Conversation: 153-005
Prev: 153-004 Next: 153-006Start Date: 14-Nov-1972 9:36 AM
End Date: 14-Nov-1972 9:48 AM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Kissinger, Henry A.;Recording Device: Camp David Study Table
NARA Description:
On November 14, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger talked on the telephone at Camp David from 9:36 am to 9:48 am. The Camp David Study Table taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 153-005 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 153-5 Date: November 14, 1972 Time: 9:36 am - 9:48 am Location: Camp David Study Table The President talked with Henry A. Kissinger. [See Conversation No. 224-11] Taiwan, Republic of China -William F. (“Billy”) Graham’s forthcoming trip -Tokyo -Taipei -(Madame) Chiang Mayling Soong -The President’s message -Kissinger office cable -Walter P. McConaughy -Talking points -Purpose Kissinger’s schedule -Dinner [with Ch’iao Kuan-hua] at Century Club -Location -New York Kissinger’s recent meeting with Ch’iao Kuan-hua -Prime Minster’s message to the President -The President’s opening to the People’s Republic of China [PRC] -The President’s reelection Vietnam negotiations -Settlement agreement -Timing -PRC influence -6- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. Mar.-08) Conversation No. 153-5 (cont’d) -PRC position -Tone -PRC position vis-à-vis North Vietnam -Le Duc Tho’s forthcoming trip to Peking -PRC position -Tone -Gifts -PRC influence in Cambodia -Soviet-Union-PRC -Alexander M. Haig, Jr.’s post -Future US role -Resistance to hegemony -Second term -Post-settlement period -Peripheral wars -Africa -Cambodia -US attitude toward Norodom Sihanouk -PRC Query -Communications -Tranquility -Presidential correspondence -Absence of diplomatic relations -Settlement agreement -Sihanouk return -Possibility -Timing -Cease-fire -Soviet Union-PRC relations -Toast to the President by Ch’iao Kuan-hua -Soviet Union-PRC relations -Ch’iao Kuan-hua’s attacks in United Nations [UN] -Nonuse of force -Renunciation of nuclear weapons -Nonuse of force -Mongolia -Japan -Soviet possession of northern islands -US-Japan relations -Military arrangement -7- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. Mar.-08) Conversation No. 153-5 (cont’d) -The President’s conversations with Chou En-Lai -William P. Rogers’s conversation with PRC foreign minister -PRC-Japan relations -Trade -Previous attempts at colonization -Tone -Vietnam War -Possible visit by Julie Nixon Eisenhower and [Dwight] David Eisenhower, II to PRC -Possible visit by Michael J. Mansfield to PRC -The President’s assistance -Tone Soviet Union -Kissinger’s forthcoming conversation with Anatoliy F. Dobrynin -Possible visit by Tricia Nixon Cox and Edward R. F. Cox -Role Vietnam negotiations -Nguyen Van Thieu’s letter to the President -The President’s forthcoming reply -Tone -Substance -North Vietnamese troops in South Vietnam -The President’s reply -North Vietnamese troops in South Vietnam -Dangers -US commitments -Addressing Thieu’s concern -Principle -North Vietnamese claims -Demilitarized zone [DMZ] -Demobilization of troops in South Vietnam -North Vietnamese claims -US protocol -Recognition of right to troops in South Vietnam -Points made -Cosmetic nature -Importance to Thieu, North Vietnamese -8- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. Mar.-08) Conversation No. 153-5 (cont’d) -Attainability -The President’s reply -Timing