246–29

Conversation No. 246-29

Date: April 7, 1971
Time: 5:22 pm - 5:40 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

The President met with Henry A. Kissinger

Cabinet
-President’s conversation with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman
-Kissinger’s reaction
-William P. Rogers’ calls
-President’s schedule
-Phone calls after speech, April 7, 1971

Vietnam
-Negotiations
-Melvin R. Laird
-Cease fire
-Troop withdrawals
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-Robert O. Anderson’s views regarding North Vietnam
-North Vietnamese morale
-Congress
-[Thomas] Hale Boggs
-Negotiations
-Anderson
-Anatoliy F. Dobrynin
-Timing
-Vice President Spiro T. Agnew
-Laird
-President’s options
-Possible actions

An unknown man entered at an unknown time after 4:30 pm

[Unintelligible]

The unknown man left at an unknown time before 5:40 pm

President’s forthcoming speech, April 7, 1971
-Kissinger’s calls to Ronald W. Reagan, William F. Buckley, Jr.
-Possible reaction
-Possible calls
-Reagan, Nelson A. Rockefeller, Cabinet
-Congress
-John B. Connally
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Vietnam
-Policy
-Donald H. Rumsfeld’s comments to Haldeman in staff meeting, April 7, 1971
-General Nguyen Van Thieu
-Troop withdrawals
-Timing
-Thieu’s forthcoming election
-Troop withdrawals Conv. No. 246-29 (cont.)
-Terminal date
-Residual force
-Negotiations
-United States’ policy
-Prisoners of war
-Timing
-Military activity
-Bombing
-President’s options
-President’s forthcoming briefing of Congressmen
-President’s forthcoming speech, April 7, 1971

Kissinger left at 5:40 pm