Conversation 189-007

On May 17, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 9:51 am and 9:52 am. The Camp David Hard Wire taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 189-007 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 189-7

Date: May 17, 1972
Time: Unknown between 9:51 am and 9:52 am
Location: Camp David Hard Wire

The President talked with the Camp David operator.

     Request for a call to Henry A. Kissinger

                                                                Conversation No.189-8

Date: May 17, 1972
Time: 9:52 am - 10:06 am
Location: Camp David Hard Wire

Henry A. Kissinger talked with the President.

     Greetings

     The President’s forthcoming trip to the Soviet Union
          -Preparations
               -Reading material
                      -The President’s view
          -Andrei A. Gromyko and Leonid I. Brezhnev
               -Communications
                      -The channel
                      -William P. Rogers
                      -Anatoliy F. Dobrynin
                           -Message
                           -Brezhnev
                           -Rogers
          -Kissinger's preparations

     Vietnam

     -Decision to mine and blockade
           -The President’s view
           -Public support
           -South Vietnamese morale
                 -Alexander M. Haig, Jr.
     -North Vietnamese offensive
           -Kontum
     -Air Strikes
           -Sorties
                 -Gen. Creighton W. Abrams, Jr.
                 -Number
           -Weather in North Vietnam
           -A bridge
     -Priorities
           -Number of sorties
     -Michael J. Mansfield
           -Position
           -Amendment
                 -The President’s view

Soviet Summit
     -Salzburg stopover
     -Plenary sessions
          -President's participation
                -The President’s view
     -Negotiations
          -Conditions
     -Agreements
          -News release
          -Limitations

Kissinger's schedule
     -Dinner with Stewart J.O. Alsop
     -Camp David
           -Dogwood Lodge
           -Breakfast
           -Meeting

Vietnam
     -Central Intelligence Agency [CIA] estimates in 1968
          -Importance

          -Soviet Summit
          -Congress
               -Bills to end the war
          -Media coverage
               -Soviets

     The President’s forthcoming trip to the Soviet Union
          -President's television speech to Soviet people
                -Length
          -Toasts
                -Length
                -Speechwriters
                -Length
                -Method of delivery
                -Translations
                -Brezhnev
                -Method of delivery
                      -Dobrynin
                -Length
                      -Translation