Nixon White House Tapes ›Tape 328 › Conversation 328-013

Nixon, Alvarez & Westmoreland on US-Mexico relations

Wednesday, March 29, 1972 · 12:57 PM–3:07 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building ·4 min

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Alvarez, Luis Echeverria; Westmoreland, William (Gen.)Conversation328-013 onTape 328 (tape position 01:33:56–01:37:42)StartWednesday, March 29, 1972 at 12:57 PMEndWednesday, March 29, 1972 at 3:07 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 328-013 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon utilized this time to dictate formal correspondence expressing appreciation to Mexican President Luis Echeverría Alvarez and General William Westmoreland. The letter to Echeverría focused on strengthening bilateral relations, highlighting Henry Kissinger’s recent diplomatic outreach to Mexico, and formally inviting the President to Camp David. Additionally, Nixon dictated a separate message of gratitude directed toward General Westmoreland regarding his service and contributions.

US-Mexico relations
Diplomatic correspondence
Camp David
Henry Kissinger
William Westmoreland

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This has been a pleasure to actually know some of the companies who have been interested, who have been interested, who express my grateful appreciation to you for the opportunity to be a part of this experience.

Thank you.

Before me, he did not engage in any of those.

I received him in a hospital walk, where he had, also, placed him where he had been.

He was important to me.

He talked to me, and respected me.

He had the opportunity to have, to be properly treated, I should say.

He was a, he had, an honor.

I don't have bilateral relations, but the paper will be sent to me.

I don't have, I don't, I don't, I don't, I don't, I don't, I don't, I don't, I don't,

And, uh, this is the one.

This is where we enter your schedule.

Uh, we should like to invite you.

And, uh, your initials, uh, your initials, uh, your initials, uh, your initials, uh, your initials, uh, your initials, uh, your initials,

and see if I can get back out of here.

I think they're not very, you know, elaborate, but they're comfortable.

It's the most, uh, restful place in traffic.

That's a personal opinion.

Here we go.

Sorry, I need to do as many lessons as I can in the last three years.

In the last three years, there's never been many years where I've been present.

And I've been more proud.

Thank you.

NARA Description

On March 29, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon, Luis Echeverria Alvarez, and Gen. William Westmoreland met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 12:57 pm and 3:07 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 328-013 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 328-13

Date: March 29, 1972
Time: Unknown between 12:57 pm and 3:07 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

The President dictated a letter to Luis Alvarez Echeverria.

     The President’s appreciation
          -Henry A. Kissinger’s trip to Mexico
               -Kissinger’s talk with the Foreign Minister of Mexico
               -Kissinger’s talk with Echeverria

     US-Mexican relations
         -Bilateral relations
         -Echeverria’s forthcoming trip to the US
               -Invitation to Camp David

The President dictated a letter to Gen. William C. Westmoreland [?].

     Entertainment
          -The President’s appreciation

Also recorded on March 29, 1972

022-043 12:18 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:18 pm and 3:07 pm.
328-012 12:57 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 12:57 pm and 3:07 pm.
328-014 12:57 PM · 14 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Manolo Sanchez, Luis Echeverria Alvarez, Gen. William Westmoreland, Norman Vincent Peale, and Henry A. Kissinger met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 12:57 pm and 3:07 pm.
328-015 12:57 PM · 17 sec — 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 12:57 pm and 3:07 pm.
328-016 12:57 PM · 22 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 12:57 pm and 3:07 pm.
328-017 12:57 PM · 4 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 12:57 pm and 3:07 pm.
328-018 12:57 PM · 14 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 12:57 pm and 3:07 pm.
696-002 12:57 PM · 58 sec — United States Secret Service agents and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:57 pm and 4:48 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 328-013, March 29, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/328-013 (accessed September 18, 2026).