Conversation: 043-006
Prev: 043-005 Next: 043-007Start Date: 31-Jan-1973 10:10 AM
End Date: 31-Jan-1973 10:18 AM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Kissinger, Henry A.;Recording Device: White House Telephone
NARA Description:
On January 31, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger talked on the telephone from 10:10 am to 10:18 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 043-006 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 43-6 Date: January 31, 1973 Time: 10:10 am - 10:18 am Location: White House Telephone The President talked with Henry A. Kissinger. [See also Conversation No. 403-18] The President’s forthcoming press conference -Laos Prisoners of War [POWs] list -The President’s possible response -Kissinger’s view -Timing -Kissinger’s trip -Patrick J. Buchanan’s news summary -Leonid I. Brezhnev -Timing of visit to US -Agenda -Timing of visit -Vietnam settlement -Possible meeting with Nguyen Van Thieu -4- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. Aug.-08) Conversation No. 43-6 (cont’d) -Hawaii -Vice President Spiro T. Agnew -Re-supply of North Vietnamese troops in South Vietnam -Viet Cong -Cambodia, Laos, demilitarized zone [DMZ] -Legal entry points -Ports -DMZ -Discussion of agreement -Violations -Ronald L. Ziegler -Bombing -Civilian deaths -Hanoi -North Vietnam -Commentary -Deaths in South Vietnam -Military activities -Army of the Republic of Vietnam [ARVN] actions -Naval base -North Vietnamese actions -Cease-fire agreement -Press statements -Brezhnev statement -Soviet Union position -People’s Republic of China [PRC] statement -Norodom Sihanouk’s statement -Cambodian unilateral cease-fire -US bombing policy -Enemy actions -Lon Nol -Laos -US positions in peace talks -Diplomatic actions of Laotians -5- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. Aug.-08)