Secret White House Tapes

189–8

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189–8
  • President Richard M. Nixon
  • Henry A. Kissinger
May 17, 1972
Conversation No.189-8

Date: May 17, 1972
Time: 9:52 am - 10:06 am
Location: Camp David Hard Wire

Henry A. Kissinger talked with the President.

Greetings

The President’s forthcoming trip to the Soviet Union
-Preparations
-Reading material
-The President’s view
-Andrei A. Gromyko and Leonid I. Brezhnev
-Communications
-The channel
-William P. Rogers
-Anatoliy F. Dobrynin
-Message
-Brezhnev
-Rogers
-Kissinger's preparations

Vietnam
-Decision to mine and blockade
-The President’s view
-Public support
-South Vietnamese morale
-Alexander M. Haig, Jr.
-North Vietnamese offensive
-Kontum
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF

Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 189-8 (cont.)


-Air Strikes
-Sorties
-Gen. Creighton W. Abrams, Jr.
-Number
-Weather in North Vietnam
-A bridge
-Priorities
-Number of sorties
-Michael J. Mansfield
-Position
-Amendment
-The President’s view

Soviet Summit
-Salzburg stopover
-Plenary sessions
-President's participation
-The President’s view
-Negotiations
-Conditions
-Agreements
-News release
-Limitations

Kissinger's schedule
-Dinner with Stewart J.O. Alsop
-Camp David
-Dogwood Lodge
-Breakfast
-Meeting

Vietnam
-Central Intelligence Agency [CIA] estimates in 1968
-Importance
-Soviet Summit
-Congress
-Bills to end the war
-Media coverage
-Soviets

The President’s forthcoming trip to the Soviet Union
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF

Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 189-8 (cont.)


-President's television speech to Soviet people
-Length
-Toasts
-Length
-Speechwriters
-Length
-Method of delivery
-Translations
-Brezhnev
-Method of delivery
-Dobrynin
-Length
-Translation
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