Secret White House Tapes

501–3

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501–3
  • President Richard M. Nixon
  • Henry A. Kissinger
  • Stephen B. Bull
May 19, 1971
Conversation No. 501-3

Date: May 19, 1971
Time: 8:55 am - 9:05 am
Location: Oval Office

The President met with Henry A. Kissinger.

Strategic Arms Limitation Talks [SALT] negotiations
-Kissinger’s previous meeting with Gerard C. Smith
-Draft statement
-March proposal
-Instructions for Smith
-Schedule
-Smith’s questions
-Multiple Independently Targetable Reentry Vehicle [MIRV]
-Kissinger's backgrounder
-William P. Rogers
-Drafted statement for President
-Kissinger’s contributions
-President's schedule
-Meeting with American Red Cross
-Statement for President
-Wording

Stephen B. Bull entered at an unknown time after 8:55 am.

Rogers

Bull left at an unknown time before 9:05 am.

SALT negotiations
-Announcement
-President's statement
-Future of negotiations
-Kissinger's backgrounder
-Hubert H. Humphrey
-President's statement
-President’s position in negotiations
-Kissinger’s draft statement
-Schedule
-Leaks
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-Congressional support
-Columnists
-Richard (“Dick”) Wilson, William F. Buckley, and William S. White
-Kissinger's schedule, President's schedule
-Charles W. Colson

Kissinger left at 9:05 am.
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