Conversation: 237-048
Prev:  237-047 Next: 237-049Start Date: 30-Dec-1972 10:12 AM
End Date: 30-Dec-1972 10:54 AM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Recording Device: Camp David Hard Wire
NARA Description:
On December 30, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 10:12 am and 10:54 am. The Camp David Hard Wire taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 237-048 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 237-48 Date: December 30, 1972 Time: Unknown between 10:12 am and 10:54 am Location: Camp David Hard Wire The President dictated a memorandum for the file. ***************************************************************** [Begin segment reviewed under deed of gift.] Vietnam negotiations -Announcement -Suspension of bombing -Resumption of negotiations -Henry A. Kissinger -Le Duc Tho -Executive decisions -Charles W. Colson -John A. Scali -Bombing -Compared to May 8, 1972 decision -Invasion -Public support -Henry A. Kissinger -Ronald L. Ziegler -Scali -May 8, 1972 decision -Compared to Hanoi bombing -Success -Hindsight -Laos -Public perception -21- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. July-08) Conversation No. 237-48 (cont’d) -Announcement -Public perception -Press relations -Congress -Colson -Scali -U. Alexis Johnson -Reaction to decision -Public reaction -Col. Richard T. Kennedy -Soviet Union -Reaction to public opinion -Kissinger -Opposition -Australia -Johnson protests over bombing -William B. Saxby -Wilbur D. Mills -Edmund. S. Muskie -Hubert A. Humphrey -Success -Congress -Press relations -Protests over bombing -Gerald L. Warren -The President’s reassurance -Television [TV] appearance -Kissinger -Paris peace talks -Colson [End segment reviewed under deed of gift.] *****************************************************************