158–6

Conversation No. 158-6

Date: December 29, 1972
Time: 10:48 am - 11:06 am
Location: Camp David Study Table

The President talked with Col. Richard T. Kennedy.

[See Conversation No. 237-10]

US bombing of North Vietnam
-December 28, 1972
-Sorties
-Number
-Losses
-Press coverage
-Timing
-Location of targets
-Sorties
-Losses
-Adm. Thomas H. Moorer’s report
-Surface to air missiles [SAMs]
-SAM storage areas
-Damage
-Significance
-US-People’s Republic of China [PRC] relations
-Chou En-Lai’s statement
-Significance
-Tone
-(Madame) Nguyen Thi Binh’s location
-Peking
-March
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Conversation No. 158-6 (cont’d)

-The President’s trip to PRC
-PRC-North Vietnam relations
-Cessation north of 20th Parallel
-Awareness
-Chou En-lai [?]
-North Vietnam
-South Vietnam
-Rumors
-North Vietnam
-Negotiations
-Resumption
-US comment
-Announcement
-The President’s conversation with Henry A. Kissinger
-Notification
-France, Britain
-Timing
-Courtesy
-Australia
-Edward R. G. Heath, Georges J. R. Pompidou
-Willy Brandt
-Italy
-Britain, France
-Thailand
-Leaks
-Timing
-Thailand
-South Korea
-Leaks
-Australia

Nicaragua earthquake relief
-Maurice J. Williams
-Press and media relations
-Gerald L. Warren briefing
-Departure for Nicaragua
-Timing
-Press relations
-Authority
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Conversation No. 158-6 (cont’d)

-State Department
-John A. Scali
-Public relations [PR]

Thailand
-Hijacking
-Resolution
-Airplane’s location
-Thai officials [Dawee Chullaspaya, Chartichai Choonhavan]
-Press reports
-Comparison to 1972 Munich Olympics

France
-Military aid to Israel
-Number of airplanes
-Timing

US bombing of North Vietnam
-Demonstrations
-Dean Francis B. Sayre
-March to the White House
-Timing
-Announcement
-Scientists [American Association for the Advancement of Science] [AAAS]
-Sayre
-Effect
-Announcement on cessation north of 20th Parallel
-Negotiations
-Warren’s press conference
-Cessation north of 20th Parallel
-Warren’s press conference
-Kennedy’s conversation with Warren
-“No comment” instruction
-Questions
-Demonstrations
-Details
-Rumors
-Warren’s press conference
-“No comment” instruction
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

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Conversation No. 158-6 (cont’d)

-US military operations and plans
-“No comment” instruction
-Completion of negotiations
-Effect on press
-Critics
-John Kenneth Galbraith
-AAAS
-George S. McGovern
-Unilateral disarmament
-Antiballistic missile [ABM] opposition
-Cessation north of 20th Parallel
-[David] Kenneth Rush
-Meeting with Kennedy
-Adm. Thomas H. Moorer
-Negotiations
-North Vietnam’s willingness to take
-Orders
-Timing
-Damage reports
-Hanoi
-Market
-Veracity
-Media
-Timing
-Final runs
-Targets
-Downtown Hanoi
-Kennedy’s conversations with Moorer
-North Vietnam’s supply activities
-Dry Scason
-Petroleum, Oil, Lubricants [POL]
-SAMs
-Moorer’s view
-B-52s’ performance
-Moorer’s view
-Damage
-Reconstruction
-Cessation north of 20th Parallel
-Warren’s press conference
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

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(rev. May-08)

Conversation No. 158-6 (cont’d)

-The President’s schedule
-Meeting with Kennedy and Warren
-Timing
-Warren’s press conference
-Review of questions
-Washington, DC
-Possible telephone call
-Return call