342–24

Conversation No. 342-24

Date: June 20, 1972
Time: Unknown after 1:35-2:10 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

The President met with Alexander M. Haig, Jr.

[Unintelligible]

The President talked with Joseph Trerotola.

[Conversation No. 342-24A]

[See Conversation No. 25-80]

[End of telephone conversation]

Vietnam
-Diplomatic situation
-Possibility of negotiations
-Peking
-Moscow

The President talked to White House operator.

[Conversation No. 342-24B]

[See Conversation No. 25-81]

[End of telephone conversation]

Vietnam
-American critics of Vietnam
-Peking
-Moscow
-Report from Paris
-North Vietnamese public relations efforts
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Conv. No. 342-24 (cont.)

-US press
-Saigon

The President talked with an unknown person.

[Conversation No. 342-24C]

[See Conversation No. 25-82]

[End of telephone conversation]

Vietnam
-North Vietnamese public relations efforts
-US press
-[Forename unknown] Stern article
-Haig’s view
-William H. Sullivan
-State Department
-Cambodia
-Rebuttals
-US policy
-Peking trip
-Moscow trip

Haig's trip to Pittsburgh
-Foreign Relations Council
-Response
-George S. McGovern

Hugh Scott
-Legislative schedule
-Democratic convention

The President talked with Clark MacGregor.

[Conversation No. 342-24]

[See Conversation No. 25-83; one item has been withdrawn]

[End of telephone conversation]

Vietnam
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Tape Subject Log
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Conv. No. 342-24 (cont.)

-Political support for the President's policies
-Democrats
-Republicans
-Scott
-Vote in Senate
-Haig’s assessment
-Robert S. McNamara
-Democratic convention
-Possibility of secret talks
-Timing
-Soviet Union
-People’s Republic of China [PRC]
-Henry A. Kissinger
-Military operations
-Targets
-Number
-Location
-Hanoi
-Negotiations
-Soviets
-Hanoi
-Offensive campaign
-Timing
-Cease Fire
-Haig’s view
-Terms
-Saigon
-Saigon forces
-Quang Tri area
-Cease fire in place
-The President’s view
-Hanoi
-President's leverage
-South Vietnam
-Haig’s view
-Assessment of strength
-Equipment
-Personnel
-Nguyen Van Thieu's role
-Reorganization
-Length of time for unit training
-Attacks
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Tape Subject Log
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Conv. No. 342-24 (cont.)

-North Vietnamese losses
-South Vietnamese Defense Minister
-US press
-Attitude toward President's policies
-Kissinger

Arms Control
-William P. Rogers
-Previous testimony
-J. William Fulbright
-Disarmament Program
-US policy
-Negotiations with Soviet Union

Soviet Union
-Trade
-Interests
-European Security

Senate
-Fulbright
-Attitude on Vietnam
-Soviet Union
-PRC
-Rogers
-Melvin R. Laird
-MacGregor
-President's view
-Fulbright
-Possible meeting with President
-The President’s view

US foreign policy
-Relations with Soviet Union
-Relations with PRC
-Kissinger’s meeting with Chou En-lai
-Credibility of US
-Policy considerations
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Tape Subject Log
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Conv. No. 342-24 (cont.)

The President’s forthcoming press conference
-Domestic policy
-Reports from Kissinger

Haig left at 2:10 pm.