Conversation: 708-009
Prev: 708-008 Next: 708-010Start Date: Thursday, April 13, 1972 9:37 PM
End Date: Thursday, April 13, 1972 9:46 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Woods, Rose Mary; Kissinger, Henry A.; White House operatorRecording Device: Oval Office
Full Tape Conversation Start Time: 00:30:09
Full Tape Conversation End Time: 00:40:52
NARA Description:
On April 13, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon, Rose Mary Woods, Henry A. Kissinger, and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House from 4:37 pm to 4:46 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 708-009 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 708-9
Date: April 13, 1972
Time: 4:37 pm - 4:46 pm
Location: Oval Office
The President met with Rose Mary Woods.
The President's Canadian speech
-Draft
-Typing
-Airplane
-Changes
-Place
-Press copy
-Deletion
-The President's meeting with Lt. Gen. Vernon A. Walters
-Instruction in French language
The President's trip o Canada
-Dinner
-Attire
-Scheduling
Weather
Henry A. Kissinger entered at 4:38 pm.
The President's trip to Canada
-Speech
-Kissinger's review
-Deletion
-Draft
-Press copy
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 708-9 (cont.)
Woods left at 4:40 pm.
Vietnam
-George H. Mahon
-John C. Stennis
-Briefing
-F. Edward Hebert
-Julie Nixon Eisenhower
-Speech
-Press
-Call from Kissinger
-US policies
-Public support
-Kissinger's briefing
-Mahon
-Support for US policies
-Haiphong
-Air strikes
-Petroleum, oil, lubricants [POL] dumps
-Timing
-Current plans
-People's Republic of China [PRC] and Soviet Union
-Necessity
-Lyndon B. Johnson and W[illiam] Averell Harriman
-Effectiveness
-Cambodia operation
-Melvin R. Laird
-Conversation with Kissinger
-Laos operation
-Effectiveness
-North Vietnamese tank losses
-Gen. Creighton W. Abrams, Jr.
-Haiphong
-Target
-POL dumps
-Truck parks
-Air strikes
-Aircraft
-Number
-B-52s
-Surface to air missile [SAMs]
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 708-9 (cont.)
-Effectiveness
-Gen. Alexander M. Haig, Jr.
-Casualties
-Rate
-Comparisons
William P. Rogers
-Kissinger's call
-Schedule
-United Nations [UN]
Kissinger talked with the White House operator at an unknown time between 4:40 and 4:46 pm.
[Conversation no. 708-9A]
[See Conversation no. 22-123]
[End of telephone conversation]
Vietnam
-Kissinger's call to Hebert
-Thanks for support
The President's trip to Canada
Kissinger talked with the White House operator at an unknown time between 4:40 and 4:46 pm.
[Conversation No. 708-9B]
[See Conversation No. 22-124]
[End of telephone conversation]
The President's Canadian speech
-Soviets
Rogers
Rogers's testimony
Kissinger's call from Albert Stein
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 708-9 (cont.)
-US bombing
Kissinger left at 4:46 pm.