Conversation: 158-028
Prev: 158-027 Next: 158-029Start Date: 29-Dec-1972 6:49 PM
End Date: 29-Dec-1972 6:52 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Kennedy, Richard T. (Col.);Recording Device: Camp David Study Table
NARA Description:
On December 29, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Col. Richard T. Kennedy talked on the telephone at Camp David from 6:49 pm to 6:52 pm. The Camp David Study Table taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 158-028 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 158-28 Date: December 29, 1972 Time: 6:49 pm - 6:52 pm Location: Camp David Study Table The President talked with Col. Richard T. Kennedy. [See Conversation No. 237-36] Vietnam War -Cessation of US bombing north of 20th Parallel -Kennedy’s conversation with U. Alexis Johnson -Notification -Australian ambassador [Sir James Plimsoll] -Prime Minister [Gough Whitlam] -US bombing of North Vietnam -Johnson’s view -US bombing of North Vietnam -Press relations -The President’s conversation with Kennedy and Gerald L. Warren -Negotiations -Johnson’s view -[David] Kenneth Rush’s view -North Vietnamese reaction -Timing -Johnson’s view -Cessation -Announcement -Warren -38- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. May-08) Conversation No. 158-28 (cont’d) -Kennedy’s conversation with Vice President Spiro T. Agnew -Timing