Conversation: 793-006
Prev:  793-005 Next: 793-007Start Date: 6-Oct-1972 9:06 AM
End Date: 6-Oct-1972 9:28 AM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Kissinger, Henry A.; Bull, Stephen B.; [Unknown person(s)]; Recording Device: Oval Office
NARA Description:
On October 6, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, Stephen B. Bull, and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House from 9:06 am to 9:28 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 793-006 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 793-6 Date: October 6, 1972 Time: 9:30 am - 10:03 am Location: Oval Office The President met with Henry A. Kissinger. Alexander M. Haig, Jr.'s schedule -Testimony -Timing -The President's schedule -Kissinger's schedule -Nguyen Van Thieu 6 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Nov-03) -The President's schedule Kissinger's variants of proposals -Individual points Stephen B. Bull entered at an unknown time after 9:30 am. The President's schedule -Haig -Kissinger -Executive Office Building office [EOB] Bull left at an unknown time before 10:03 am. The President's schedule The President's October 5, 1972, press conference -Vietnam Vietnam negotiations -South Vietnam -Haig’s transcript An unknown person entered at an unknown time after 9:30 am. Instruction An unknown person left at an unknown time before 10:03 am. Vietnam -Haig’s transcript -Thieu -Morality -Thieu -South Vietnamese -Burundi -New York Times -Unknown person from the Department of State -American People -North Vietnam -Soviet Union -People's Republic of China [PRC] 7 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Nov-03) -France -VIP planes -Peking -Moscow -Hanoi -Anatoliy F. Dobrynin -Le Duc Tho Message -Thieu -Chance of settlement -US terms -US terms -Possible consequence -Future -Military action -Effectiveness -North Vietnam -South Vietnamese military -Haig -Prisoners of war [POWs] -Withdrawal -Offer -1972 election -Timing of settlement -South Vietnamese -Responsibility for settlement -Settlement -The President's political fortune -Winston S. Churchill -Comparisons -Timing -1972 election -Thieu -Security guarantees -Saigon -Ellsworth F. Bunker -Effect on people -Churchill -George S. McGovern -Harry S. Truman -Josef V. Stalin -Domestic support 8 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Nov-03) Public perception of the President's administration -Work ethic -Busing -Samuel Lubell ***************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2 [Personal returnable] [Duration: 2m 20s ] END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2 ***************************************************************** McGovern's foreign policy speech in Cleveland, October 5, 1972 -The President as an isolationist -Foreign allies -Restoring confidence -Credibility of comments -Randolph Churchill -Support for the President -Winston Churchill Randolph Churchill, II -Possible meeting with the President -Clark MacGregor -Quoting Vietnam settlement -1972 election -Cease-fire -Bombing -Thieu -Reassurance -Soviets -Chinese -North Vietnamese 9 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Nov-03) -1968 election -American people -Thieu -Forthcoming meetings -Political issues -Security issues -Saigon -Paris -[POWs] -Possible movement -Thieu -Haig Manolo Sanchez entered at an unknown time after 9:30 am. Refreshments Sanchez left at an unknown time before 10:03 am. Vietnam settlement -Forthcoming meetings -Thieu -Saigon -Paris -Bunker -Thieu -New elections -Security issues -International control -Infiltration routes -Cease-fire -Laos and Cambodia -North Vietnamese withdrawal -Laos and Cambodia -South Vietnam -Commitment -Comparison with Gen. Charles A.J.M. de Gaulle -Algeria -Fedayeen -De Gaulle’s legacy -Timing -The President's inauguration 10 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Nov-03) -Importance -The President’s view -Communism in South Vietnam -Outcome after the war -Enemies -Allies -Historical process in Vietnam -Pace -Retirements, exile, coup, assassination -Thieu -Influence of possible events -North Vietnamese situation at the present time -Central Intelligence Agency [CIA] -Mining -Bombing -South Vietnamese -Casualties -South Vietnam -Survival -Thailand -North Vietnam -US -US -Appearance -Influence with Soviet Union and PRC -Department of Defense -Military action -Mining -Laos -Bombing -South Vietnam -The President’s recent press conference -Time, Newsweek, New York Times, Washington Post, Television [TV] networks -Dinner -Pamela Digby Churchill Heyward Harriman -W[illiam] Averell Harriman -Randolph Churchill -Winston S. Churchill -TV coverage -Relationship to international objectives -Soviet Union 11 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Nov-03) -PRC -Japanese -Europeans -Middle East -The President’s recent press conference -Soviet Jews -Egyptians -State Department Upcoming meeting with Kissinger -Land -Trade-off -Potential for settlement -The President’s and Kissinger’s schedule -Security issues -Equipment introduction -South Vietnam -Laos -Cambodia -Timing -Roscoe Drummond -Recent article -1972 election -Dobrynin -Previous meeting with Kissinger -Public comments -McGovern -Kissinger note to Le Duc Tho -Xuan Thuy -Plenary session -Message to Kissinger -VIP planes -Peking -Moscow -Signing of an accord -Pham Van Dong’s comment to French Consul General -Foreign ministers -William P. Rogers -South Vietnamese -The President -Rogers -Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty [SALT] -Gerard C. Smith 12 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. Nov-03) -Rogers -Andrei A. Gromyko, Dobrynin The President's leadership in foreign policy -The President’s recent foreign policy speech -1972 election -Allies wishes The President's schedule Kissinger left at 10:03 am.