On October 31, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 2:44 pm and 2:52 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 810-014 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 810-14
Date: October 31, l972
Time: Unknown between 2:44 pm and 2:52 pm
Location: Oval Office
The President talked with an unknown person [H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman].
Compilation of material
-Radio tapes
-Television tapes
-Film
-Letters
(rev. Nov-03)
Conversation No. 810-l5
Date: October 31, l971
Time: 2:52 pm - 3:23 pm
Location: Oval Office
The President met with Henry A. Kissinger.
Nelson A. Rockefeller's National Press Club speech
-Quality of speech
-Kissinger’s view
-Reaction
-Defense of the President’s foreign policy
-Reception
An unknown person entered at an unknown time after 2:52 pm.
Refreshment
The unknown person left at an unknown time after 3:23 pm.
Nelson A. Rockefeller's National Press Club speech
-Points
-Vietnam peace treaty
-The President's stance
-Details of agreement
-Armistice compared to peace
-Response by audience
-Quality
-Kissinger’s recent press conference
-Response by audience
Vietnam negotiations
-Public relations
-The Administrations aggressive stance
-Demonstrators
-Support from conservatives
-Details of agreement
-Troop Withdrawal
-Columbia Broadcasting System [CBS]
(rev. Nov-03)
-Los Angeles Times
-New York Times
-Marvin L. Kalb
-Dan Rather
-Coalition Government
-Kalb
-[Arnold] Eric Sevareid
-Possible result in collapse of South Vietnamese government
-US failure to sign agreement
-The President’s moral position
-Bombing halt of 1968
-Public perception
-North Vietnamese reaction
-Kissinger’s view
-Anticipation of victory
-Instructions to cadres
-Press reaction
-Kissinger
-Nguyen Van Thieu’s reaction
-North Vietnamese reaction
-Ambiguities
-North Vietnamese Position
-Negotiation schedule
-Bombing halt
-1972 election
-Attacks on Kissinger
-Kissinger’s use of the phrase “peace is at hand”
-US position
-Possible message after 1972 election
-Negotiation record since October 22, 1972
-US initiatives
-Possible message to Thieu
-Thieu’s position
-Outcome
-Polls
-Effect of negotiations on Watergate and other issues
-News domination
-Public perception
-The President’s strength
-Settlement signing prior to 1972 election
-Kissinger's mail
(rev. Nov-03)
-News summary
-Emphasis on negative stories
-Liberal Reaction
-Troop withdrawal
-Kissinger’s efforts with press
-Announcement of signing
-Timing
-Late November 1972
-Benefit to the President’s second term
-Bombing
-Possible deployment of B-52s
-Possible reconnaissance around Hanoi
-Extent
-North Vietnamese reaction
-Possible continuation of war
-North Vietnamese strategy
-Territorial situation
-Reaction of cadres
-US position
-Initiative
-Insistence on a proper agreement
-Military Pressure
-Rockefeller's National Press Club speech
-Audience response
-Television coverage
-US stance
-Peace compared to armistice
-Support for the President
-George S. McGovern’s position
-Desire to negotiate agreement
-Desire to sign agreement
-North Vietnamese strategy
-Negotiating stance
-Possible break off of talks
-William J. Porter
-Military Position
-Offensive
-Feasibility
-Resupplying
-Effect on signing
-US bombing
(rev. Nov-03)
-Forthcoming People's Republic of China [PRC] note
-PRC refusal to attend dinner party
-New York
-Chiao Kuan-Hua
-Anatoliy F. Dobrynin
-PRC note
-Possible tone
-Public Reaction
-Joseph C. Kraft
-Quality of US diplomatic performance
-PRC
-Soviet Union
-North Vietnam
-South Vietnam
-Post-1972 election reactions
-US honor
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The President's post-1972 election schedule
-Possible trip to Florida
-Cabinet
Vietnam negotiations
-Kissinger’s schedule
-US power
-1972 election
-North Vietnamese actions
-Seizure of territory
-Coalition government
-North Vietnamese statement on peace
(rev. Nov-03)
-Continuation of war
-Thieu
-Casualties
-Kissinger's talk with Max Frankel
-US preparations for peace
-Protests over terms
-Post-1972 election stance
-Victory claims
-Relationship with the President
-Possible visit with the President
-San Clemente
-Negotiation schedule
-Press relations
-Kissinger’s possible meeting with John W. Chancellor
-Message from the President
-Sevareid
-Howard K. Smith
-Hugh S. Sidey
-“Georgetown set”
-“New York set”
-Time-Life
-Reaction to the administration’s success
-Shift blame from liberal ideas to McGovern
-Press sympathy for McGovern
-Opposition to US power
-Possible Vietnam settlement
-Thieu
-Coalition government
-US military assistance to South Vietnam
-Congress
-Funding for South Vietnam assistance
-1972 election
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Vietnam negotiations
-Attacks on US position
-North Vietnam
-Thieu
-Washington Post
-North Vietnamese strategy
-Possible break off of negotiations
-1972 election
-Polls
-Press relations
-Timing
-The President’s forthcoming trip to Chicago
-Ronald L. Ziegler
McGovern campaign
-Press blaming of McGovern
-News Summary
-Thomas F. Eagleton
-Effect on McGovern campaign
-McGovern's stand on issues
Democratic National Convention
-Marlo Thomas, Shirley MacLaine
-Abortion issue
Appearance of delegates
Kissinger's forthcoming conversation with Jay Lovestone
Kissinger left at 3:23 pm
Conversation No. 810-l6
Date: October 31, l972
Time: Unknown between 3:23 pm and 3:25 pm
Location: Oval Office
The President met with Stephen B. Bull.
(rev. Nov-03)
The President’s signing of the 1973 Appropriations Act
-Mementoes
-Alexander P. Butterfield
-Presidential library [?]
Bull left at an unknown time after 3:25 pm.This transcript was generated automatically by AI and has not been reviewed for accuracy. Do not cite this transcript as authoritative. Consult the Finding Aid above for verified information.