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Conversation 019-069

TapeTape 19StartTuesday, January 25, 1972 at 8:55 PMEndTuesday, January 25, 1972 at 10:03 PMParticipantsKissinger, Henry A.;  White House operator;  Nixon, Richard M. (President);  Marshall, Michael M.;  Haig, Alexander M., Jr.Recording deviceWhite House Telephone
AudioNARA Description

On January 25, 1972, Henry A. Kissinger, White House operator, President Richard M. Nixon, Michael M. Marshall, and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 8:55 pm and 10:03 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 019-069 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 19-69

Date: January 25, 1972
Time: Unknown between 8:55 pm and 10:03 pm
Location: White House Telephone

Henry A. Kissinger talked with the White House operator; the President can be heard in the
background.

     Request for a call to his office

Kissinger talked with Mildred M. Marshall.

     Alexander M. Haig, Jr.’s location

     Telephone calls

            -Martin Schram, H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman

     Haig

Kissinger talked with Haig.

     The President's previous speech on Vietnam
          -Reaction
               -George H.W. Bush's call to Haig
                      -United Nations [UN]
          -Anatoliy F. Dobrynin's call to Kissinger
          -Press
               -John A. Scali's view
               -Networks
                      -Leslie H. Gelb on Columbia Broadcasting System [CBS]

     Cables
          -Winston Lord
Transcript (AI-Generated)

This transcript was generated automatically by AI and has not been reviewed for accuracy. Do not cite this transcript as authoritative. Consult the Finding Aid above for verified information.

Well, if those 40% are your 40%, it's Mr. Kissinger getting in my office.
Thank you.
Hello?
Who is it?
This is Mr. Kissinger.
Is Haig there?
Are there any calls?
That's my question.
Yes, Marty Schramm called and Bob Haldeman is trying to call.
I got that.
Anything else?
Let me talk to Haig.
Oh, yes.
Hello?
Al?
Yes, sir.
I just wanted to check up with the president, how the reactions are going.
I think very good.
Everyone is extremely enthusiastic about the way it's going.
George Bush called me down on the airplane.
He said it was just an absolute mess.
Right, right.
I haven't talked to anybody here yet.
Well, Dobrynin was calling.
He just wouldn't stop crying.
Really?
Yeah, he said, why did you do it now?
I sent an urgent cable to Hanoi after our conversation on Friday.
I said, well, you've sent urgent cables before.
Right.
As John Scallery says, he's got about a 92% origin of the crash.
Good.
Well, I'm not going to be that much ahead.
Oh, really?
Well, but he's an enemy.
Well, I'll be over in about 15 minutes.
Get Winston to do those two cables, will you?
Okay, good.
Thank you.
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