Conversation: 136-031
Prev: 136-030 Next: 136-032Start Date: 23-Jul-1972 3:27 PM
End Date: 23-Jul-1972 3:27 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Kissinger, Henry A.;Recording Device: Camp David Study Table
Full Tape Conversation Start Time: 02:19:32
Full Tape Conversation End Time: 02:37:32
NARA Description:
On July 23, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger talked on the telephone at Camp David at 3:27 pm. The Camp David Study Table taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 136-031 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 136-31 Date: July 23, 1972 Time: 3:27 pm Location: Camp David Study Table (telephone) The President talked with Henry A. Kissinger. [See Conversation No. 196-30] Weather -Washington, DC -Camp David -Henry Brandon's pool 23 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Jan-02) ***************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 [Personal returnable] [Duration: 4m 16s ] END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 ***************************************************************** President's forthcoming meeting with Japanese -Announcement -Timing -Arrangements -Location -The President’s view -Hotels -Reception -Pearl Harbor -Kakuei Tanaka -Age -Possible meeting with John H. Holdridge -Leaks -Robert S. Ingersoll -Trade pact -William D. Eberle -Timing of announcements -Final negotiations President's schedule -Italians -President of Italy [Giovanni Leone] -Timing of visit -The President’s view Vietnam military activities -North Vietnamese military dispositions -Military Region I -Quang Tri -Need for South Vietnamese troop withdrawal -Alexander M. Haig, Jr. 24 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Jan-02) -Possibility of defeat -Kissinger’s view -The President’s instructions -Kissinger's meeting with Melvin R. Laird and Thomas H. Moorer -North Vietnam troop movements -Kissinger’s view -Compared to Stalingrad and Battle of Bulge -Kissinger's cable to Frederick G. Weyand -Possible press reaction -Bombing -North Vietnamese casualtes President's previous conversation with Haig -Press reports -South Vietnamese troop withdrawal -The President’s view -Weyand and John W. Vogt, Jr. -South Vietnamese retreat -President and Kissinger -Nguyen Van Thieu -Quang Tri -Effect on negotiations -Responsibility -Lam Son -Tchepone -Dispersal of effort -The President’s view -Concentration of forces -Weyand -Kissinger and Haig -B-52s Vietnam military activities -Peace negotiations -Weyand -North Vietnamese capability -Weather -Effect -Sir Robert Thompson's statement -Timing of North Vietnamese offensive -Motive -US election -US-Soviet Union summit 25 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Jan-02)