Conversation: 399-011
Prev: 399-010 Next: 399-012Start Date: 22-Jan-1973 10:14 AM
End Date: 22-Jan-1973 10:48 AM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Price, Raymond K., Jr.; Sanchez, Manolo; White House operator; Ziegler, Ronald L.;Recording Device: Old Executive Office Building
NARA Description:
On January 22, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon, Raymond K. Price, Jr., Manolo Sanchez, White House operator, and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 10:14 am and 10:48 am. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 399-011 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 399-11
Date: January 22, 1973
Time: Unknown between 10:14 am and 10:48 am
Location: Executive Office Building
The President met with Raymond K. Price.
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Tape Subject Log
(rev. Apr.-09)
Conversation No. 399-11 (cont’d)
The President’s speech on Vietnam settlement
-Drafts
-Review
-Deadline
-John D. Ehrlichman
Manolo Sanchez entered at an unknown time after 10:14 am.
The President's dictation machine
-Malfunction
-Battery
Refreshments
Sanchez left at an unknown time before 10:26 am.
Ronald L. Ziegler
-Talk with the President
-Revisions
-The President’s speech on Vietnam settlement [?]
Today's work
-National Security Council [NSC] settlement meeting
The President's speech on Vietnam
-Draft
-Substance
-The President’s Wishes
-Announcement
-Introduction
-Date of delivery
-Requirements
-Length
-Simplicity
-Draft
[Pause]
-Content and wording
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Tape Subject Log
(rev. Apr.-09)
Conversation No. 399-11 (cont’d)
The President talked with the White House operator at an unknown time between 10:14 am and
10:26 am.
[Conversation No. 399-11A]
Call to Ziegler
[End of telephone conversation]
The President's speech on Vietnam settlement
-Purpose
-"Peace with honor"
The President talked with Ziegler between 10:26 and 10:27 am.
[Conversation No. 399-11B]
[See Conversation No. 36-39]
[End of telephone conversation]
The President's speech on Vietnam settlement
-Content and wording
-The President’s previous statements
-May 8, 1972 statement
-Provisions of agreement
-US allies
-The President’s consultation with Nguyen Van Thieu
-South Vietnamese people
-Soviet Union, People's Republic of China [PRC]
-Maintenance of peace
-US public opinion
-Opponents of the war
-US servicemen and families
-Another draft
-Time of delivery
-Tone
-Content and wording
-Compared to PRC trip announcement
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Tape Subject Log
(rev. Apr.-09)
Conversation No. 399-11 (cont’d)
-US foreign policy goals
-Tone
-"Peace with honor"
-Content and wording
-The President's decisions on war and negotiations
-Progress reports
-Cambodia
-May 8, 1972 decision
-Purpose
-The President’s critics
-Bombing
-Public statements
-Tone
-Opponents of President's policy
-Negotiations
-Importance of public statements
Vietnam settlement
-Thieu [?]
-Acceptance
-Objections
-Protocols
-Cooperation
-Pressure
-Signing
The President's speech on Vietnam settlement
-Time of delivery
-The President’s schedule
-H.R. (“Bob”) Haldeman
Price left at 10:48 am.