Conversation 391-008

On November 1, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon, Raymond K. Price, Jr., Henry A. Kissinger, and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 4:12 pm to 4:23 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 391-008 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 391-8

Date: November 1, 1972
Time: 4:12 pm - 4:23 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

The President met with Raymond K. Price, Jr.

       The President’s schedule
            -Meeting with John Cardinal Krol

       Vietnam negotiations
            -Settlement agreement
                   -Krol’s stance
                   -Nguyen Van Thieu’s stance
                         -Surrender
                   -1972 election
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                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

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                                                             Conversation No. 391-8 (cont’d)

                  -Thieu

       The President’s speech, “Look to the Future”
            -Draft

The President talked with Henry A. Kissinger

[Conversation No. 391-8A]

       The President’s forthcoming speech, “Look to the Future”
            -Vietnam section
                  -Price’s draft
                  -Price meeting with Kissinger
                         -Time
                         -The President’s revisions
                               -Tone
                         -Kissinger’s review

[End of telephone conversation]

       The President’s forthcoming speech, “Look to the Future”
            -Vietnam section
                  -Reference to Laos
                         -Kissinger’s view
                  -Bombing halt
            -Contents
            -The President’s review
            -Length
            -Page seven

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             -Faith
             -1972 campaign
                    -Candidates
                         -Traditional behavior
                                -Spending promises
                                     -The President
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                                                                 Conversation No. 391-8 (cont’d)

              -Bureaucratic meddling

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       Vietnam negotiations
            -Settlement agreement
                   -Tone
                   -Cease-fire
                         -Indochina
                   -Prisoners of War [POWs]
                   -Election in South Vietnam
                         -Thieu
                               -Tenure
                   -Thieu
                         -Complaint
                         -Fear of US departure
                               -Compared to South Koreans

Price left at 4:23 pm.

The President talked with the White House operator at 4:23 pm.

[Conversation No. 391-8B]

[See Conversation No. 32-121]

[End of telephone conversation]