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 2 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 3 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