Conversation: 709-013
Prev: 709-012 Next: 709-014Start Date: Monday, April 17, 1972 3:51 PM
End Date: Monday, April 17, 1972 4:03 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Kissinger, Henry A.; Ziegler, Ronald L.Recording Device: Oval Office
Full Tape Conversation Start Time: 02:13:39
Full Tape Conversation End Time: 02:30:27
NARA Description:
On April 17, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the Oval Office of the White House from 10:51 am to 11:03 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 709-013 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 709-13
Date: April 17, 1972
Time: 10:51 am - 11:03 am
Location: Oval Office
The President met with Henry A. Kissinger.
Vietnam
-Daniel Z. Henkin's speech
-Democrats' criticism
-White House response
-H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman and Ronald L. Ziegler
-Defense of the President
-Attacks on Democrats
-Escalation in rhetoric
-[Forename unknown] Coleman [?]
-Previous conversation with the President
-Resolutions in Senate
-Curtailment
-Hanoi's response
-Charge of defeatism
-Administration's attacks
-Press coverage
-Edmund S. Muskie
-Hugh Scott and Michael J. Mansfield
-Trip to People's Republic of China [PRC]
-PRC statement
-Mansfield statement
-The President's Soviet trip
-Kissinger's conversation with PRC Ambassador
-Mansfield
-Administration attacks
-Soviets
-Kissinger offer
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 709-13 (cont.)
-Interim solution
-Le Duc Tho
-Paris Peace Talks
-North Vietnamese invasion
-Defeats
-Attitude after bombing
-US conditions for negotiations
-North Vietnamese refusal
-Prisoners of war [POWs]
-Exchange
-Sick and wounded
-Democrats
-Criticism
-US policies
-Possible hardline
-Blockade
-End of war
-Involvement of Soviets
-Negotiations
-May announcement
-Timing
-Kissinger’s view
-Upcoming press conference
-Troop reductions
-Show of confidence
-Paris Peace talks
-Public impact
-Upcoming press conference
-Number
-Soviets
-Kissinger's trip
-Conversation with Anatoliy F. Dobrynin
-Message for the President
-Reason for the talks
-Reply
-Administration’s position
-Soviet summit
-Blockade
-Joseph C. Kraft
-Soviet response
-Option
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 709-13 (cont.)
Ziegler entered at 11:01 am.
Soviet summit
-United Press International [UPI] story
-The President's itinerary
-Locations
-Ziegler
-Source from the Kremlin
Kissinger left at 11:02 am.
Vietnam
-North Vietnamese invasion
-William P. Rogers's televised statement before Senate Foreign Relations
Committee
-Number of North Vietnamese tanks with equipment
-Frank F. Church
-Criticism of Congress
-Length
Thelma C. (“Pat” ) Nixon
-Schedule
-Visit to National Zoo
-S. Dillon Ripley III
-Table tennis game
-Planning
PRC
-Table tennis game
-The President's schedule
-Thelma C. (“Pat” ) Nixon
-Changes in schedule
Ziegler left at 11:03 am.