58–4

Conversation No. 58-4

Date: May 20, 1971
Time: 9:02 am - 9:48 am
Location: Cabinet Room

The President met with Vice President Spiro T. Agnew, William P. Rogers, John B. Connally,
Melvin R. Laird, John N. Mitchell, Winton M. (“Red”) Blount, William T. Pecora, Clifford M.
Hardin, James T. Lynn, Laurence H. Silberman, Elliot L. Richardson, George W. Romney,
James M. Beggs, George P. Shultz, Robert H. Finch, Donald H. Rumsfeld, George H. W. Bush,
H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman, John D. Ehrlichman, Henry A. Kissinger, Clark MacGregor, Peter M.
Flanigan, Herbert G. Klein, Dr. Edward E. David, Jr., Raymond K. Price, Jr., Alexander P.
Butterfield, Ronald L. Ziegler, William E. Timmons, Charles W. Colson, John A. Scali, Richard
A. Moore, Harry S. Dent, Leonard Garment, John W. Dean, III, Frederic V. Malek, Robert J.
Brown, Robert J. Dole, Admiral Thomas H. Moorer, Gerard C. Smith, Arthur J. Sohmer, Caspar
W. (“Cap”) Weinberger, Virginia H. Knauer, and Arnold R. Weber
[Recording begins while the conversation is in progress]

US-Soviet relations
-Briefings


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Strategic arms limitation

[To listen to the segment (6m59s) declassified on 02/28/2002, please refer to RC# E-524.]

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-US-Soviet statement, May 20, 1971
-Content and phraseology
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF

Tape Subject Log
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-Meaning
-Forthcoming negotiations
-Vienna, Helsinki
-Smith, Vladimir S. Semenov


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Strategic arms limitation

[To listen to the segment (23m11s) declassified on 02/28/2002, please refer to RC# E-524.]

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-May 20, 1971 announcement
-Content


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Negotiations

[To listen to the segment (9m15s) declassified on 02/28/2002, please refer to RC# E-524.]

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Smith

[General conversation/Unintelligible]

The President, et al. left at 9:48 am