Conversation: 158-026
Prev:  158-025 Next: 158-027Start Date: 29-Dec-1972 6:28 PM
End Date: 29-Dec-1972 6:44 PM
Participants:
Kissinger, Henry A.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Recording Device: Camp David Study Table
NARA Description:
On December 29, 1972, Henry A. Kissinger and President Richard M. Nixon talked on the telephone at Camp David from 6:28 pm to 6:44 pm. The Camp David Study Table taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 158-026 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 158-26 Date: December 29, 1972 Time: 6:28 pm - 6:44 pm Location: Camp David Study Table Henry A. Kissinger talked with the President. [See Conversation No. 237-34] Weather Vietnam War -Status -Col. Richard T. Kennedy -Briefing of U. Alexis Johnson -Kissinger’s conversation with Anatoliy F. Dobrynin -Report from Hanoi -Resumption of negotiations -Congressional relations -33- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. May-08) Conversation No. 158-26 (cont’d) -Kissinger’s telephone calls -Hugh Scott -The President’s message -Michael J. Mansfield -Leslie C. Arends -Gerald R. Ford -Carl B. Albert -F. Edward Hebert -John C. Stennis -Barry M .Goldwater -US bombing of North Vietnam -Explanation -The President’s possible speech on television [TV] -Kissinger’s conversation with Ronald W. Reagan -Resumption of negotiations -Gerald L. Warren’s press conference -Consultations with Congressional leaders -Explanation -Explanation -Resumption of negotiations -Tone -Stopping invasion, return of POWs -Announcement -Forthcoming week -Congressional relations -Briefing of Congressional leaders -Timing -The President’s role -Kissinger’s role -J. William Fulbright -Edward M. Kennedy -Success of negotiations -Kissinger’s conversation with Mansfield -Kissinger’s possible meeting -Senate Foreign Relations Committee -Senate Armed Services Committee -“Hawks” -Charles H. Percy, McGeorge Bundy -George S. McGovern -34- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. May-08) Conversation No. 158-26 (cont’d) -Explanation -Kissinger’s response -Negotiations -Breaking impasse -“Doves” -Cambodia -South Vietnamese troops -Necessity -Forthcoming announcement -The President’s critics -Demonstration -Dean Francis B. Sayre -[Thomas] Woodrow Wilson -Warren’s press conference -Protests -William B. Saxbe -Briefing -Effect -Explanation -Kissinger’s conversation with Mansfield -The President’s statements -Press and Congressional relations -Explanation -Negotiations -Prisoners of War [POWs] -Political prisoners in South Vietnam -Exchanges -Press relations -Liberals -Negotiations -Following round -Possible failure -Publication of record -Congressional relations -Kissinger’s telephone calls and meetings -Stennis -Goldwater -Percy -Fulbright -35- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. May-08) Conversation No. 158-26 (cont’d) -Albert -Mansfield -Ford -Leaders -Instruction for Warren -US bombing of North Vietnam -Public relations [PR] -Liberals’ view -US government’s position -Congressional relations -Cessation north of 20th Parallel -Notification -People’s Republic of China [PRC] -Message -Tone -US-PRC relations -Chou En-Lai’s statement -Tone -Washington Star -Settlement agreement -Meeting with Kissinger -Timing Harry S. Truman’s memorial service -Reception -Arrangements -H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman, John D. Ehrlichman -Edward R. G. Heath -Dwight D. Eisenhower’s funeral -Gen. Charles A. J. M de Gaulle’s funeral -The President’s attendance -Reception by Georges J. R. Pompidou -The President’s schedule -Heath -[Gough Whitlam] of Australia -[Pierre E. Trudeau] of Canada -Pompidou -Heath -[February 1-2], 1973 meetings -36- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. May-08) Conversation No. 158-26 (cont’d) US-France relations -National Security Council [NSC] memorandum -France election -Socialists -Francois M. Mitterand -Pompidou -The President’s written instructions -NSC -Liberals -State Department -State Department -Polls -Pompidou -Socialists -Pompidou -The President’s written instructions -Socialists -Public support -The President’s possible visit to France -Kissinger’s meeting with Pompidou -French Ambassador to US [Jacques Kosciusko-Morizet] -Kissinger’s trip to Paris -Timing -Message from the President -The President’s support for Pompidou -Announcement -Timing Kissinger’s schedule -NSC