Conversation: 798-011
Prev:  798-010 Next: 798-012Start Date: 14-Oct-1972 11:01 AM
End Date: 14-Oct-1972 11:17 AM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Kissinger, Henry A.; Recording Device: Oval Office
NARA Description:
On October 14, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:01 am and 11:17 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 798-011 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 798-11 Date: October 14, 1972 Time: Unknown between 11:01 am and 11:17 am Location: Oval Office The President met with Henry A. Kissinger. Vietnam negotiations -Agreement -Public statements -Effect on Saigon -Possible television appearance by the President -Nygyen Van Thieu -Settlement provisions -Vietnam -Recognition of independence -Cease-fire -US -Mine removal -Views of agreement -William H. Sullivan -Melvin R. Laird -Comment to aide at the Pentagon -Robert LaFollette -Withdrawals -Timeframe -US advisors, military attaches, civilian personnel -US bases -Vietnam -Laos, Cambodia -Military aid -Replacements -North Vietnam -Prisoners of War [POWs] -Christmas -Missing in Action [MIAs] -Prisoners held by South Vietnam -Thieu -Length of time for potential settlement 22 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Nov-03) -South Vietnam -Self-Determination -National Council of National Reconciliation and Concord -Functions -Consultations -Coalition government -Thieu -[Committee of National Reconciliation] [NCR] -Thieu -National Liberation Front [NLF] -Provisional Revolutionary Government [PRG] -Recognition -Meeting with the President -Midway Island, Hawaii, Asia -Timing after the election -Kissinger’s possible trip to Hanoi -San Clemente Timing of meeting -Reunification -International Commission of Control and Supervision [ICSS] -North Vietnamese -Motives -Bombing, mining -Alexander M. Haig, Jr. -People’s Republic of China [PRC] -Soviet Union -PRC supplies -Bombing -Troops in South Vietnam -Le Duc Tho -Previous conversation with Kissinger -Haig -NLF -Views -Demobilization -Haig -Message -Armistice compared to permanent peace -Moscow The President's schedule -Soviet official [Timofey B. Guzhenko] 23 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Nov-03) -Peter G. Peterson -Peter M. Flanigan -US-Soviet Union maritime agreement Kissinger left at 11:17 am.