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Conversation 022-053

TapeTape 22StartThursday, March 30, 1972 at 12:45 PMEndThursday, March 30, 1972 at 12:47 PMTape start time02:10:12Tape end time02:11:31ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President);  Kissinger, Henry A.Recording deviceWhite House Telephone
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On March 30, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger talked on the telephone from 12:45 pm to 12:47 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 022-053 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 22-53

Date: March 30, 1972
Time: 12:45 pm - 12:47 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with Henry A. Kissinger.

[See Conversation No. 697-28]

     Kissinger’s location

     The President’s morning briefing
          -North Vietnam’s offensive into South Vietnam
               -The President’s view

                     -US reaction
                     -Understanding between the US and the Soviet Union
                          -The President’s correspondence with Leonid I. Brezhnev
                          -The President’s talk with Anatoliy F. Dobrynin
                          -Kissinger’s response
Transcript (AI-Generated)

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I have Dr. Kissinger.
Mr. President.
Yes, I know where you are.
I was going to say that I just read the morning brief and this is said for obvious reasons at this point that I'm very much concerned by what I think is a breach of what we understood was going to be the activity there and that I think you need to know that
As far as I'm concerned, the reaction must be swift and it's going to be very, it has to be, it isn't going to be tit for tat.
And I think that that has to be very clearly understood.
The difficulty with this is that it could seriously jeopardize what I had thought was
a very good understanding that we had.
You know, my correspondence with the chairman and the conversation I had with DeBrennan, and I just think it's very difficult to understand that they would allow this sort of thing at this point to jeopardize what we're trying to do.
Well, this is tremendously helpful, and I'll be sure to make that.
All right.
Bye-bye.
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