Conversation: 234-015
Prev:  234-014 Next: 234-016Start Date: 7-Dec-1972 9:04 PM
End Date: 7-Dec-1972 9:12 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Recording Device: Camp David Hard Wire
NARA Description:
On December 7, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 9:04 pm and 9:12 pm. The Camp David Hard Wire taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 234-015 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 234-15 Date: December 7, 1972 Time: Unknown between 9:04 pm and 9:12 pm Location: Camp David Hard Wire The President dictated a memorandum for the file. ***************************************************************** [Begin segment reviewed under deed of gift] Dictation -Date -Location -Time Vietnam negotiations -Henry A. Kissinger’s message -Progress of talks -The President’s conversation with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman -Options -John D. Ehrlichman -Breakdown -Kissinger’s state of mind -Responsibility -The President’s television [TV] appearance -Risk -Hope of settlement -Cambodia and Laos -May 8, 1972 decision -Meeting with [David] Kenneth Rush [End segment reviewed under deed of gift] ***************************************************************** The President talked with the Camp David operator at an unknown time between 9:12 pm and 10:00 pm. -16- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. May-08) Conversation No. 234-15 (cont’d) [Conversation No. 234-15A] [See Conversation No. 157-23] [End of telephone conversation] ***************************************************************** [Begin segment reviewed under deed of gift] Raymond K. Price, Jr. -Location -Letter -Quality -The President’s appreciation Vietnam negotiations -Kissinger -Settlement track -Breakdown -People’s Republic of China [PRC] -Relations -Options -Breakdown -Rush and Adm. Thomas H. Moorer recommendations -US bombing of North Vietnam -Kissinger’s recommendation -Prisoners of War [POWs] -Risk -Congressional reaction -Cut off of funds for South Vietnam Cost of Living Council -George P. Shultz -John D. Ehrlichman’s conversation with the President -Personnel recommendations -Labor people -Arthur F. Burns -Floyd E. (“Red”) Smith -Loyalty -17- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. May-08) Conversation No. 234-15 (cont’d) -Naiveté -Bureaucracy Internal Revenue Service [IRS] -George D. Webster appointment -Loyal personnel -Investigations -Foundations Vietnam negotiations -The President’s discussion with Ehrlichman and Haldeman -Opinions The President’s telephone conversation with Julie Nixon Eisenhower ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2 [Personal returnable] [Duration: 14s ] END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Manolo Sanchez -The President’s conversation with Haldeman -Personality -George E. Allen Julie Nixon Eisenhower -Effect on the President The President’s conversation with Charls E. Walker -Appointment as Deputy Secretary of the Treasury -Tax law changes -Congress -The President’s call to Colson Meeting on budget -Caspar W. (“Cap”) Weinberger -Appointment of deputies -18- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. May-08) Conversation No. 234-15 (cont’d) Justice Department -Federal Bureau of Investigation [FBI] -The President’s conversation with Haldeman and Ehrlichman -Appointments -Deputy Attorney General -Dean of Duke Law School -Robert H. Bork -Haldeman’s role [End segment reviewed under deed of gift] *****************************************************************