Conversation 380-022

On December 28, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 12:39 pm and 2:20 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 380-022 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 380-22

Date: December 28, 1972
Time: Unknown between 12:39 pm and 2:20 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

The President dictated a memorandum for Richard M. Helms.

      The President’s telephone call to Helm’s, December 26, 1972
           -Helms’ schedule
                 -Trip to Mexico
           -Purpose
                 -Helms’s possible conversation with John B. Connally
                        -Connally’s trip to Saudi Arabia and Algeria

      Richard M. Helms’ ambassadorship to Iran
           -Assignment
                 -Analysis of Middle East oil situation
                      -US and European companies’ relations with governments
                      -Middle East governments’ stability
                             -Energy crisis
                                  -Duration
                                  -Western Europe, Japan, US

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[Previous National Security (B) withdrawal reviewed under MDR guidelines case number
LPRN-T-MDR-2014-019. Segment declassified on 09/12/2018. Archivist: MM]
[National Security]
[380-022-w001]
[Duration: 23s]

      Richard M. Helms’ ambassadorship to Iran
           -Mohammed Mossadegh
           -Mohammed Reza Pahlavi [?]

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                                                            Conversation No. 380-22 (cont’d)

       Richard M. Helms’ ambassadorship to Iran
            -Assignment
                  -Study
                        -Timing
                  -Visit to Middle East countries
                  -Middle East governments’ stability
                        -US-Middle East relations
                              -The President’s possible conversation with Helms
                                    -Timing

       New Year’s greeting