158–9

Conversation No. 158-9

Date: December 29, 1972
Time: 11:24 am - 11:46 am
Location: Camp David Study Table

The President talked with Henry A. Kissinger.

[See Conversation No. 237-14]

Kissinger’s schedule
-Conversation with an unknown person

Vietnam War
-Cessation of US bombing North of 20th Parallel
-The President’s conversation with Col. Richard T. Kennedy
-Report
-Kissinger’s conversation with Kennedy
-Announcement
-Public relations [PR]
-[David] Kenneth Rush
-Negotiations
-Demonstrations
-Conversation with Kissinger
-Loyalty
-Media
-Loyalty
-Notification
-Continuation of bombing
-Kissinger’s view
-Adm. Thomas H. Moorer
-Kissinger’s view
-Demonstrations
-Press relations
-Tone of announcement
-Settlement agreement
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

Tape Subject Log
(rev. May-08)

Conversation No. 158-9 (cont’d)

-Congressional relations
-Reconvention
-Perception of administration vacillation
-Rush’s view
-US bombing of North Vietnam
-Conditions for cessation
-Gerald L. Warren
-Congressional relations
-Opinion makers
-Kissinger’s possible role
-Effect
-North Vietnam
-Compared to State Department statement
-Demilitarized Zone [DMZ]
-Warren’s press conference
-The President’s conversation with Warren
-Rumors
-Negotiations
-Cessation of bombing
-Tone
-Questions
-Responses
-Ronald L. Ziegler
-Exchange of messages
-Negotiations
-Negotiations
-Cessation of bombing
-Timing
-“No comment” instruction
-Cessation of bombing
-Negotiations
-Tone
-Resumption of bombing north of 20th Parallel
-“No comment” instruction
-The President’s relationship with Kissinger
-Contacts
-Kissinger’s effectiveness
-Time, Newsweek
-John A. Scali
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

Tape Subject Log
(rev. May-08)

Conversation No. 158-9 (cont’d)

-Ziegler
-Contacts
-Media relations
-DMZ
-Negotiations
-Specifics
-Capitulation
-Settlement agreement
-Rush
-Timeframe
-Ziegler
-Effect
-Public relations
-Kissinger’s press conference, October 26, 1972
-Negotiations
-Daniel P. (“Pat”) Moynihan
-Criticism
-Cambridge
-Criticism of liberals
-Harvard University
-George S. McGovernites
-1972 election
-Negotiations
-Press relations
-Bombing
-Effect
-Negotiations
-Rush
-Jerrold L. Schecter’s conversation with Kissinger
-Time cover story
-Bombing
-Effect
-Negotiations
-Kissinger’s schedule
-Vacation
-Change
-North Vietnam’s position
-Congressional relations
-“Doves”
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

Tape Subject Log
(rev. May-08)

Conversation No. 158-9 (cont’d)

-Reconvention
-Negotiations
-Paris
-“Hawks”
-Bombing
-Effect
-Negotiations
-Kissinger’s telephone calls
-Ronald W. Reagan
-Barry M. Goldwater
-John C. Stennis
-F. Edward Hebert
-Gerald R. Ford
-Carl B. Albert
-Michael J. Mansfield
-Timing
-Announcement
-Timing
-Nelson A. Rockefeller
-Reagan, Goldwater, Ford, Albert, Hebert
-Vice President Spiro T. Agnew
-Col. Richard T. Kennedy’s telephone call
-Timing
-“Hawks”
-Richard (“Dick”) Wilson
-Howard K. Smith
-William F. Buckley, Jr.
-Joseph W. Alsop
-Wilson, Smith
-Max Frankel
-New York Times
-Press relations
-New York Times, Washington Post
-Negotiations
-Thomas Grey (“Tom”) Wicker
-The President’s success
-Strategy
-Kissinger’s view
-Resumption of bombing
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

Tape Subject Log
(rev. May-08)

Conversation No. 158-9 (cont’d)

-North Vietnam
-Liberals
-Kissinger’s telephone calls
-Otis Chandler
-Los Angeles Times
-Editorial
-Timing