Conversation: 371-003
Prev:  371-002 Next: 371-004Start Date: 20-Oct-1972 8:25 AM
End Date: 20-Oct-1972 8:40 AM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haig, Alexander M., Jr.; Recording Device: Old Executive Office Building
NARA Description:
On October 20, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 8:25 am to 8:40 am. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 371-003 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 371-3 2 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Oct-06) Date: October 20, 1972 Time: 8:25 am - 8:40 am Location: Executive Office Building The President met with Alexander M. Haig, Jr. Vietnam -Settlement negotiations -Message from North Vietnamese -Prisoners of War [POWs] -Replacement of military equipment for South Vietnam by US -US confirmation of acceptance of agreement -North Vietnamese threat to break off negotiations -Possible leak of agreement -Henry A. Kissinger's response -POWs in Laos, Cambodia -Le Duc Tho -Text of an agreement -Delivery to North Vietnamese in Paris -Nguyen Van Thieu -Transfer of US military aircraft -C-130s, A-34s [?] -Conversation with Kissinger -Kissinger's schedule -Negotiation schedule -Ceasefire -Trip to Hanoi, October 24, 1972 -Joint announcement -Haig's call to H.R. (“Bob”) Haldeman -October 27, 1972 -Signing ceremony in Paris -October 31, 1972 -Cease-Fire -Timing -October 28, 1972 -Kissinger's previous conversation with Thieu -Public relations effort -US peace settlement offer -Possible coalition government in South Vietnam -Political liability in US 3 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Oct-06) -George S. McGovern -Possible briefing on the President's position -Kissinger -Ronald L. Ziegler, Haig -The President’s view -Thieu’s strategy -President's possible statement on television -Newsweek's call to Haig October 19, 1972 -Arnaud De Borchgrave -Abram Chayes -Message from North Vietnamese in Paris -De Borchgrave's conversation with Pham Van Dong -Political settlement -Cease-fire -North Vietnam's intentions -1972 election -Kissinger's possible statement -POWs in Laos, Cambodia -Troops around [Saigon] -Status -McGovern -Negotiations -Issue of a coalition government -William H. Sullivan -William P. Rogers -Background -Kissinger’s efforts -The President’s May 8, 1972 decision on bombing Hanoi and mining Haiphong Harbor -Soviet Union, the People's Republic of China [PRC] -Message from the Soviet Union -Kissinger’s schedule -North Vietnamese message -Kissinger's possible conversation with Thieu -Thieu -US Policy -Gen. Creighton W. Abrams, Jr.’s possible conversation with Thieu -1972 election -North Vietnamese intentions -Troops in Cambodia 4 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Oct-06) The President's Schedule -The President’s forthcoming meeting with Gen. William C. Westmoreland -Previous meeting with Haig -Presentation of report -Assessment of Thieu -Possible message to Thieu Haig left at 8:40 am.