708–9

Conversation No. 708-9

Date: April 13, 1972
Time: 4:37 pm - 4:46 pm
Location: Oval Office

The President met with Rose Mary Woods.

The President's Canadian speech
-Draft
-Typing
-Airplane
-Changes
-Place
-Press copy
-Deletion
-The President's meeting with Lt. Gen. Vernon A. Walters
-Instruction in French language

The President's trip o Canada
-Dinner
-Attire
-Scheduling

Weather

Henry A. Kissinger entered at 4:38 pm.

The President's trip to Canada
-Speech
-Kissinger's review
-Deletion
-Draft
-Press copy
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Woods left at 4:40 pm.

Vietnam
-George H. Mahon
-John C. Stennis
-Briefing
-F. Edward Hebert
-Julie Nixon Eisenhower
-Speech
-Press
-Call from Kissinger
-US policies
-Public support
-Kissinger's briefing
-Mahon
-Support for US policies
-Haiphong
-Air strikes
-Petroleum, oil, lubricants [POL] dumps
-Timing
-Current plans
-People's Republic of China [PRC] and Soviet Union
-Necessity
-Lyndon B. Johnson and W[illiam] Averell Harriman
-Effectiveness
-Cambodia operation
-Melvin R. Laird
-Conversation with Kissinger
-Laos operation
-Effectiveness
-North Vietnamese tank losses
-Gen. Creighton W. Abrams, Jr.
-Haiphong
-Target
-POL dumps
-Truck parks
-Air strikes
-Aircraft
-Number
-B-52s
-Surface to air missile [SAMs]
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Conv. No. 708-9 (cont.)


-Effectiveness
-Gen. Alexander M. Haig, Jr.
-Casualties
-Rate
-Comparisons

William P. Rogers
-Kissinger's call
-Schedule
-United Nations [UN]

Kissinger talked with the White House operator at an unknown time between 4:40 and 4:46 pm.

[Conversation no. 708-9A]

[See Conversation no. 22-123]

[End of telephone conversation]

Vietnam
-Kissinger's call to Hebert
-Thanks for support

The President's trip to Canada

Kissinger talked with the White House operator at an unknown time between 4:40 and 4:46 pm.

[Conversation No. 708-9B]

[See Conversation No. 22-124]

[End of telephone conversation]

The President's Canadian speech
-Soviets

Rogers

Rogers's testimony

Kissinger's call from Albert Stein
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Conv. No. 708-9 (cont.)


-US bombing

Kissinger left at 4:46 pm.