Conversation: 709-016
Prev:  709-015 Next: 709-017Start Date: 17-Apr-1972 12:02 PM
End Date: 17-Apr-1972 12:06 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Rice, Donald B.; Weinberger, Caspar W. ("Cap"); Shultz, George P.; Bull, Stephen B.; White House photographer; Recording Device: Oval Office
Full Tape Conversation Start Time: 03:24:18
Full Tape Conversation End Time: 03:30:36
NARA Description:
On April 17, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon, Donald B. Rice, Caspar W. ("Cap") Weinberger, George P. Shultz, Stephen B. Bull, and White House photographer met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:02 pm to 12:06 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 709-016 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 709-16 Date: April 17, 1972 Time: 12:02 pm - 12:06 pm Location: Oval Office The President met with Donald B. Rice, Caspar W. (“Cap”) Weinberger and George P. Shultz; Stephen B. Bull and the White House photographer were present at the beginning of the meeting. Rice's next job -Locaiton Photographs Rand Corporation -Rice's job -Experience -Office of Management and Budget [OMB] -Shultz -Press office -Location 39 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) Conv. No. 709-16 (cont.) -Work -Home -Rice's family Presidential gifts -Money clip -Cuff links -Wife -Compact -Golf balls Best wishes Rice and Weinberger left at 12:05 pm. Vietnam -Bombing of Hanoi and Haiphong -Troop withdrawals -Negotiations -US peace offers -US bombing -Soviet Summit -Possible cancellation -Toughness -Blockade -Implementation -North Vietnamese invasion -Number of divisions -Lyndon B. Johnson's Administration -US response -Defense of South Vietnam -Odds -Ground forces -Press reports -US Marines Shultz left at 12:06 pm.