685–2

Conversation No. 685-2

Date: March 14, 1972
Time: 9:03 am - 9:51 am
Location: Oval Office

The President met with Henry A. Kissinger..

Kissinger's schedule
-New York
-People's Republic of China [PRC] ambassador
-Wall Street Journal
-Lunch

Busing

Foreign policy
-PRC
-Arthur K. Watson
-Relations with the US
-Publicity
-US critics
-Kissinger’s note
-Kissinger’s meetings
-William F. (“Billy”) Graham
-Barry M. Goldwater
-Backgrounder
-Press
-Ronald W. Reagan and Goldwater
-James L. Buckley
-Bangladesh
-India
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF

Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 685-2 (cont.)

-Possible recognition by the US
-PRC
-Timing
-California
-Indian troops
-Recognition
-State Department
-PRC initiative
-Japanese
-Indians
-Soviets
-Statement
-Marshall Green
-Schedule
-Performance
-Cambodia
-Emory C. Swank
-PRC
-Press
-Kissinger’s forthcoming meetings
-New York Times
-Wall Street Journal
-New York Tiimes
-The President’s forthcoming trip to the Soviet Union
-Cambodia
-Group from Harvard University
-Meeting with Kissinger
-Unknown man
-Vietnam
-As campus issue
-Volunteer force
-Vietnam
-Democratic National Convention
-Nguyen Van Thieu
-Melvin R. Laird
-Announcement
-Prisoners of war [POWs]
-Thieu
-Continued US presence
-World
-Duration
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF

Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 685-2 (cont.)

-Air power
-Continued announcement
-Withdrawal of US forces
-Timing of additional statement
-Forthcoming trip to the Soviet Union
-Democratic National Convention
-Troops
-Bombings
-Volunteer army
-Deadline
-Combat forces
-News summary
-Gen. Creighton W. Abrams, Jr.
-Negotiations
-Forthcoming presidential election
-Volunteer army
-Thieu
-Kissinger's possible trip to South Vietnam
-Alexander M. Haig, Jr.
-Thieu
-Announcement
-Democrats
-Negotiations
-Forthcoming US-Soviet Summit
-PRC
-Political Issue
-International Telephone and Telegraph [ITT] comparison
-Campaign
-PRC
-Image of the President
-Shanghai Communiqué
-Winston Lord
-Lyndon K. (“Mort”) Allin
-International comments
-William P. Rogers
-Cabinet Meeting
-[George R.S. Baring] Earl of Cromer
-West German Ambassador to the US
-World image
-Change
-Forthcoming US-Soviet Summit
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF

Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 685-2 (cont.)

-Image of the President
-Vietnam
-Vietnam
-Thieu
-Reserve force
-POWs
-George S. McGovern
-Hubert H. Humphrey
-Survival of the Thieu Government
-POWs
-Withdrawal
-Exchange for bombing halt
-Retainment of volunteer force
-Thieu
-1972 election
-Bombings
-Offensive
-Kissinger’s view
-[Forename unknown] Thompson
-The President's image
-Leadership
-North Vietnamese leaders
-The President’s view
-North Koreans
-Domestic opposition to Administration
-Casualties
-Percentages compared to previous years
-Memorandum from the President
-Haig
-Laird
-Forthcoming Soviet trip
-Announcement
-Withdrawal rate
-Timing
-Thieu
-Timing
-Haig’s possible trip to South Vietnam
-Democratic National Convention


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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF

Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 685-2 (cont.)

BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2
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[Duration: 8m 12s ]


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Nelson A. Rockefeller
-Possibility as Secretary of State
-Vice President Spiro T. Agnew
-Relationship with Kissinger
-[David] Kenneth Rush as Secretary of State
-Bonn
-Frederic V. Malek
-Under Secretary
-Secretary of Defense


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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 3
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[Duration: 2m 11s ]


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Agnew
-Finances
-Rockefeller
-Compared to the President
-Financial arrangement
-Leslie T. (“Bob”) Hope
-Francis A. (“Frank”) Sinatra
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF

Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 685-2 (cont.)

-Secretary of Defense
-Chances as President
-Kissinger’s view
-Secretary of Defense
-Movement from Vice President to Secretary of Defense
-Compared to the President as Vice President
-John Foster Dulles
-Nomination for Vice President
-Decision

Foreign policy
-Kissinger's schedule
-Visit with PRC Ambassador
-Watson
-Soviets
-Briefing
-Bangladesh
-Gerald R. Ford’s and Michael J. Mansfield’s forthcoming trips to the
PRC
-Vietnam
-Mao Tse-tung
-North Vietnamese
-Shanghai Communiqué
-US bombing
-Fixed withdrawal date
-Thieu
-Television coverage of the President
-North Koreans
-Chou En-Lai
-Nicolae Ceausescu
-Paris meetings between the US and North Vietnam
-Le Duc Tho
-Timing
-Vacation
-Acapulco
-Mexican Foreign Minister
-Accommodations
-Announcements of trips
-Luis Echeverria Alvarez’s forthcoming visit to the US
-The President’s forthcoming trip to Canada
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF

Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 685-2 (cont.)

Rockefeller
-Talk with Kissinger

Ronald W. Reagan
-Defense Department
-Administrative experience
-Compared to Agnew

Agnew

Kissinger left at 9:51 am.