Conversation: 332-039
Prev: 332-038 Next: 332-040Start Date: 25-Apr-1972 1:15 PM
End Date: 25-Apr-1972 1:33 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Lord, Winston; Andrews, John K., Jr.; Kissinger, Henry A.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Lord, Winston; Andrews, John K., Jr.; Kissinger, Henry A.;Recording Device: Old Executive Office Building
Full Tape Conversation Start Time: 04:57:31
Full Tape Conversation End Time: 05:11:49
NARA Description:
On April 25, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon, Winston Lord, John K. Andrews, Jr., and Henry A. Kissinger met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 1:15 pm to 1:33 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 332-039 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 332-39
Date: April 25, 1972
Time: 1:15 pm - 1:33 pm
Location: Old Executive Office Building
The President met with Winston Lord and John K. Andrews, Jr.
The President's speech
-Revisions by Lord and Andrews
-Evaluation of work
-Henry A. Kissinger's review
-Copy
-Further revisions
Lord [?]
-Education
-Career choices
-Teaching career
-Work in White House
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
-Mother
-Law school
-Law school
-Value
-Training
-Discipline
-Value
-Stock and bond issues
-Kissinger
The President's speech
-Review
-Conclusion
-Madame Nguyen Thi Bihn
-Bombing
-Intensity
-Tehran
The President read his speech draft.
[A transcript of the speech in its final form appears in Public Papers of the Presidents,
1972, pp. 553-554.]
[End of speech rehearsal]
The President's speech
-Revisions
-Changes in wording
-Discussion of People's Republic of China [PRC] and Soviet trips
-South Vietnamese performance
-Insertion of passage
-Conclusion
-US goals in Vietnam
-Peace with honor
-Cambodia speech
-Election year risks
-Office of the President
The President talked with an unknown person [Kissinger?] at an unknown time between 1:15
and 1:33 pm.
[Conversation No. 332-39A]
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Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
The President's speech
-Meeting with the President
-Time
-Draft
-Typing
[End of telephone conversation]
The President's speech
-Conclusion
-Wording
-End of war
-Imminence
-Revisions
-Length
-Cambodia speech
-Kent State University
-Election year
-Risks
-Soviets
-The President's determination
-North Vietnamese miscalculations
-Work of Lord and Andrews
Lord and Andrews left at 1:33 pm.