Conversation: 044-102
Prev:  044-101 Next: 044-103Start Date: 30-Mar-1973 1:09 PM
End Date: 30-Mar-1973 1:22 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haig, Alexander M., Jr.; Recording Device: White House Telephone
NARA Description:
On March 30, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:09 pm and 1:22 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 044-102 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 44-102 Date: March 30, 1973 Time: 1:09 pm-1:22 pm -73- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. Mar.-09) Conversation No. 44-102 (cont’d) Location: White House Telephone The President talked with Alexander M. Haig, Jr. [See also Conversation No. 890-30] President’s schedule -Trip to California Vietnam -Henry A. Kissinger’s memorandum on North Vietnam’s build-up -Cambodia -Bombing of Ho Chi Minh trail -Timing -Laos -Public opinion -Haig’s concern -Cambodia -Intelligence reports -South Vietnam -Incident rate -Violations of agreement -Laos, South Vietnam, Cambodia -Infiltration -Incidents -Investigations -Cambodia -Crisis mentality -Bombing -Cambodia -Impact -Panhandle area of South Vietnam -Warnings to North Vietnam -President’s March 29 speech -Violations of agreement -Congressional support -Cambodia -Air operations -74- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. Mar.-09) Conversation No. 44-102 (cont’d) -Laos -Prisoners of war [POWs] -Need for time -Collapse of agreement -Soviet Union -Amount of influence -Kissinger’s Washington Special Actions Group [WASG] -Study -Cambodia -Haig’s study visit -Lon Nol’s removal -Congressional relations -Aid to North Vietnam -Conditions -POWs -Television [TV] interviews -Popular reaction -Violations of agreement -Gen. Creighton W. Abram’s evaluation -Vietnamization -South Vietnam’s capabilities -Kissinger’s memorandum -Communist offensive in April ****************************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 [National security] [Duration: 3s] INTELLIGENCE END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 ****************************************************************************** -Nguyen Van Thieu -Expectations of US support -75- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. Mar.-09) Conversation No. 44-102 (cont’d) -US troop deployment -Bombing -South Vietnam’s military response -Khe Sanh -Military Region III -Cambodia -Government -US advisors -Communist victory