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On April 23, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:56 am to 12:19 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 487-007 of the White House Tapes. Topics include: The President met with Henry A. Kissinger. Ambassadors - G. Mcmurtrie Godley - Performance - Edward M. Korry - Chile - Letter to the President - William P. Rogers - Instructions - James L. Buckley - Letter to administration Ronald L. Ziegler entered at 11:56 am. President's schedule - Meeting with Anatoliy F. Dobrynin Ziegler left at 11:57 am. Chile - Korry's activities - Administration's action - Rogers - Agency for International Development [AID] - Department of State - Tenure [Previous PRMPA Privacy (D) reviewed under deed of gift 11/08/2019. Segment cleared for release.] [Privacy] [487-007- W001] [Duration: 3s] Chile Edward M. Korry - Emotional stability - Henry A. Kissinger's opinion Korry - Possible reassignment - President's concern [Previous PRMPA Privacy (D) reviewed under deed of gift 11/08/2019. Segment cleared for release.] [Privacy] [487-007- W006] [Duration: 9s] Edward M. Korry - Stability - Henry A. Kissinger's opinion US and Soviet negotiations - Kissinger's forthcoming meeting with Dobrynin - Strategic Arms Limitation Talks [SALT] - Possible Summit meeting - US position - Dobrynin - Summit announcement - Timing - Dobrynin's schedule - Developments - Summit announcement - Timing - SALT announcement - Timing - Summit announcement - Timing - US strategy - Dobrynin - Soviet strategy - SALT - Possible agreement - Release - President's position - Announcement - US position - Timing - People's Republic of China [PRC] initiative PRC initiative - Press reporting - Donald Oberdorfer, Jr. [Transcript #1: A transcript of the following portion of this conversation was prepared under court order from December 1978 through March 1979 for Special Access 8, Ronald V. Dellums, et al. v. James M. Powell, et al., No. 71-2271. The National Archives and Records Administration produced this transcript. The National Archives does not guarantee its accuracy.] [End of transcript] Vietnam - President's policies - Opposition - The President - Critics - Lyndon B. Johnson - Goals - South Vietnam's survival - Press - Television - Print media - Kissinger's conversation with Henry Hubbard - Washington Post editorial, April 23, 1971 - Views regarding South Vietnam - Ceasefire - U.S. policy - Vietnamization - US forces - South Vietnam - Critics - Goals - Press - Christian Science Monitor - Radicals - Issues - Confrontation tactics - Effect on Vietnam on national mood - Kissinger's view - College and University presidents - Views - Introspection [Transcript #2: A transcript of the following portion of this conversation was prepared under court order from December 1978 through March 1979 for Special Access 8, Ronald V. Dellums, et al. v. James M. Powell, et al., No. 71-2271. The National Archives and Records Administration produced this transcript. The National Archives does not guarantee its accuracy.] [End of transcript] Vietnam - Kissinger's view of future - Post- Vietnam society - Radicals - Views regarding the President - Goals - Tactics - Issues - End- Of- War - Prospects - Radicals - US policy - Nguyen Van Thieu and Nguyen Cao Ky - Cambodia - Critics - Public relations - Possible administration counterattacks - President's speech, April 7, 1971 - President's meeting with newspaper editors, April 16, 1971 - President's options [Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift 11/04/2019. Segment cleared for release.] [Personal Returnable] [487-007- W002] [Duration: 33s] 1970 campaign - Problems - Spiro T. Agnew - Timing - Economy - The President's October 7, 1970 speech - The President's opinion - Mistake - Economy - Impact Economy - Outlook - Critics Vietnam - Press - Otis Chandler - Children - Mary McGrory - Liberals - Post- Vietnam society - Liberals - President's options - US strategy US and Soviet negotiations PRC initiative Vietnam - Thomas W. Braden's call to Kissinger - Democrat critics - Communist takeover issue - Braden's views - Frank Mankiewicz - Democrat critics - US Intervention - Withdrawal - US strategy - Kissinger's conversation with Braden - President's position - Administration critics - Braden - Mankiewicz - Robert F. Kennedy - Politics - Washington Post article - John B. Connally's views -1972 campaign issues - War - Economy [Transcript #3: A transcript of the following portion of this conversation was prepared under court order from December 1978 through March 1979 for Special Access 8, Ronald V. Dellums, et al. v. James M. Powell, et al., No. 71-2271. The National Archives and Records Administration produced this transcript. The National Archives does not guarantee its accuracy.] [End of transcript] Congress - Democrats - George S. McGovern - Mark O. Hatfield Amendment - John Sherman Cooper - Frank Church Amendment - McGovern - Hatfield Amendment Vietnam - Withdrawal - Congressional critics - Negotiations - Possible North Vietnamese Initiatives - US stance - Prospects - Kissinger's assessment - Paris Peace negotiations - Kissinger's presence - Possible US proposals - Rogers - Prospects - Possible US proposals - Strategy - Possible public relations benefit - Stance - Possible North Vietnamese stance - US stance - Ceasefire - Timing - Prisoners of War [POWs] - Possible North Vietnamese position - Thieu, Ky and Tran Thien Khiem - Possible US proposals - Xuan Thuy - Possible meeting with Kissinger - Possible US stance - Military options [Previous National Security (B) withdrawal reviewed under MDR guidelines case number LPRN- T- MDR-2014-023. Segment declassified on 04/24/2019. Archivist : MAS] [National Security] [487-007- W005] [Duration: 15s] Vietnam - Paris Peace negotiations - Possible US stance - Implication the President will use nuclear weapons in conflict - Denial Vietnam - Paris Peace negotiations- Outlook - Meeting with the President Kissinger left at 12:19 pm. Participants: Nixon, Richard M. (President); Kissinger, Henry A.; Ziegler, Ronald L.