Conversation: 354-031
Prev:  354-030 Next: 354-032Start Date: 6-Oct-1972 2:35 PM
End Date: 6-Oct-1972 3:22 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haig, Alexander M., Jr.; Kissinger, Henry A.; [Unknown person(s)]; Recording Device: Old Executive Office Building
NARA Description:
On October 6, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon, Alexander M. Haig, Jr., Henry A. Kissinger, and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:35 pm to 3:22 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 354-031 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 354-31 Date: October 6, 1972 Time: 2:35 pm - 3:22 pm Location: Executive Office Building The President met with Alexander M. Haig, Jr. and Henry A. Kissinger. Greetings George S. McGovern's recent foreign policy speech People's Republic of China [PRC] -William P. Rogers -India, Japan, Soviet Union -Abram J. Chayes and McGovern's advisers Vietnam negotiations -Draft of document -Nguyen Van Thieu -US intentions -Haig Haig's trip to South Vietnam The President talked with an unknown person at an unknown time between 2:35 pm and 3:22 pm. [Conversation No. 354-30A] Charles W. Colson's office -McGovern's comments on PRC [End of telephone conversation] Haig’s visit to South Vietnam -1968 -Committee 17 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Oct-06) -Tripartite membership -Thieu -Discussions with Haig -National Liberation Front [NLF] -Tripartite committee -Thieu’s view -Participants -Committee on National Reconciliation -Proposed government -Thieu -Haig’s view -South Vietnamese bureaucrats -Tripartite Committee -Reaction -Communist proposal -Possible consequences -Implementation of proposal -Thieu’s conversation with Haig -Ellsworth F. Bunker -Haig -Thieu -Bunker’s view -South Vietnamese election -Committee of National Reconciliation -Thieu -Administration proposal -Electoral commission -Administration proposal -North Vietnamese reaction -Pham Van Dong -Thieu’s reaction -Recognition of North Vietnam -South Vietnam -South Korea -Park Chung Hee -US efforts in Vietnam -Military efforts -Public relations -Effect on peace process -Soviet Union -PRC 18 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Oct-06) -Thieu -The President’s view US action in Vietnam -Bombing -Joint Chiefs of Staff [JCS] -South Vietnamese military -Haig’s view -Effect of US peace settlement -Ability -Kissinger’s view -III Corps -Vietnamization -Melvin R. Laird’s view -Air support -McGovern -Thieu -Position -Haig’s view -US peace proposals -Thieu -Election supervision -South Vietnam -Governance of area -Elections -Cease-fire -Cambodia -Laos -North Vietnamese troop withdrawal -Laos, Cambodia -South Vietnam -North Vietnamese reaction -South Vietnam possible agreement -Haig -Political issue -Outcome -North Vietnamese reaction -Effect on US -Bombing -Thieu's possible response -Tripartite Committee 19 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Oct-06) -North Vietnamese troops -Government of National Concord -Possible press reaction -Pitfalls -Collapse of South Vietnam -Kissinger’s view -Need for North Vietnamese concessions McGovern -Statement on the PRC -Asian security -Peking -US recognition -Japan -Economic policy proposal -PRC -Possible effect Vietnam peace proposal -US public opinion -Withdrawal of forces -Cease-fire -Saigon -Kissinger -Haig’s trip to Vietnam -Coalition government -Potential problems -Assessment -Coalition government -US military -South Vietnamese situation -Timing of US withdrawal -Effect of withdrawal -Kissinger’s view -Haig’s view -Possible redeployment of US troops -South Vietnamese relations with the US -The President’s view -Kissinger’s view -US support -Adm. Thomas H. Moorer 20 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Oct-06) -Gen. Creighton W. Abrams, Jr. -The President’s schedule -John H. Holdridge -US ambassadorship -Unknown admiral -Thailand -Thieu -National Committee of Reconstruction -Timing -North Vietnam -Proposals -Coalition government -US public opinion -The President’s position -Settlement -Coalition -Electoral commission -Haig’s view -Communists -Stability -Effect of timing -Possible future developments Le Duc Tho Kissinger’s schedule -Unknown woman -Charles G. (“Bebe”) Rebozo Kissinger and Haig left at 3:22 pm.