Conversation: 337-016
Prev:  337-015 Next: 337-017Start Date: 10-May-1972 12:36 PM
End Date: 10-May-1972 1:02 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Kissinger, Henry A.; [Unknown person(s)]; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Kissinger, Henry A.; [Unknown person(s)]; Recording Device: Old Executive Office Building
Full Tape Conversation Start Time: 03:01:07
Full Tape Conversation End Time: 03:26:49
NARA Description:
On May 10, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 12:36 pm to 1:02 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 337-016 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 337-16 Date: May 10, 1972 Time: 12:36-1:02 pm Location: Executive Office Building The President met with Henry A. Kissinger. Vietnam -Blockade -Melvin R. Laird -A press story -Source -John B. Connally -Connally -Confrontation with Democrats -Laird statement -North Vietnam -Xuan Thuy -Moscow -Le Duc Tho -Soviets -Meeting in Paris with US official -Statement on US-Soviet meeting -New proposals -Kissinger's message -Tenor -North Vietnam offensive -Gen. Creighton W. Abrams, Jr. -B-52 strikes -Kontum -Targets 33 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Nov-01) Conv. No. 337-16 (cont.) -Hue area -Central Intelligence Agency [CIA] analysis -Long Binh -Number of divisions -Quality -B-52 strikes -Number -Hue -North Vietnamese failure to take -US retaliation -Methods -Damage to North Vietnam -Mining -Railroads -Air strikes -Petroleum, Oil, and Lubricants [POL] -Haiphong area -Accuracy -Damage -Bridge -Soviet Summit -Cancellation -Ronald L. Ziegler statement -Blockade -Press reaction -New York Times -Washington Post -James B. (“Scotty”) Reston -Motives -Stewart J.O. Alsop -Soviet Summit -Conally (?) -Cancellation -Possibility -Soviet actions -US response -Vietnam -Middle East -Agreements -Conditions -Connally statement -Press reports 34 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Nov-01) Conv. No. 337-16 (cont.) -US stakes in Vietnam -North Vietnam offensive -Consequence of US defeat -Southeast Asia -Blockade -Success An unknown person entered at an unknown time after 12:36 pm. Food order The unknown person left at an unknown time before 1:02 pm. Vietnam -Blockade -Mobilization of Army of the Republic of Vietnam [ARVN] support -Nguyen Van Thieu’s statement -Vietnamization policy -President's decision -Timing -Election year -H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman -Soviet Summit -Strategic Arms Limitation Talks [SALT] -Kissinger's Georgetown friends -Consequences of US defeat -Domino Theory -Thailand -Blockade support -Marshall Green -Malaysia -Cambodia -Australia -New Zealand -Philippines -Japanese An unknown person entered at an unknown time after 12:36 pm. A delivery The unknown person left at an unknown time before 1:02 pm. 35 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Nov-01) Conv. No. 337-16 (cont.) Vietnam -Blockade support -British -Letter to George R.S. Baring [Earl of Cromer] -Summit -Cancellation -Compared with US victory in Vietnam -Future Summits -North Vietnam offensive -Consequences for US -President's opponents -North Vietnam offensive -People's Republic of China [PRC] -Soviet Union -Blockade -Soviet Union -PRC -Soviet Summit -European Security Council -Soviet Summit -Possible postponement -Kissinger’s view -North Vietnam offensive -Hue -Soviet Summit -Possible postponement -Press -Columnists -Kissinger's press conference -Laird's press conference -Clifford P. Case-Frank F. Church amendment -Provisions -Effects for administration -Compared with Michael J. Mansfield proposal -Chances of passage in House -Effect of polls -A memorandum -Charles W. Colson -Public opinion -Edward M. Kennedy -Washington Post 36 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Nov-01) Conv. No. 337-16 (cont.) -New York Times -John Kenneth Galbraith -Kennedy -Newsweek -Henry Hubbard -Meeting with Kissinger -Meeting with Alexander M. Haig, Jr. -Criticism of the President -North Vietnam offensive -South Vietnam defeat possibility -Prisoners of war [POWs] -Soviet Summit -President's attendance -Possible public impression A vote on the German treaties -Time Vietnam -Possible South Vietnam collapse -Air strikes -An Loc -Destruction -Kontum -Casualties expected -Hue -Ground action -North Vietnam reserve strength -Peace offers -Negotiations -Kissinger’s meeting with columnists Kissinger left at 1:02 pm. 37 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Nov-01)