Conversation: 131-013
Prev: 131-012 Next: 131-014Start Date: 17-May-1972 3:02 PM
End Date: 17-May-1972 3:16 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Mitchell, John N.;Recording Device: Camp David Study Table
Full Tape Conversation Start Time: 00:36:26
Full Tape Conversation End Time: 00:51:03
NARA Description:
On May 17, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and John N. Mitchell talked on the telephone at Camp David from 3:02 pm to 3:16 pm. The Camp David Study Table taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 131-013 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 131-13 Date: May 17, 1972 Time: 3:02 pm - 3:16 pm Location: Camp David Study Table The President talked with John N. Mitchell. [See also Conversation No. 189-25] ********************************************************************** 11 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 [Personal Returnable] [Duration: 5m31s ] END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 ********************************************************************** American society -Age of violence -The President’s view -Vietnam war -Theodore Roosevelt -William McKinley -Franklin D. Roosevelt -Anton Cermak -Harry S. Truman -House of Representatives -Price of free society -1972 compared to 1967 and 1968 -Mitchell’s view -Wallace -Responsibility -Verbal attacks -Hubert H. Humphrey -Edmund S. Muskie -George S. McGovern -Shooting -Assailant [Arhtur H. Bremer] -Motive -The President’s view -Federal Bureau of Investigation [FBI] investigation -Mitchell’s view Soviet summit -Possible cancellation -Mitchell, John B. Connally predictions -President's position Vietnam 12 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) Conv. No. 131-13 (cont.) -President's decision to bomb North Vietnam, mine harbors [blockade] -Importance -Compared with Soviet Union summit -President's talk with Mitchell -Mitchell’s view -Effects -Options -Effects -Morale of US -Committee to Reelect the President [CRP] support -Efforts -Morale of South Vietnamese troops and people -Morale of North Vietnam -Democratic critics -The President’s view -Military situation -Kontum -Henry A. Kissinger -South Vietnamese performance -Firebase bastogne -I Corps attacks -An loc -Kontum -Importance -Blockade -Effect -Comparison with 1968 situation -Sihanoukville -Cambodian supply lines -Sea lanes -Bombing -Time -North Vietnam oil reserves -Time -US military's position -Mitchell’s view -Central Intelligence Agency's [CIA] position -The President’s view -Previous experience -Differences -Mechanized compared with guerilla war 13 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) Conv. No. 131-13 (cont.) -Cambodian supplies -Intensity -Comparison with previous experience -Effect -Editorial critics -The President’s view Mitchell -President's trip to Soviet Union -Work at CRP -President's appreciation