Conversation 298-011

TapeTape 298StartThursday, November 11, 1971 at 1:16 PMEndThursday, November 11, 1971 at 3:07 PMTape start time02:13:35Tape end time02:14:47ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); [Unknown person(s)]Recording deviceOld Executive Office Building

AI Summary

President Nixon met with an aide to discuss the drafting and presentation strategy for an upcoming troop withdrawal announcement. He emphasized keeping the public statement concise and directed that it reference the recommendations of Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird. Additionally, the President requested updated intelligence estimates concerning North Vietnamese troop deployments in Cambodia, Laos, and South Vietnam to inform his planning.

Vietnam WarTroop withdrawalsMelvin LairdMilitary intelligencePublic relations

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NARA Description

On November 11, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:16 pm and 3:07 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 298-011 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 298-11

Date: November 11, 1971
Time: Unknown between 1:16 pm and 3:07 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

The President talked with an unknown person.

     The President's forthcoming troop withdrawal announcement
          -Recommendations of the Secretary of Defense [Melvin R. Laird]

     Vietnam
          -Communist military dispositions
              -Cambodia, Laos, South Vietnam

Transcript (AI-Generated)

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I would like to have you prepare over there a brief, I mean, for this announcement, it's going to be very brief, and there's subjections, say, to the page, you know, so we do know what to look at.

We don't need to do any, the less we explain and all that.

I think we probably have to mention that, based on the recommendations, etc., etc., etc.,

I don't know.

Anyway, work out something that's pretty fine.

Second point, I need to give the latest figures, estimates, I should say, estimates, regarding the number of North Vietnamese troops in Cambodia in Mao's time and South Vietnam.

All right, thank you.

Thank you.

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