Conversation: 184-010
Prev:  184-009 Next: 184-011Start Date: 18-Dec-1972 11:25 AM
End Date: 18-Dec-1972 11:35 AM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Kissinger, Henry A.; Recording Device: Camp David Study Desk
NARA Description:
On December 18, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger talked on the telephone at Camp David from 11:25 am to 11:35 am. The Camp David Study Desk taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 184-010 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 184-10 Date: December 18, 1972 Time: 11:25 am - 11:35 am Location: Camp David Study Desk The President talked with Henry A. Kissinger. The President’s schedule -Dinner party -Richard L. Wilson -Joseph W. Alsop -Adm. Thomas H. and Carrie Ellen (Foy) Moorer -Announcement -Timing Vietnam War -US bombing and mining of North Vietnam -Hanoi announcement -Timing -Attacks on radio stations -B-52s -Weather -Losses -Expectations -[Hanoi] -Surface to air missiles [SAMs] -Number -Schedule -SAMs -Losses -Expectations -Purpose -Naval strikes -Tactical Air [TACAIR] strikes -A-6s -11- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. June-08) Conversation No. 184-10 (cont’d) -Timing -A-6s, A-3s -F-111s -Airfields -Timing -William Beecher’s New York Times article -Source -Accuracy -Source -Defense Department -Melvin R. Laird -[David] Kenneth Rush -Hanoi announcement -Tone -Negotiations -Resumption of negotiations -US message to North Vietnam -Expected reply -Timing -Settlement agreement -Timing -1973 Inauguration -Purpose -US credibility -North Vietnam -People’s Republic of China [PRC], Soviet Union -Hanoi announcement -Apollo XVII Astronauts -Public relations [PR] -Handling -Beecher’s New York Times article -Source -Purpose -Timing -North Vietnam’s response -Ronald L. Ziegler, Alexander M. Haig, Jr. -Attacks and radio stations -Defense Department -Laird -Rush -12- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. June-08) Conversation No. 184-10 (cont’d) -William P. Rogers -Unknown person -Defense Department -William J. Baroody, Jr. -Laird -Weather -Support aircraft -Number -Airplane losses -B-52s -SAM -Report -Pilots -Past experience -Forthcoming report