Conversation: 151-003
Prev: 151-002 Next: 151-004Start Date: 21-Oct-1972 5:39 PM
End Date: 21-Oct-1972 5:47 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haig, Alexander M., Jr.;Recording Device: Camp David Study Table
NARA Description:
On October 21, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. talked on the telephone at Camp David from 5:39 pm to 5:47 pm. The Camp David Study Table taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 151-003 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 151-3
Date: October 21, 1972
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. Oct-06)
Time: 5:39 pm - 5:47 pm
Location: Camp David Study Table
The President talked with Alexander M. Haig, Jr.
[See Conversation No. 223-11]
Vietnam negotiations
-Current proposals
-Henry A. Kissinger’s role
-Gen. Creighton W. Abrams, Jr.’s view
-Haig’s view
-Nguyen Van Thieu’s response
-Haig’s view
-Forthcoming meeting with Kissinger
-Previous meeting with Abrams
-Cambodia, Laos assurances
-The President’s message for Kissinger
-Thieu
-Delivery
-Thieu’s possible response
-Possible risks for US support
-Possible delay
-Public perception
-Thieu
-Possible reaction
-Thieu’s cooperation with Democratic Republic of Vietnam [DRV]
[North Vietnam]
-US reaction
-Possible US bilateral agreement with North Vietnam
-Public disclosure
-Instructions to Kissinger
-US reaction
-The President’s view
-Public disclosure
-Thieu’s future
-Thieu’s demands
-Removal of North Vietnamese troops from South Vietnam
-Tripartite government
-Possible reaction
-Public disclosure
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. Oct-06)
-US reaction
-Kissinger's instructions
-The President’s view
-Timing of settlement
-1972 election
-North Vietnam, Soviet Union
-Kissinger
-The President’s message