Conversation 035-129

TapeTape 35StartThursday, January 11, 1973 at 9:09 AMEndThursday, January 11, 1973 at 9:42 AMParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President);  White House operator;  Kennedy, Richard T. (Col.)Recording deviceWhite House Telephone

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.

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 Commerce

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Do you have any idea how you can deliver to the North Vietnamese if you won't go?
Please.
The new Secretary of Commerce, I think it's Len, isn't it?
Yeah.
Secretary of Commerce.
All right, yes, sir.
Thank you, Mr. President.
No, no, no, I'm sorry.
He's a Secretary of HUD, former Undersecretary of Commerce.
New Secretary of HUD.
You want new Secretary of HUD?
Yeah.
All right.