02 December 2008

Re: Operation Linebacker II, aka "The Christmas bombing" of Hanoi



From Conversation Number: 35-35 | Listen
Date: December 28, 1972
Time: 4:00 pm - 4:15 pm
Location: White House Telephone
Abstract: In this excerpt, President Nixon discussed with his National Security Advisor Henry A. Kissinger the effectiveness of the bombing of the Hanoi and Haiphong areas in North Vietnam that had begun on December 18. They discussed the North Vietnamese decision to return to negotiations for a peace agreement and their options for convincing the South Vietnamese to accept a settlement.


Many more Nixon conversations here.

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