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Conversation: 189-008

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Start Date: Wednesday, May 17, 1972 1:52 PM

End Date: Wednesday, May 17, 1972 2:06 PM

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

189-008.mp3

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