Conversation: 154-003
Prev:  154-002 Next: 154-004Start Date: 23-Sep-1972 4:50 PM
End Date: 23-Sep-1972 5:10 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Kissinger, Henry A.; Recording Device: Camp David Study Table
NARA Description:
On September 23, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger talked on the telephone at Camp David from 4:50 pm to 5:10 pm. The Camp David Study Table taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 154-003 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 154-3 Date: September 23, 1972 Time: 4:50 pm - 5:10 pm Location: Camp David Study Table The President talked with Henry A. Kissinger. [See Conversation no. 213-6] 2 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Oct-06) Greetings The President's schedule -Reception in Texas -Kissinger's analysis -Television -Size of crowd -Number of Democrats ***************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 [Personal returnable] [Duration: 39s ] END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 ***************************************************************** Negotiations With North Vietnam Vietnam War -Peace negotiations -Sorties -Number of bombing raids -Similarity to May 1972 -Adm. Thomas H. Moorer -Report -Number of missions -Rationale -Melvin R. Laird and Moorer -Budget -Kissinger's meeting with Maurice Schumann -Soviet ambassador -Kissinger's negotiation with North Vietnamese -Soviets' reactions 3 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Oct-06) -The President's message to Georges J.R. Pompidou -Laird -Prisoners of war [POWs] -Kissinger's analysis -Press coverage -Possible solution -POW situation -Return to US -Issue -Kissinger’s previous meeting with POW families -Reaction toward North Vietnam -Press coverage US press -The President’s view ***************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 3 [Personal returnable] [Duration: 3m 33s ] END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 3 ***************************************************************** The President's schedule -The President's reception in Texas -Meeting at noon with laborers -Visit to Camp David -Time Kissinger's schedule -Trip to Paris -Announcement -Breakfast with David Rockefeller -Announcement 4 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Oct-06) -Timing The President's schedule -Meeting with Jewish leaders in New York -Possible quotes -Kissinger’s view -Soviet Union -Kissinger's conversation with Yitzhak Rabin -Alexander M. Haig, Jr. -Question of meeting with Rabin -The President's conversation with H.R. (“Bob”) Haldeman -Haig's presence at meeting -Kissinger's conversation with Jacob K. Javits -US policy -Israel US foreign policies and 1972 campaign -The President’s forthcoming meeting with Jewish leaders -Israel and Soviet Union -US relationship -Emigration -US election -Possible results -Support by Israel -Rabin -Max M. Fisher -Adlai E. Stevenson, III -George S. McGovern -Kissinger's negotiations with Soviet Union -Rabin -Conversation with Kissinger -Haldeman's conversation with Kissinger -Support of the President -R. Sargent Shriver -Speeches made by Shriver's wife -Issue of trade with Soviet Union -Armand Hammer's firm ***************************************************************** 5 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Oct-06) BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 5 [Personal returnable] [Duration: 2m 26s ] END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 5 ***************************************************************** -The President's position after the 1972 election -Kissinger’s view -Press, electoral establishment -Riots from inherited war Vietnam war -Sorties -The President's conversation with Haig -Number of missions -The President's observation -Joint Chiefs of Staff [JCS] US foreign policies -Burundi -[Robert L. Yost] -Return to U.S. -William P. Rogers -Report -State Department -Massacre -Relationship with African leaders -Rogers speech at United Nations -Self-determination Mozambique South Africa -Africa -Number of countries -Burundi -Ambassador's schedule 6 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Oct-06) -Report to the President on situation