Conversation: 297-038
Prev: 297-037 Next: 297-039Start Date: 12-Nov-1971 2:20 PM
End Date: 12-Nov-1971 2:25 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Kissinger, Henry A.;Recording Device: Old Executive Office Building
Full Tape Conversation Start Time: 02:00:58
Full Tape Conversation End Time: 02:09:20
NARA Description:
On November 12, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:20 pm to 2:25 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 297-038 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 297-38
Date: November 12, 1971
Time: 2:20 pm - 2:25 pm
Location: Executive Office Building
The President met with Henry A. Kissinger.
Vietnam
-The President's forthcoming troop withdrawal announcement
-Possible press questions
-Residual force
-South Vietnamese military capability
-Prisoners of war [POWs]
-Wives
-North Vietnamese
-Negotiations with North Vietnam
-Ronald L. Ziegler
-Briefing
-Xuan Thuy
-Paris
-Le Duc Tho
-Nguyen Van Thieu
-Possible resignation
-Election
-US offer
-The President's conversation with Josip Broz Tito
-Bombing of North Vietnam
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 297-38 (cont.)
-Weather
-Robert C. Seamans, Jr.
-Possible targets
-Vinh
-“Protective reaction”
-The President's forthcoming troop withdrawal announcement
-Timing
-Kissinger's note and conversation with William P. Rogers
-Melvin R. Laird
-Credibility
-Gerald R. Ford and Leslie C. Arends
-The President's handling
-Credit
-Possible press questions
-Negotiations in Paris
-Handling
-Compared with other wars
-Abraham Lincoln, Franklin D. Roosevelt and [Thomas] Woodrow
Wilson
-Public reaction
-The President's forthcoming troop withdrawal announcement
-Kissinger's forthcoming call to Ronald W. Reagan
The President's schedule
-National Security Council [NSC]
-Agenda
-Anti-ballistic missiles [ABMs]
-Kissinger, Gerard C. Smith and Rogers
Kissinger left at 2:25 pm.