President Nixon dictated a memorandum for his files to document internal reflections regarding the death of former President Lyndon B. Johnson and the upcoming memorial services at the Capitol. The recording also touches upon the administration's strategic goals for the Vietnam settlement, emphasizing the commitment to achieving a "peace with honor." The dictation serves as an official record of the President's private assessments of these high-level political and foreign policy matters.
On January 25, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 7:54 am and 8:38 am. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 405-001 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 405-1
Date: January 25, 1973
Time: Unknown between 7:54 am and 8:38 am
Location: Executive Office Building
The President dictated a memorandum for the files.
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[Begin segment reviewed under deed of gift]
Lyndon B. Johnson
-Memorial service at Capitol
Vietnam settlement
-President’s goals
-“Peace with honor”
H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman [?]
[End segment reviewed under deed of gift]
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