Conversation 190-018

On May 17, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 8:05 am and 8:44 am. The Camp David Hard Wire taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 190-018 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 190-18

Date: May 18, 1972
Time: Unknown between 8:05 and 8:44 am
Location: Camp David Hard Wire

The President dictated a memorandum to Henry A. Kissinger.

[Discontinuities appear in the original recording]

       Vietnam
             -US propaganda

                                       (rev. Oct-06)

                    -Compared with World War I, World War II, Korean War
                    -Richard M. Helms and intelligence community
                    -Need for director of propaganda on White House staff
                           -National Security Council [NSC]
                           -Ronald L. Ziegler, John A. Scali, Herbert G. Klein
                           -Relationship with the press
                           -Timing of further discussion