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846–2
  • President Richard M. Nixon
  • Henry A. Kissinger
  • UNKNOWN
February 1, 1973
Conversation No. 846-2

Date: February 1, 1973
Time: 9:45 am - 10:03 am
Location: Oval Office

The President met with Henry A. Kissinger.

President's schedule
-Edward R. G. Heath
-Briefing paper
-Camp David
-Executive Committee of the Republican Governors
-Heath

US-Great Britain relations
-Economic policy
-John B. Connally
-Trade bill
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

Tape Subject Log
(rev. Aug.-09)
Conversation No. 846-2 (cont’d)



-Prospects
-US legislation
-Veto
-Protectionism
-Senate
-Heath
-Europe
-Kissinger’s meeting with Sir Burke Trend
-Possible Nixon-Heath agenda
-Vietnam
-Indochina
-South Asia
-Middle East
-Soviet Union
-Communication
-Initiatives
-Vietnam
-Negotiations
-Congress
-Israel
-Heath
-Compared to Vietnam settlement
-Egypt
-Permanent settlement
-Interim settlement
-[Hussein King of Jordan] Hussein ibn Talal
-Hafiz Ismail
-Visit to US
-Camp David
-Kissinger’s schedule


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Conversation No. 846-2 (cont’d)




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-President’s wishes
-Leak
-William P. Rogers
-President’s schedule
-Great Britain
-Ismail visit
-London
-Bermuda


US-Soviet Union relation
-Moscow talks
-Timing
-Preparedness
-Commitment to nuclear treaty
-US compliance
-People’s Republic of China [PRC]
-Europe
-Timing
-President’s possible 1974 visit to the Soviet Union
-Anatoliy F. Dobrynin
-US-PRC relations
-Kissinger’s visit to Peking
-President’s possible visit to PRC
-Japan
-Radicals
-Poll
-[Emperor of Japan] Hirohito’s US visit
-Zulus
-Chou En-Lai
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

Tape Subject Log
(rev. Aug.-09)
Conversation No. 846-2 (cont’d)



-Possible points of discussion
-Soviet Union
-Communication with US
-Possible hostilities
-Taiwan
-US forces withdrawal
-Vietnam
-PRC foreign relations
-North Vietnam
-Taiwan
-Federation
-Compared to Puerto Rico
-Possible war
-Economy
-Reduction in US forces in Asia
-Soviet Union
-Japan’s relationship with PRC
-Taiwan
-Chiang Kai-shek
-Death
-US public opinion
-Chou En-lai
-Schedule
-United Nations [UN]
-San Clemente
-Leonid I. Brezhner
-Visit to the UN
-Nuclear treaty
-Utility

Kissinger’s schedule
-Hanoi
-Bangkok
-President’s schedule
-San Clemente
-Europe
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

Tape Subject Log
(rev. Aug.-09)
Conversation No. 846-2 (cont’d)



-King Hussein
-Heath
-Camp David
-Kissinger’s trip to New York
-Possible meeting with the President
-Washington, DC
-San Clemente
-Guam
-Kissinger’s trip to New York
-Rest
-Bangkok
-Europe
-Hong Kong
-Guam
-Hong Kong
-Harold Lee
-Bangkok
-William H. Sullivan

An unknown man entered at an unknown time after 9:45 am.

President's schedule
-Heath’s arrival

The unknown man left at an unknown time before 10:03 am.

US-Great Britain relations
-Agenda for Heath talks
-Europe
-Vietnam
-Bombing
-Kissinger's schedule
-Trend
-President's schedule
-Meeting with Heath
-Executive Committee of Republican Governors
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

Tape Subject Log
(rev. Aug.-09)
Conversation No. 846-2 (cont’d)



Kissinger left at 10:03 am
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