Conversation: 018-047
Prev: 018-046 Next: 018-048Start Date: 10-Jan-1972 4:12 PM
End Date: 10-Jan-1972 4:27 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Laird, Melvin R.;Recording Device: White House Telephone
Full Tape Conversation Start Time: 01:34:23
Full Tape Conversation End Time: 01:49:46
NARA Description:
On January 10, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Melvin R. Laird talked on the telephone from 4:12 pm to 4:27 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 018-047 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 18-47 Date: January 10, 1972 Time: 4:12 pm - 4:27 pm Location: White House Telephone The President talked with Melvin R. Laird. [See Conversation No. 313-21H] Appointments -[David] Kenneth Rush -Talk with the President -Forthcoming talk with Laird 35 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) -Conflict of interest -Knowledge -Mutual and Balanced Force Reductions [MBFR] -Strategic Arms Limitation Talks [SALT] -Government -Respect for Laird -Laird’s forthcoming talk with Rush -John N. Mitchell -Business background -Union Carbide -Work with the Department of Defense -Procurement -Robert C. Moot -Laird's conversation about Rush, William J. Porter -Work on Germany -Relationship -Talk with David Packard -Intelligence -Jane (Smith) Rush -Barbara Laird -Desire to stay in Bonn -Mitchell -Trustworthiness -Forthcoming meeting with Laird -Conflict of interest -Mitchell -Forced sale of assets -Capital gains tax -Packard -Financial holdings -Stocks -Union Carbide -Disposal -John C. Stennis -Union Carbide -Defense contracts Vietnam -Troop withdrawals -Henry A. Kissinger’s talk with Laird -Numbers -Forthcoming announcement 36 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) -Timing -Statement in April -Vietnamization -Number -Change in monthly rate -Laird's briefing -Laird's briefing -North Vietnamese offensive -Tet -South Vietnamese counter-offensive -Cambodia, Laos -US responses -Air power -Tone -Congress -Confidence -Vietnamization -North Vietnamese actions -South Vietnam -Laos -Cambodia Laos -Bombing -Tonnage -B’52s -Effectiveness -Reports ************************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 [National Security] [Duration: 4s ] LAOS END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 37 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) ************************************************************************** -G. McMurtrie Godley -Psychological impact Troop withdrawal announcement -The President’s instructions to Gerald L. Warren -Laird's briefing -Meeting with the President -The President's role -Possible diplomatic efforts -Prisoners of war [POWs] -Taping for TV Rush Leak -Laird’s and Mitchell’s possible meeting with the President -[Yeoman Charles E. Radford] -Damage -Joint Chiefs of Staff [JCS] -The President’s view -Previous administrations -Admiral Robert O. Welander Laird's briefing -Meeting with the President -Subject -POWs -Deadline -North Vietnamese positions in Paris -George S. McGovern -Nguyen Van Thieu -Bombing -Aid to South Vietnam - North Atlantic Treaty Organization [NATO] -Meetings with Porter 38 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06)