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On February 14, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon, Manolo Sanchez, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Stephen B. Bull, and Henry A. Kissinger met in the Oval Office of the White House from 6:30 pm to 7:08 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 671-004 of the White House Tapes. Topics include: The President met with Manolo Sanchez and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman. Briefcase Sanchez left at an unknown time before 6:33 pm. Donald H. Rumsfeld - Talk with George H. Gallup - Poll - Release - People's Republic of China [PRC] trip - Timing - Outcome - Ronald L. Ziegler - Tricia Nixon Cox - Eugene V. Risher Stephen B. Bull entered at an unknown time after 6:30 pm. Henry A. Kissinger - Summons to the Oval Office Bull left at an unknown time before 6:33 pm. Risher - Speech - Harvard Lincoln's Inn Club - Edward R.F. Cox - Conservative views - Tricia Nixon Cox - Press - Bias concerning the President - Ziegler - Columns - Backing off statements - Frank Cormier - Helen Thomas Kissinger entered at 6:33 pm. PRC - Haldeman - Rumsfeld - Gallup - School - Weekly poll on February 4-6, 1972 - Presidential approval - Percentage - Release - Previous polls - Timing - PRC trip - Positive percentage - Louis R. Harris - War - Poll - Percentage - Improvement - Release - Timing - Polls - North Vietnamese - Chinese - Poll watching - Trip - July 1971 - North Vietnamese - Effect - Gallup's view - Democrats - Release Vietnam - The President's Vietnam peace proposal speech, January 25, 1972 - Effect - Administration [Opinion Research Corporation [ORC]] polls - Compared to Gallup polls - Telephone - Percentages - Effect - Haldeman's Today Show interview, February 7, 1972 - Haldeman - Letters - Wires - Letters -"Silent Majority" - Comments from citizens - John Birch Society - Charles S. Rhyne - Comments - Defense against libel, slander - President's position - Distortion - North Vietnamese - The President's speech - Haldeman - The President's press conference, February 10, 1972 - Effect - William P. Rogers - The press - Defense - Gen. Nguyen Van Thieu - Military - US public support - Congress - Media - Cabinet PRC trip - Rogers - Meetings - Rogers' assistance - Communiqué - History - Mao Tse- Tung - Rogers - Formosa [Taiwan, Republic of China] - Cultural - Trade - State Department - Possible public impressions - Chou En- Lai - Mao Tse- Tung - Kissinger - Prior trip - Rogers - Cultural agreement - Hugh S. Sidey - Story on Kissinger in Life - The President's actions - Technical arrangements - Perusal of statements - Kissinger - Previous visit to PRC - Meetings with the President - Vietnam - PRC - President's meetings with Kissinger - Press - The President's knowledge of events - Dwight D. Eisenhower Relationship with staff, Cabinet - Compared to Eisenhower and John Foster Dulles - State Department - State Department - Foreign policy - Claims - Credibility - India- Pakistan War - China policy - Chinese - Need for US support - Andre Malraux - Economic aid - Economics - Union of Soviet Socialist Republics [USSR] - President's analysis to the Chinese - Agenda - Kissinger talking paper - USSR - PRC - Chou En- Lai - Meeting with President - World situation - Quick review - Taiwan -5 Points - Vietnam - Communiqué - Treaty commitments - World situation - USSR - India - Southeast Asia - US position - Self interest - Kissinger - Protocol - Translator - Length of comments - Recommended length - Mao Tse- Tung - Opening plenary statement - Reading by the President - Importance - Chou En- Lai - Notes - Analysis - Kissinger's meeting with North Vietnamese - Reparation - Speaking - Formality - Order - Plenary session - Topics - List - Kissinger setup - Previous visit - Kissinger's opinion - Polls - Rumsfeld - Gallup - Return call - Release - National interest - Trip to USSR - World history - Edmund S. Muskie - Impact of PRC trip -1971 - Press coverage - Haldeman's trip to Doubleday book store - Books on PRC - Gallup - Timing - Haldeman interview - Press conference Vietnam - Polls - South Vietnam - Bombing - Possible public opinion - North Vietnam - Bombing - Press - Escalation of war - Perception - South Vietnam - North Vietnam - Offensive - Expectation of public and press - Bombing - Timing - Kissinger's reply to note - PRC trip - US arrival - Impact - North Vietnam targets - Pleiku, Kontum - Forbidden City - Television - Chinese - Chou En- Lai PRC trip - Interpreters - Record - Possible number - State Department - Rogers - Record - Summaries - Previous meetings - Translator - Chinese - State Department - President's request - Official record - English - US note taker - Winston Lord - Prior experience - American translator - Kissinger's staff - John H. Holdridge - Knowledge of Chinese language - Check on Chinese translation - Lord - Holdridge - Skills - Chinese - Six translators - US - Four translators - Holdridge - Knowledge of Chinese - Previous meetings - State Department - Plenary session - Rogers - Holdridge - Listening - Notes - Nikita S. Khrushchev - Misinterpretation - Language - State Department - Holdridge - Reliability - Lord - Notes - Holdridge - Role - Nuances - Lord - Concentration on words - Rogers - Record - Memoranda of conversations -"Big picture" - Holdridge - Chinese - Previous meetings - Chinese - Success - India- Pakistan War - Reception - Cameras - Square - Motorcade - PRC procedure - Formal reception - Crowds - Kissinger's view - The President - Shanghai and Hangchow - Communiqué - Chou En- Lai - Timing - Peking - Shanghai - Communications ground station - Coverage - Film - Communiqué - Peking - Tour - Longest visit to foreign country by President on official visit -[Thomas] Woodrow Wilson - Paris - Conference [Treaty of Versailles] - Talks - Trip - Toast - The President - Reading - Importance - Khrushchev - Television - Chou En- Lai - Possible lighting problem - Khrushchev -1959 - Length - Khrushchev - Tone - Chou En- Lai - Advance text - Kissinger previous visit - Chou En- Lai - Timing - The President's view - Television audience - Length - Chou En- Lai's toast to Kissinger The President, Haldeman, and Kissinger left at 7:08 pm. Participants: Nixon, Richard M. (President); Sanchez, Manolo; Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob"); Bull, Stephen B.; Kissinger, Henry A.