Here’s a list of all the official National Security Council meetings of the Nixon administration.1
Early in his presidency, Nixon used the NSC quite a lot, and they met often. But by the end of 1970 they were meeting much less frequently. By 1971 there were some long periods where the NSC did not meet at all. In 1972 it met only 3 times and in 1973 only twice.
Meeting Date | Agenda Topics |
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1/21/1969 | National Security Council System |
1/25/1969 | Vietnam |
1/29/1969 | Nonproliferation Treaty |
2/1/1969 | Middle East |
2/4/1969 | Middle East |
2/10/1969 | Joint Strategic Target Planning |
2/12/1969 | Strategic Policy Issues and Biafran Relief |
2/14/1969 | Biafra and Strategic Balance |
2/19/1969 | East/West Relations (National Security Study Memorandum 10) |
3/5/1969 | Fiscal Year 1970 Defense Budget |
3/15/1969 | Eighteen Nation Disarmament Committee |
3/26/1969 | Foreign Aid |
3/28/1969 | Vietnam |
4/8/1969 | NATO |
4/9/1969 | US Trade Policy |
4/16/1969 | North Korean Downing of US Aircraft |
4/25/1969 | Middle East |
4/30/1969 | Japan – Seabeds |
5/7/1969 | Far East Trade Mission |
5/15/1969 | President’s Vietnam Speech/Part 1 |
5/15/1969 | President’s Vietnam Speech/Part 2 |
5/21/1969 | Policy Toward Communist Countries (National Security Study Memorandum 35) |
6/3/1969 | Secretary Roger’s Trip/Part 1 |
6/3/1969 | Secretary Roger’s Trip/Part 2 |
6/13/1969 | US Strategic Posture |
6/17/1969 | Special Meeting Called by the President |
6/18/1969 | US Strategic Power and Strategic Arms Limitation Talks |
6/25/1969 | Alternative Strategic Arms Limitation Talks Options (National Security Study Memorandum 28) |
7/7/1969 | Vietnam Paris Negotiations (Sequoia) |
7/9/1969 | Latin America |
7/15/1969 | Israel |
8/14/1969 | Korea and China Briefings |
9/10/1969 | Review of General Purpose Forces (National Security Study Memorandum 3) |
9/11/1969 | Next Steps in the Middle East |
9/12/1969 | Vietnam |
10/8/1969 | Verification |
10/15/1969 | Latin America |
11/10/1969 | Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (National Security Study Memorandum 62) |
11/18/1969 | Chemical/Biological Warfare |
12/10/1969 | Middle East |
12/17/1969 | Southern Africa |
1/23/1970 | Safeguard (Antiballistic Missiles) |
1/28/1970 | Europe |
2/23/1970 | Post DeGaulle France |
2/27/1970 | Laos |
3/4/1970 | Korea (National Security Study Memorandum 27) |
3/24/1970 | US Deferment and Exemption Policy (National Security Study Memorandum 78) |
3/25/1970 | Strategic Arms Limitation Talks |
4/8/1970 | Strategic Arms Limitation Talks |
4/22/1970 | Cambodia |
4/27/1970 | Economic Policy – Peterson Report |
6/10/1970 | Middle East |
6/17/1970 | Mediterranean |
7/21/1970 | Vietnam Cease-Fire |
8/19/1970 | Defense Planning 1971-1976 |
9/1/1970 | Middle East |
9/21/1970 | Jordan |
9/21/1970 | Jordan |
9/22/1970 | Jordan |
9/23/1970 | Jordan and Cuba |
10/13/1970 | Cienfuegos/Cuba |
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10/14/1970 | European Security |
11/6/1970 | Chile (National Security Study Memorandum 97) |
11/19/1970 | NATO/Mutual and Balanced Force Reductions (National Security Study Memorandums 84 and 92) |
1/27/1971 | Safeguard and Strategic Arms Limitation Talks |
2/11/1971 | Annual Review |
2/26/1971 | Laos |
2/26/1971 | Middle East |
3/8/1971 | Strategic Arms Limitation Talks |
3/25/1971 | United Nations Representation and China |
6/17/1971 | Mutual and Balanced Force Reductions |
6/29/1971 | Middle East Review |
6/30/1971 | Strategic Arms Limitation Talks |
7/16/1971 | Middle East/South Asia |
8/13/1971 | Defense Strategy and Fiscal Guidance |
9/20/1971 | Vietnam |
11/10/1971 | Strategic Arms Limitation Talks |
11/12/1971 | Strategic Arms Limitation Talks |
12/1/1971 | Conference on European Security and Mutual and Balanced Force Reductions (NATO Ministerial) |
2/2/1972 | Vietnam |
3/17/1972 | Strategic Arms Limitation Talks |
5/8/1972 | Vietnam |
3/8/1973 | Strategic Arms Limitation Talks 2 |
4/12/1973 | Mutual and Balanced Force Reductions |
1/24/1974 | Strategic Arms Limitation Talks |
3/21/1974 | Strategic Arms Limitation Talks |
6/20/1974 | Strategic Arms Limitation Talks |
- The topics listed were those designated by the NSC itself and may not reflect the full breadth of any particular discussion during a meeting. ↩