On September 30, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, Henry M. ("Scoop") Jackson, and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:17 am and 10:34 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 789-004 of the White House Tapes. Topics include: The President met with Henry A. Kissinger and Henry M. ("Scoop") Jackson. This recording began while the meeting was in progress. National Defense policy - The President's meeting with Sir Alexander F. ("Alec") Douglas- Home - Nuclear weapons - Bilateral reduction - Soviet Union - Multilateral reduction - Europe - Netherlands - Belgium - Denmark - Conventional forces - The President's San Francisco speech, September 27, 1972 - Massive retaliation - Naval, air forces, army - Small nations ***************************************************************** [Previous National Security (B) withdrawal reviewed under MDR guidelines case number LPRN- T- MDR-2014-035. Segment declassified on 04/03/2019. Archivist : MAS] [National Security] [789-004- W001] [Duration: 3s] National Defense policy - The President's San Francisco speech, September 27, 1972 - Massive retaliation - Small nations - Israel ***************************************************************** National Defense policy - The President's San Francisco speech, September 27, 1972 - Massive retaliation - Jordan crisis - Mobilization - Sixth Fleet - Airplanes - West Germany - Soviets - Syria - Soviet Union - Israel - Credibility - Europe ***************************************************************** [Previous National Security (B) withdrawal reviewed under MDR guidelines case number LPRN- T- MDR-2014-035. Segment declassified on 05/08/2019. Archivist : MAS] [National Security] [789-004- W004] [Duration: 14s] National Defense policy - The President's San Francisco speech, September 27, 1972 - Massive retaliation - Credibility - Europe - Israel - South Korea - Thailand ***************************************************************** National Defense policy - The President's San Francisco speech, September 27, 1972 - Massive retaliation - Credibility - Israel - Europe - Soviet Naval Buildup - Forward Bases - Conventional forces - US public opinion - Soviet buildup - Pace - Navy, air power - Yugoslavia - Troops cuts - Defense appropriations subcommittee - Europe - Forthcoming talks on Mutual and Balanced Force Reductions [MBFR] - Congressional awareness - Defense supporters - John L. McClellan - European responsibility - Previous resolution for pullback, 1967 An unknown person entered at an unknown time after 10:17 am. Refreshments The unknown person left at an unknown time before 10:34 am. National Defense - Resolution for force pullback 1967 - Michael J. Mansfield - Consequences of vote - Strategic Arms limitation Treaty [SALT] debate - Nuclear warheads - Number - Equality, deliverability - North Atlantic Treaty Organization [NATO] - William Proxmire - Tactical nuclear weapons compared to strategic nuclear weapons - Arms Control and Disarmament Agency [ACDA] involvement - J. William Fulbright - Gerard L. Smith - Jackson Amendment - Hugh Scott - Plans - Appropriations - Transfers - Soviet Union - Raymond L. Garthoff - Helsinki cable - Soviets - Arms control jargon - Anatoliy F. Dobrynin - Conversation with Kissinger - Position - Foreign Service - Uganda - Possible firing - Timing -1972 election - Leaks - John Finney - New York Times - Discussions with Soviets - Garthoff's background - Russian language skills - Wife - US fallback position - Smith - Secor D. Browne - Possible involvement in administration - Civil Aeronautical Board [CAB] chairman - Previous position at Massachusetts Institute of Technology [MIT] - Aeronautical engineering - Soviet negotiations - Russian language skills - Weapons system expert - ACDA - State Department - Soviet negotiations - Consultant to industry - Commercial aviation expertise - Conventional weapons knowledge - MBFR - ACDA - Negotiations - Role of administrator - MBFR - SALT II - Unilateral Disarmament - Mutual disarmament - SALT - Joint Chiefs of Staff [JCS] - Knowledge - Jackson's questioning - Air Force Chief of Staff - Gen. John D. Ryan - Antiballistic missiles [ABM] - Capitals defense plan - State Department - ACDA - JCS - Interests - Weapons system Personnel management - Lt. Gen. Edward Rowny - Alexander M. Haig, Jr. - Background - Army - Supreme Headquarters, Allied Power Europe [SHAPE] - Gen. Andrew J. Goodpaster - Replacement [for Ryan] - Promotion - Johns Hopkins University - US Military Academy at West Point - Development of air mobile concept - Yale University - Engineering - Political science - Doctorate [Ph.D.] - Haig - Scholar - Corps commander - JCS - Views - Compared to the President's - State Department - ACDA - Central Intelligence Agency [CIA] - JCS - ABM - Capitals defense plan - The President's view - Rowny - Haig - ACDA - Garthoff - Plans - Loyalty - Ideology Jackson's forthcoming work with Kissinger US- Soviet Union trade deal - Jackson Amendment on Soviet Jewry - Exit visas - Amendment to bill - Timing - Forthcoming congressional session - Co- Sponsors - Signal to Soviets - Senate resolution - Hubert H. Humphrey - Jacob A. Javits - George S. McGovern - Opposition by Jewish community - Impact on the President - Compared to Jackson Amendment - Timing - Soviet Reaction - Exit visas - Kissinger's forthcoming conversation with Hugh Scott - Scott - Administrative assistant, William J. Hildebrand - McGovern - Political implications - Jackson's conversation with Scott - Compared to Jackson Amendment - Voting - Signal to Soviets - Toughness - Co- Sponsors - Withholding Kissinger's schedule Kissinger and Jackson left at 10:34 am. Participants: Nixon, Richard M. (President); Kissinger, Henry A.; Jackson, Henry M. ("Scoop"); [Unknown person(s)].
- इसका हिस्सा White House Tapes: Sound Recordings of Meetings and Telephone Conversations of the Nixon Administration, Oval Office Sound Recordings