Conversation: 043-203
Prev:  043-202 Next: 043-204Start Date: 27-Feb-1973 8:07 AM
End Date: 27-Feb-1973 8:14 AM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Kissinger, Henry A.; Recording Device: White House Telephone
NARA Description:
On February 27, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger talked on the telephone from 8:07 am to 8:14 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 043-203 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 43-203 Date: February 27, 1973 Time: 8:07 am - 8:14 am Location: White House Telephone The President talked with Henry A. Kissinger. [See Conversation No. 415-12] Preparation for the President’s press conference -Vietnam settlement -Prisoners of War [POWs] -115- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. Aug.-08) Conversation No. 43-203 (cont’d) -North Vietnam -Press reports -Delay in release -Paul N. McCloskey’s statement -Possible violation of cease-fire -South Vietnam -Importance -The President’s view -Possible response on violation -Draft reply -Paris Peace Conference -William P. Rogers -Mine removals -Timing of removal -Treatment of North Vietnamese in Saigon -Ellsworth F. Bunker -Nguyen Van Thieu -North Vietnam’s actions -Cease-fire -Laos -Cease-fire and withdrawal -US bombing -POWs -Importance to US -US response -The President’s possible statements -Press conference -North Vietnamese -Civilian prisoners -US POWs -Kissinger’s view