Conversation: 397-005
Prev:  397-004 Next: 397-006Start Date: 19-Jan-1973 9:35 AM
End Date: 19-Jan-1973 10:55 AM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Price, Raymond K., Jr.; Kissinger, Henry A.; Recording Device: Old Executive Office Building
NARA Description:
On January 19, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon, Raymond K. Price, Jr., and Henry A. Kissinger met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 9:35 am to 10:55 am. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 397-005 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 397-5 Date: January 19, 1973 Time: 9:35 am - 10:55 am Location: Executive Office Building The President met with Raymond K. Price, Jr. President's Inaugural speech -Past accomplishments -Peking, Moscow, Vietnam -Wording -Revisions -Great powers' relations -Vietnam references -Bold initiatives -Vietnam -Wording -New directions -Vietnam -Peking, Moscow, Vietnam -Saigon -New relationships -People’s Republic of China [PRC] -Soviet Union -Wording -Development of new policies -Vietnam references -Foreign policy in general -Change -Peking, Moscow -4- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. Jan.-09) Conversation No. 397-5 (cont’d) -Vietnam War -New initiatives -Great powers' relationships -1972 accomplishments -Wording -World War II -Peking and Moscow trips -New relationships -Wording -Revisions -Paternalism reference -Wording -Self help -Style -Simplicity -Liberty reference -Government references -Wording Henry A. Kissinger entered at 10:05 am. Kissinger's schedule -Paris -Meeting with Price President's Inaugural speech -Review of foreign policy portions -Wording -Tone -John F. Kennedy's Inaugural speech -Portions for Kissinger's review -Domestic issues President's schedule -Meeting with Price Price left at 10:12 am. Price's work -5- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. Jan.-09) Conversation No. 397-5 (cont’d) -Quality Florida trip -Weather Vietnam settlement -Status -Barry M. Goldwater, John C. Stennis -Prospects -President's Inaugural speech -Nguyen Van Thieu -Kissinger's statement -Alexander M. Haig, Jr. -Ending the war -Thieu -Resignation -Compared to October 1972 agreements -North Vietnamese text -Public statements -Press reaction -Changes since October 1972 -[First name unknown] Leeks [?] -Michael J. “Mike” Mansfield -Concessions -Impasse -North Vietnamese position -Prisoners of War [POWs] -December 1972 bombing -Effects -Breakthrough -Press response -Thieu -Haig's schedule President's schedule -Meeting with Haig -Inaugural activities -Inaugural speech -Swearing-in ceremony -6- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. Jan.-09) Conversation No. 397-5 (cont’d) -Parade -Balls -Worship service -Family reception -Cease-fire announcement -President's preparation Vietnam settlement -Cease-fire announcement -Thieu -Press coverage -National assembly -Changes to agreement -Ellsworth F. Bunker -Possible trip to Saigon -Spiro T. Agnew -Bombing Agnew -Relationships with President -Role of Vice President -Clinton Rossiter's book -President's work as Vice President under Dwight D. Eisenhower -1958 -Caracas -Moscow trip -Nikita Khrushchev -Eisenhower's heart attack -Interests -Travel -William P. Rogers -Possible results -Iranian oil companies -Peoples Republic of China [PRC] trip -Moscow trip -Possible trips -Southeast Asia -Saigon -Moscow -7- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. Jan.-09) Conversation No. 397-5 (cont’d) -Pre-negotiations -H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman, John N. Mitchell -President's travels under Eisenhower -Korea -Message -Negotiations -Trip around world -John Foster Dulles -Eisenhower's attitude -Franklin D. Roosevelt -Harry S. Truman -State Department preparations -North Vietnam, South Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, Afghanistan -Results -Compared to Agnew -Inauguration of Arturo Frondizi -Dulles -Ghana -State Department -Central America in 1955 -Latin America in 1958 -Initiative -Soviet Union -Initiative -Dulles, Christian A. Herter -Trips -Purpose -Role of negotiator -Kissinger -Agnew -Press conferences -Possible action by President -Possible trip -Southeast Asia, India -Cambodia, Laos, South Vietnam -Thailand -Indonesia -Southeast Asia -8- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. Jan.-09) Conversation No. 397-5 (cont’d) Vietnam settlement -Kissinger's schedule -President's announcement -Timing -Preparation -Press questions -Agreement -Haldeman -Thieu -Press statements -Thieu's position -Haig -Press relations -Columbia Broadcast System [CBS] -Coverage -Withdrawal for Prisoners of War [POWs] -History books -Haig’s trip to Saigon -Possible Thieu meeting -Concessions -Sale option -Agnew -President -Travel -Announcement -Timing -Kissinger's schedule -Possible announcement by the President -Thieu's position -Rejection -President's attitude -Possible signing and initialing -Follow-up -Kissinger’s role -Anatoliy F. Dobrynin -State Department -Haig -Thieu -National assembly -9- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. Jan.-09) Conversation No. 397-5 (cont’d) -Haig -Goldwater, Stennis -Congressional support -Announcement -Unanimous agreement Kissinger's schedule -Meeting with Price -Timing -Meeting with friends -Meeting with Price -Meeting with Marshall Green and U. Alexis Johnson -Possible follow-up with President -Message -Meeting with Price -Timing Kissinger left at 10:55 am.