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Conversation 338-034

TapeTape 338StartTuesday, May 9, 1972 at 1:12 PMEndTuesday, May 9, 1972 at 1:17 PMTape start time01:32:12Tape end time01:35:16ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President);  [Unknown person(s)]Recording deviceOld Executive Office Building
AI Summary

President Nixon consulted with an aide regarding the implementation of the naval blockade of North Vietnam and the coordination of congressional support through Senator John C. Stennis. The participants assessed potential domestic unrest in response to the blockade, comparing the anticipated scale of demonstrations to the protests following the 1970 Cambodian incursion and Kent State shootings. They further discussed the President's upcoming schedule, specifically addressing the strategic handling of the Soviet Summit amidst the escalation of the Vietnam conflict.

Vietnam WarNaval blockadeJohn C. StennisDomestic protestSoviet SummitPresidential strategy
AudioNARA Description

On May 9, 1972, 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 1:12 pm and 1:17 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 338-034 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 338-34

Date: May 9, 1972
Time: Unknown between 1:12 and 1:17 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

The President talked with an unknown person.

     Vietnam
          -Blockade
               -Implementation
               -Adm. Thomas H. Moorer
                    -Meeting with John C. Stennis
               -Support for President

     President's schedule
          -Florida trip
          -Soviet Summit
                 -Cancellation
                      -Timing
                      -President's handling

     Vietnam
          -Blockade
               -Demonstrations

                                        (rev. Dec-01)
                     -Size
                             -Cambodian invasion
                             -Kent State
               -Support
                    -Scope
                    -Extent
                         -Wires
Transcript (AI-Generated)

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Anything new?
Everything going according to plan?
I think Morris said he could get Stennis, so he worked on it today.
Yeah.
Good.
All right.
Our people will go in the back.
Oh.
Oh, that's right.
We should put it there.
Gene thinks it's all right if I .
I don't think so.
I don't think so.
Well, .
We figure that that's the day that you hear Russian potential .
But when they do, we're going to go right, right through.
We should make an asset out of it.
It certainly isn't as much as Cambodia.
Of course, we didn't have a Cambodian .
Oh, yeah, Kent State was a demonstration.
All right.
How many?
We certainly did this.
We stirred up our own troops.
The brief was wired.
It was really moving about.
It was wonderful.
It was better.
I thought it would be nice if you could take a few wires.
Sure.
That's our contact that we call in.
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