Conversation: 189-008
Prev:  189-007 Next: 189-009Start Date: 17-May-1972 9:52 AM
End Date: 17-May-1972 10:06 AM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Kissinger, Henry A.; Recording Device: Camp David Hard Wire
Full Tape Conversation Start Time: 00:25:38
Full Tape Conversation End Time: 00:37:05
NARA Description:
On May 17, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David from 9:52 am to 10:06 am. The Camp David Hard Wire taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 189-008 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
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 6 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) Conv. No. 189-8 (cont.) -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 7 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) Conv. No. 189-8 (cont.) -President's television speech to Soviet people -Length -Toasts -Length -Speechwriters -Length -Method of delivery -Translations -Brezhnev -Method of delivery -Dobrynin -Length -Translation