Conversation: 798-012
Prev: 798-011 Next: 798-013Start Date: 14-Oct-1972 11:19 AM
End Date: 14-Oct-1972 11:31 AM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Kissinger, Henry A.; Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob"); Bull, Stephen B.;Recording Device: Oval Office
NARA Description:
On October 14, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:19 am to 11:31 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 798-012 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 798-12
Date: October 14, 1972
Time: 11:19 am - 11:31 am
Location: Oval Office
The President met with Henry A. Kissinger.
The President talked with H.R. (“Bob”) Haldeman at an unknown time between 11:19 am and
11:31 am.
[Conversation No. 798-12A]
The President's schedule
-Meeting with Soviet official [Timofey B. Guzhenko]
-Meeting with Raymond K. Price, Jr.
-Education speech
-Memorandum
-John D. Ehrlichman
-Charles W. Colson
[End of telephone conversation]
Vietnam negotiations
-Le Duc Tho
-Message
-French
-Airport attaché channel
-State Department
-Central Intelligence Agency [CIA]
-Democratic Republic of Vietnam [DRV]
-Return of prisoners held in South Vietnam
-Nguyen Van Thieu
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. Nov-03)
-Xuan Thuy
-North Vietnam
-Relations with US
-A “new era” in relations
-Kissinger’s response
-Prisoner release
-National Council of National Reconciliation and Concord
-Thieu
-Possible action
-Criminal sentences
-Possible civilian bloodshed
-Settlement announcement
-Kissinger's Schedule
-Hanoi
-Timing
-1972 election
-Settlement provisions
-Cambodia and Laos
-Recognition of independence
-Foreign bases
-Military activities
-Troops, advisors, military personnel
-Cease-fire
-Continuation of war
-Thieu’s objection statement
-North Vietnam
-Possible status at the end of 1973
-Cambodia
-Prisoners of War [POW’s] bombing
-Need for supplemental aid from Congress
-Thieu
-Economic, military, moral support by US
-Options
-Congress
-US public support
-Polls
-Communist government in South Vietnam
-Ellsworth F. Bunker
Stephen B. Bull entered at an unknown time after 11:19 am.
The President's schedule
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. Nov-03)
-Guzhenko
-Peter G. Peterson
-Photograph opportunity
-Peter M. Flanigan
Bull left at an unknown time before 11:31 am.
-US-Soviet Union maritime agreement
Vietnam negotiations
-Thieu
-Political implications in US
-1972 election
-Economic and military assistance
-League of American Families
-POWs
-Situation
-Kitty Hawk
-Race riot
-Thailand bases
-Meeting with the President
-San Clemente
-Mrs. Thieu
-Hawaii
-Casa Pacifica
Kissinger’s schedule
-Anatoliy F. Dobrynin’s message for the President
Kissinger left at 11:31 am.