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Start Date: 12-Dec-1972 2:20 PM

End Date: 12-Dec-1972 3:17 PM

Participants:

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

Recording Device: Oval Office

820-021.mp3

NARA Description:

On December 12, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 2:20 pm and 3:17 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 820-021 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid:

Conversation No. 820-21

Date: December 12, 1972
Time: Unknown between 2:20 pm and 3:17 pm
Location: Oval Office

The President talked with Alexander M. Haig, Jr.

       Vietnam negotiations
            -Henry A. Kissinger’s message
            -Kissinger’s return from Paris
                  -US bombing of North Vietnam
            -Summary
            -Recess
                  -Timing
            -Haig’s message to Kissinger
                  -US bargaining position
                        -Risks
                        -US military pressure
                  -Instructions for Kissinger
                        -Recess
                               -US interests
                               -The President’s possible actions
                                     -Options
                                           -Settlement agreement
                                           -Political considerations
            -US military action
                  -Delay
                  -Reaction
                        -Soviet Union, People’s Republic of China [PRC]
                        -US
            -Options
                  -Peace
                        -Price
                        -Type
                               -Timing
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                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

                                     Tape Subject Log
                                       (rev. May-08)

                                                            Conversation No. 820-21 (cont’d)

            -Haig’s message to Kissinger
                  -Understandings
                        -Kissinger’s return from Paris
                               -Consultations
                        -Delays
                        -Consultations
                  -Peace
                        -Type
                  -Timing
                        -Kissinger’s message
            -Kissinger’s return from Paris
            -Nguyen Van Thieu
                  -Possible speech by Barry M. Goldwater
            -Instructions for Kissinger
                  -Peace
                        -Type
                        -Timing
                  -North Vietnam’s reneging on previous positions
                        -Kissinger’s return from Paris
                  -US concessions
                  -Understandings
                        -Recess
                               -Interests
                               -Resumption of talks