Conversation: 398-003
Prev: 398-002 Next: 398-004Start Date: Friday, January 19, 1973 9:12 PM
End Date: Friday, January 19, 1973 9:29 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Kissinger, Henry A.; Ziegler, Ronald L.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Kissinger, Henry A.; Ziegler, Ronald L.Recording Device: Old Executive Office Building
NARA Description:
On January 19, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 4:12 pm to 4:29 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 398-003 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 398-3
Date: January 19, 1973
Time: Unknown between 4:12 pm and 4:29 pm
Location: Executive Office Building
The President talked with Henry A. Kissinger.
[Conversation No. 398-3A]
Vietnam settlement
-Current situation
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Tape Subject Log
(rev. Jan.-09)
Conversation No. 398-3 (cont’d)
President's Inaugural speech
-Peace reference
-Broader context
-US allies
-Compared to friendships
-Israel
-Europe
-Latin America
-Peking and Moscow references
-Length
Alexander M. Haig, Jr.
-Report from Bangkok
Ronald L. Ziegler entered at 4:15 pm.
Vietnam settlement
-Nguyen Van Thieu
-Gen. Creighton W. Abrams, Jr.
-Timing
-Consequences
-Barry M. Goldwater
[End of telephone conversation]
President's Inaugural speech
-Final draft
-Release
-Preliminary notes and outline
-Timing
-William E. Timmons
-Raymond K. Price, Jr.
-Hugh Scott
-Gerald R. Ford
-Character
-Price
-Final draft
-Release
-Embargo
-4-
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Tape Subject Log
(rev. Jan.-09)
Conversation No. 398-3 (cont’d)
-Timmons
-Press relations
-Scott and Ford
-Timmons
-Copies
-Ziegler's time commitment to wire services
Vietnam settlement
-Announcement
-Historical significance
-Library
-Haig’s report
Press relations
-Press questions
-Press conference
-Date
-Signing
1973 Inauguration events
-Announcement
-Concerts
-Ziegler’s wife
-Frank Sinatra
-Christmas
President's schedule
-H.R. (“Bob”) Haldeman
Ziegler left at 4:29 pm.