President Nixon and Henry Kissinger met to finalize revisions for an upcoming televised address regarding the strategic blockade of North Vietnam. The discussion focused on refining the tone and strength of the President's rhetoric concerning the escalation of the conflict. Additionally, the two reviewed potential deletions and adjustments to the speech's language while briefly touching upon the status of German treaties.
On May 8, 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 5:52 pm and 5:54 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 336-039 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 336-39
Date: May 8, 1972
Time: Unknown between 5:52 and 5:54 pm
Location: Executive Office Building
The President talked with Henry A. Kissinger.
Vietnam
-President’s forthcoming speech on the blockade
-Revisions
-Escalation of war
-References
-Deletions
-Strength of wording
-Kissinger’s revisions
-Charles G. (“Bebe”) Rebozo
German treatiesNo transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.