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On November 30, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, Ronald L. Ziegler, and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:23 am to 12:03 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 626-010 of the White House Tapes. Topics include: The President met with Henry A. Kissinger. India- Pakistan - Report from India - Pakistani troop dispositions Ronald L. Ziegler entered at 11:24 am. Announcement regarding Thelma C. ("Pat") Nixon's schedule - Constance M. Stuart - Call from Ziegler H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman entered at an unknown time after 11:24 am. - Timing Ziegler left at 11:25 am. William P. Rogers - Conversation with John N. Mitchell - Sale of aircraft to Israel - Possible meeting with the President - Schedule - The President's forthcoming meeting with Golda Meir - Meeting with congressmen - Forthcoming speech - Views regarding aircraft for Israel - The President's view - State Department India- Pakistan - India - Rogers's forthcoming announcement - US policy - Export licenses - Kissinger's view - New licenses - Radar equipment - State Department - Pakistan - New and old licenses - Pakistan - State Department Kissinger's forthcoming press briefing - President's forthcoming trip to People's Republic of China [PRC] - Size of press contingent - PRC's views - Compared to other foreign trips - India- Pakistan - US aid to India - Amount - US policy - United Nations [UN] - Vietnam - The President's previous press conference - Infiltration - The President's view - Middle East - Arms balance - Rogers Middle East - Rogers's views - Conversation with Mitchell - Soviet Union - Israeli- Egyptian negotiations - Aircraft - Soviet Union - Israel - Forthcoming summit with the US - The President's reelection - Israeli- US relations - Kissinger's view - Interim settlement Kissinger's forthcoming press briefing - International monetary situation - John B. Connally's views - Price of gold - Connally's role - Latin America - Robert H. Finch - Proposed statement The President's schedule - Forthcoming meeting with Eisaku Sato - Japanese press reaction - Kissinger's view - PRC - San Clemente - Compared to European press [Previous National Security (B) withdrawal reviewed under MDR guidelines case number LPRN- T- MDR-2014-032. Segment declassified on 5/22/2019. Archivist: MM] [National Security] [626-010- W003] [Duration: 4s] Canada Pierre E. Trudeau - Support for the US William P. and McGeorge Bundy - William Bundy's article - Kissinger's view - Vietnam responsibility - Pentagon Papers Vietnam - Casualties - Helicopter crash - Number - The President's chart of troop withdrawals - Foreign policy report - Casualty rate chart - Incursions into Cambodia and Laos Public relations - Foreign visits and visitors - Press coverage - News summary - Kissinger's view - Haldeman's view - The President's view - Press coverage - Interludes between foreign visitors - Domestic issues - Health care reform - Press coverage - Japanese, Germans and British - Communiqués - Press coverage - Kissinger's forthcoming conversation with Burke Trend - Television International monetary situation - Price of gold - Revaluation of currency The President's critics - White House response - Edmund S. Muskie - White House response - William L. Calley - Public interest Kissinger's forthcoming press briefing - Nature of briefing - State Department - Rogers Rogers's schedule - Latin America - Finch's previous visit - Foreign Ministers meeting - Safety concerns Jerrold L. Schecter - Conversation with Kissinger - The President's foreign policy - The President's article written in 1967 - PRC - National Security Council [NSC] meetings - Contacts with US - PRC - Contacts with US - The President's conversations - Eastern Europeans - Romania - Poland - Agha Muhommad Yahya Khan - Pakistani Air Marshal - Kissinger's views - Soviet Union - The President's press conference - Linkage - Trade - Berlin - Strategic Arms Limitation Talks [SALT] - The President's historical background - World Wars I and II - Kissinger's previous conversation with Hugh S. Sidey -"Man of the Year" award Liberals - Views regarding the President - The President as Time 's "Man of the Year" - Letters to the editor of Time -"Man of the Year" - The President - Daniel Ellsberg - The dollar - Indira Gandhi India - Congress's views - Clark MacGregor's forthcoming meeting - Peter H. B. Frelinghuysen Gandhi - Visit To US Kissinger left at 11:53 am The President's schedule - National Broadcasting Company [NBC] television show, "A Day in the Life of the President" - Domestic Council meeting - The Vice President - Economic meeting - The Vice President - Connally - Dictation - Rose Mary Woods - Connally - Open Door Hour - Seventeen year old deaf boy - Athletic ability - John W. Chancellor - Interview - Timing - Woods - Julie Nixon Eisenhower - Schedule ***************************************************************** [Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift 04/14/2022. Segment cleared for release.] [Personal Returnable] [626-010- W008] [Duration: 25s] The President's schedule - National Broadcasting Company [NBC] television show, "A Day in the Life of the President" - Thelma C. (Ryan) ("Pat') Nixon's schedule ***************************************************************** The President's schedule - National Broadcasting Company [NBC] television show, "A Day in the Life of the President" - Date of showing - Telephone calls - Limitations - Kissinger and Rogers Unknown man - Unknown actions - Effect on the President The President and Haldeman left at 12:03 pm. Participants: Nixon, Richard M. (President); Kissinger, Henry A.; Ziegler, Ronald L.; Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob").