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Conversation: 371-013

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Start Date: 20-Oct-1972 10:56 AM

End Date: 20-Oct-1972 11:10 AM

Participants:

Nixon, Richard M. (President)Haig, Alexander M., Jr.

Recording Device: Old Executive Office Building

371-013.mp3

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 10:56 am to 11:10 am. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 371-013 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid:

Conversation No. 371-13

Date: October 20, 1972
Time: 10:56 am - 11:10 am
Location: Executive Office Building

The President met with Alexander M. Haig, Jr.
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             NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF

                            Tape Subject Log
                              (rev. Oct-06)


Vietnam
    -Peace settlement negotiations
        -Henry A. Kissinger's talk with Thieu
        -Gen. William C. Westmoreland's Views
             -The President's previous conversation with Westmoreland
             -Private understanding
             -South Vietnamese sovereignty
             -North Vietnamese intentions
             -Settlement predictions
             -Westmoreland's Views
        -The President's letter
        -South Vietnamese Security Council
        -Thieu's possible reaction
             -Westmoreland's views
             -Haig’s view
                  -Kissinger’s pressure on Thieu
                      -Timing compared with 1972 election
                           -Risks
                  -Haig's conversation with Kissinger
                      -1972 election
                      -Thieu
        -The President’s forthcoming message to Kissinger
             -1972 Election
                  -Timing of settlement
                      -Kissinger
                           -The President’s view
        -Possible settlement
             -Thieu’s possible acceptance
                  -Gen. Creighton W. Abrams's view
                  -Haig’s view
        -The President’s forthcoming message to Kissinger
             -Prevention of Communist takeover of South Vietnam’s territory
             -Thieu’s role
             -Risk of North Vietnamese public release
                  -US Response
                      -Thieu
        -Kissinger's previous message
             -Haig's reaction
        -The President's schedule
             -Haig’s updates for the President
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                         NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF

                                       Tape Subject Log
                                         (rev. Oct-06)

                           -The President’s instructions

Haig left at 11:10 am.