Conversation: 371-019
Prev:  371-018 Next: 371-020Start Date: 23-Oct-1972 8:34 AM
End Date: 23-Oct-1972 9:17 AM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haig, Alexander M., Jr.; Recording Device: Old Executive Office Building
NARA Description:
On October 23, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 8:34 am to 9:17 am. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 371-019 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 371-19 Date: October 23, 1972 Time: 8:34 am - 9:17 am Location: Executive Office Building The President met with Alexander M. Haig, Jr. File of messages between Henry A. Kissinger and the White House -The President’s request -The President’s schedule -Nassau Vietnam -Peace settlement negotiations -Haig's conversation with Anatoliy F. Dobrynin, October 22, 1972 -Possible additional changes -Kissinger's Message -Kissinger’s relations with Haig -Haig’s conversation with the President -Possible bombing halt and reduction of bombing -The President's telephone call to William P. Rogers, October 22, 1972 -1972 election -Importance for US Foreign Policy -Soviet Union, the People's Republic China [PRC] -Survival of South Vietnam -Prospects -The President’s view -PRC -South Korea 20 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Oct-06) -Taiwan, Republic of China -Japan, Indonesia, Thailand -1972 Election -Appearance of influence -Possible dumping [of Thieu] -Kissinger’s views and efforts -The President's Visit to Soviet Union May 1972 -Roger’s comments -The President’s schedule, October 24, 1972 -Photograph session -Kissinger's conversation with Thieu -Kissinger’s possible trip to Hanoi -Haig's conversation with Dobrynin -Possible Paris meeting -Le Duc Tho - Pressure on Thieu -The President's conversation with Rogers - Thieu’s role -Roger’s previous conversation with Haig -U. Alexis Johnson -William H. Sullivan -Roger’s view -PRC -US Casualties -The President’s view -Communist domination of Eastern Europe after World War II -Gen. William C. Westmoreland's view -Military's view -Peace settlement negotiations -Changes in possible settlement -Thieu -North Vietnamese forces in South Vietnam -Possible US announcement of bilateral agreement with North Vietnam -Kissinger -Thieu -Public pressure -1972 Election -Thieu’s leverage -Kissinger’s view -The President’s view 21 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Oct-06) -Terms -Withdrawal if US forces -Stopping of US bombing, mining -Prisoners of war [POWs] -North Vietnamese withdrawal from Cambodia and Laos -US aid to South Vietnam -Soviet Union aid to North Vietnam -Duration of War -January 1, 1973 -Views of American People -Thieu -Thieu’s role -Haig's conversation with Dobrynin -Newspaper headlines -Thieu’s distrust of Kissinger and communists -Communist strategy -Cease-fire -Document capture -Post-1972 election -Possible ultimatum to Thieu by the President -Kissinger -Cease-fire -Kissinger -Possible presentation of fait accompli -Haig's conversation with Dobrynin -North Vietnamese actions -Public relations -Negotiation record -The President’s request -Kissinger conversation with Thieu -U.S. Military Policy -May 8, 1972 decision to bomb Hanoi and mine Haiphong Harbor -The President's conversation with Kissinger -The President's visit to Soviet Union, May 1972 -Possible cancellation of Soviet summit -John B. Connally's previous views -North Vietnamese Spring 1972 offensive -The President’s view -Kissinger’s view -Views of Central Intelligence Agency [CIA], National Security Council [NSC] 22 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Oct-06) -Kissinger's Views -John Negroponte’s views -Winston Lord's view -Kissinger's views -Cambodia -Compared with the President, Connally -PRC. Soviet Union policy -Bombing and mining -effect on negotiations -Adm. Thomas H. Moorer's views -CIA's views -Effect on North Vietnam -News stories -Views of the American people -Connally's view -The President's conversation with H.R. (“Bob”) Haldeman -PRC, Soviet Union Kissinger -The President’s view -Associates Vietnam -Peace settlement negotiations -The President's forthcoming meeting With Rogers -Haig’s possible conversation with Kissinger -State Department Bureaucracy -Leaks -The President’s view -State Department -Hanoi -Kissinger's Views -State Department -Secrecy -Marvin L. Kalb -Rogers -Melvin R. Laird -The President's conversation with Rogers October 22, 1972 -Korean concerns -Thieu -Park Chung Hee 23 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Oct-06) -Fear of US abandonment -Cease-fire -Psychological importance -Thieu -Victory -Haig's conversation with Kissinger -Timing -North Vietnamese troops in South Vietnam -Thieu’s cooperation -Settlement conditions -North Vietnamese position -1972 election -Polls -Possible release of settlement offer -Haig's conversation with Dobrynin October 22, 1972 -McGovern’s campaign -Thieu’s future -Haig's conversation with Charles W. Colson -The President’s schedule, October 22, 1972 -Announcement -Rogers -Timing -Laird -Prisoners of war [POWs] -North Vietnamese intentions -Possible US bombing halt -Assistance to South Vietnam -The President’s instructions -20th parallel -North Vietnam -Gen. John D. Lavelle -Protective reaction -The President's orders to Laird -Falsification of records -Targets -Surface to air missiles [SAMs] -Falsification of records -The President’s instructions -POWs -Mining and Bombing -Cambodia, Laos 24 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Oct-06) -POWs -Cease-fire -Peace settlement negotiations -Control of territory provisions -Thieu -Communist representation in South Vietnamese National Assembly -Compared to France, Italy -Thieu -Possible meeting with the President -Timing compared with 1972 election -Congress -Funding Football game -Washington Redskins -White House television capability -Comparison with Dallas Cowboys -Larry Brown Haig left at 9:17 am.