Conversation: 788-001
Prev: 787-017 Next: 788-002Start Date: 29-Sep-1972 9:45 AM
End Date: 29-Sep-1972 10:45 AM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob"); Kissinger, Henry A.; Bull, Stephen B.; Schumann, Maurice; Kosciusko-Morizet, Jacques; White House photographer;Recording Device: Oval Office
NARA Description:
On September 29, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Henry A. Kissinger, Stephen B. Bull, Maurice Schumann, Jacques Kosciusko-Morizet, and White House photographer met in the Oval Office of the White House from 9:45 am to 10:45 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 788-001 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 788-1
Date: September 29, 1972
Time: 9:45 am - 10:45 am
Location: Oval Office
The President met with H.R. (“Bob”) Haldeman.
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Watergate
-Washington Post report
-Possible sources
-John N. Mitchell
-Bernard L. Barker
-Possible sources
-Methods
-John P. Roche column
-Barry M. Goldwater
-Speech
-The President's campaign airplane in 1968
-Federal Bureau of Investigation [FBI]
-Lyndon B. Johnson
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Tape Subject Log
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Vietnam
-The President’s meeting with Henry A. Kissinger and
Alexander M. Haig, Jr.
-Post-election efforts to bring war to a conclusion
-Implications
-The President’s view
-Kissinger
-Escalation
-International repercussions
-Possible escalation
-Haldeman’s view
-The President’s view
-The People’s Republic of China [PRC]
-Soviet Union
-Effects on relations with other countries
-Nguyen Van Thieu
-Possible settlement
Kissinger and Stephen B. Bull entered at 10:00 am.
The President’s schedule
-Maurice Schumann
Bull left at an unknown time before 10:04 am.
Vietnam
-Possible settlement
-Thieu
-Haig
-Post-election plans
-End the war strategy
-1972 Presidential election importance
-Effect of options on elections
-The President’s view
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. Nov-03)
-George S. McGovern stand
-World position of the US
-Statement of principles
-Implication for election
-Kissinger’s view
-Prisoners of War [POW] release
-Cease-fire
-Coalition government
-Continuation of Government of Vietnam [GVN]
-Thieu
-Resignation
-Commission of National Reconciliation
-Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty [SALT]
-Thieu’s possible action
-Effect on Asian governments
-Philippines
-Indonesia
-Consequence of agreement
-Resignation of Thieu
-Technical issues
-Cease-fire
-American disengagement
-Return of POWs
-Thieu
-North Vietnamese
Haldeman left at 10:04 am.
The President’s schedule
-Forthcoming meeting with Schumann
-Jacques Kosciusko-Morizet
-Georges J.R. Pompidou
-US-French relations
-Mutual and Balanced Force Reductions [MBFR]
The President left at 10:05 am.
The President entered at 10:05 am.
1972 Presidential election
-The President’s meeting with Kissinger and Haig on Vietnam
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Tape Subject Log
(rev. Nov-03)
-POWs
-McGovern
-Uniforms
-Edward K. Elins
Maurice Schumann, Kosciusko-Morizet, Bull, the White House photographer and members of
the press entered at 10:06 am.
Greetings
-The President’s schedule
-California trip
-Bill signing
[Photograph session]
-Seating arrangements
The White House photographer and members of the press left at an unknown time before 10:45
am.
Oval Office
-Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon
-Effect of décor on television filming
US-French relations
-The President’s view
-Pompidou
-Kissinger’s talks with North Vietnamese in Paris
-French government
-Direction of relationship
-Channel of communication
-Possible meeting with Pompidou
-Timing
-The President’s previous meeting
-Azores
-Monetary discussion
The President’s schedule
-Previous trip to Peking
-Previous trip to Moscow
-1972 campaign trips
-Focus on Europe in 1973
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. Nov-03)
-Kissinger
-Atlantic community
US-foreign policy
-US-Soviet Union talks
-Effect on US-European relationship
-Soviet Union
-PRC
French policy
-Mao Tse-Tung
-Lin Piao
-Views on relationship with West
-French-North Vietnamese relations
-Communications
-US-North Vietnamese talks
US foreign policy
-The President’s previous trip to California
-The President’s briefing by Kissinger
-[Sequoia]
Paris Peace Talks and Vietnam War
-Soviet Union
-Status of North Vietnamese forces
-Laos
-Cambodia
-South Vietnam
-Political issues
-North Vietnam
-Thieu
-Guarantees
-Haig’s forthcoming trip to Saigon
-Ellsworth F. Bunker
-Thieu
-Kissinger’s schedule
-Next meeting with North Vietnamese
-French cooperation
-Importance
-North Vietnamese
-Kissinger’s view
-Political decisions
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. Nov-03)
-Nature of negotiations
-US approach to negotiations
-North Vietnamese approach to negotiations
-Thieu’s position
-Forthcoming US Presidential election
-US negotiating position
-North Vietnam
-War as an issue
-Settlement
-Transition after the election
-The President’s schedule
-Cabinet
-Government changes
-State of the Union address
-Budget
-Interests
-Nature
-Provisions of agreement
-Policy considerations
-US entry in Vietnam
-1954 Geneva Accords
-Hanoi, Peking
-Importance of details
-Kissinger’s view
-Thieu’s role
-North Vietnam
-Kissinger’s schedule
-Paris Peace Talks
-1972 Presidential election
-Possible speech in San Francisco
-The President’s previous conversation with
David Packard
-US-North Vietnamese interests
-North Vietnam
-Need for an advisor
-Soviet Union’s role
-Chou En-Lai
-Soviet Union
-Schumann’s previous conversations with Andrei A. Gromyko
-French impression
-North Vietnamese desire for settlement
-Possible bombing halt
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Tape Subject Log
(rev. Nov-03)
-1968
-US policy
-Possible bombing halt
-The President’s view
-Compared to bombing halt of 1968
-Reactions
-Progress in negotiations
-The President’s policy
-Total agreement
-Public announcement
-Next meeting
-Traffic lawyer analogy
US-French monetary policy
-US-French relations
-Pompidou
-Meeting with the President
-Monetary Policies
-Valery Giscard D’Estaing
-The President’s view
-George P. Shultz
-Previous meetings in Azores
-The President’s previous statement
-Pompidou
-Total convertibility
-Floating currency
-US policy
-Shultz
-The President’s view
-Post-election schedule
-Possible meeting with Giscard D’Estaing
-The President’s view
-French
-British
-Germans
-Italians
-Differences on issues
-Importance of understanding
-Shultz
-Germany
-Great Britain
-Japan
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. Nov-03)
-US policy
-France
-Azores
-Possible meeting with Pompidou
-Shultz
-Giscard D'Estaing
-Pompidou’s position
-Schumann’s view
Koscinski-Morizet’s schedule
-Shultz
-Monetary policy speech
-Meeting with Peter Flanagan
-Peter G. Peterson
-Giscard D'Estaing
Paris Peace Talks and Vietnam
-Possible briefing by Kissinger
-Timing
-Negotiating assistance
-France
-PRC
-Settlement
-North Vietnamese negotiating techniques
-Soviet Union
-PRC
-Kissinger’s view
-Effect on negotiations
-Position of the North Vietnamese
-Possible settlement
-Timing
-The President’s view
-1972 Presidential election
-Allies
-Election importance
-The president’s view
-Bombing halt in 1968
-Hubert H. Humphrey
-The President’s policies for second term
-Relationships with other countries
-PRC
-Soviet Union
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Tape Subject Log
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-Rest of the world
-Focus
-Importance of Vietnam
-Indonesia
-Thailand
-Effect of war on foreign policy
-Effect of the President’s policies in first term
-Previous trip to PRC
-Previous trip to Soviet Union
-The President’s view
-US policies
-Europe
-Soviet union
-PRC
-Settlement
-The President’s view
-Kissinger’s view
Presentation of Presidential gifts
-Cuff links
Schumann, et al. left at 10:45 am.