375–21

Conversation No. 375-21

Date: October 26, 1972
Time: 3:15 pm - 4:00 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

The President met with H.R. (“Bob”) Haldeman.
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Vietnam peace settlement negotiations
-The President’s forthcoming conversation with Henry A. Kissinger
-The President’s previous conversation with Alexander M. Haig, Jr.
-Kissinger’s briefing for White House surrogates
-Haldeman’s role
-Haig’s role
-Charles W. Colson
-Ronald L. Ziegler
-White House response to press reports
-The President’s view
-John A. Scali
-John B. Connally
-William P. Rogers
-Melvin R. Laird
-Colson’s role
-Kissinger’s role
-Importance of cease-fire talks to 1972 election
-Administration stance
-Timing of cease-fire
-North Vietnam
-Kissinger’s statement
-McGeorge Bundy’s appearance on Columbia Broadcasting
System [CBS]
-Settlement timing
-Kissinger's conversation with Bundy
-The President’s view
-Bundy’s statements
-William F. Buckley
-North Vietnam
-October 8, 1972 concessions
-POWs
-Kissinger
-Backgrounder
-The President’s recent conversation with Haig
-Recent press briefing
-Points
-“Peace with surrender”
-Kissinger’s relationship with “peaceniks”, politicians
-The President’s view
-Colson and Scali’s role
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Vietnam peace settlement negotiations
-Public relations
-Importance as a political issue
-Kissinger’s public relations role
-Relationship with the press
-Joseph C. Kraft
-Walter L. Cronkite, Jr., David Brinkley, John
Chancellor (New York), Richard G. Valeriani, Dan
Rather, [Arnold] Eric Sevareid
-Kissinger’s persuasiveness
-Truth
-Handwritten note from the President

The President talked with the White House operator at an unknown time between 3:15 pm and
3:28 pm.

[Conversation No. 375-21A]

[See Conversation No. 32-59]

[End of telephone conversation]

Vietnam peace settlement negotiations
-US position
-1972 election
-The President’s recent conversation with Haig
-Kissinger
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The White House operator talked with the President at an unknown time between 3:15 pm and
3:28 pm.

[Conversation No. 375-21B]

[See Conversation No. 32-60]

The President talked with Haig between 3:28 pm and 3:29 pm.

[Conversation No. 375-21C]

[See Conversation No. 32-61]

[End of telephone conversation]

Vietnam peace negotiations
-Possible press conference by the President
-Clark MacGregor’s and Colson‘s view
-Possible press conference on Air Force One
-The President’s forthcoming trip to California
-Kissinger, Haldeman, John D. Ehrlichman
-Expanded press pool
-Associated Press [AP]
-Press coverage
-Questions about the 1972 election and Vietnam
-Radio talk
-Press relations
-Newspaper coverage
-Informal nature of question and answer [Q&A] session
-Photographers
-Ziegler
-Arrangement of staff and press pool
-Strategy on answering
-Philip Potter
-Peter Lisagor, Washington Post
-Garnett D. (“Jack”) Horner
-Networks
-News magazines
-Time, U.S. News and World Report
-Informal meeting compared with office press conference
-Sarah McClendon
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-Donald H. Segretti
-The President’s possible response to questions
-Staff
-1972 campaign
-Potter
-CBS
-Dan Rather
-Theodore H. (“Teddy”) White
-Showmanship
-1972 election
-Timing
-San Clemente
-Purpose
-Record

The President’s schedule

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Haldeman left at 4:00 pm.