Conversation: 700-005
Prev:  700-004 Next: 700-006Start Date: 3-Apr-1972 10:06 AM
End Date: 3-Apr-1972 10:20 AM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Moorer, Thomas H. (Adm.); Rush, [David] Kenneth; Kissinger, Henry A.; Recording Device: Oval Office
Full Tape Conversation Start Time: 01:33:25
Full Tape Conversation End Time: 01:48:29
NARA Description:
On April 3, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon, Adm. Thomas H. Moorer, [David] Kenneth Rush, and Henry A. Kissinger met in the Oval Office of the White House from 10:06 am to 10:20 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 700-005 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 700-5 Date: April 3, 1972 Time: 10:06 am - 10:20 am Location: Oval Office The President met with Thomas H. Moorer, [David] Kenneth Rush and Henry A. Kissinger. Greetings Rush's new job Easter egg roll -Weather Vietnam -Purpose of meeting -Moorer -Rush's Attendance -David Packard -Washington Special Action Group [WSAG] meetings -Chain of command -The President as Commander-In-Chief 15 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) Conv. No. 700-5 (cont.) -Melvin R. Laird -Briefing -Orders -Arrival time -Reprimand -Arrival time -Orders -Air strikes -Orders -Demilitarized zone [DMZ] -Number -Weather -Gen. Creighton W. Abrams, Jr.’s reaction -North Vietnamese offensive -Abrams's reaction -Abrams's conduct -Chances for promotion -Behavior -Proposals for use of air power -Defense Department reports -Inaccuracies -Temporizing -US reaction -Massive retaliation -Air power -Battle of the bulge -Bad weather -Navy -Carriers on station -Number -Use Of B-52s -Recommendations -Effectiveness -Surface to air missiles [SAMs] -The President's sources of information -Inadequacies -Briefings -Orders -Abrams -Cancellation of Military Assistance Command, Vietnam [MACV] staff social functions 16 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) Conv. No. 700-5 (cont.) -Proposals for counteroffensive -Use of air power -Surprise -B-3 area -Tanks, ground forces -MACV -Army of the Republic of Vietnam [ARVN] -Concentration -B-3 area -Dong Hoi -Air strikes -Delays -Weather -Laird’s talk with Kissinger -Implementation -Weather -Effectiveness -ARVN -Risks for Air Force -Compared with Battle of the Bulge -North Vietnamese missile sites -Mobility -Abrams and John S. McCain, Jr. -Commander in Chief Pacific [CINCPAC] -Requests for authority to attack missile sites -Tanks -Mobile artillery -DMZ -Reports to the President -Secretary of Defense -Orders -Unsanitized reports -Abrams -Scope of authority -DMZ targets -The President’s recent trip to the People’s Republic of China [PRC] -North Vietnamese targets -Requests -Weather -Air sorties 17 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) Conv. No. 700-5 (cont.) -Number -B-52s -DMZ -Missile sites -Destruction -Reports to the President -Abrams -Promotion to Joint Chiefs of Staff [JCS] -Past performance -Laos Moorer, Rush and Kissinger left at 10:20 am.