Date: December 29, 1972
Time: 5:20 - 5:32 pm
Location: Camp David Study Table
The President talked with Charles W. Colson.
[See Conversation No. 237-30]
Vietnam War
-US bombing of North Vietnam
-Justification
-Settlement agreement
-Enforceability
-US commitments and credibility
-US allies
-Negotiations
-North Vietnam’s “filibuster”
-North Vietnam’s preparation to fight
-Colson’s conversation with John A. Scali
-Infiltration
-Settlement agreement
-US credibility
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Tape Subject Log
(rev. May-08)
Conversation No. 158-24 (cont’d)
-Enforceability
-Pause
-Press reports
-People’s Republic of China [PRC]
-South Vietnam
-North Vietnam
-Scali
-View
-Compared to Colson’s view
-Report on public relations
-Role
-Media relations
-Wires
-United Press International [UPI]
-Associated Press [AP]
-Television [TV]
-The President’s decision
-Historical perspective
-Henry A. Kissinger
-Previous statements
-Congressional relations
-Consultations
-Leaders
-William E. Timmons
-Senate, House of Representatives
-Republicans
-William B. Saxbe’s statements
-Senate Armed Services Committee
-Response
-Ohio
-Donald E. Lukens
-Samuel L. Devine
-Lukens
-Republicans
-1972 election
-The President’s victory
-Margin
-Ohio
-Defeats
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Tape Subject Log
(rev. May-08)
Conversation No. 158-24 (cont’d)
-Margaret Chase Smith
-J. Caleb Boggs
-Jack Miller
-Gordon L. Allott
-Robert C. (“Bob”) Wilson
-House of Representatives
-Democrats
-George S. McGovern
-William A. Rusher
-Yale University
-1970 campaign
-Contributions
-Murray M. Chotiner
-Cessation north of 20th Parallel
-Announcement
-Effect
-Scali’s view
-Liberals’ view
-Prisoners of War [POWs]
-Killing of civilians
-Responsibilty
-Honor
-Media relations
-Colson’s view
-Killing of civilians
-North Vietnamese rocket attack on Hue
-Demonstrations
-McGovern
-Dean Francis B. Sayre
-Response
-Washington National Cathedral
-Signs
-“Tell it to Hanoi”
-Tone
-Blind Vietnam veteran
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