Conversation: 158-055
Prev: 158-054 Next: 158-056Start Date: 30-Dec-1972 12:45 PM
End Date: 30-Dec-1972 12:59 PM
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 12:45 pm to 12:59 pm. The Camp David Study Table taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 158-055 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 158-55 Date: December 30, 1972 Time: 12:45 pm - 12:59 pm Location: Camp David Study Table The President talked with Henry A. Kissinger. [See Conversation No. 238-18] Weather -66- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. May-08) Conversation No. 158-55 (cont’d) Vietnam War -Cessation of US bombing north of 20th Parallel -Kissinger’s telephone calls -Congressional relations -Barry M. Goldwater -Carl B. Albert -Liberals -“Doves” -Hugh Scott Vietnam negotiations -The President’s possible report -Advisability -Scott’s view -Timing -Kissinger’s meetings [with Le Duc Tho] -Scott’s view -1973 Inauguration -Prospects -Anticipation -Delay -Ronald L. Ziegler -Kissinger’s return from Paris -Timing -Announcement -Advisability -Scott’s view Vietnam War -Cessation of US bombing north of the 20th Parallel -Kissinger’s telephone calls -Congressional relations -Scott -John C. Stennis -Albert -Media relations -Secret Service -Jerrold L. Schecter -Charles W. Colson -67- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. May-08) Conversation No. 158-55 (cont’d) -Howard K. Smith -Richard (“Dick”) Wilson -US bombing of North Vietnam -Media relations -Smith -The President’s schedule -Dinner, December 18, 1972 -Commentary on television [TV] -Public reaction -Telegrams -Number -Tone -Critics of the President -McGeorge Bundy -Relationship with Kissinger -Telephone calls -Congressional relations -Scott -Michael J. Mansfield -Negotiations -US bombing of North Vietnam -Explanation -Congressional relations -J. William Fulbright -“Doves” -Necessity -Timing -Effect on North Vietnam -Negotiations -Kissinger’s meetings [with Le Duc Tho] -Nguyen Van Thieu -Notification -Timing -Negotiations -Thieu -Ellsworth F. Bunker’s view -Settlement agreement -Fait accompli -Settlement agreement -Paris -68- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. May-08) Conversation No. 158-55 (cont’d) -Alexander M. Haig, Jr.’s possible trip [to Saigon] -Tone -Cessation of US bombing north of 20th Parallel -Vice President Spiro T. Agnew -Briefing by Col. Richard T. Kennedy -Statements -Inconsistency -Lack of criticism or support -Agnew -Character -Possible trip to Saigon -Advisability -Contributions -The President’s May 8, 1972 decision -US bombing of North Vietnam -Media relations -Smith story -Telegrams -Tone -Press relations -Washington, DC newspapers -Kissinger’s conversation with Otis Chandler -Cessation of US bombing north of 20th Parallel -Kissinger’s telephone calls -Stennis -Kissinger’s call from Key Biscayne -F. Edward Hebert -Goldwater -George D. Aiken -John Chancellor -Washington, DC reporters -Compared to New York reporters -Walter E. Cronkite, Jr. -David Brinkely -Chancellor -Cronkite -[Arnold] Eric Sevareid -69- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. May-08)