Conversation: 709-013
Prev:  709-012 Next: 709-014Start Date: 17-Apr-1972 10:51 AM
End Date: 17-Apr-1972 11:03 AM
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 27 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 28 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.