Secret White House Tapes

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709–10
  • President Richard M. Nixon
  • Stephen B. Bull
  • Henry A. Kissinger
  • Witold Trampczynski
April 17, 1972
Conversation No. 709-10

Date: April 17, 1972
Time: 10:32 am - 10:47 am
Location: Oval Office

The President met with Stephen B. Bull.

The President's schedule
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF

Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 709-9 (cont.)


-Meeting with Witold Trampczynski
-Photographs
-Oliver F. (“Ollie”) Atkins
-Press

Henry A. Kissinger entered and Bull left at 10:32 am.

Union of Soviet Socialist Republics [USSR]
-Message to US
-Analysis

The President's forthcoming trip to Poland
-Announcement
-Trampczynski
-Soviets
-Possible cancellation

USSR
-Soviet Summit
-Collapse
-Initiative
-U-2 incident
-Dwight D. Eisenhower
-Possible similarities
-Joseph C. Kraft
-Conversation with Kissinger
-Soviet response

Trampczynski entered at 10:34 am.

Greetings

Photographs
-Arrangements
-Message for the President

Warsaw
-Kissinger's visit

Poland
-The President's last visit
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF

Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 709-10 (cont.)


-Meeting with Wladyslaw Gomulka
-Chou En-lai
-Nikita S. Khrushchev
-Letter inviting the President to visit Poland
-Premier Piotr Jaroszewicz
-Chairman of the Council of State, Henryk Jablonski
-Visit to US

US-Poland relations
-US aspirations
-Differences
-Similarities to the President’s trips to the People’s Republic of China [PRC]
and USSR
-Polish-Americans
-Special ties
-Mutual agreement
-Polish-Americans
-The President’s Polish acquaintances
-Locations
-John Cardinal Krol of Philadelphia
-The President's forthcoming visit to Poland
-Lodgings
-Size of party
-Request from the Polish government
-President and Thelma C. (“Pat” ) Nixon
-Arrangements
-The President's stop in Teheran
-Meetings with officials
-Mrs. Nixon
-Tours
-Schools
-Hospitals
-Areas of interest
-Culture
-Poznan Boys' Choir
-Past performances
-Future performances
-Trampczynski's home town
-Warsaw
-Historic site
-Memories
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF

Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 709-10 (cont.)


-Kissinger's visit in 1964
-Visit of Polish Jews
-Kissinger's reaction
-Trampczynski's stay in US
-Berkeley, California
-University of California at Berkeley [?]
-Return visit
-The President's trip to Poland
-Symbolism
-Benefits
-Economic cooperation
-Warsaw

Trampczynski left at 10:45 am.

Vietnam
-Haiphong
-Kissinger's meeting with press
-Ronald L. Ziegler
-US bombing
-Haiphong and Hanoi
-Visit of Polish Ambassador with the President
-Invitation to visit Poland
-Soviet attitude
-Press reports

Kissinger's schedule
-Meeting with press
-Robert J. McCloskey, Daniel Z. Henkin and Ziegler
-Washington Special Action Group [WSAG] meeting
-Meeting with Anatoliy F. Dobrynin
-WSAG meeting
-Kissinger's attacks on Democrats
-Support for North Vietnamese invaders

Kissinger left at 10:47 am.
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