Conversation: 721-006
Prev:  721-005 Next: 721-007Start Date: 8-May-1972 8:59 AM
End Date: 8-May-1972 9:06 AM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Kissinger, Henry A.; Butterfield, Alexander P.; Recording Device: Oval Office
Full Tape Conversation Start Time: 00:21:17
Full Tape Conversation End Time: 00:29:46
NARA Description:
On May 8, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House from 8:59 am to 9:06 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 721-006 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 721-6 Date: May 8, 1972 Time: 8:59 am - 9:06 am Location: Oval Office The President met with Henry A. Kissinger. Vietnam -National Security Council [NSC] meeting -Richard M. Helms -Briefing -Previous Washington Special Actions Group [WSAG] meeting -Purpose -Impact of blockade -Adm. Thomas H. Moorer briefing -Duration -Helms -Previous meeting with Henry A. Kissinger -View of blockade -Central Intelligence Agency [CIA] view of shipments -Rail -North Vietnam imports 4 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Dec-01) Conv. No. 721-6 (cont.) -Sea -Overland -Feasibility -Soviet Union and People's Republic of China [PRC] cooperation -Rerouting of supplies -Call from President -Blockade -Resistance -Bureaucracy -Cambodia comparison -WSAG -U. Alexis Johnson -Health -Kissinger’s view -[David] Kenneth Rush -Support -Consequences -Implementation -Intensity -Time -Vice President Spiro T. Agnew’s view -Political consequences -Necessity -William P. Rogers -Johnson -Opposition -Opposition -Support -Moorer -Rush -John B. Connally -Opposition -Arguments -Effectiveness -Impact on South Vietnam Alexander P. Butterfield entered at an unknown time after 8:59 am. NSC meeting Butterfield left at an unknown time before 9:06 am. 5 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Dec-01) Conv. No. 721-6 (cont.) Vietnam -Blockade -Opposition -Reasoning -Melvin R. Laird -View of South Vietnam -Rogers -Ambiguity -South Vietnamese morale -Kissinger’s previous meeting -John Negroponte -George C. Carver -Support -North Vietnam logistics -Impact -Manpower -Command and control -South Vietnamese morale -Bargaining chip -Prisoners of war [POWs] -President's peace proposals in forthcoming speech -POWs -US forces -Wording -John K. Andrews, Jr. Kissinger left at 9:06 am.