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Start Date: 6-Jun-1972 2:04 PM

End Date: 6-Jun-1972 2:17 PM

Participants:

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

Recording Device: Oval Office

Full Tape Conversation Start Time: 00:25:42

Full Tape Conversation End Time: 00:38:18

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NARA Description:

On June 6, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. met in the Oval Office of the White House from 2:04 pm to 2:17 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 728-005 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid:

Conversation No. 728-5

Date: June 6, 1972
Time: 2:04-2:17 pm
Location: Oval Office

The President met with Alexander M. Haig, Jr.

     Vietnam
          -An Loc
                -Army of the Republic of South Vietnam [ARVN]
                      -Movement
                -21st ARVN Division
                      -Pressure
                -North Vietnamese Army
                      -Troop movement
                            -Cambodian border
          -Kontum
                -North Vietnamese casualties
                -Morale
          -21st ARVN Division
                -Morale
                -James F. Hollingsworth
                -Ambushes
                      -North Vietnamese army
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                 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF

                                 Tape Subject Log
                                  (rev.31-Oct-06)
                                                                 Conv. No. 728-5 (cont.)

      -Hue
      -Quang Tri
           -Marines
      -North Vietnamese action
           -Pre-emptive ARVN action
           -Effects of weather
                 -II Corps and III Corps
      -Problems in North Vietnam
           -Hanoi
                 -Statements
                 -Shortages
                 -Mining
                 -Bombing
      -Bombing in North
           -Photographs of bombing accuracy
           -Tartgets
                 -Bridges
                 -Supply routes
           -Reaction in North
      -Chinese-Soviet Union relations
           -Ports
                 -Soviet Union
      -Bombing in North
           -Central Intelligence Agency [CIA] study
                 -Petroleum, oil, and lubricant [POL] supplies
                 -Destruction of supplies
                       -Adm. Thomas H. Moorer
                       -Bombing
           -CIA estimates on supply
                 -Additional supplies
                 -The President’s view
                       -CIA reports
                             -North Vietnam
                             -1960s Vietnam reports

CIA
      -Personnel changes
           -The President’s view
           -Office of Strategic Services [OSS]
           -Georgetown
      -Components
      -Comparison to State Department
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                     NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF

                                       Tape Subject Log
                                        (rev.31-Oct-06)
                                                           Conv. No. 728-5 (cont.)

          -Lt. Gen. Vernon A. Walters
                -Richard M. Helms announcement of mining
                     -Reaction
                -Personnel list
          -Personnel policies and tenure
                -Possible changes


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               -Walters
                     -Opinion
               -Helms
          -Personnel changes
               -The President’s view
          -Walters
               -Haig’s view
               -Reports
                     -Compared to military reports

    Vietnam developments
         -Staff's views
         -Reporting
               -The President’s view
               -Haig’s view
                     -Anthony Lewis

    CIA
          -Instructions for personnel changes to Walters
                -Policies
                -Possible reassignments
                      -Laos
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                        NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF

                                      Tape Subject Log
                                       (rev.31-Oct-06)
                                                         Conv. No. 728-5 (cont.)


Haig left at 2:17 pm.