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Nixon & Kissinger on Sixth Fleet and Greece

Thursday, March 23, 1972 · 12:45 PM–1:00 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Kissinger, Henry A.Conversation325-022 on Tape 325 (tape position 03:26:36–03:29:17)StartThursday, March 23, 1972 at 12:45 PMEndThursday, March 23, 1972 at 1:00 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 325-022 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon and Henry Kissinger met to finalize administrative or strategic details involving the Sixth Fleet's home port in Greece and diplomatic positioning regarding Israel. The discussion suggests a focus on maintaining geopolitical stability in the Mediterranean while managing interdepartmental relations with the State Department. The participants confirmed their course of action, signaling a decision to move forward with their established diplomatic objectives.

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3:26:36Right.
3:26:43I think we've got a really fragile heart.
3:26:58I think we've got a really fragile heart.
3:27:05But Connelly said it's OK if I want to do it.
3:27:07All right, we're good.
3:27:11OK then.
3:27:20Good deal.
3:27:23Done.
3:27:24Done.
3:27:25Good.
3:27:25No, that's fine. 20.
3:27:33I know that, but it's still next to the other part.
3:27:40Yeah.
3:27:40No, I'm just leaving it.
3:27:42I'm making a point there to put these people in their place because they aren't all that hard.
3:27:53Okay.
3:27:53Right.
3:27:56I don't know why that one, I have nothing in that, I don't have it in this.
3:28:00I guess we've done it too far in this.
3:28:05I don't know what he's exactly saying.
3:28:08Okay.
3:28:08Fine.
3:28:08All right.
3:28:09Good.

NARA Description

On March 23, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 12:45 pm and 1:00 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 325-022 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 325-22

Date: March 23, 1972
Time: Unknown between 12:45 pm and 1:00 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

The President talked with an unknown person [Henry A. Kissinger?].

     Home port in Greece
         -Sixth fleet
               -Mediterranean Sea
         -Israel
               -Announcement
         -State Department
               -Unknown person

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 325-022, March 23, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/325-022 (accessed October 2, 2026).