Conversation No. 17-134

Date: January 1, 1972
Time: 3:56 pm - 4:03 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with Henry A. Kissinger.

[See Conversation No. 311-26]

     Prisoners of War [POW's]
          -Statement
                -US peace offer
                -2 people released by People’s Republic of China [PRC]
                -US working on release
                      -Working continuously
                -Prisoners released for US withdrawal
                -Kissinger's talks around the US
                      -Assurances
                -Audience reaction to President's interview with Dan Rather
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                      -Style compared to substance of President's remarks
                            -Lack of understanding from American public
                            -Possible remarks from the President
                      -Press conference
                            -Need for a substantive answer
          -President's interview with Rather
                -Toughness of Rather's questions on POWs
                      -Democrats
                -Deadline for POWs' release
                -North Vietnamese
                      -US POWs
                      -Deadline for US withdrawal

     Draftees
          -Announcement on
              -Kissinger researching
              -Leaks