Conversation: 571-008
Prev:  571-007 Next: 571-009Start Date: 11-Sep-1971 4:18 PM
End Date: 11-Sep-1971 4:36 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haig, Alexander M., Jr.; Recording Device: Oval Office
Full Tape Conversation Start Time: 02:15:20
Full Tape Conversation End Time: 02:32:50
NARA Description:
On September 11, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. met in the Oval Office of the White House from 4:18 pm to 4:36 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 571-008 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 571-8 Date: September 13, 1971 Time: 4:18 pm - 4:36 pm Location: Oval Office The President met with Alexander M. Haig, Jr. Negotiations -Henry A. Kissinger -Vietnam War settlement -People's Republic of China [PRC] -Date of announcement 34 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) -Dates for the President's visit -Kissinger's visit -Public announcement -Date -Chinese -Vietnam -North Vietnamese -Cambodia -Laos -Strategy towards the US -Negotiated settlements -Status on negotiations -Moratorium -Norodom Sihanouk -Nguyen Van Thieu -Election -Effect of PRC trip announcement -Political situation in Saigon - Position on Thieu -George S. McGovern's trip to Paris -Kissinger -Hanoi -Soviet Union -PRC situation -Status of Vietnam War -US public opinion -US withdrawal -Prisoner of War [POW] wives event -POWs -Release -Laos, Cambodia, South Vietnam -Possible events -Vietnamization -US withdrawal -1972 Elections -Hanoi -Bombing -Laos -Cambodia -Security situation -North Vietnamese 35 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) Conv. No. 571-8 (cont.) -Saigon -Psychology -Political situation in Saigon -Possible outcome -Needs -Stability -Administration's action -POWs -Announcements -End of combat -Troop withdrawal -Kissinger’s rationale -North Vietnam's demands -Paris negotiations -POWs -Soviet Union -Hanoi -Provision of agreement -Pressure from Soviet Union -North Vietnamese demands -Thieu -South Vietnam -Elections -US role -The President’s November 3, 1969 speech -Cambodia -Laos -Support for the war in the US -The President's speeches -Public reaction -US withdrawal -Stability -Effects -Casualties -Numbers -US Army -Morale -Discipline -Laos participation -Effect on US military forces -Military actions 36 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) Conv. No. 571-8 (cont.) -I and II Corps areas -Effect -Da Nang shelling -Civilian casualties -PRC reaction -Haig’s view The PRC -Floods -Devastation Kissinger's schedule -Return -Time Haig's report -Kissinger -Optimism in negotiations -Need for caution -The President's previous experiences -Nikita S. Khrushchev -PRC -Soviet Union Accidental War Agreement -Newspaper story -Tad Szulc -Soviet Union -Reporter covering the State Department -London Observer -Newsday -Washington Post -White House -Washington Post's call to the State Department -State Department's call to Haig -Release of story -Szulc -State Department, Arms Control and Disarmament Agency [ACDA] -Haig's call to State Department -Leak -North Atlantic Treaty Organization [NATO] 37 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) Conv. No. 571-8 (cont.) -Szulc -Soviet response -Agreement -US role -Defense budget -Draft Haig left at 4:36 pm.