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On December 2, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, Ronald L. Ziegler, Henry A. Kissinger, and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:35 am to 12:13 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 628-002 of the White House Tapes. Topics include: The President met with Ronald L. Ziegler. John B. Connally's reports of the Group of Ten meeting - Questions - Gold issue - Prices - Ziegler's comments - The President's instructions Ziegler left and Henry A. Kissinger entered at 11:37 am. David M. Kennedy - Appointment - North Atlantic Treaty Organization [NATO] Golda Meir meeting - Talking points - Sent to the President - William P. Rogers - Kissinger's talk with Meir - Rogers - President's hard line with Meir - Phantoms - Joseph J. Sisco and Yitzhak Rabin - Union of Soviet Socialist Republics [USSR] Summit meeting - Middle East topic - Preparatory talks BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 [National Security (B) withdrawal reviewed under MDR guidelines case number LPRN- T- MDR-2014-032. Segment exempt per Executive Order 13526, 3.3(b)(1)(6) on 05/22/2019. Archivist : MAS] [National Security] [628-002- W001] [Duration: 44s] MIDDLE EAST END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 Golda Meir meeting - Agreements - Summit - Rogers' plan - USSR - Settlement - Rogers' plan - Frontier - Meeting with Anatoliy F. Dobrynin - Anwar el- Sadat - Military action - Leonid I. Brezhnev- Sadat meeting - No interim agreement - USSR - Israelis - Berlin comparison BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 3 [National Security (B) withdrawal reviewed under MDR guidelines case number LPRN- T- MDR-2014-032. Segment exempt per Executive Order 13526, 3.3(b)(1)(6) on 05/22/2019. Archivist : MAS] [National Security] [628-002- W003] [Duration: 20s] MIDDLE EAST END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 3 Golda Meir meeting - Kissinger's talk with Dobrynin - Israelis - United Nations [UN] forces - Type of discussion - Rogers' plan - Phantoms - State Department - Sisco - Possible Israeli attitudes - Military action in the Middle East - Potential outcome - Summit - Agreement - Egyptian- USSR meetings - Negotiations style - Brezhnev - Talking points H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman entered at 11:46 am. The President's schedule - Dr. Arthur A. Fletcher "Meet and greet" session - Business Council meeting - Sears - J.C. Penney's - Federated stores - Representatives - Retail sales - Percentage - Phase II - Thanksgiving - Christmas - Anticipated revenue - Foreign policy - Peter M. Flanigan - Kissinger - Praise from the President - Potential schedule conflicts - Flanigan - Meeting with Kissinger - Los Angeles, Chicago, and Cincinnati - Kissinger's schedule - Gordon M. Metcalf and Fred Lazarus, Jr. - Timing - Fletcher meeting - Time -"Meet and greet" - Meir meeting - Timing - Earl L. Butz's swearing- In ceremony - Corn issue - Senate vote - Possible outcome - Corn price supports - John C. Whitaker - Timing - Business Council meeting - Time Haldeman left at 11:56 am. Meir meeting - USSR - Summit - Possible preparatory talks - Withdrawal of forces - Egyptians - USSR position - Sisco - Kissinger's talk with Meir - Rogers - Settlement - Dobrynin - Potential discussions with Kissinger - Passage issue - Rogers - Troops - Roger and Sisco - A question of trust - Egyptians and USSR - Rogers' plan - USSR - Possible scenarios - Phantoms - Sisco- Rabin meeting - Written instructions from the President - USSR summit - Kissinger's talk with Meir - The President - Negotiation style towards Meir - USSR - The President- Meir photograph - Kissinger and Rabin -"Goodwill" gesture Cambodia - North Vietnamese - South Vietnamese - Cautious approach - Bombing - Other objectives - North Vietnamese planes - Airfields - Numbers of planes - Bombing - Adm. Thomas H. Moorer - Upcoming conversation between Kissinger and Moorer - Gen. John D. Ryan - Call for youth - Melvin R. Laird - Potential conversation between Kissinger and Laird - Briefing on air strikes - Moorer - David Packard - Laird - Location - Briefing - Timing India - State Department - New license cut off - Announcement - President's instructions - Old license cancellation - Briefing [Sounds of note taking] Kennedy appointment - NATO - Conditions - Statement by the President - National Security Council [NSC] meetings - Attendance at Georges J.R. Pompidou, Willy Brandt, Edward R.G. Heath and Eisaku Sato meetings - John R. Schaetzel and Joseph A. Greenwald - Information on economic issues - Brussels staff - Upgrade - Rogers - Talk with Kissinger Television - Rogers in Europe - Call from the President - Report - National Broadcasting Corporation [NBC] - Length of conversation - Kennedy - NATO People's Republic of China [PRC] - Kissinger announcement - Media coverage - James B. Reston column - Favorable - J. William Fulbright committee - Chinese reaction - Two- China issue - Thelma C. (Pat") Nixon - Media - Reactions - Vietnam War - Support of foreign policy - Charles H. Percy - Talk with Kissinger - Senate - Establishment Kissinger left at 12:13 pm. Participants: Nixon, Richard M. (President); Ziegler, Ronald L.; Kissinger, Henry A.; Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob").