158–26

Conversation No. 158-26

Date: December 29, 1972
Time: 6:28 pm - 6:44 pm
Location: Camp David Study Table

Henry A. Kissinger talked with the President.

[See Conversation No. 237-34]

Weather

Vietnam War
-Status
-Col. Richard T. Kennedy
-Briefing of U. Alexis Johnson
-Kissinger’s conversation with Anatoliy F. Dobrynin
-Report from Hanoi
-Resumption of negotiations
-Congressional relations
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(rev. May-08)

Conversation No. 158-26 (cont’d)

-Kissinger’s telephone calls
-Hugh Scott
-The President’s message
-Michael J. Mansfield
-Leslie C. Arends
-Gerald R. Ford
-Carl B. Albert
-F. Edward Hebert
-John C. Stennis
-Barry M .Goldwater
-US bombing of North Vietnam
-Explanation
-The President’s possible speech on television [TV]
-Kissinger’s conversation with Ronald W. Reagan
-Resumption of negotiations
-Gerald L. Warren’s press conference
-Consultations with Congressional leaders
-Explanation
-Explanation
-Resumption of negotiations
-Tone
-Stopping invasion, return of POWs
-Announcement
-Forthcoming week
-Congressional relations
-Briefing of Congressional leaders
-Timing
-The President’s role
-Kissinger’s role
-J. William Fulbright
-Edward M. Kennedy
-Success of negotiations
-Kissinger’s conversation with Mansfield
-Kissinger’s possible meeting
-Senate Foreign Relations Committee
-Senate Armed Services Committee
-“Hawks”
-Charles H. Percy, McGeorge Bundy
-George S. McGovern
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Conversation No. 158-26 (cont’d)

-Explanation
-Kissinger’s response
-Negotiations
-Breaking impasse
-“Doves”
-Cambodia
-South Vietnamese troops
-Necessity
-Forthcoming announcement
-The President’s critics
-Demonstration
-Dean Francis B. Sayre
-[Thomas] Woodrow Wilson
-Warren’s press conference
-Protests
-William B. Saxbe
-Briefing
-Effect
-Explanation
-Kissinger’s conversation with Mansfield
-The President’s statements
-Press and Congressional relations
-Explanation
-Negotiations
-Prisoners of War [POWs]
-Political prisoners in South Vietnam
-Exchanges
-Press relations
-Liberals
-Negotiations
-Following round
-Possible failure
-Publication of record
-Congressional relations
-Kissinger’s telephone calls and meetings
-Stennis
-Goldwater
-Percy
-Fulbright
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

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Conversation No. 158-26 (cont’d)

-Albert
-Mansfield
-Ford
-Leaders
-Instruction for Warren
-US bombing of North Vietnam
-Public relations [PR]
-Liberals’ view
-US government’s position
-Congressional relations
-Cessation north of 20th Parallel
-Notification
-People’s Republic of China [PRC]
-Message
-Tone
-US-PRC relations
-Chou En-Lai’s statement
-Tone
-Washington Star
-Settlement agreement
-Meeting with Kissinger
-Timing

Harry S. Truman’s memorial service
-Reception
-Arrangements
-H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman, John D. Ehrlichman
-Edward R. G. Heath
-Dwight D. Eisenhower’s funeral
-Gen. Charles A. J. M de Gaulle’s funeral
-The President’s attendance
-Reception by Georges J. R. Pompidou
-The President’s schedule
-Heath
-[Gough Whitlam] of Australia
-[Pierre E. Trudeau] of Canada
-Pompidou
-Heath
-[February 1-2], 1973 meetings
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Conversation No. 158-26 (cont’d)


US-France relations
-National Security Council [NSC] memorandum
-France election
-Socialists
-Francois M. Mitterand
-Pompidou
-The President’s written instructions
-NSC
-Liberals
-State Department
-State Department
-Polls
-Pompidou
-Socialists
-Pompidou
-The President’s written instructions
-Socialists
-Public support
-The President’s possible visit to France
-Kissinger’s meeting with Pompidou
-French Ambassador to US [Jacques Kosciusko-Morizet]
-Kissinger’s trip to Paris
-Timing
-Message from the President
-The President’s support for Pompidou
-Announcement
-Timing

Kissinger’s schedule
-NSC