Conversation: 670-004
Prev: 670-003 Next: 670-005Start Date: Monday, February 14, 1972 1:52 PM
End Date: Monday, February 14, 1972 2:12 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Kissinger, Henry A.Recording Device: Oval Office
Full Tape Conversation Start Time: 00:08:16
Full Tape Conversation End Time: 00:16:27
NARA Description:
On February 14, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:52 am and 9:12 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 670-004 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 670-4
Date: February 14, 1972
Time: Unknown between 8:52 am and 9:12 am
Location: Oval Office
The President talked with Henry A. Kissinger.
Vietnam
-Bombing
-Duration
-Planes
-Carriers
-B-52’s
-Melvin R. Laird
The President’s schedule
-Congressmen
-Forthcoming meeting
-Senators
Vietnam
-Public relations
-Airstrike prior to offense
-The President’s forthcoming trip to the People’s Republic of China [PRC]
-French press
-News summary
-Support
-The President’s peace proposal speech, January 25, 1972
-Saigon
-Press conference
-Possible concessions
-North Vietnamese
-Gen. Nguyen Van Thieu
-Flexibility
-PRC
-Taiwan, Republic of China
-Press
-Toughness
-Communists
-William P. Rogers
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 670-4 (cont.)
-Actions
-Tone
-American public
-Critics
-Perception
-South Vietnam
-Airstrikes
-Laird