On March 9, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 2:40 pm and 4:30 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 322-040 of the White House Tapes. Topics include: The President dictated a memorandum to Henry A. Kissinger and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman. Memorandum distribution - Haldeman - Talk with Herbert G. Klein, Ronald L. Ziegler or John A. Scali People's Republic of China [PRC] - US position - Position - Compared to US position - Kissinger's backgrounder - Communiqué President's previous trip to the USSR, July 1959 - Addressing the people of USSR - Radio and television - Media coverage - State Department speech draft - Llewellyn E. ("Tommy") Thompson, Jr. - Kitchen Debate - Speech - Tone -1960 election - Significance - Effect - Americans- USSR - Reaction - St. Louis Dispatch - Favorable editorial PRC - Communiqué - Tone - Leadership - Public opinion - Perception of the President - Americans - Right- Wing. Participants: Nixon, Richard M. (President); Kissinger, Henry A.; Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob").
- Part of White House Tapes: Sound Recordings of Meetings and Telephone Conversations of the Nixon Administration, Executive Office Building Sound Recordings