Date: April 18, 1973
Time: Unknown between 12:33 pm and 12:48 pm
Location: Oval Office
The President met with Henry A. Kissinger.
President’s schedule
-Meeting with Rainer Barzel
-Press photograph
-Duration
Barzel and Erich Feldweg entered at 12:33 pm. The White House photographer and members
of the press were present at the beginning of the meeting. Portions of this conversation are in
German.
Arrangements for photograph
-White House photographer
-Brother
-Meeting with President
Barzel’s political stance
-North Atlantic Treaty Organization [NATO] support
-Support for US
-Previous German leadership
-Support from President
-NATO
-Western Europe, Germany
-Unilateral disarmament
[German language spoken]
President’s schedule
-Welcoming of Barzel
-Kissinger
-Trip to Europe
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Conversation No. 900-13 (cont'd)
German concerns
-Youth
-Germany
-Italy
-France
-US
-Leader class
-Television [TV]
-Newspapers
-Professors
-Weakness to enemy
-New alliance
President’s schedule
-Trip to Europe
Kissinger
-Substitute for President
Kissinger, Barzel, and Felding left at an unknown time before 12:48 pm.