Conversation: 371-003
Prev: 371-002 Next: 371-004Start Date: 20-Oct-1972 8:25 AM
End Date: 20-Oct-1972 8:40 AM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haig, Alexander M., Jr.;Recording Device: Old Executive Office Building
NARA Description:
On October 20, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 8:25 am to 8:40 am. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 371-003 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 371-3
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. Oct-06)
Date: October 20, 1972
Time: 8:25 am - 8:40 am
Location: Executive Office Building
The President met with Alexander M. Haig, Jr.
Vietnam
-Settlement negotiations
-Message from North Vietnamese
-Prisoners of War [POWs]
-Replacement of military equipment for South Vietnam by US
-US confirmation of acceptance of agreement
-North Vietnamese threat to break off negotiations
-Possible leak of agreement
-Henry A. Kissinger's response
-POWs in Laos, Cambodia
-Le Duc Tho
-Text of an agreement
-Delivery to North Vietnamese in Paris
-Nguyen Van Thieu
-Transfer of US military aircraft
-C-130s, A-34s [?]
-Conversation with Kissinger
-Kissinger's schedule
-Negotiation schedule
-Ceasefire
-Trip to Hanoi, October 24, 1972
-Joint announcement
-Haig's call to H.R. (“Bob”) Haldeman
-October 27, 1972
-Signing ceremony in Paris
-October 31, 1972
-Cease-Fire
-Timing
-October 28, 1972
-Kissinger's previous conversation with Thieu
-Public relations effort
-US peace settlement offer
-Possible coalition government in South Vietnam
-Political liability in US
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. Oct-06)
-George S. McGovern
-Possible briefing on the President's position
-Kissinger
-Ronald L. Ziegler, Haig
-The President’s view
-Thieu’s strategy
-President's possible statement on television
-Newsweek's call to Haig October 19, 1972
-Arnaud De Borchgrave
-Abram Chayes
-Message from North Vietnamese in Paris
-De Borchgrave's conversation with Pham Van Dong
-Political settlement
-Cease-fire
-North Vietnam's intentions
-1972 election
-Kissinger's possible statement
-POWs in Laos, Cambodia
-Troops around [Saigon]
-Status
-McGovern
-Negotiations
-Issue of a coalition government
-William H. Sullivan
-William P. Rogers
-Background
-Kissinger’s efforts
-The President’s May 8, 1972 decision on bombing
Hanoi and mining Haiphong Harbor
-Soviet Union, the People's Republic of China [PRC]
-Message from the Soviet Union
-Kissinger’s schedule
-North Vietnamese message
-Kissinger's possible conversation with Thieu
-Thieu
-US Policy
-Gen. Creighton W. Abrams, Jr.’s possible conversation with
Thieu
-1972 election
-North Vietnamese intentions
-Troops in Cambodia
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. Oct-06)
The President's Schedule
-The President’s forthcoming meeting with Gen. William C. Westmoreland
-Previous meeting with Haig
-Presentation of report
-Assessment of Thieu
-Possible message to Thieu
Haig left at 8:40 am.