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On January 31, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, and Henry A. Kissinger met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 5:05 pm and 5:49 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 661-011 of the White House Tapes. Topics include: The President met with H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman. Welfare - Recent meeting with John D. Ehrlichman - Abraham A. Ribicoff - Daniel P. ("Pat") Moynihan Environmental efforts - Russell E. Train - Laurance S. Rockefeller - Conference - Location - San Clemente - Park at Point Reyes - Timing - Point Reyes - Weather in San Francisco The President's schedule - Gridiron Dinner - Election year - Reasons for attendance - Edgar Allan Poe - Donald McI. Kendall - Hobart D. ("Hobe") Lewis - Charles G. "(Bebe") Rebozo - Benefits - Piano duet - Remarks - Post- People's Republic of China [PRC] trip decision - Easter parade - Meeting with William F. ("Billy") Graham - Breakfast - Haldeman role - Topics - Politics - The President's forthcoming telephone call to Apollo 15 crew - Astronaut's schedule - Washington, DC - Tour of communist countries - Yugoslavia, Poland - David R. Scott - James B. Irwin - Alfred M. Worden - Previous telephone call - Good will tour of communist countries - Visit to White House - Promise of dinner - PRC trip - Weekend at Camp David Henry A. Kissinger entered at 5:13 pm. Vietnam negotiations - Public perception - Harry Schwartz of New York Times - Harrison E. Salisbury - New Republic article - View of Nixon strategy - North Vietnamese reaction - Publishing of nine points - Variations - US reaction - Ronald L. Ziegler - Comparison of versions - Andre Malraux's meeting with the president - Gen. Charles A.J.M. de Gaulle - The President's impression - Publishing of Anti- Memoirs (1967) - Malraux's possible future meeting with the President - Timing - Forthcoming trip to the PRC - Chou En- Lai - Mao Tse- Tung - Georges J.R. Pompidou - Setting up - Charles Lucet - Public relations - China scholars - Value of meeting the president - Public relations - Benefits - Malraux qualifications - Dinner - Guest list - Kissinger - William P. Rogers - Marshall Green - Lucet - Malraux - Scholarship - Family background - Jewish contacts - Alsace - Timing PRC trip - State Department experts - Papers - Leaks - Rogers's involvement - The President's meeting with State Department officials - Papers - Green - Papers - Gratitude - Appearance compared to substance - Timing - Value - Progress of papers - Rogers's role in planning - Exposure to text of PRC meetings - Edited copies - Memoranda - Soviet trip preparations - Anatoliy F. Dobrynin - North Vietnamese meetings text - Proposals - Leaks - Source - Rogers's view - Progress on papers - Background work - Cancelled meeting - The President's role - Substance of meetings - Study of written word - Questions - State Department role - The President's role - Meeting with paper authors - Use of papers - Timing - Reading list Schwartz letter to Kissinger - Jack N. Anderson - View of New York Times of administration - Vietnam - Editorial policy - Response by Kissinger - Schwartz's visit to Kissinger, January 31, 1972 - Editorial views - Salisbury - Publication of diverse views Vietnamese negotiations - Reaction by the President's domestic opponents - Revelations by North Vietnamese - October 11, 1971 plan - The President's peace proposal speech, January 25, 1972 - Details - Troop withdrawals for Prisoners of war [POWs] - Press conference - Use by Kissinger - Note from the US - Request for meeting - Nine point plan - Ziegler rebuttal - Kissinger rebuttal - Comparison of versions - June 26, 1971 - Kissinger's rebuttal - October 11 proposal - Withdrawal for POWs - Ceasefire - Michael J. Mansfield view - Liberals - Separation of military and political - Rebuttal - New York Times article - Terence F. Smith - Comparison of the President's proposals to Lyndon B. Johnson proposal at Manila - Max Frankel - Johnson's proposal - US withdrawal - Timing - Compared to the President's proposal - Withdrawal - Timing - Manila formula - Kissinger's recommendation to the President - Timing - Ford's Theatre - Simultaneous mutual withdrawal - Henry Cabot Lodge - William P. Bundy's view - Australia - Rebuttal - Frankel - Smith - Error - Stewart J.O. Alsop article - Support for the President - Establishment - Democrats - Katharine L. Graham's telephone call to Kissinger - Editorial policy - Alsop's previous telephone call to Graham - Frankel - Possible invitation to PRC - Forthcoming telephone call from Kissinger - Details of proposals - Johnson - Manila formula - Conditions - North Vietnamese withdrawal - Vietcong - Ceasefire - US withdrawal - Lack of deadline - New York Times article - Content - Support for the President - Editorial, January 30, 1972 Malraux dinner - Timing Malraux - Qualifications - Compared to China scholars - The President's previous meeting in Paris - French - Writings - Les Voix Du Silence (1951) - Health - Writings about the Long March Yevgeny Yevtushenko - Possible meeting with the President - Public relations - Relationship with liberals - View of Soviet Union - Dobrynin - Effect on the Chinese - Schedule - New York - Timing National Security Council [NSC] meeting - Attendance - John B. Connally - Timing - Testimony Yevtushenko meeting, February 3, 1972 - White House Conference on Drug Abuse - Athletes - Reception Alsop - Support for the President - The President's November 3, 1969 speech - Effect on Establishment - Remarks at dinner at W[illiam] Averell Harriman's residence - Forthcoming article - Possible effect Vietnam negotiations - Democratic reactions - Public relations - October 1970 proposals - North Vietnamese reaction - Special circumstances - Democrats' tactics - Congress - Kissinger's possible talk with Michael J. Mansfield - Later PRC trip - North Vietnam ‘s reaction to peace proposals - Details of US proposals - William J. Porter - Kissinger's talk with Alsop - North Vietnam's reaction to November 20, 1971 meeting proposal - Possible reason - Congress's shutoff of foreign aid - June, August 1971 offers - North Vietnamese press conference - Tone - Substance - Secrecy - Difference between public and private stances - Media coverage - Kissinger press conference - Ziegler The President's schedule - Malraux Kissinger left at 5:48 pm. PRC trip - Meeting between the President and State Department experts - Value - Timing - Study of papers Haldeman left at an unknown time before 5:49 pm. Participants: Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob"); Kissinger, Henry A.