Conversation: 331-013
Prev:  331-012 Next: 331-014Start Date: 19-Apr-1972 9:20 AM
End Date: 19-Apr-1972 9:55 AM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Kissinger, Henry A.; [Unknown person(s)]; Recording Device: Old Executive Office Building
Full Tape Conversation Start Time: 01:11:31
Full Tape Conversation End Time: 01:45:45
NARA Description:
On April 19, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 9:20 am to 9:55 am. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 331-013 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 331-13 Date: April 19, 1972 Time: 9:20 am - 9:55 am Location: Executive Office Building The President met with Henry A. Kissinger. Kissinger's schedule -Book -Washington Special Action Group [WSAG] meeting Vietnam -Negotiations -Kissinger's statement -Strategic Arms Limitation Talks [SALT] -North Vietnamese message ************************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 14 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) [National Security] [Duration: 16s ] CABLE TRAFFIC END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 ************************************************************************** -People's Republic of China [PRC] Ambassador -Xuan Thuy -Comments -US bombing -Soviet Union -Tass statement -Naval action -Destroyers -Casualties -Da Nang -Air strikes -Number -Targets -Impact -Bombing in South -Tactical sorties -B-52s -Concentration of strikes -Effectiveness -Military Region [MR] 1 -Long Tieng -North Vietnamese invasion -Long Tieng -III Corps -An Loc -North Vietnamese attacks -Tank losses -Current situation -US helicopters -US gunships 15 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) Conv. No. 331-13 (cont.) -South Vietnamese garrison -North Vietnamese siege -Hue -North Vietnamese offensive -Failure -Press reports -South Vietnamese army -Desertions -Press coverage -Television coverage -Campus demonstrators -Size of crowds -Harvard University -Future trips to PRC by newsmen -Networks -Hostility to the President -Campus demonstrators -University of Wisconsin at Madision -Democrats -Edmund S. Muskie -Statement -Rebuttal -William P. Rogers -Melvin R. Laird -George C. Wallace -Support for the President -Public opinion -Support for the President -Kissinger's trip to Moscow -Laird -Statement -Blockade -Laird -Adm. Thomas H. Moorer -The President's possible conversation with [David] Kenneth Rush -Kissinger's conversation with Rush -Laird -Military man assigned to Rush's and David Packard’s office -Rush -WSAG meetings -Packard -Support for the President 16 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) Conv. No. 331-13 (cont.) -Relations with Kissinger -Television networks -Hostility to the President -Criticism -Newsmen -PRC trip -Behavior -Nelson A. Rockefeller -Conversation with Kissinger -Margaretta (Fitler) (“Happy”) Rockefeller -Mrs. Rockefeller's mother, Margaretta (Harrison) Bartol -Cambodia views -A luncheon -Liberal compared to conservative support -Attica prison riots -Attica -Press -Misrepresentations PRC -Photograph -Publicity -White House reception for PRC Table Tennis players, April 18, 1972 -Kissinger's conversation with [Chien Yi] -Rose Garden -Statement -State Department -Interpreters -John A. Scali -Television -State Department -Kissinger’s conversation with Chien Yi -Joseph W. Alsop Kissinger's schedule -Trip to Moscow Vietnam -Bombing -Impact on Soviets -Soviet Union -Message 17 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) Conv. No. 331-13 (cont.) -The President's press conference -Soviet trip Soviet trip -Kissinger's conversation with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman -Announcement -Publicity -Soviets -Agreement -Announcement -Time -The President's role -Kissinger's trip -The President's schedule -Time -Day Vietnam -White House staff morale -Campus riots -Reinforcement -Haldeman -Staff meeting -Robert H. Finch -Cabinet -W[illiam] Averell Harriman -Time PRC -Relations with US -Normalization -Current actions -Note -Vietnam -Bombing -Chien Yi -Scali -Table Tennis team -Appearance of members -Compared with US team members -Graham B. Steenhoven -The President’s talk with Haldeman 18 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) Conv. No. 331-13 (cont.) -Ceremony Vietnam -Kissinger's meeting with David E. Bradshaw -Miami Herald -Bradshaw's conversation with unknown person -Soviet reaction -PRC reaction -The President's conversation with Kissinger -Soviets -1972 election -The President's policies -Survival of South Vietnam -Prisoners of war [POWs] -Need for movement in negotiations -POWs -Kissinger's talking paper -North Vietnamese position -Negotiations -Settlement -POWs -Peking and Moscow -Impact on 1972 Election -Food prices -Offensive -Le Duc Tho -Paris -The President's television appearance -Information for Rogers -Haldeman -Soviets -Picture -Release -Speech by the Vice President Spiro T. Agnew -Press support -Opponents of the President's policies -Speculations about US defeat An unknown person entered at an unknown time after 9:20 am. The President's receipt of something 19 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) Conv. No. 331-13 (cont.) The unknown person left at an unknown time before 9:55 am. PRC -White House reception for PRC table tennis players -Interpreters -Reaction to bombing in Vietnam -Kissinger's conversation with Chien -Soviet Ambassador Vietnam -Issue in 1972 election -Soviets Kissinger left at 9:55 am.