Conversation: 817-017
Prev:  817-016 Next: 817-018Start Date: 30-Nov-1972 1:11 PM
End Date: 30-Nov-1972 1:19 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Ziegler, Ronald L.; Bull, Stephen B.; Butterfield, Alexander P.; Kissinger, Henry A.; Recording Device: Oval Office
NARA Description:
On November 30, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon, Ronald L. Ziegler, Stephen B. Bull, Alexander P. Butterfield, and Henry A. Kissinger met in the Oval Office of the White House from 1:11 pm to 1:19 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 817-017 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 817-17 Date: November 30, 1972 Time: 1:11 pm - 1:19 pm Location: Oval Office The President met with Ronald L. Ziegler. Ziegler’s press conference -The President’s recent meeting with Duc -Tone -74- 74 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. Apr.-08) Conversation No. 817-17 (cont’d) -Compared to the President’s meeting with Duc, November 29, 1972 -State Department reorganization announcement -The President’s recommendations -United Press International [UPI] -Washington Star -George Sherman -American Broadcasting Corporation [ABC] -Quotes from the President -Stenographers, file clerks -Senior officials -Foreign Service Officers [FSO] -Embassies -William P. Rogers Ziegler left and Stephen B. Bull entered at 1:12 pm. The President's schedule -Trip to Florida -Departure time Alexander P. Butterfield entered and Bull left at an unknown time after 1:12 pm. Coat Items for the President’s signature -George P. Shultz Briefcase Henry A. Kissinger entered at 1:12 pm. Vietnam negotiations -The President’s meeting [with Nguyen Phu Duc and Tran Kim Phuong] -Effect -Authority Bull entered at 1:12 pm. The President’s schedule -75- 75 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. Apr.-08) Conversation No. 817-17 (cont’d) -Shultz -Meeting with John B. Connally Butterfield and Bull left at 1:13 pm. Vietnam negotiations -Settlement agreement -Nguyen Van Thieu’s position -Recent GVN cable -The President’s meeting with Duc -US-Government of Vietnam [GVN] relations -Possible delay -Thieu’s rejection -Bilateral deal -US mining, bombing cessation, withdrawal for prisoners of War [POWs] -Termination of US military and economic aid -South Vietnamese defeat, North Vietnamese defeat -Congressional relations -The President’s meeting with Joint Chiefs of Staff [JCS] -Senate vote -The President's achievements -The President’s conversation with Leonid I. Brezhnev [at US- Soviet Union Summit] -Lack of insistence on withdrawal of North Vietnamese troops from South Vietnam -Terms at that time -Election in South Vietnam -Thieu’s resignation -North Vietnamese message -Meaning -Cancellation of meeting -Alternate meeting places -Avenue Kleber -Cancellation of meeting -Breakdown of talks -Briefing -Settlement agreement -Victory -Briefing -76- 76 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. Apr.-08) Conversation No. 817-17 (cont’d) -The President’s meeting with Kissinger [in Key Biscayne] -The President’s possible meeting with Thieu -Purpose -Settlement agreement -Negotiations -Assurances -Commitment The President and Kissinger left at 1:19 pm.