Conversation: 371-009
Prev:  371-008 Next: 371-010Start Date: 20-Oct-1972 10:04 AM
End Date: 20-Oct-1972 10:35 AM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haig, Alexander M., Jr.; Westmoreland, William (Gen.); Recording Device: Old Executive Office Building
NARA Description:
On October 20, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon, Alexander M. Haig, Jr., and Gen. William Westmoreland met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 10:04 am to 10:35 am. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 371-009 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 371-9 10 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Oct-06) Date: October 20, 1972 Time: 10:04 am - 10:35 am Location: Executive Office Building The President met with Alexander M. Haig, Jr. and Gen. William C. Westmoreland. Vietnam -Peace settlement negotiations -Haig's previous conversation with Westmoreland -Message from Henry A. Kissinger -Gen. Nguyen Van Thieu's concerns -North Vietnamese forces in South Vietnam -Possible cease-fire violations -Tripartite committee -Coalition government -Political aspects -The President's conversation with Gen. Creighton W. Abrams, Jr. -National Council of National Reconciliation and Concord -US public support -Thieu -Prisoners of War [POWs] -Military Dispositions -Timing -Cease-fire -A-5’s -Soviet Union -Thieu -The People's Republic of China [PRC] -May 8, 1972 bombing of Hanoi and mining of Haiphong Harbor -Analysis of conditions -Thieu -Cease-fire -Possible publicizing of settlement terms -1972 Election -Westmoreland’s view -Military situation -POWs -Political problems for South Vietnam -Sovereignty -Thieu 11 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Oct-06) -Withdrawal of North Vietnamese forces -Sovereignty of South Vietnam -Vietcong -Provisions of agreement -Thieu -Military realities -Saigon -Vietcong -Vietnamization -South Vietnamese Air Force -Thieu’s intentions -Westmorland’s suspicions -Sovereignty of South Vietnam -Possible secret agreement -Possible bombing resumption -South Vietnamese Air Force -Withdrawal of North Vietnamese forces -North Vietnamese POWs -Bombing -Additional military aid -Withdrawal of military forces -Sovereignty of South Vietnam -US position -Political realities -1972 election -Timing -Control mechanisms of agreement -The President’s view -Cambodia, Laos -Cambodia -US pressure on Lon Nol -Possible Military Action -The President’s view -Laos -Negotiations -South Vietnamese morale -Thieu's Relations with US -Thieu -The President’s view -Ngo Dinh Diem -South Vietnamese political stability 12 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Oct-06) -Negotiations -North Vietnamese message -US Response Westmoreland's forthcoming speech in Dallas -Possible meeting with Lyndon B. Johnson -The President’s view Westmoreland and Haig left at 10:35 am.