Secret White House Tapes

34–125

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34–125
  • President Richard M. Nixon
  • Henry A. Kissinger
December 17, 1972
Conversation No. 34-125

Date: December 17, 1972
Time: 3:29 pm - 3:35 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with Henry A. Kissinger.

Alice Roosevelt Longworth dinner
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

Tape Subject Log
(rev. Dec.-07)

Conversation No. 34-125 (cont’d)

-Timing
-Black tie
-Guest list
-Joseph W. Alsop and [Susan Mary Jay (Patten) Alsop]
-Stephen B. Bull
-Richard L. Wilson
-[Katherine Young (Macy) Wilson]
-Howard K. Smith

Vietnam negotiations
-Letter for Nguyen Van Thieu
-The President’s work with Alexander M. Haig, Jr.
-Tone
-Bilateral deal
-Thieu
-Possible collapse
-Fear of political contest
-North Vietnam army
-US aid
-Timing
-Congress
-Prisoners of War [POWs]
-Michael J. Mansfield
-George S. McGovern
-Mining
-Hanoi reaction
-Radar
-[US bombing]
-Haig’s view
-December 13, 1972 meeting
-Transcript
-Previous week’s meeting
-Tone
-The President’s recent conversation with Anatoliy F. Dobrynin
-Haig’s and Vice President Spiro T. Agnew’s schedules
-Saigon
-December 13, 1972 meeting
-Transcript
-Possible leak to press
-Hanoi’s possible action
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

Tape Subject Log
(rev. Dec.-07)

Conversation No. 34-125 (cont’d)

-US bombing
-B-52s
-North Vietnamese reaction
-Settlement
-Timing
-Duration
-US domestic situation
-Democrats
-Edward M. Kennedy
-The President’s 1972 election victory margin

The President’s schedule
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34–125

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