Conversation: 019-053
Prev: 019-052 Next: 019-054Start Date: 24-Jan-1972 4:27 PM
End Date: 24-Jan-1972 4:55 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Mitchell, John N.;Recording Device: White House Telephone
NARA Description:
On January 24, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and John N. Mitchell talked on the telephone from 4:27 pm to 4:55 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 019-053 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 19-53 Date: January 24, 1972 Time: 4:27 pm - 4:55 pm Location: White House Telephone The President talked with John N. Mitchell. [See Conversation No. 317-17] The President’s schedule -Recent trip to Walker's Cay The President's forthcoming speech on Vietnam -Nguyen Van Thieu -Possible reaction -Negotiations -Proposals -Withdrawal -Duration -Ceasefire and prisoners of war [POWs] 35 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) ********************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2 [Personal Returnable] [Duration: 2m 40s ] END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2 ********************************************************************** -[John Sherman Cooper] -Campaign efforts -Appointment for staff member Frank L. Rizzo -Conversation with the President -Government funding -Conversation with Walter H. Annenberg ********************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 3 [Personal Returnable] [Duration: 36s ] END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 3 ********************************************************************** Rizzo [?] -John D. Ehrlichman's possible actions -Federal funds, agencies -Law Enforcement Assistance Administration [LEAA], Department of Transportation -Possible calls from Mitchell 36 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) ********************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 4 [Personal Returnable] [Duration: 5m 2s ] END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 4 ********************************************************************** -Richard B. Ogilvie -Revenue sharing -Taft-Hartley Act -Dock strike -Farmers -Rural Electrification Administration [REA] funds -Prospects ********************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 5 [Personal Returnable] [Duration: 12m 55s ] END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 5 ********************************************************************** The President's forthcoming speech on Vietnam -Kissinger's forthcoming press briefing -Response to opponents of the President's policies -Secret negotiations -Congressional deadline -Administration offer -Ceasefire and POWs Vietnam -Negotiations 37 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) -October 1971 1972 campaign -Issues -Rockefeller and Ogilvie -Revenue sharing -Democrats Vietnam -South Vietnam’s survival -Prospects -Armed Forces -US air support -Compared to North Vietnam -Communication lines -Air power -Press treatment -North Vietnam -Prospects for military progress -Rainy season -Military press briefings in Saigon -Mitchell's conversation with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman -The President's forthcoming meeting with Melvin R. Laird and Admiral Thomas H. Moorer