Nixon White House Tapes — Conversation 780-001
Date: Friday, September 15, 1972 at 11:43 PM
Participants: Nixon, Richard M. (President); Kissinger, Henry A.; Haig, Alexander M., Jr.
Recording device: Oval Office
Source: https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/780-001

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[0:40] He said, why do you think we would object to it?
[0:42] Of course, make the announcement.
[0:45] So this set the mood.
[0:47] Then I presented our proposal.
[0:50] But then he said, then I told him I had to go to Pompidou.
[0:54] He said, well, if we don't finish, maybe we can meet tomorrow.
[0:57] I had said it first, all right, we'll meet tomorrow.
[1:43] made one of that.
[5:24] say he's bringing us along, but if
[6:11] And that one word that he said,
[7:12] They are in a panic.
[7:13] They would like to settle.
[7:14] They don't know how to do it.
[7:16] They keep making moves.
[7:18] For them, they have made huge concessions.
[7:21] Considering where they started, that in three months they have moved from disbanding everything in South Vietnam to keeping Saigon in charge of the area of control, that's an unbelievable move for them.
[7:35] That's not enough.
[7:38] That's right.
[7:39] That's right.
[9:21] whenever.
[10:45] I'll be 25.
[13:49] and
[14:23] They're coming over here, really.
[14:24] The maritime agreement, they have to come over for some people.
[14:29] Same on ,, which is the lawyer's job.
[14:34] But that's done.
[14:35] That maritime agreement we'll have to announce next week.
[14:39] We can't hold that, because we needed to get the train loaded.
[14:45] The train agreement is practically, it's 99% done.
[14:48] What do you want to go over, right?
[17:23] Well, that's the idea, you see, that you're giving U.S. more assets to get them to turn off when it's been a failure.
[17:58] which made it up.