On August 5, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Alexander P. Butterfield, Rose Mary Woods, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 9:40 am to 10:10 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 555-001 of the White House Tapes. Topics include: The President met with Henry A. Kissinger. Correspondence - Leonid I. Brezhnev - Anatoliy F. Dobrynin - News conference - Georges J.R. Pompidou - Importance - Vietnam Vietnam War - Hanoi - Possible attack - Timing - South Vietnam election - Previous predictions - Prisoners of War [POWs] - North Vietnam statement - Possible North Vietnam action News media - Issues - Kissinger's conversation with Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr. - Economy - Foreign policy - Economy - Kissinger's meeting with Barry M. Goldwater, Jr. - Goldwater's attitude H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman entered at 9:45 am. Kissinger's schedule - William F. ("Billy") Graham - Groups President's schedule - Possible meeting with William O. Bright - San Clemente - Campus Crusades Support for President - Kissinger's conversation with Goldwater - Conservatives - Liberals - Compared to Communists - Defense - Foreign relations - People's Republic of China [PRC] - Japan - Union of Soviet Socialist Republics [USSR] - PRC - Liberals - President's reelection - Defense - Democrats - Goldwater's call to William F. Buckley, Jr. - Kissinger's meeting with Ronald W. Reagan - United Nations [UN] - Reagan - Malibu home - Visit [Previous PRMPA Privacy (D) reviewed under deed of gift 02/19/2020. Segment cleared for release.] [Privacy] [555-001- W008] [Duration: 14s] Support for President - Henry A. Kissinger's meeting with Ronald W. Reagan - Ronald W. Reagan - Henry A. Kissinger's opinion - Intelligence - Compared to Spiro T. Agnew Support for President - Henry A. Kissinger's meeting with Ronald W. Reagan - Ronald W. Reagan - Compared to Vice President Spiro T. Agnew - Agnew - View on PRC and USSR Newsweek article - John A. Scali - Agnew - PRC - Trip - Tone - Effect - Taiwan - Middle East - Africa - PRC - Conservatives - Strategic Arms Limitation Talks [SALT], PRC - Resolution - Timing - SALT, PRC - SALT - Intention - Freeze USSR missile build- Up - Briefing - Defense budget - Strategic arms sector - Presidential address - Patrick J. Buchanan - Strategic arms sector - Conventional forces - Briefing - James L. Buckley - William Buckley - Kissinger's forthcoming meeting Defense budget - White House Staff - William E. Timmons, Clark MacGregor - Anti- Ballistic missiles [ABM] - SALT - Melvin R. Laird Conservatives - Briefing - Buchanan -1960 and 1968 elections - Cambodia - Goldwater - Briefing - List -[Scali's Newsweek article] - Opposition to Administration - Administration action - Demonstrators - Police - Drug enforcement - Marijuana - Catholic school aid - Reaction - James J. Kilpatrick, Jr. - Radio broadcast - ABM - National Review - Frank S. Meyer - Background Kissinger's schedule - Cabinet meeting President's schedule - Cabinet meeting - Agnew - List - Forthcoming meeting with Conservatives Kissinger left at 9:56 am. Arthur F. Burns - Note National economy - Wilbur D. Mills - Ways and Means Committee trip - European Economic Community [EEC] meeting - Timing - Peter G. Peterson's meeting with Mills - Mills - Import tax - Connally - Leaks - Peterson - Christian Science Monitor - Peterson Alexander P. Butterfield entered at an unknown time after 9:56 am. Correspondence - John C. Stennis - Burns Butterfield left at an unknown time before 10:05 am. President's schedule - Trip to New York City, August 4, 1971 - Reception - Theater ovation - Press coverage of trips - Charles W. Colson - Richard Moore - Gerald L. Warren - Ohio trip - Dennis Leonard - Trip to New York City - Press coverage - Television - Timing - Republican senators function - Statements - Colson - George P. Shultz - Connally - Film clip Oval Office press conference - News coverage - National economy - Republican senators - PRC - Vietnam War - Swedish story - POW hoax - PRC and USSR - Focus - National economy compared to foreign affairs - PRC and USSR - Connally, John D. Ehrlichman - Peace Rose Mary Woods entered at 10:05 am. President's schedule - Dinner guests - Timmons - Invitation - Unknown chairman Woods left at 10:06 am. Congress - Recess Stephen B. Bull entered at an unknown time after 10:06 am. President's schedule Bull left at an unknown time before 10:10 am. Administration public relations - Economic news - Unemployment figures - Dan Rather - Colson - Congressional action - Pentagon Papers - Declassification - World War II - Korea - Bay of Pigs - Economic news President's schedule - Forthcoming press conference - National Security Council [NSC] meeting - Postponement The President and Haldeman left at 10:10 am. Participants: Nixon, Richard M. (President); Kissinger, Henry A.; Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob"); Butterfield, Alexander P.; Woods, Rose Mary; Bull, Stephen B.
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