Conversation: 194-001
Prev:  193-028 Next: 194-002Start Date: 23-Jun-1972 6:48 PM
End Date: 23-Jun-1972 8:40 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Kissinger, Henry A.; Sanchez, Manolo; Recording Device: Camp David Hard Wire
Full Tape Conversation Start Time: 00:06:55
Full Tape Conversation End Time: 00:57:18
NARA Description:
On June 23, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, and Manolo Sanchez met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 6:48 pm and 8:40 pm. The Camp David Hard Wire taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 194-001 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 194-1 Date: June 23, 1972 Time: Unknown between 6:48 and 8:40 pm Location: Camp David Hard Wire The President met with Henry A. Kissinger. Kissinger -Value to nation -The President’s view -Efforts -Trips -Risks -William P. Rogers -Dealings with Kissinger Vietnam peace negotiations -Private meeting with North Vietnamese -Timing -Plenary session -Nguyen Van Thieu Manolo Sanchez entered at an unknown time. Refreshment Sanchez left at an unknown time. Vietnam peace negotiations -Schedule -Message from North Vietnam -Timing of meetings -Plenary session -Le Duc Tho, Xuan Thuy -Announcement by President -Private meetings -Anatoliy F. Dobrynin -Rogers -Messages from People's Republic of China [PRC] -Dobrynin's call to Kissinger -Nikolai V. Podgorny’s visit to North Vietnam -Message 2 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Jan-02) Conv. No. 194-1 (cont.) -North Vietnamese propaganda -Settlement of war -George S. McGovern ***************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 3 [Personal returnable] [Duration: 2m 10s ] SANCHEZ ENTERED AT AN UNKNOWN TIME. SANCHEZ LEFT AT AN UNKNOWN TIME. SANCHEZ ENTERED AT AN UNKNOWN TIME. SANCHEZ LEFT AT AN UNKNOWN TIME. END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 3 ***************************************************************** Vietnam peace negotiations -Kissinger’s trip to PRC -Kissinger’s meeting with Chou En-lai -Cease fire -Announcement for next day -Soviet reaction -Kissinger’s trip to PRC -Kissinger’s first meeting with Chou En-lai -New York Times editorial -The President’s view -PRC and US policy -Kissinger’s first meeting with Chou En-lai -President’s May 8, 1972 proposal -Final date for war -McGovern -Chances of victory 3 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Jan-02) Conv. No. 194-1 (cont.) -John K. Fairbank [?] -Cuts in US defense budget -Kissinger’s second meeting with Chou En-lai -Vietnam -Kissinger’s position -President’s view of military situation -US-PRC relations -Detente -Kissinger’s third meeting with Chou En-lai -Vietnam -Chou’s support of North Vietnam -Possible ceasefire -Soviet Union -North Vietnamese military action -Kissinger’s response -Leonid I. Brezhnev -Kissinger’s fourth meeting with Chou En-lai -Draft announcement -North Vietnamese actions -PRC assessments of US proposal -PRC-North Vietnam relations -President’s May 8, 1972 proposal -PRC view compared with Russians -Kissinger’s message to North Vietnamese in Paris -Timing of meeting -Reply -Le Duc Tho and Xuan Thuy’s schedule -Proposed meeting schedule -Arrangements -Public session -Private meetings -The President’s schedule -Effect on Democrats -President's suggestion -John N. Mitchell -Plenary sessions -Private sessions -Podgorny 4 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Jan-02) Conv. No. 194-1 (cont.) ***************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 5 [Personal returnable] [Duration: 42s ] END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 5 ***************************************************************** Vietnam -Troop announcements -Melvin R. Laird and Rogers -Podgorny's trip to North Vietnam -Kissinger's trip to PRC -Kissinger's forthcoming briefing on PRC trip -Points discussed -Vietnam -Soviet Union -Letter from Brezhnev -Relationship with President -Podgorny -President's proposals to North Vietnam -Dobrynin's call to Kissinger -Brezhnev's letter -Negotiations with North Vietnam -Bombing of North Vietnam -Alexander M. Haig, Jr. -US relations with Soviet Union and PRC -Targets -Kissinger's talk with Chou En-lai -Flights over North Vietnam -Progress in negotiations -Kissinger’s view -Prisoners of war [POWs] -Ceasefire -POWs -Mistreatment -Publicity Kissinger's talks with Chou En-lai 5 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Jan-02) Conv. No. 194-1 (cont.) -Soviet Union -President’s policy -India-Pakistan War -McGovern ************************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 6 [National Security] [Duration: 41s ] US-PRC RELATIONS END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 6 ************************************************************************** -Relationship with Kissinger -Compared with Soviet Union -Soviet Union -Pressure on Iran -Mohammed Reza Pahlavi [Shah of Iran] -Iraq, Syria, India -Withdrawal of US forces in Far East -Japan and Korea -PRC position -Vietnam -Korea comparison -Possible joint actions -Soviet Union -Relationship with US -West Germany -Christian Democratic Union [CDU] -Gerhardt Schroeder -Forthcoming visit to the PRC -Franz Josef Strauss -Europe -Left-wing parties 6 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Jan-02) Conv. No. 194-1 (cont.) -Mutual and Balanced Force Reductions [MBFR] -US-PRC relations -Kissinger’s view -Kissinger’s forthcoming meeting with press US foreign policy -Kissinger's role -President's role -The President’s speech on Vietnam, November 3, 1972 -The President’s efforts -Cambodia -Laos -Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty [SALT] -Vietnam -Clark MacGregor -Major decisions -John F. Kennedy's decisions -Compared to the President Vietnam -North Vietnamese attack on Hue Kissinger's schedule -Movie -Clint Eastwood Kissinger left at an unknown time before 8:40 pm.