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Richard Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger on 7 April 1971

Nixon Administration | Series: Fatal Politics

Time: 15:15 | Duration: 1:35

Conversation 246-017 (PRDE Excerpt A)

The President and his National Security Adviser spent much of 7 April 1971, discussing the Vietnam War in anticipation of Nixon’s televised speech that night announcing another partial troop withdrawal. In a brief and unclear exchange about Senate Republicans, Henry A. Kissinger told the President that GOP lawmakers have been in the minority for so many years that they’re acting like the occupant of the White House was a stranger. Kissinger assured the President that Nixon would have a place in ...

Richard Nixon and H. R. “Bob” Haldeman on 7 April 1971

Nixon Administration | Series: Vice President Agnew

Time: 16:30 | Duration: 12:27

Conversation 246-026 (PRDE Excerpt A)

President Nixon and Chief of Staff H. R. “Bob” Haldeman discuss ways to induce Vice President Spiro T. Agnew to resign.

Richard Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger on 7 April 1971

Nixon Administration | Series: Nixon Telephone Tapes: 1971

Time: 21:31 | Duration: 5:58

Conversation 001-010

On 7 April 1971, President Nixon made a televised address from the Oval Office announcing that he would withdraw 100,000 more American soldiers from Vietnam by December of that year.

Richard Nixon and William F. “Billy” Graham Jr. on 7 April 1971

Nixon Administration | Series: Nixon Telephone Tapes: 1971

Time: 21:52 | Duration: 3:06

Conversation 001-014

Rev. William F. “Billy” Graham Jr. praises President Nixon’s televised address on Vietnam and tells him that he will blame the war on President John Kennedy in an upcoming op-ed for the New York Times.

Richard Nixon and Spiro T. Agnew on 7 April 1971

Nixon Administration | Series: Nixon Telephone Tapes: 1971

Time: 21:56 | Duration: 4:18

Conversation 001-015

Vice President Spiro T. “Ted” Agnew called to praise President Nixon’s televised address of 7 April 1971, which announced the withdrawal of another 100,000 American soldiers from Vietnam by the end of the year.

Richard Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger on 7 April 1971

Nixon Administration | Series: Nixon Telephone Tapes: 1971

Time: 22:21 | Duration: 5:29

Conversation 001-021

After giving a televised speech, President Nixon typically spent the rest of the evening on the phone with aides and friends, who reported their own and others’ reactions to his performance. In this conversation, National Security Adviser Henry A. Kissinger conveys what he’s seen and heard in response to the President’s 7 April 1971 speech on Vietnam.

Richard Nixon and Robert C. Byrd Jr. on 7 April 1971

Nixon Administration | Series: Nixon Telephone Tapes: 1971

Time: 23:33 | Duration: 2:25

Conversation 001-046

Many of President Nixon’s key congressional supporters of the Vietnam War were Democrats. Sen. Robert C. Byrd Jr. [D–West Virginia] was particularly important because his role as majority whip made him part of the Senate Democratic leadership. Here, President Nixon thanks Byrd for commenting favorably in the press about his 7 April 1971 Oval Office speech announcing a partial troop withdrawal from Vietnam.

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Created with Highcharts 4.1.4SpeakerAgnew, Spiro T. “Ted”Byrd, Robert C. Jr.Graham, William F. “Billy” Jr.Haldeman, H. R. “Bob”Kissinger, Henry A.Nixon, Richard M.
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Created with Highcharts 4.1.4ResultsSeriesFatal PoliticsNixon Telephone Tapes:1971Nixon Telephone Tapes: 1971Vice President Agnew010
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Created with Highcharts 4.1.4ResultsPlaceExecutive Office BuildingWhite House Telephone010
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