Conversation: 158-037
Prev: 158-036 Next: 158-038Start Date: 30-Dec-1972 10:04 AM
End Date: 30-Dec-1972 10:12 AM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Kissinger, Henry A.;Recording Device: Camp David Study Table
NARA Description:
On December 30, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger talked on the telephone at Camp David from 10:04 am to 10:12 am. The Camp David Study Table taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 158-037 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 158-37 Date: December 30, 1972 Time: 10:04 am - 10:12 am Location: Camp David Study Table The President talked with Henry A. Kissinger. [See Conversation No. 237-46] Vietnam War -Cessation of US bombing north of 20th Parallel -Notification of Congress -45- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. May-08) Conversation No. 158-37 (cont’d) -Kissinger’s conversation with Michael J. Mansfield -Hearings -J. William Fulbright -Dr. Thomas E. (“Dee”) Morgan -Negotiations -Morgan -House Foreign Affairs Committee -Explanation -Briefings -Timing -The President -Negotiations -Paris -US bombing of North Vietnam -Congressional relations -Hubert H. Humphrey -William B. Saxbe -Humphrey’s statement -Saxbe’s statement -Cessation north of 20th Parallel -Notification of Congress -Kissinger’s telephone calls -Humphrey -Carl B. Albert -Mansfield -Hugh Scott -F. Edward Hebert -John C. Stennis -Barry M. Goldwater -Nelson A. Rockefeller -Ronald W. Reagan -Rockefeller’s reaction -Mansfield -Timmons’s telephone calls -Timing -Announcement -Kissinger’s telephone calls -The President’s decision -Gerald L. Warren -46- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. May-08) Conversation No. 158-37 (cont’d) -Meeting with the President -Conversation with the President -Press relations -The President’s May 8, 1972 decision -Bombing and mining north of 20th Parallel -Suspension -Negotiations -Tone -October 1972 -Resumption -Press relations -Los Angeles Times editorial -Public relations [PR] -Saxbe, Humphrey -Kissinger’s location -Palm Springs, California -The President’s television [TV] appearance -Condition -Continuation of bombing -Emotion -Liberals -Kissinger’s attendance at dinner party -Michael Wallace -View -The President’s TV appearance -Timing -Debate -Announcement -Cessation north of 20th Parallel -Statement -Avoiding “gloating” about victory -Congressmen and Senators -Negotiations -North Vietnam -Kissinger’s telephone calls -Necessity -Notification -William P. Rogers’s schedule -Melvin R. Laird’s schedule -47- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. May-08) Conversation No. 158-37 (cont’d) -[David] Kenneth Rush -Warren -Congressmen and Senators -Notification -Announcement -Kissinger’s telephone calls -The President’s call to Kissinger