Conversation: 140-055
Prev: 140-054 Next: 140-056Start Date: 21-Aug-1972 10:26 AM
End Date: 21-Aug-1972 10:41 AM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Kissinger, Henry A.;Recording Device: Camp David Study Table
NARA Description:
On August 21, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger talked on the telephone at Camp David from 10:26 am to 10:41 am. The Camp David Study Table taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 140-055 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 140-55 Date: August 21, 1972 Time: 10:26 am - 10:41 am Location: Camp David Study Table Henry A. Kissinger talked with the President. [See Conversation No. 207-3] Richard N. Goodwin's call to Kissinger -George S. McGovern's interview -Attacks on Kissinger -The President's election prospects -Goodwin’s previous article -Goodwin’s possible efforts with Democrats to end Vietnam War -Possible meetings with North Vietnamese -Eugene S. McCarthy -Edward M. Kennedy -Kissinger's schedule -Possible meeting with McCarthy -McCarthy’s possible meeting with North Vietnamese -The President’s view -Kissinger’s view -Judgment of McGovern -Peace -The President’s view -McGovern -1972 election -Post-election period -Peace terms -Publicity 43 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Mar-02) Kissinger forthcoming meeting with Anatoliy F. Dobrynin -Acceptance of hydrofoil -Public relations -H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman -Cadillac Kissinger’s meeting with Chinese -Kissinger’s forthcoming trip to the Soviet Union -Forthcoming US-Soviet Union agreement -Chinese reaction -Chinese press Goodwin's efforts -Reaction to McGovern’s attacks on Kissinger -Political reasons -Vietnam strategy Vietnam -Nelson A. Rockefeller’s attack on McGovern -Administration's attacks on McGovern -The President's role -Perception of public The President’s forthcoming acceptance speech -Foreign policy section -Changes -Initiatives at home -Domestic Council proposals -Poverty, cities, environment, welfare reform -Kissinger’s view -Peace related to problems at home 44 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Mar-02) ***************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2 [Personal returnable] [Duration: 2m 6s ] END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2 ***************************************************************** William P. Rogers's interview -Press reaction -Knight-Ridder papers -Herbert G. Klein -Kissinger’s conversation with Haldeman -John McCartney -The President’s view Vietnam -Bombing halt -Perception by North Vietnamese -Hubert H. Humphrey -Lyndon B. Johnson -Public opinion -Negotiations -Nguyen Van Thieu's role -Negotiations -Perception by North Vietnamese -1968 tactics combined with 1972 tactics -W[illiam] Averell Harriman -McGovern -Da Nang Valley military situation -North Vietnamese -South Vietnamese -Kissinger’s view -Gen. Frederick C. Weyand -Gen. John W. Vogt, Jr. -Fighting ability of North and South Vietnamese -Citadel [in Quang Tri city] Kissinger's schedule 45 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Mar-02) -Possible meeting with McCarthy