NSC Meetings in the Nixon Administration

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.

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Meeting Date	Agenda Topics
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
	USSR
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