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On March 6, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House from 8:38 am to 9:08 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 677-004 of the White House Tapes. Topics include: The President met with Henry A. Kissinger. The People's Republic of China [PRC] trip - Nelson A. Rockefeller's view - News summary - Vietnam -[Telegraph Agency of the Soviet Union [TASS]] - Pravda - Vietnam - Hanoi An unknown man [Manolo Sanchez?] entered and left at an unknown time between 8:38 am and 9:08 am. - Weekend news summary - Hugh S. Sidey - Patrick J. Buchanan - Peter Lisagor - Chou En- Lai - Concessions - Shanghai communiqué - Taiwan, Republic of China - Trade and exchanges - Diplomatic contacts - Lisagor - Sidey - Public reaction - Lisagor - Sidey - News summary - Buchanan - New York Times - Nguyen Van Thieu - The President's view - Chiang Kai- Shek - US statement of commitment to South Vietnam - Compared to statement for South Korea - Treaty - Ellsworth F. Bunker - Vietnam - Chinese statements - Hanoi - Thieu - Right wing - Rockefeller - Kissinger's forthcoming meeting with William F. ("Billy") Graham - H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman - Evangelicals - Taiwan [Previous National Security (B) withdrawal reviewed under MDR guidelines case number LPRN- T- MDR-2014-034. Segment declassified on 05/24/2019. Archivist: MM] [National Security] [677-004- W001] [Duration: 26s] The People's Republic of China [PRC] trip - Vietnam - Henry A. Kissinger's forthcoming meeting with William F. ("Billy") Graham - Taiwan - Andre Malraux - US and People's Republic of China [PRC] - Communique The People's Republic of China [PRC] trip - Taiwan - Hubert H. Humphrey - The President's view - Washington Post -[Forename unknown] Gratinov [?] article - Robert S. McNamara - Stewart J.O. Alsop - Vietnam - Kissinger's view - Stewart Alsop compared to Joseph W. Alsop - Soviet Union - Chinese communists - Report - Communiqué - Mutual trade [Previous National Security (B) withdrawal reviewed under MDR guidelines case number LPRN- T- MDR-2014-034. Segment declassified on 05/24/2019. Archivist: MM] [National Security] [677-004- W006] [Duration: 13s] The People's Republic of China [PRC] trip - Chinese Communists - Report - Taiwan The People's Republic of China [PRC] trip - Political enemies - Shanghai communiqué - The President's image - Stewart Alsop - Previous talk with Kissinger - Hanoi - PRC - Taiwan - Joseph Alsop - Forthcoming meeting with Kissinger - The President's report to Congress - Taiwan - Peking - Press - Alexander M. Haig, Jr. - Positive articles - Martin Z. Agronsky show - News summaries - Negative stories - Kissinger's view - Intellectuals - The President's forthcoming report to Congress - William P. Rogers - Kissinger - Backgrounders - Press conference in Shanghai - Communiqué - The President's possible report to the nation - Barry M. Goldwater - Michael J. Mansfield - Chou En- Lai - Domestic situation compared to the President's domestic situation - Radio Moscow - Peking - Ferdinand E. Marcos - Possible Asian summit - Possible PRC participation - Communiqué - Press - The President's image - The President's possible report to Congress - Rogers, Melvin R. Laird and Kissinger - National Security Council [NSC] - Vice President Spiro T. Agnew Cambodia - Marshall Green - Rogers - North Vietnam - Sihanoukville - Northeast section of Cambodia - Emory C. Swank - Kissinger's view - Lon Nol - The President's view - Charles S. Whitehouse - Unknown Man Political opposition - Lisagor - Sidey - Press - Agronsky - Lisagor - Sidey - News summary - Buchanan The PRC trip - American public reaction - Kissinger's view - Key Biscayne - New York - Rockefeller - Humphrey - Lisagor - John F. Kennedy's 1962 European trip comparison - Press coverage - Chinese - Shanghai communiqué - Press - Lisagor - Sidey - American public reaction - Today show - Henry Brandon - Muffie Brandon - Democratic candidates' debate - Campaign contributions - John N. Mitchell - International Telephone and Telegraph [ITT] Vietnam - Le Duc Tho - Paris - Possible negotiations with Kissinger - Politics - W[illiam] Averell Harriman - New York Times - Edmund S. Muskie The PRC trip - Lisagor - Compared to the moon landing - Chinese - Trade - Report to the nation - Busing - Criticism - Right wing - Peking - Allegations of secret deals - Communiqué - Trade - Diplomatic relations - Taiwan Kissinger's schedule - Florida NSC staff - Possible memoranda - Members of NSC - John B. Connally Richard G. Kleindienst - Mitchell Possible memoranda - Timing Kissinger left at 9:08 am. Participants: Nixon, Richard M. (President); Kissinger, Henry A.; Sanchez, Manolo.