Conversation: 165-015
Prev:  165-014 Next: 165-016Start Date: 12-May-1973 12:22 PM
End Date: 12-May-1973 12:30 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Kissinger, Henry A.; Recording Device: Camp David Study Table
NARA Description:
On May 12, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger talked on the telephone at Camp David from 12:22 pm to 12:30 pm. The Camp David Study Table taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 165-015 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 165-15 Date: May 12, 1973 Time: 12:22 pm - 12:30 pm Location: Camp David Study Table The Camp David operator talked with the President. Telephone call from Henry A. Kissinger Kissinger talked with the President. -19- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. February-2012) Conversation No. 165-15 (cont’d) Watergate -Kissinger’s press briefing -Wiretaps -Morton H. Halperin -Kissinger’s access to intelligence reports -National security -Halperin -Departure from Kissinger’s staff -William D. Ruckelshaus’s forthcoming statement Kissinger’s press briefing -Forthcoming Soviet summit -President’s preparations -Leonid I. Brezhnev Watergate -Wiretaps -Compared with previous administrations -Number -Robert F. Kennedy -Leaks -Kissinger -Mood Kissinger’s press briefing -Forthcoming Soviet summit -Strategic Arms Limitation Talks [SALT] Watergate -Ruckelshaus’s forthcoming statement -Wiretaps -William A. K. (“Tony”) Lake -Possible list -Release -Alexander M. Haig, Jr. -20- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. February-2012) Conversation No. 165-15 (cont’d) -Henry Brandon -J. Edgar Hoover -Reports -Possible conversation with Kissinger Kissinger’s schedule Watergate -Possible effect on administration Foreign relations -Kissinger’s role -Forthcoming Soviet summit -Defense Department and State Department -SALT -Kissinger’s conversations -Adm. Thomas H. Moorer and William P. Clements, Jr. -Timing of agreement -Le Duc Tho -Forthcoming meeting with Kissinger -Kissinger’s press briefing -Cambodian agreement -House of Representatives -Leverage