Conversation No. 805-5

Date: October 19, 1972
Time: 11:02 am - 11:20 am
Location: Oval Office

The President met with Alexander M. Haig, Jr.

         Vietnam Negotiations
             -Trip by William H. Sullivan
             -The President’s message to Nguyen Van Thieu
                 -South Vietnam’s interest
                 -The President’s support for South Vietnam and Thieu
                 -Proposal for settlement of war
                 -Possible North Vietnamese action
                      -US response
                 -Possible meeting between the President and Thieu
                 -The President’s position
                      -1972 election
                 -Thieu's role
                 -US position on settlement at midway in 1969
                  -South Vietnam’s military, economic and political strength
             -Henry A. Kissinger’s view
                 -III Corps area
             -Kissinger’s possible trips to Vientiane, Hanoi
                 -Thieu
             -The President’s possible meeting with Thieu
             -Current settlement proposal
                 -1972 election
                 -Possible statement at time of settlement
                      -Compared to the President’s People’s Republic of China [PRC]
                      announcement
                      -Members of US Armed Forces serving in South Vietnam
                           -Families
                               -Casualties
                               -Prisoners of war [POWs], missing in action [MIA]
                      -Public support
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    NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF

                     Tape Subject Log
                       (rev.Nov-03)


     -Length
         -Details
     -Thieu's position
     -Cease-fire
     -POWs
     -Replacement of military equipment
     -South Vietnamese government
     -Summary
     -Enforcement
     -Thieu’s position
         -Political issues
         -Military and economic assistance
         -Vietcong [VC]
     -Military issues
         -Political issues
     -Coalition government in South Vietnam
         -The President's instructions to Ronald L. Ziegler
              -Dan Rather
         -Leak
-State Department
     -William P. Rogers
     -Leaks
-Security of document
-Kissinger's possible trip to Vientiane
-Kissinger’s possible conversation with Le Duc Tho
     -1972 election
-Informing Rogers
     -US-Soviet Union trade agreement
     -Sullivan
     -Haig’s role
         -Message from the President
              -The President’s message to Thieu
-Defense Department
     -Supply of military aircraft to South Vietnam
         -Cease-fire
         -Possible airlift
              -Thieu
         -F-5’s
              -North Vietnamese jets
-North Vietnam
     -Possible use of jets
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                         NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF

                                      Tape Subject Log
                                        (rev.Nov-03)


                      -Soviet Union
                      -The President’s position
                          -Re-election
                      -Economic aid
                          -Soviet Union in post-World War II period
                               -Kissinger’s view
                               -Dwight D. Eisenhower's administration
                  -Chances
                      -1972 election
                      -Reaction in US
                          -1972 election
                           -George S. McGovern
                          -New York Times, Washington Post
                          -Support
                  -Thieu
                      -Acceptance of agreement
                  -Rogers
                      -Message from the President
                          -Press relations
                          -Veto messages

Haig left at 11:20 am.