Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 35 › Conversation 035-129
Nixon phone call with Kennedy on Vietnam War and Paris Peace Accords
Thursday, January 11, 1973 · 9:09 AM–9:42 AM ET · White House Telephone · 29 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon consulted with Col. Richard T. Kennedy regarding the ongoing, complex status of Vietnam peace negotiations and the challenge of managing communications with South Vietnamese leader Nguyen Van Thieu. During the discussion, Nixon also sought to clarify the identity and role of James T. Lynn, whom he identified as the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development-designate. The conversation served to coordinate personnel information for the administration while addressing the sensitive diplomatic pressures surrounding North Vietnam.
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NARA Description
On January 11, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and Col. Richard T. Kennedy talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:09 am and 9:42 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 035-129 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 35-129
Date: January 11, 1973
Time: Unknown between 9:09 am and 9:42 am
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with the White House operator.
Col. Richard T. Kennedy can be heard in the background.
[See Conversation No. 838-11B]
Vietnam negotiations
-Nguyen Van Thieu
-North Vietnam
Request for a call to James T. Lynn
-Lynn’s identity
-Secretary of Housing and Urban Development [HUD]-designate
-Under Secretary of CommerceAlso recorded on January 11, 1973
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Cite this conversation
Conversation 035-129, January 11, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/035-129 (accessed October 11, 2026).