Conversation: 810-001
Prev: 809-003 Next: 810-002Start Date: Tuesday, October 31, 1972 4:04 PM
End Date: Tuesday, October 31, 1972 4:10 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Ziegler, Ronald L.; Bull, Stephen B.Recording Device: Oval Office
NARA Description:
On October 31, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon, Ronald L. Ziegler, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:04 am to 11:10 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 810-001 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 810-1
Date: October 3l, 1972
Time: 11:04 am - 11:10 am
Location: Oval Office
The President met with Ronald L. Ziegler at 11:04 am.
[This recording began at an unknown time while the conversation was in progress.]
Statement on possible Vietnam settlement
-Coalition government
-Alexander M. Haig, Jr.’s view
-Nguyen Van Thieu
-Preservation of South Vietnam’s right to choose its own government
-Expectations of agreement
-Henry A. Kissinger’s schedule
-Timing
-Signing of agreement
-Associated Press [AP] wire story
Stephen B. Bull entered at an unknown time after 11:04 am.
The president's schedule
Bull left at an unknown time before 11:10 am.
-Deadline
-Deliberate pace of negotiations
-Avoidance of resumption of war
-The President’s meeting with Kissinger
Bull entered at an unknown time after 11:04 am.
The President’s schedule
-Kissinger’s office
Bull left at an unknown time before 11:10 am.
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. Nov-03)
-1972 election
-Quality of peace
-Details of agreement
-Compared to 1968 agreement
-Compared to 1962 agreement
Ziegler left at 11:10 am.