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On February 27, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon, Richard M. Helms, and Henry A. Kissinger met in the Oval Office of the White House from 4:37 pm to 5:19 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 864-007 of the White House Tapes. Topics include: The President met with Richard M. Helms. Departure for Iran Rose Mary Woods Paper on Israel - Helms's view - US position - Leverage Israel's weapon requests - Planes - Golda Meir - Necessity - Air power capacities - Compared to 1967 war BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 [National Security (B) withdrawal reviewed under MDR guidelines case number LPRN- T- MDR-2014-037. Segment exempt per Executive Order 13526, 3.3(b)(1)(6) on 05/31/2019. Archivist: MM] [National Security] [864-007- W001] [Duration: 20s] WEAPONS END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 Golda Meir Prime Minister of Iran [Premier] Amir Abbas Hoveida - News summary - Jack Anderson story - Helms Shah of Iran, Mohammed Reza Pahlavi - Helm's appointment as Ambassador to Iran - Reaction BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2 [National Security (B) withdrawal reviewed under MDR guidelines case number LPRN- T- MDR-2014-037. Segment exempt per Executive Order 13526, 3.3(b)(1) on 05/20/2019. Archivist: MM] [National Security] [864-007- W002] [Duration: 13s] US- IRAN RELATIONS END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2 Shah of Iran - Helms - Complimentary appointment - Visit to US - Scheduling - December - May, June - Empress Farah Diba - Public relations [PR] - Camp David - Demonstrations - Scheduling - Oil - Meeting with Helms - Relationship with US - Specialness - Relationship with Helms - Visit to US - Diba - Dinner in San Clemente - Camp David - State dinner - Camp David - Facilities - Visit to New York - Oil talks [?] - Progress Henry A. Kissinger entered at 4:45 pm. John B. Connally - Visit to Iran - Talk with Helms - President's request Shah of Iran - Visit to US - Scheduling - Africans - Kissinger Sese Seko Mobutu - Patrol boats - Congo region - Communists - Trade for fire boats BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 3 [National Security (B) withdrawal reviewed under MDR guidelines case number LPRN- T- MDR-2014-037. Segment exempt per Executive Order 13526, 3.3(b)(1) on 05/20/2019. Archivist: MM] [National Security] [864-007- W003] [Duration: 21s] CONTACTS END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO.3 Aden, Yemen - Cubans - Pilots, technicians Pakistan - Role of Iran - US aid - Iran - Spare parts - Morale - Zulfikar Ali Bhutto - Mrs. Bhutto - Hong Kong newspaper - Cable - Beauty Gulf states Iran - Diplomatic post - Excitement - Compared with Europe - Berlin, Bonn - East Europe Middle East - Persian Gulf - Kissinger's talk with Hussein ibn Talal [Hussein, King of Jordan] - Oman - Difficulties - Helms's viewpoint - State Department telegrams - Use of back channels Oman - Army - Dhofar region - Iran's role - Sale of helicopters - Saudi Arabia's role - Sale of helicopters - Financing - State Department - Foreign Military Sales Act compared with grant aid - Congress Iraq - Relations with French and Dutch - Impact on Iran and Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia - Ambassador - Nicholas G. Thacher - Career service - Oil reserves - Compared with Iran - American consortium - Share of market - Compared with Iran - Importance to US - Competition with Britain, France, and Japan - Solution - Ambassador Prisoners of war [POWs] - North Vietnamese Statements - Compliance with cease- Fire agreement - Messages - Cease- Fire violations - South Vietnam Cease- Fire violations - Nguyen van Thieu - North Vietnam - Infiltrations - US reactions Oil problem - Need to have oil advisor in White House - Helms' recommendation BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 4 [National Security (B) withdrawal reviewed under MDR guidelines case number LPRN- T- MDR-2014-037. Segment exempt per Executive Order 13526, 3.3(b)(1) on 05/20/2019. Archivist: MM] [National Security] [864-007- W004] [Duration: 3s] OIL END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 4 Oil problem - Oil advisor - Thomas C. Barger - Arabian- American Oil Company [ARAMCO] - Recommendations - Otto Miller - Caltex - John A. McCone - Qualifications - Retired to South Carolina; La Jolla, California - Experience - Alternative energy sources - Oil sheiks - Edward Teller - Advice - Ideas - Nuclear, shale - Charles J. DiBona - Teller - Problems Iran - State visit - Helms - Return to US - Report - John A.Volpe [?] Iran - Visit by President - Embassy - Accommodations - Compared with US embassy in Japan - Visit by President when out of office in 1967 - Women Helms left at 4:59 pm. Vietnam settlement - Cease- Fire agreement Press conference - President's attendance - Kissinger's advice - Rhetoric - Cessation of bombing North Vietnamese complaints - Validity - Cease- Fire violations - Government of Vietnam [GVN] [South Vietnam] - Joint Military Commission - Kissinger's telegram to Thieu - Dissolution - Accommodations - Ellsworth F. Bunker - Message to North Vietnam - Talks with South Vietnam - Bunker - US response - Mining - POWs - Public relations - Resolution of problem Press conference - President's appearance - President's view - Questions - Aid to Vietnam - Thieu North Vietnam's statements - POWs - Delay of release - Economic Commission - US delay - Reply to Kissinger's message on mining - Toughness - Economic Commission - Kissinger's reply - Economic Commission - Two- Track method - South Vietnam Vietnam settlement - Kissinger's view - POWs - Movement - Kissinger's talk with William H. Sullivan - William P. Rogers - Conference - Kissinger's talk with George R. S. Baring [Earl of Cromer] - House of Commons - Sir Alexander F. ("Alec") Douglas- Home - Attendance at international conference on Vietnam - Rogers - Public relations - International conference on Vietnam - Credit - Douglas- Home, Nguyen Duy Trinh - People's Republic of China [PRC] - Message - POWs - US response - Reaction to delays - Aid to Vietnam - Stories - Effect - Public statements - Kissinger's message - December 1972 bombing - Effect - Compared with private talks - Ultimatum Union of Soviet Socialist Republics [USSR] - Summit - Handling - State Department - Rogers - Anatoliy F. Dobrynin International conference on Vietnam - President's public pronouncements - List of POWs - Scheduled release dates Vietnam settlement - Cease- Fire violations - Thieu - Laos - Infiltration - North and South Vietnam - Thieu's actions - POWs - US aid to South Vietnam The Earl of Cromer - Story about Vietnam - Departure from post - Lady Cromer - Common market post Vietnam settlement - Length - US goal - Stability - Timing Vietnam - Public awareness - Waning interest - POWs - Troops South Vietnam - Number of US advisors - Civilian, economic, military - Survival - Settlement agreement - Number of US advisors - Reduction - News summary Helms - Job as ambassador Central Intelligence Agency [CIA] - James R. Schlesinger - Shake up BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 5 [National Security (B) withdrawal reviewed under MDR guidelines case number LPRN- T- MDR-2014-037. Segment exempt per Executive Order 13526, 3.3(b)(1) on 05/20/2019. Archivist: MM] [National Security] [864-007- W005] [Duration: 1m 22s] CIA END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 5 CIA - Office of Strategic Services [OSS] - Age International conference on Vietnam - USSR, PRC reactions - France - Georges J. R. Pompidou - North Vietnam - Canada - Pierre E. Trudeau - Relations with US - North Vietnam - National recognition - Peace settlement - Kissinger's message - Joint Economic Commission - Thieu - Paris - Delivery - Timing - Tone - POWs - Return - North Vietnam's response - Contents - Col. Bui Tin's statement - Four- Power military commission - Unofficial - Testing US - Military operations - Laos - Response to Saigon's initiatives - Civilian prisoners Civilian prisoners - Number released - Convicts - Amnesty - Cadres - Number released - Disappearances - Numbers - Thieu - Responsibility - Effects on US - Nguyen Thi Binh - Foreign Minister of Provisional Revolutionary Government of South Vietnam - Capital - GVN - Territory - Civilian prisoners - Hanoi's embarrassment Kissinger left at 5:19 pm. Participants: Nixon, Richard M. (President); Helms, Richard M.; Kissinger, Henry A.