Secret White House Tapes

817–17

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817–17
  • President Richard M. Nixon
  • Ronald L. Ziegler
  • Stephen B. Bull
  • Alexander P. Butterfield
  • Henry A. Kissinger
November 30, 1972
Conversation No. 817-17

Date: November 30, 1972
Time: 1:11 pm - 1:19 pm
Location: Oval Office

The President met with Ronald L. Ziegler.

Ziegler’s press conference
-The President’s recent meeting with Duc
-Tone
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Tape Subject Log
(rev. Apr.-08)

Conversation No. 817-17 (cont’d)

-Compared to the President’s meeting with Duc, November 29,
1972
-State Department reorganization announcement
-The President’s recommendations
-United Press International [UPI]
-Washington Star
-George Sherman
-American Broadcasting Corporation [ABC]
-Quotes from the President
-Stenographers, file clerks
-Senior officials
-Foreign Service Officers [FSO]
-Embassies
-William P. Rogers

Ziegler left and Stephen B. Bull entered at 1:12 pm.

The President's schedule
-Trip to Florida
-Departure time

Alexander P. Butterfield entered and Bull left at an unknown time after 1:12 pm.

Coat

Items for the President’s signature
-George P. Shultz

Briefcase

Henry A. Kissinger entered at 1:12 pm.

Vietnam negotiations
-The President’s meeting [with Nguyen Phu Duc and Tran Kim Phuong]
-Effect
-Authority

Bull entered at 1:12 pm.

The President’s schedule
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Tape Subject Log
(rev. Apr.-08)

Conversation No. 817-17 (cont’d)

-Shultz
-Meeting with John B. Connally

Butterfield and Bull left at 1:13 pm.

Vietnam negotiations
-Settlement agreement
-Nguyen Van Thieu’s position
-Recent GVN cable
-The President’s meeting with Duc
-US-Government of Vietnam [GVN] relations
-Possible delay
-Thieu’s rejection
-Bilateral deal
-US mining, bombing cessation, withdrawal for prisoners
of War [POWs]
-Termination of US military and economic aid
-South Vietnamese defeat, North Vietnamese defeat
-Congressional relations
-The President’s meeting with Joint Chiefs of Staff [JCS]
-Senate vote
-The President's achievements
-The President’s conversation with Leonid I. Brezhnev [at US-
Soviet Union Summit]
-Lack of insistence on withdrawal of North Vietnamese
troops from South Vietnam
-Terms at that time
-Election in South Vietnam
-Thieu’s resignation
-North Vietnamese message
-Meaning
-Cancellation of meeting
-Alternate meeting places
-Avenue Kleber
-Cancellation of meeting
-Breakdown of talks
-Briefing
-Settlement agreement
-Victory
-Briefing
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

Tape Subject Log
(rev. Apr.-08)

Conversation No. 817-17 (cont’d)

-The President’s meeting with Kissinger [in Key Biscayne]
-The President’s possible meeting with Thieu
-Purpose
-Settlement agreement
-Negotiations
-Assurances
-Commitment

The President and Kissinger left at 1:19 pm.
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