Conversation: 385-021
Prev: 385-020 Next: 385-022Start Date: 11-Dec-1972 5:42 PM
End Date: 11-Dec-1972 7:10 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haig, Alexander M., Jr.;Recording Device: Old Executive Office Building
NARA Description:
On December 11, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 5:42 pm and 7:10 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 385-021 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 385-21
Date: December 11, 1972
Time: Unknown between 5:42 pm and 7:10 pm
Location: Executive Office Building
The President talked with Alexander M. Haig, Jr.
Vietnam War
-Military operations
-Reseeding of mines
-Timing
-Negotiations
-Tactics
-Tone
-Recess
-Consultations
-US bombing
-18th, 19th and 20th Parallels
-Effect
-Surface to air missiles [SAMs]
-B-52s
-Frequency of attacks
-The President’s conversation with Adm. Thomas H.
Moorer
-Hearing by North Vietnamese
-Hitting targets