Conversation: 797-018
Prev: 797-017 Next: 797-019Start Date: 13-Oct-1972 3:05 PM
End Date: 13-Oct-1972 4:03 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob"); Kissinger, Henry A.;Recording Device: Oval Office
NARA Description:
On October 13, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, and Henry A. Kissinger met in the Oval Office of the White House from 3:05 pm to 4:03 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 797-018 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 797-18
Date: October 13, 1972
Time: 3:05 pm - 4:03 pm
Location: Oval Office
The President met with H.R. (”Bob”) Haldeman.
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[John B. Connally’s television [TV] appearance]
-George S. McGovern
-Defense plan
-Patrick J. Buchanan
-George E. Christian
-Henry A. Kissinger
-Tone
-John F. Kennedy
-Franklin D. Roosevelt
-Henry M. ("Scoop") Jackson
-Hubert H. Humphrey
-Harry S. Truman
-Dwight D. Eisenhower
-Israel
-Defense
-The President’s handshake with Chou En-lai
-Peking
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-Truman Doctrine
-1947 vote on Greece-Turkey aid bill
-Congressional Record
-Carey Estes Kefauver
-Eugene J. Keogh
-Kennedy
-Lyndon B. Johnson
-The President as Congressman
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Vietnam negotiations
-Status
-The President’s recent conversation with Kissinger
-Obstacles to settlement
-Nguyen Van Thieu
-North Vietnamese
-Le Duc Tho
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Kissinger entered at 3:35 pm.
Vietnam negotiations
-William H. Sullivan
-Contributions
-National League of Families of prisoners of war [POWs]
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-Speaking invitation
-McGovern
-The President
-Kissinger’s schedule
-Paris
-Spiro T. Agnew
-William P. Rogers
-Brig. Gen. Daniel (“Chappie”) James, Jr.
-Adm. John S. McCain, Jr.
-R. Sargent Shriver
-Speech
-Charge against the administration
-Kissinger’s trips
-National League of Families
-The President
-1971
-McGovern
-Debate
-Kissinger's schedule
-Paris
-Timing
-Announcement
-McGovern's schedule
-Los Angeles Hilton
-Labor meeting
-Kissinger's schedule
-Melvin R. Laird’s previous conversation with Kissinger
-Paper
The President's schedule
-Frank L. Rizzo
Vietnam negotiations
-National League of Families
-Kissinger’s possible speech
-Record
-Thailand
-Political aspects
-McGovern
-North Vietnamese
-Administration opponents
-Settlement timing
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-Briefings
-Hanoi Trip
-State Department
-Radio address
-Announcement
-Timing
-[Ronald L. Ziegler]
-Laird’s recommendation
-Gen. Creighton W. Abrams, Jr.
-Gen. William C. Westmoreland
-Ellsworth F. Bunker
-Abrams
-Upcoming meeting with Kissinger
-Timing
Haldeman left at an unknown time before 4:43 pm.
-State Department
-Rogers
-Communique during the People's Republic of China [PRC] trip
-Kissinger’s recent conversation with Rogers
-Shanghai and Hangchow
-Number of word changes
-Marshall Green
-Conference Date
-Timing
-Laird
-Abrams
-Rogers
-Sullivan
-National League of Families
-The President’s instructions to Kissinger
-McGovern
-Walter L. Cronkite, Jr.
-Recent conversation with Kissinger
-1972 election’s possible impact on negotiations
-Kissinger’s trips
-McGovern’s position
-Le Duc Tho
-Meetings with Kissinger
-North Vietnamese
-Possible stalemate in negotiations
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-New York Times, Washington Post
-Possible motives
-Fear of success
-Casualties, napalm
-1972 election
-McGovern’s charges
-Settlement timing
-Kissinger’s trips
-Quest for peace
-State Department
-The President’s view
-Kissinger’s view
-Disloyalty, philosophy of foreign affairs
-Leadership
-South Vietnam
-Victory prospects
-The President’s May 8, 1972 decision
Saigon
-Nguyen Van Thieu
-Bunker’s responsibilities
-Overthrow
-Cease-fire
-Alexander M. Haig, Jr.
-Military Strategy
-III Corps
-Leadership
-Kissinger’s forthcoming trip to Saigon
-The President’s possible letter
-Kissinger’s forthcoming trip to Saigon
-North Vietnam
-Settlement
-Political aspects
-Kissinger
-Hanoi
-1972 election
-Analysis of North Vietnamese decision on peace
-Haig and Kissinger
-PRC
-Kissinger’s view
-North Vietnam
-Outstanding issues
-Kissinger's Schedule
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-Le Duc Tho
-Xuan Thuy
-Thieu’s possible actions
-Resignation
-Public statement
-Resisgnation
-Kissinger’s schedule
-Paris
-Xuan Thuy
-Hanoi
-Settlement timing
-1972 election
-Bombing
-Thieu
-Haig’s deal
-Comparisons
-Resignation
-Unity
-Substance
-Bunker
-Thieu
-Agreement Possibility
-Prisoners in South Vietnam
-Thieu
-Vietcong [VC]
-Economic aid program
-Robert S. McNamara
-Possibility of Thieu's resignation
-Kissinger’s handling
-1972 election
-Hanoi
-Settlement
-US domestic conditions
-Laird
-Possible cease-fire
-US equipment
-Abrams
-Sullivan
-Bangkok, Phnom Penh, Vientianne
-Kissinger’s schedule
-Hanoi
-Chou En-Lai
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-Le Duc Tho
Kissinger left at 4:03 pm.