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Tape 022, Conversation 034 (022-034)

On March 27, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger talked on the telephone from 7:51 pm to 8:04 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 022-034 of the White House Tapes. Topics include: The President talked with Henry A. Kissinger. Kissinger's previous trip - Location - Activities International Telephone and Telegraph [ITT] case - Duration - Evidence - Dita D. Beard - Denials Luis Echeverria Alvarez - Previous meeting with Kissinger - US foreign policy - Forthcoming visit to the US - Date Kissinger's schedule US- Soviet Union relations - Anatoliy F. Dobrynin - Upcoming meeting with Kissinger Middle East - Kissinger's previous conversation with Alexander M. Haig, Jr. -1972 election - Agreement - Timing - Summit meeting - US policy - Soviet presence - State Department - Perspective of State Department compared to perspective of Administration - Soviet Union Arthur K. Watson - The President's view - Haig - US- People's Republic of China [PRC] negotiations - Paris - New York - State Department - The President's previous press conference - Kissinger's view - The President's view Lt. Gen. Vernon A. Walters - Central Intelligence Agency [CIA] post - Confirmation - Requirement - John C. Stennis Ambassadorships - Nominations - Campaign contributions - Richard G. Kleindienst Vietnam - North Vietnamese ambassador - Suspension and resumption of peace talks - Date - Kissinger's views - Forthcoming meeting with North Vietnamese - Date - Possible settlement - The President's reelection - North Vietnamese view Mexico -1972 US presidential election - Mexican view - Kissinger's previous talk with Foreign Minister - Acapulco - Kissinger's previous talk with Echeverria - Mexico City - Echeverria's future visit to the US - Itinerary - Chicago - Los Angeles - San Antonio - Latin American policy - Organization of American States [OAS] - Echeverria's views - Proposed communique - Itinerary - Chicago - Los Angeles - San Antonio - Colorado River - Foreign Minister - President's previous trip to the People's Republic of China [PRC] - Mexican viewing of television coverage - Acapulco Washington, DC - The President's view - Foreign policy - Domestic policy ITT case - Edward M. Kennedy - John N. Mitchell - Kleindienst Kissinger's schedule - Appearance. Participants: Nixon, Richard M. (President); Kissinger, Henry A.

  • Part of White House Tapes: Sound Recordings of Meetings and Telephone Conversations of the Nixon Administration, White House Telephone Recordings