Date: May 20, 1971
Time: 8:38 am - 9:02 am
Location: Oval Office
The President met with Henry A. Kissinger.
President’s telephone call to George W. Ball
-Kissinger’s call to Ball
President's letter to Dean G. Acheson
-Substance of letter
Kissinger's call to Ball and John J. McCloy
-Drafting of letters
-Lauris Norstad
Administration's position a week ago
President's telephone call to Ball
-Ball's views
-Kissinger
-Senate
-White House relations with State Department
-State Department
State Department
-Clark MacGregor
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 9/08)
-William P. Rogers
-John N. Irwin, II
-U. Alexis Johnson
-Relations with White House
-Kissinger's relationship with State Department officials
-MacGregor
-Kissinger’s meeting with State Department officials
-State Department Conv. No. 502-6 (cont.)
-Position on negotiations
Congressional affairs
-Kissinger's conversations with Charles McC. Mathias
-Mathias’ views on his amendment
-Hubert H. Humphrey
-Jacob K. Javits
-Co-sponsors
-Kissinger's view of Mathias amendment
-Humphrey's vote
-Edmund S. Muskie's vote
-Final votes
-Edward M. (“Ted”) Kennedy's vote
-President's successes
-Strategic Arms Limitation Talks [SALT] agreement
-Backing of \"establishment\"
-Ball
-Cyrus R. Vance
-Acheson
-McCloy
-McGeorge Bundy
-Rogers' strategy for dealing with Congress
-Implications for the White House
-MacGregor
-Rogers
-Michael J. (“Mike”) Mansfield
SALT agreement announcement, May 20, 1971
-Cabinet meeting
-Meeting of legislative leaders
-President's announcement remarks
-Soviet position on offensive and defensive weapons
-US position on offensive and defensive weapons
-Soviets public position and statements
-President's SALT initiative Conv. No. 502-6 (cont.)
-Involvement of Moscow and Washington
-Television
-Playback in Moscow
-Language
-Agreement, understanding
-Grammar
-Negotiations
-Treaty
-US and Soviet Union relations
-Future
-Goals
-Prospects for other negotiations
-Next round of negotiations
-Rewording of remarks
-Future US and Soviet Union relations
-Notification of Kissinger's staff
-Staff reaction
-Reaction of White House staff
-Price
-William L. Safire
-Reaction of Kissinger's staff to SALT announcement agreement
Congressional affairs
-President's call to Senator John C. Stennis
-Stennis
-Leadership
-Kissinger's conversation with Javits
-Stennis’ position on Mathias amendment
-Kissinger's call to Stennis
-Stennis’ views
SALT agreement announcement, May 20, 1971
-President's announcement remarks
-Exact wording
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 9/08)
-Level of negotiations
-Extent of efforts
-Expression of commitment
Anatoliy F. Dobrynin
-Reaction of Kissinger’s staff
Stephen B. Bull entered at an unknown time after 8:38 am.
Conv. No. 502-6 (cont.)
Cabinet meeting
-President’s invitation to Rose Mary Woods
Bull left at an unknown time before 9:02 am.
An unknown woman [Marjorie P. Acker?] entered at an unknown time after 8:38 am.
Woods
-Location
The unknown woman [Acker?] left at an unknown time before 9:02 am.