On May 15, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger talked on the telephone from 9:29 pm to 9:35 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 024-126 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 24-126 Date: May 15, 1972 Time: 9:29 pm - 9:35 pm Location: White House Telephone The President talked with Henry A. Kissinger. [See also Conversation No. 339-15] Kissinger's location Attack on George C. Wallace -Kissinger’s view -Investigation -Control -Ehrlichman -Federal Bureau of Investigation [FBI] -Arthur H. Bremer -Mental condition -Background -Age -Residence -Writings -Political leanings -Mental state -Candidate protection -John B. Connally -Edward M. Kennedy -The President's orders -Shirley Chisholm Soviet Union -Effect of Wallace shooting -Kissinger’s view -Kissinger's meeting with Anatoliy F. Dobrynin -Spy case -Release -Dobrynin's reply -Summit -Strategic Arms Limitation Talks [SALT] -William P. Rogers -The President’s view -Gerard C. Smith -The President’s view -Negotiations compromise -Navy -Rogers's position Vietnam -Bombing -Gen. Creighton W. Abrams, Jr. -Sorties -Number -North Vietnamese offensive -Army of the Republic of Vietnam [ARVN] counter-offensive -Washington Star headline -Hue -Soviets -Kissinger's note to Dobrynin -Meetings -Peace offers Soviet Union -Dobrynin -Schedule Stewart J.O. Alsop -Health The President's meeting with Kissinger and Dobrynin -Breakfast -Planning Soviet trip -Gifts -Nikolai V. Podgorny -Aleksei N. Kosygin -The President -Dobrynin -Josef V. Stalin -Summit -Success -Forthcoming Senate vote -The President’s view -Timing
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