press conference - Rogers' trip and television appearances - Kissinger's role - Backgrounder - SALT - Kissinger's backgrounders - Defense and State Departments - White House - USSR - Rogers - Role in SALT - Forthcoming meeting with Haldeman - Agreement - President's role - Message from San Clemente - Rogers' meeting with Haldeman - Middle East - Suez - Rogers' and Kissinger's roles - USSR - Method of negotiation - John Foster Dulles, Dwight D. Eisenhower - Rogers - Forthcoming meeting with Haldeman [Unintelligible] The President and Haldeman left at 11:04 am. Participants: Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob"); Bull, Stephen B.; Kissinger, Henry A.