Conversation: 153-028
Prev: 153-027 Next: 153-029Start Date: 15-Nov-1972 9:08 AM
End Date: 15-Nov-1972 9:14 AM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Kissinger, Henry A.;Recording Device: Camp David Study Table
NARA Description:
On November 15, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger talked on the telephone at Camp David from 9:08 am to 9:14 am. The Camp David Study Table taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 153-028 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 153-28 Date: November 15, 1972 Time: 9:08 am - 9:14 am Location: Camp David Study Table The President talked with Henry A. Kissinger. [See Conversation No. 225-9] Vietnam negotiations -The President’s forthcoming letter to Nguyen Van Thieu -Substance -Subtleties -Delivery -Wording -Tone -Use of “unalterable” -Invitation to San Clemente -Nuances -Delivery to Kissinger -Means -Timing -34- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. Mar.-08) Conversation No. 153-28 (cont’d) -Delivery to Thieu -Thieu’s tactics -Delays -Task Force proposal -Technical changes -Meeting with Ellsworth F. Bunker -Resumption of talks -Context -Settlement agreement -Possible US-North Vietnamese bilateral deal -Thieu’s attitude -Problems -Possible criticism -US withdrawal -Prisoners of War [POWs] -Timing -Vietnamization -Effect on Laos and Cambodia -Thieu’s tactics -Purpose -Yield -Timing -Thieu -Relations with Bunker -Relations with Gen. Creighton W. Abrams, Jr. -Relations with Gen. Frederick C. Weyand -The President’s letter -Tone -Recent letter to the President -US settlement agreement changes -Number -Study -Timing -Tactics -Delays -Relations with Bunker -Technical changes -Timing -The President’s letter -35- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. Mar.-08) Conversation No.153-28 (cont’d) -The President’s letter -Contents -US action -Request of Thieu -Settlement agreement -Problems with North Vietnamese -Concessions -Compared to Saigon