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Conversation: 237-002

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Start Date: 28-Dec-1972 6:50 PM

End Date: 28-Dec-1972 7:14 PM

Participants:

Nixon, Richard M. (President)Sanchez, Manolo

Recording Device: Camp David Hard Wire

237-002.mp3

NARA Description:

On December 28, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 6:50 pm and 7:14 pm. The Camp David Hard Wire taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 237-002 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid:

Conversation No. 237-2

Date: December 28, 1972
Time: Unknown between 6:50 pm and 7:14 pm
Location: Camp David Hard Wire

The President dictated a memorandum for the file.


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       Introduction for recording
             -Location
             -Time
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                 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

                                   Tape Subject Log
                                     (rev. July-08)

                                                      Conversation No. 237-2 (cont’d)


      Vietnam negotiations
           -Telephone call
                 -Time
                 -Col. Richard T. Kennedy
                        -Success
                 -Henry A. Kissinger
                 -Message
                 -Thieu
                 -Kissinger
                        -Motives
                 -Alexander M. Haig, Jr.
           1973 Inauguration
                 -Plans
                 -Press relations
                 -Compared to May 8, 1972 decision
           -Tactics
           -Moscow Summit
           -Bombing
           -US position
                 -Actions compared to ideas
                 -The President on television [TV]
                 -Options
                 -Thieu
           -Kissinger
                 -Optimism
                 -Los Angeles Times
                        -James Roosevelt
           -Press relations
                 -New York Times
                 -Los Angeles Times
                 -Congress holiday recess
                 -TV networks

      The President’s schedule
           -Movie night

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                  NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

                                     Tape Subject Log
                                       (rev. July-08)

                                                           Conversation No. 237-2 (cont’d)


Manolo Sanchez entered at an unknown time after 6:50 pm.

       The President’s schedule
            -Movie viewing

       George C. Wallace
            -Meeting with Charles G. (“Bebe”) Rebozo in Kay Biscayne
                  -Sanchez’s conversation with Rebozo
                  -Wallace’s view of the President
            -Call from the President
                  -Timing
                        -Movie
                              -Rebozo’s location
                              -Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon
                                    -Instruction for Fina Sanchez

Sanchez left at an unknown time before 7:14 pm.


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       The President’s schedule
            -End of dictation

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