Conversation: 396-007
Prev:  396-006 Next: 396-008Start Date: 12-Jan-1973 11:55 AM
End Date: 12-Jan-1973 1:55 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Price, Raymond K., Jr.; Sanchez, Manolo; Recording Device: Old Executive Office Building
NARA Description:
On January 12, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon, Raymond K. Price, Jr., and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 11:55 am to 1:55 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 396-007 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 396-7 Date: January 12, 1973 Time: 11:55 am - 1:55 pm Location: Executive Office Building The President met with Raymond K. Price, Jr. Price's schedule -Camp David President's schedule -Florida President's Inaugural speech -Theme -Quotability -Theodore (“Teddy”) Roosevelt -Lyndon B. Johnson -1968 speech -"Lower our voices" -Theme -Quotable lines -Theme -Vermont Royster -“Reaffirmation of faith” -Blacks -Crime -Overpopulation -Daniel P. (“Pat”) Moynihan -Attendant problems -Environment -Cities -Hospital capacity -Congress -Appalachia -Hypochondriacs -Thomas Malthus -President's college professors -Work and production -8- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. Jan.-09) Conversation No. 396-7 (cont’d) -Latin America -Poverty -US agricultural capacity -Food production -Audience -Middle America -Rednecks -Hard hats -Intellectuals -Critics of America -Tone -Thoughtful -Patriotic -Foreign policy goals -US role in the free world -Responsibilities -Burdens -United Soviet Socialist Republic [USSR] -People’s Republic of China [PRC] -Necessity -Predatory powers -Peace -U.S. position -Domestic issues -Materialism -Values -Youth -Need for renewal -Dwight D. Eisenhower -Theme -Future -Problems of the present -Past civilizations -Military and economic power -Loss of spirit -Franklin D. Roosevelt -American problems -Change -Role of leaders -Role of the people -9- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. Jan.-09) Conversation No. 396-7 (cont’d) -Religious references -Inaugural worship service -Environmental group's meeting with President -Russell Train -1970 State of the Union speech -Eisenhower -Environmental legislation -Theme -Environment -Government's role -Individual's role Possible series of Presidential messages -Television [TV] -Congressional leaders -State of the Union Speech -Special message to Congress -Race relations -Benefits President's Inaugural speech -Environment -Price's draft -Tone -Theme -US role in the world -Responsibilities -Thomas Jefferson -Youth -US outlook -Compared to France -President's 1968 acceptance speech -Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, Franklin Roosevelt, Abraham Lincoln, and [Thomas] Woodrow Wilson quotes -Message to youth -Excitement -Special time -President's 1972 acceptance speech -President’s meetings with chiefs of state -Housing, industry [?] -10- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. Jan.-09) Conversation No. 396-7 (cont’d) -John M. “(Jack”) Lynch -US role in the world [?] -Next four years -Congressional relations -Past four years -Progress -President's trips to PRC and USSR -Next four years, next generation -Congressional relations -Democrats -Goals -Interest of government -Constitution -Theme -Hard work -Individual responsibility -Self-reliance -Other ideas -Faith [?] -Government’s role -Public’s role -Tone -Religious references -Faith -Philosophy -Faith in God -Individual responsibility -Sentiments to avoid -Franklin Roosevelt -Charles W. Colson -Massachusetts -Blacks -Vietnam settlement -Status -Past events -Foreign policy -Pride -Goals of US Vietnam settlement -11- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. Jan.-09) Conversation No. 396-7 (cont’d) -Alexander M. Haig, Jr. -Spiro T. Agnew -Negotiations -Congressional relations -Timing -Bombing -Pressure -Phases -Timing -Congressional relations -Spending -Henry A. Kissinger -Schedule -Haig -Schedule -Kissinger’s briefing -Congress -Nguyen Van Thieu -Prospects for agreement -Haig’s meeting with Thieu -Congress -Public statements -Substance -Haig’s trip to Saigon -Thieu's possible position on agreement -Congress -South Vietnam’s survival -Haig meeting -Possible situation at 1973 Inauguration -President's possible statement -May 8, 1972 statement -Considerations -Announcement -Haig's schedule -Thieu -Possible agreement -Demilitarized zone provisions -Cease-fire -South Vietnam -Signing -12- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. Jan.-09) Conversation No. 396-7 (cont’d) -Provisional Revolutionary Government [PRG] -Cease-fire provisions -US, PRC, USSR, roles -South Vietnamese leaders -Announcements -Ronald L. Ziegler -Congress -William P. Rogers and Melvin R. Laird -Response to inquiries -Ziegler -Haig’s schedule -Thieu’s position -Kissinger’s schedule -Understanding -Ambassador [?] -President's announcement -Thieu's position -Rogers -President's response -Effect -Haig -Congress -President's announcement -U.S. military response -1973 Inauguration -Congress -Ziegler -Robert Vesco -Possibilities -Public Opinion -U.S. military response -Bombing halt -Thieu’s cooperation -South Vietnamese people -USSR -US goals -Honorable peace -Cambodia -Laos -North Vietnam -13- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. Jan.-09) Conversation No. 396-7 (cont’d) -South Vietnam -Thieu’s cooperation -U.S. Military Response -Bombing -1973 Inauguration -Situation -Announcement -Congress President's inaugural speech -Vietnam -US role in world -Vietnam -Challenges of the future -Foreign policy -US responsibility in peacetime -"Peace with honor" -Wording -Meaning US foreign policy -South Vietnam -Thieu -Survival -US aid -Effect -Possible announcement -President’s Inaugural speech -Peace message -PRC, USSR -Middle East -Nicaragua -Earthquake -Uganda -South Vietnam -Continuation of US role -Public opinion -USSR -Anatoliy F. Dobryin -Vietnam settlement -14- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. Jan.-09) Conversation No. 396-7 (cont’d) President's Inaugural speech -Price’s thoughts Manolo Sanchez entered at an unknown time after 11:55 am. Refreshments Sanchez left at an unknown time before 1:55 pm. President's inaugural speech -Themes -Future -Critics of US -Loss of faith -Vietnam announcement -"New Majority" -Press response -November 3, 1969, and May 8, 1972 speeches -Press response -PRC -Arrogance -Pandering -Racial references -"One America" -President's 1968 campaign -Blacks, Jews -Theme for next four years -Public opinion Press relations -Price’s views -Response to President's actions -Frustration -Moscow summit -May 8, 1972 speech -1972 election -Vietnam negotiations -North Vietnam -Bombing, mining -15- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. Jan.-09) Conversation No. 396-7 (cont’d) President's Inaugural speech -Themes -Price’s ideas Press relations -Congressional relations -Washington Post [?] -Edward M. Kennedy [?] -Analysis -Writing -Analysis -George S. McGovern -Spokesman -Memorandum from Price -Public response -Vietnam, busing, welfare -Personality -Julie Nixon Eisenhower [?] Politics -Price’s views -Government -[First name unknown] Berry -Book -The Best and the Brightest -David Halberstam New era -New ideas -1970s -People's desires -1960s -Racial unrest -Vietnam War -Effect President's accomplishments -Revenue sharing -Mayors and governors -16- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. Jan.-09) Conversation No. 396-7 (cont’d) -Support for the President -1972 election -Richard Daley, Mayor of Chicago Nelson A. Rockefeller -Kissinger [?] -Reagan -Winston Churchill -Burdens of leadership President's staff -H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman -John D. Ehrlichman -Kissinger The President’s schedule -Appointment President's Inaugural speech -Drafting -Camp David Sanchez entered at an unknown time after 11:55 pm. Refreshments Sanchez left at an unknown time before 1:53 pm. The President’s schedule [?] Price left at 1:55 pm.