Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 35 › Conversation 035-136
Nixon phone call with Kennedy on Vietnam War and Peace negotiations
Thursday, January 11, 1973 · 2:17 PM–2:18 PM ET · White House Telephone · 18 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon directed Colonel Richard T. Kennedy to hand-deliver a newly received report regarding Vietnam negotiations to his office in the Executive Office Building. Kennedy acknowledged the directive and confirmed he would bring the sensitive documents over immediately. This brief exchange highlights the priority placed on reviewing diplomatic updates during the critical final stages of the peace process.
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NARA Description
On January 11, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Col. Richard T. Kennedy talked on the telephone from 2:17 pm to 2:18 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 035-136 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 35-136
Date: January 11, 1973
Time: 2:17 pm - 2:18 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with Col. Richard T. Kennedy.
[See Conversation No. 401-25]
Vietnam negotiations
-Report
-Request for delivery to the Executive Office Building [EOB]Also recorded on January 11, 1973
- 035-134 2:11 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Tricia Nixon Cox, and Edward R. F. Cox talked on the telephone from 2:11 pm to 2:12 pm.
- 401-022 2:11 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Tricia Nixon Cox met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:11 pm to 2:12 pm.
- 035-135 2:12 PM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:12 pm and 2:17 pm.
- 401-023 2:12 PM · 18 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 2:12 pm and 2:17 pm.
- 401-024 2:12 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 2:12 pm and 2:17 pm.
- 401-025 2:17 PM · 16 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Col. Richard T. Kennedy met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:17 pm to 2:18 pm.
- 401-026 2:30 PM · 48 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Col. Richard T. Kennedy, and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:30 pm to 3:15 pm.
- 035-137 3:15 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 3:15 pm and 3:19 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 035-136, 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/035-136 (accessed October 1, 2026).