335–27

Conversation No. 335-27

Date: May 3, 1972
Time: 5:11-5:35 pm.
Location: Executive Office Building

The President met with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman.

J. Edgar Hoover
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Tape Subject Log
(rev. Nov-01)
Conv. No. 335-26 (cont.)

-Eulogy
-Length
-Number of words
-Further work
-Funeral
-President's presence
-Importance
-Mamie G.D. Eisenhower

Vietnam
-US-Soviet Union Summit
-Henry A. Kissinger’s meeting with Haldeman
-Possible cancellation by Leonid I. Brezhnev
-Bombing
-Postponement option
-Anatoliy F. Dobrynin
-Joint announcement
-Kissinger's advice
-Haldeman’s view
-North Vietnam offensive
-Timing with Summit
-Capture of Hue
-Soviet trip
-Timing
-Bombing
-Gen. Creighton W. Abrams, Jr.’s advice
-Timing
-Kissinger's trip to Paris
-Equipment
-Reasons
-Soviet response
-Possibility of Soviet cancellation
-Postponement option
-Arrangements
-Dobrynin
-Advantages
-Political
-Brezhnev
-Public opinion
-Cancellation by President
-Kissinger's prediction
-Previous meeting with Haldeman
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Tape Subject Log
(rev. Nov-01)
Conv. No. 335-27 (cont.)

-Consequences
-Public opinion
-Political
-Postponement
-Disadvantages
-Democratic candidates
-Possibility of attending Soviet summit
-Briefings
-Times
-Lyndon B. Johnson
-Bombing
-Necessity
-Military situation
-Kissinger's advice
-Soviet summit
-Possibility of taking Democratic candidates
-Senators
-Congressmen
-Cabinet members
-Secretary of State
-Soviet Summit
-Bombing
-Kissinger’s view
-The President’s view
-Possibility of Summit cancellation
-US and Soviet Union responsibility
-Postponement
-Timing
-Situation in Vietnam
-Agreement and ceremonies
-Possible perceptions
-Link with Vietnam
-Public perception
-Link with Europe, People’s Republic of China [PRC], Latin America, Middle
East
-Soviet Union
-Arms for North Vietnam, India and Cuba
-Kissinger’s view
-Congress
-Military aid

President's schedule
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Tape Subject Log
(rev. Nov-01)
Conv. No. 335-27 (cont.)


Vietnam
-Soviet summit
-President's alternatives
-Compared to PRC trip decision

Haldeman left at 5:35 pm.