Conversation: 635-015
Prev: 635-014 Next: 635-016Start Date: Friday, December 10, 1971 5:19 PM
End Date: Friday, December 10, 1971 5:36 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Packard, David; Haig, Alexander M., Jr.Recording Device: Oval Office
Full Tape Conversation Start Time: 03:27:30
Full Tape Conversation End Time: 03:44:57
NARA Description:
On December 10, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, David Packard, and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:19 pm to 12:36 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 635-015 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 635-15
Date: December 10, 1971
Time: 12:19 pm - 12:36 pm
Location: Oval Office
The President met with David Packard and Alexander M. Haig, Jr.; the White House
photographer was present at the beginning of the meeting.
[Photograph session]
Adm. Thomas H. Moorer meeting
-Cancellation
-North Vietnam
-Bombing
-Supply routes
-Melvin R. Laird
-Congress
-Henry A. Kissinger
-William P. Rogers's schedule
-Location
Offset agreement with West Germany
-Terms
Packard's resignation
-Support
-Election
-Kissinger
-Praise from the President
-Crises
-Cambodia
-Laos
-Jordan
-Anti-ballistic Missile [ABM] Treaty
-Kissinger
-Management functions
-Business elite
-Respect for Packard
-Business Council
-California
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06) Conv. No. 635-15 (cont.)
-Packard's home
-Los Altos
-The President as Vice President
-Leaving office
-Dwight D. Eisenhower
-Advice to Packard
-Comparisons
-Thomas Wolfe
-Laird
-Defense
-Staff
-Praise
-Packard’s role
Defense budget
-Meeting
-Conservatives
-Barry M. Goldwater
-Peter H. Dominick
-John G. Tower
-Figures
-George P. Shultz
-Research and development
-Services
-F-111's
-Fort Worth
-California
-Packard's list
-Kissinger
-Job impact
-Command and control capability
-Airborne Command Posts
-California
-Boeing aircraft
-Impact
-Packard's list
-Letter of resignation
-Copy
-Date
Presentation of Presidential gifts
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06) Conv. No. 635-15 (cont.)
-Money clip
-Cufflinks
An unknown person entered at an unknown time after 12:19 pm.
Money clip
The unknown person left at an unknown time before 12:36 pm.
Money clip
-Presidential seal
-US Secret Service
-Silver compact with Presidential seal
Vietnam
-Prisoners of war [POWs]
-Humanitarian impact
-US position
-Possible bombing
-Troop withdrawal
-Union of Soviet Socialist Republics [USSR]
Packard and Haig left at 12:36 pm.