Conversation: 140-005
Prev: 140-004 Next: 140-006Start Date: 16-Aug-1972 8:21 AM
End Date: 16-Aug-1972 8:29 AM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haig, Alexander M., Jr.;Recording Device: Camp David Study Table
NARA Description:
On August 16, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. talked on the telephone at Camp David from 8:21 am to 8:29 am. The Camp David Study Table taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 140-005 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 140-5 Date: August 16, 1972 Time: 8:21 am - 8:29 am Location: Camp David Study Table The President talked with Alexander M. Haig, Jr. [See Conversation No. 202-15] Paul C. Warnke -George S. McGovern's statement -Possible briefing of Warnke -Security clearance process -Questions on Pentagon Papers 3 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Mar-02) -The President’s instructions -Report by Richard M. Helms -Contents of briefing -McGovern's statement -Newspapers -Haig's forthcoming calls to State Department, Defense Department and Helms -Referrals to Haig -McGovern statement -Previous meetings with Henry A. Kissinger -Kissinger’s recollection -Tone -Briefing -Content -Sanitization -Pentagon Paper questions -Instructions to Helms -Answers under oath -Connections with Daniel Ellsberg Kissinger's schedule -Vietnam negotiations -Progress -North Vietnamese strategy -Political settlement -Concessions -Political ramifications Public relations -Vietnam -Effect of negotiations on domestic critics -September, October 1972 -Effect of critics -Effect of Kissinger’s trip on critics -W. Ramsey Clark -R. Sargent Shriver’s statement -Dean Rusk rebuttal -Press coverage -News summary -McGovern’s reaction to Clark -Clark’s possible position in the Federal Bureau of Investigation [FBI] -Clark’s statement -Washington Star 4 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Mar-02) -Prisoners of war [POWs[ -Press view of McGovern -The President’s view Vietnam -Battlefield situation -Possible attack on Hue -Timing -Kissinger’s view -South Vietnamese -Military activity near the Citadel [of Quang Tri] Warnke's security check -Content of briefing -Ellsberg -Questions by Helms